Nicholas' First Birthday
12 years ago
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Funny Story
On Wednesday at the Membership Record department an elderly service missionary was giving a thought and the prayer to start our day. This fellow, come to find out, is a distant cousin of mine and can tell a good story just like the rest of our family. He said that before he was to give the spiritual thought he would like to tell a story that happened years and years ago. This is how it went: "My wife and I had four boys. The youngest, Brian, was a red head and had a disposition to match. He was always in trouble. One day I came home from work and heard my wife in the kitchen getting after Brian, she said, 'Brian, you have GOT to obey!! You need to BE GOOD!! Now Brian, I mean it, you have GOT TO BE GOOD!' Their son quickly said, 'Mommy I will be good if you give me a nickel.' To which his mother said, 'You need to be GOOD for nothing, just like your father!" I about fell off my chair in laughter, and so did everybody else.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Webb's Rock!
Nick and I had a great reunion with our kids and grandkids. We bought T-shirts for all the family that had Webb's Rock on them. Which means we must always remember that the Savior is our rock, along with each one of our family. That is what we can each build on. Anyway, on Thursday we went to Lagoon. The kids loved it! Here is Emmie in the blue car, Logan in the orange car and Allie and Dax in the green car. 
Rattlesnake rapids were a lot of fun. Here is Jarom, Adrien, Amie and kids. Scott and Lacee were in the next ride.
Easton and Dax on the swings.
Clayton loved Lagoon. At first he wasn't so sure about the rides, but once it started to move, he was all smiles.
On Friday we were suppose to go boating, but the weather wasn't cooperating so we had a barbeque at Brion and Amie's house in Saratoga Springs, let the kids play in the little pool and then everybody went to Kangaroo Zoo which is a place where it is entirely made up of trampolines, even the walls!!
Kim trying to splash the kids
When Papa and Grammy pulled up to Brion's house on Friday, all the kids came running to greet us!! Cute!
On Saturday we had a big carnival at our house. We had lunch, played carnival games, made up some games until about 7:00 then ate pizza. Here is Adrien and Kate 
One of the favorite of the kids was the pig trough. I made little pig noses out of an egg carton and Nick made a tough out of wood which we covered with tin foil. I raised a couple of pigs when I was a teenager named Pork and Beans. All of the grandkids have heard me tell stories about those little rascals!! So this was really fun to eat ice cream "like Pork and Beans". This first picture is of our youngest, Lexie. She watched everybody eat and then dove in. I couldn't believe it!!
Lexie, Brion and Scott goin' at it!! Notice they even have their noses on!
Before they were lead to the pig trough. Aren't they cute?
The egg toss
We had the dad's lay down and I made jigglers for the kids to drop into their dads mouths. I'd say that is a pretty big mouth, wouldn't you?
We had a cupcake walk. We drew numbers on the basketball bank and if they landed on a number they got to come and get a cupcake. I put on a jazzy CD and away they went. Jarom was the last one, and we made him go around and around until the song was over.
The kids loved the fish pond. Nick and I loved the fish pond at the old Relief Society Bazaars. So I bought a sheet and drew a picture on it, Nick got his fishing pole and they loved the prizes. After the carnival there were several prizes left and the kids went back and did this themselves. It was really neat.
After we had pizza in the evening we had a little program where our children were asked to talk about who they were named after. Jarom Nicholas was named after Nick, but Nick was named after his great grandfather who came from Switzerland and Jarom talked about him. Brion Felt was named after my dad Robert Felt Chatfield and he talked about him. Scott James was named after my grandpa and Scott gave some interesting stories about him as well. Kimberly Ann and Spencer weren't there on Saturday, but she was named after Nick's grandma that came to live with them when he was little. Bretton Karl was named after Nick's dad. After the program the kids watched a movie and the adults played cards until late. It was loads and loads of fun. Can't wait until next year.
Rattlesnake rapids were a lot of fun. Here is Jarom, Adrien, Amie and kids. Scott and Lacee were in the next ride.
Easton and Dax on the swings.
Clayton loved Lagoon. At first he wasn't so sure about the rides, but once it started to move, he was all smiles.
On Friday we were suppose to go boating, but the weather wasn't cooperating so we had a barbeque at Brion and Amie's house in Saratoga Springs, let the kids play in the little pool and then everybody went to Kangaroo Zoo which is a place where it is entirely made up of trampolines, even the walls!! 
Kim trying to splash the kids
When Papa and Grammy pulled up to Brion's house on Friday, all the kids came running to greet us!! Cute!
On Saturday we had a big carnival at our house. We had lunch, played carnival games, made up some games until about 7:00 then ate pizza. Here is Adrien and Kate 
One of the favorite of the kids was the pig trough. I made little pig noses out of an egg carton and Nick made a tough out of wood which we covered with tin foil. I raised a couple of pigs when I was a teenager named Pork and Beans. All of the grandkids have heard me tell stories about those little rascals!! So this was really fun to eat ice cream "like Pork and Beans". This first picture is of our youngest, Lexie. She watched everybody eat and then dove in. I couldn't believe it!!
Lexie, Brion and Scott goin' at it!! Notice they even have their noses on!
Before they were lead to the pig trough. Aren't they cute?
The egg toss
We had the dad's lay down and I made jigglers for the kids to drop into their dads mouths. I'd say that is a pretty big mouth, wouldn't you?
We had a cupcake walk. We drew numbers on the basketball bank and if they landed on a number they got to come and get a cupcake. I put on a jazzy CD and away they went. Jarom was the last one, and we made him go around and around until the song was over. 
The kids loved the fish pond. Nick and I loved the fish pond at the old Relief Society Bazaars. So I bought a sheet and drew a picture on it, Nick got his fishing pole and they loved the prizes. After the carnival there were several prizes left and the kids went back and did this themselves. It was really neat.
After we had pizza in the evening we had a little program where our children were asked to talk about who they were named after. Jarom Nicholas was named after Nick, but Nick was named after his great grandfather who came from Switzerland and Jarom talked about him. Brion Felt was named after my dad Robert Felt Chatfield and he talked about him. Scott James was named after my grandpa and Scott gave some interesting stories about him as well. Kimberly Ann and Spencer weren't there on Saturday, but she was named after Nick's grandma that came to live with them when he was little. Bretton Karl was named after Nick's dad. After the program the kids watched a movie and the adults played cards until late. It was loads and loads of fun. Can't wait until next year.Monday, August 3, 2009
What Is This?
Nick, bless his heart, decided I needed a night out to a fancy restaurant. He made reservations at Log Haven, which is up Millcreek Canyon. I dolled myself up (I was a completely different woman, you should have seen me!), and away we went. There was valet parking and we took advantage of that (which is uncharacteristic of us). We get seated and looked over the menus. The waiter comes and takes our orders and gives us a little special treat the chef made for us. It was steak wrapped around I don't know what, but it tasted really good. He came back with our Italian ice and took our orders. We ordered the entree (fancy word for main course, LOL) and Nick ordered a lamb chop appetizer and I ordered calamari as an appetizer. I have tasted calamari before, cut up and fried in a delicious batter, but this time this is what I got:
I didn't realize calamari was squid!! When the waiter brought it, Nick got a kick out of the look on my face. How could this be? There were 8 little baby squids with their little tenticles all over the place! I tell you, it looked just like the picture above, only in some tomato sauce with garbonzo beans (I think it was garbonzo beans, maybe that was some exotic animal as well). Those little suckers (pun intended here) were swimming in the great blue ocean, like, three days ago. Their mothers are probably still looking for them. I closed my eyes and ate one with lots of sauce and the possible garbonzo beans. The only reason I ate that much was because I knew how much it cost!! Nick thought the whole evening was worth just that little experience with the calamari. I tried to explain to him, how would he feel if his lamb chops came out with their little legs sticking straight up in the air with a little bit of wool for effect? You know, if they would actually say what calamari is on the menu, we could have avoided all this, and saved some money at the same time, but nooooo, heaven forbid we actually know what we are eating. The rest of the evening was really neat, and we did have a great time. Maybe next time I will order escargot!!
I didn't realize calamari was squid!! When the waiter brought it, Nick got a kick out of the look on my face. How could this be? There were 8 little baby squids with their little tenticles all over the place! I tell you, it looked just like the picture above, only in some tomato sauce with garbonzo beans (I think it was garbonzo beans, maybe that was some exotic animal as well). Those little suckers (pun intended here) were swimming in the great blue ocean, like, three days ago. Their mothers are probably still looking for them. I closed my eyes and ate one with lots of sauce and the possible garbonzo beans. The only reason I ate that much was because I knew how much it cost!! Nick thought the whole evening was worth just that little experience with the calamari. I tried to explain to him, how would he feel if his lamb chops came out with their little legs sticking straight up in the air with a little bit of wool for effect? You know, if they would actually say what calamari is on the menu, we could have avoided all this, and saved some money at the same time, but nooooo, heaven forbid we actually know what we are eating. The rest of the evening was really neat, and we did have a great time. Maybe next time I will order escargot!!
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