March Madness

Welcome to the second craziest time of year. The time where some men and women give up their lives for 4 days of watching basketball and either cheering or crying based on the outcome. I am sure this year that several people who gamble lost a lot of money.

Nett and I got into the NCAA tournament this year. We both filled out brackets and to my surprise neither of us picked Kansas to win. It has been fun to watch the competition and enjoy the close games this year. I don't know if we have anything officially riding on the brackets but I am sure the winner will get something. We both cheered for BYU and Utah State and felt bad when they lost their games.

We got the opportunity to go to Salt Lake this weekend, visit family and enjoy a Utah Jazz game. I do have a few gripes about the Jazz. Number 1 is signing the exclusive contract with FSN so that all of the games are on cable. I have watched 1 game this year and that is the game I bought tickets to. Number 2 is they have these nice folks who work at ESA and take your picture at the game for free. But if you want the picture at all you have to pay $15 bucks to get a copy. Rip off.

We took Levi to the game and had a wonderful time. He made it through dinner and 3 quarters before we left. They were up by 30 points so I didn't feel too bad about leaving early. He enjoyed watching the jumbotron and I enjoyed watching a movie they made of all of the mascot's wiping out on their various stunts. It was a lot of fun.

Nett got to go to two baby showers in one day lucky her. The first was for a great friend of ours in our ward here in the Terrace. The next was for our wonderful friends the Andersens. I had to drop in on the latter one as I was visiting with Beau and he had to go see his grandmother. It was akward. Way too much estrogen and progesterone for me. Poor Beau, I think he had to stay longer than I did.

I must write a little about Stake Conference. The stake president announced prior the induction of more hymns and music for the conference. One of these musical talents is a lady who plays the bagpipes. As she was belting out Amazing Grace for the enjoyement of all, Levi starts bawling in the middle of the song. He heard the warmup and he listened to half of the song so we can't figure out what did him in. We felt bad because we were laughing hysterically at him. It was pretty funny.

We got my parent's moved down to Ephraim UT. The best part was the only damage was a little cosmetic damage to the desk and we hid it in the corner so I don't even think dad remembers. They are settled in and doing well.

I got my one ski trip in this year. It was absolutely the best I have had in a while. Thanks to Beau for going with me and keeping me out of some trouble.

Levi, Nett & I love to go visit my grandma and grandpa. They have a little sheltie called Abbey that Levi loves to chase now that he is crawling. She doesn't like it very much but it is amusing for a little while.