Category: Jacob

Random pictures

Ammon’s first day of football with big brother Ben helping (8/1/2020)
Ammon’s first game – not to sure about all the equipment (8/6/2020)
Anthony helping to clean up backyard (8/7/2020)
Ben looking intense (8/7/2020)
Ben’s first game of the season – offense vs. defense (8/7/2020)
(8/7/2020)
Wrestling is starting too (8/8/2020)
FMF Party (8/8/2020)
Ammon at football practice (8/10/2020)
Ben eating stuff (8/11/2020)
Ammon reading during breakfast (8/14/2020)
Mom and Dad at a weekend get away (8/15/2020)
LaReita, Julles, June, Dave wondering why they need to wear masks outside (8/15/2020)
Sam gets ready for another race (8/15/2020)
Sam cooling off (8/15/2020)
James and Mom car shopping (8/18/2020)
Trying one out
Grabbing some lunch
Ben heads off to his first day of school (8/19/2020)
Ammon and Jacob – 1st day of school (8/19/2020)
Ammon heads into his first grade class (8/19/2020)
Sam appears on the local news showcasing the music store – Sam in background playing piano (8/20/2020)
Sam again – now on the drums
James buys his first car (8/20/2020)
James, the proud car owner
Ammon at football game (8/22/2020)
Taking a break with his fan club – Anthony, James, Ammon, Dad, Sam, Ben (sleeping) (8/22/2020)

Lake Powell

Jacob, Mom and Ammon on a rented jet ski – first time we’d been to Lake Powell.
Sam’s first jet ski ride solo.
James ready to ride
Jacob playing in the suds
Ammon playing
Boyz rockin – Ammon, Ben, Sam, Anthony
Ben on board
Anthony flexin
And showing off his sunburn
Ben and Jacob flexin
Sam buried in his work
James and Dad posing.
Dad and Jacob.
Anthony chillin.
Ben and cousin Loralai.
Cousin Mallory, uncle Doug and James.
Jacob taking a break.
Back at the house – James nurses his sunburns
The boys – Anthony, Ben, Sam go fishing
Ammon holds up the bridge
Jacob
Mom
Dad
Jenny, LaReita, Jacob, David, Ammon
Cruising through the canyons
Dad, Ammon, Jacob
Mom holding Ammon on our boat ride (with Dad) and tour of Lake Powell.

The boys learn how to clean the fish they caught

Random pictures

Ben ready to wrestle (7/2/2020)
Sam at his Venture Crew camping trip (7/3/2020)
Sam arrives home (7/4/2020)
Jacob and Pumpkin (7/12/2020)
Mom and Ammon (7/12/2020)
Heading out on a hike (7/14/2020)
Near the top (7/14/2020)
Mom and Sam on a bike ride (7/14/2020)
Mom and Ben at a wrestling tournament (7/18/2020)
Ben placed
2nd place
Ben reading (7/19/2020)
Ammon reading (7/19/2020)
Hiking with their machetes (7/19/2020)
Jungle hiking (7/19/2020)
At the rodeo (7/22/2020)
Rodeo (7/22/2020)
Ammon gets some dental work done (7/27/2020)
Ammon starts football practice (7/29/20200

Anthony’s Graduation

Anthony had his unique 2020 graduation today. It was a drive-by graduation. We drove up to the platform, Anthony hopped out walked across the stage, received his diploma, posed for pictures and hopped back into the car.

Video of Anthony receiving his diploma:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ry7j2K-hg#t=1h11m18s  (about 15 seconds of Anthony)

Pictures:

Anthony and friend Caesar
Anthony wanted to drive the Impala but the whole family couldn’t fit in – one car/grad limit – so we rented a trailer.
Anthony in the passenger’s seat ready to hop out and receive his diploma
Posing next to the new monument purchased for the school by the class of 2020
The whole crew
Celebration lunch at an all-you-can eat sushi restaurant

Random pictures

Ammon and a new chick (5/12/2020)
New chicks, Mom picked out a variety (5/13/2020)
The garden in bloom
James reads to Ammon (5/15/2020)
The Larson elementary school teachers do a vehicle parade for the students to mark the end of the school year (5/18/2020)
More cars
Pumkin claims Mom’s office (5/18/2020)
Ammon stops to smell the roses (5/26/2020)
Mom and Dad shopping for a new chair for Dad (5/27/2020)

He’s Back!

James had a dream a while ago that he arrived home and there was no one to meet him at the airport.  His flight arrived 30 minutes early this morning and there was no one there to meet him.  We got there about 30 minutes after he arrived.  We were suppose to meet him on the 2nd level of the short term parking garage at the Salt Lake airport, but we couldn’t get the van on to the 2nd level because of the bike racks on the roof.  So we had to park on level 1 and get out and go up the stairs to level 2 to meet him.

The reunion was very joyous and his mom cried.  He was surprised to see how much his brothers had grown and got a long hug from Ammon.  We told James that we were going to help him get used to non-missionary life by picking up some chicks on the way home.  We stopped by the farm (which is also a petting zoo) but the chicks were not ready.  We petted the animals, held baby bunnies and fed baby goats.  Then drove home.

The boys had fun showing James all the changes in Spanish Fork over the past two years, and more fun showing off all the changes in our house over the years – new deck, wood floor in the living room, hall bathroom remodel, new carpet on the stairs and in the upstairs bedroom, newly painted upstairs bedroom, new Lazy-boy chairs in the basement, and Julles game closet.  Julles worked from home today so she could greet James when he arrived.

LaReita also had a sign company put up a huge sign in the front yard.  Tonight we’ll play some games as a family, then have dinner.  At 7pm the ward youth are going to do a drive-by to welcome James home.

Picking James up at the SLC airport – took a few minutes for us to get the van into the parking garage to just the right spot
Stopped at a petting zoo to pick up some new chicks – just what James wanted to do his first day back
Making new friends
A sign that connects with Mom
Baby goats!
James and the giant sign
The family behind the sign