What a weekend!

I meant to post this awhile ago, didn't mean to leave anyone hanging!

On Saturday Feb 21st, Phil and I filed our first police report.
It all started about 10:30 when we were watching a movie. We heard something hit the house, and then the front door. We ran over in time to see eggs. Someone had thrown eggs at our house! I bolted out the door and around to the side of the house in time to see some kids climbing into an old bronco. I ran for the license plate, thinking they would drive away. Phil was right behind me, and he banged on the door, then opened it so they couldn't drive away. I called the cops while Phil lectured (and scared) the kids. Inside were six students from the school I teach at, three of them my students.
Apparently a couple of the girls were bored, so they decided to find out where I live and egg my house.
Phil was outside with a hose and a ladder, along with Stu and Mitchell Young, trying to get the egg off the stucco so it wouldn't ruin it. The water froze to the house and sidewalk, that's how cold it was. We were out there till after midnight.
Why did I go into teaching?

The positive note is that most of the students in the school came up to apologize to me, even students I don't know. It made me feel better to know that most of our student body is not like that. There were even fights and threats of fights because of this incident. The saddest part is that only one parent said anything to me. Most of the parents had to drive over and pick up their children, and Phil and I were out there the whole time, but they neither said anything, nor made their student say anything to us. It's no wonder to me the children act that way if the parent refuses to parent.

Anyhow, that was our weekend in a nutshell.

Pics of Christmas and such are forthcoming......

Deb and I are a little slow at this blog thing, but at least we are trying.

This is what happens when your 11 year old son learns how to use iphoto on mom's mac at work

Hey Deb, remind me what gene pool this kid came from? lol!

Happy Holidays from the Wilkins Elves!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Here it is again RIVALRY baby!

I must say since I work in yewt country that I take a lot of ribbing through the years. On the other hand I have had a huge smile on my face for the past two years as we have beat the dreaded team up north and in dramatic fashion.
We will be watching the game tomorrow at the house and all are invited for cheering, food and fun. I just hope we come out on top again victorious!
I thought with it being the rivalry week that I would post some of my favorite yewt jokes for your enjoyment. Here they are (the last one is my favorite):
DEGREE TO GO - The engineer who graduated from Utah State asks, "How does that work?''

The engineer who graduated from BYU asks, "How can I make that work better?''

The engineer who graduated from the U. of U. asks, "Would you like fries with that?''
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Q. How many U. of U. graduates does it take to change a light bulb?

A. Answer unknown. Still searching for a U. of U. graduate with the qualifications to do such a task.
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Q. How do you tell the difference between a BYU coed and a U. of U. coed?

A. The BYU coed is looking for a husband. The U. coed is looking for the father.
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The son of a very rich Arab sheik was graduating from college. The sheik went to his son's roommate and told him, ``I really appreciate all the help you have given my son while you two were in school. Just name a gift, and I will buy it for you.''

The roommate thinks about it and tells the sheik, ``Ever since I was a little kid, I've always wanted a real Mickey Mouse outfit.''

So the sheik bought him the University of Utah.
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Q: Why are a tornado and a Ute divorce similar?

A: You know someone is going to lose a house trailer!
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A fire gutted the U. library the other day causing $6.95 worth of damage . . . It could have been worse but someone had the coloring book checked out.
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A U. of U. grad decides he wants to raise chickens. So he goes to the feed store, buys a bunch of baby chicks, plants 'em feet-first in the ground, and sadly after a couple days they die.

He figures he's doing something wrong, so he goes back to the feed store and buys more chicks. This time he plants 'em headfirst, and they die even faster.

Now this U. of U. grad is at his wit's end, so he decides to write to his alma mater, tell them what he's doing, and see if maybe they have any suggestions.

Two weeks later he gets a note back from the university asking for a soil sample.
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Two BYU Cougars and one Utah Ute were all in prison awaiting execution by firing squad.

One Cougar said, ``When we each go to be executed, just shout a warning like a disaster is about to happen. When it catches them off guard, we can escape.''

The first Cougar went to be executed. The guard said, ``Ready. Aim..'' The Cougar yelled out ``Hurricane!!'' When the firing squad hid, he climbed the wall and escaped.

The second Cougar stood before the squad and when the time came, he yelled ``Earthquake!!'' He likewise escaped.

The Ute stood before the firing squad. The guard said, ``Ready, Aim..'' Just then the Ute yelled, ``FIRE!!''
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Q: What do you call a Ute in a three-piece suit?

A: The defendant.
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Q: What's the difference between the Utes and a dollar bill?

A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar.
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Q: Why did the U. decide to put artificial turf in the stadium?

A: To keep the cheerleaders from grazing
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The Best One of All!!!!!
Kyle Whittingham, clearly upset about the blue dynasty to the south getting all the national acclaim, goes to a BYU practice and asks Bronco Mendenhall, ``Coach, how is it that year after year after year you manage to have such great football teams? What's your secret?''

Bronco responds by calling Max Hall over. ``Max,'' Bronco asks, ``who's your father's brother's nephew?'' Hall answers, ``Why, coach, that's easy. It's me.''

Bronco turns to Whittingham and says, ``That's the secret, Kyle. A smart quarterback. You've got to have a smart quarterback.'' Thinking he's finally got all the tools he needs, Whittingham returns to the Ute work-out. He promptly calls over Brian Johnson.

"Johnson! Who's your father's brother's nephew?''

Johnson looks perplexed, thinks a minute and says, ``Coach, can I get back to you after practice on that one?'' Whittingham (disgusted) says, ``OK.''

During practice, Johnson calls over Matt Asiata.

"Matt, coach just asked me the weirdest question. Who's your father's brother's nephew?'' Says Asiata: ``Duh! That's easy. It's me!''

After practice, Johnson catches up with Whittingham: ``Coach, I think I've got it. My father's brother's nephew is Matt Asiata?.''

Whittingham (angry): ``No, No, NO! You idiot!! It's Max Hall!!!''
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GO COUGS!

BYU 28
u of u 24

It's been asked of me......

if I am on suicidal watch? NO!

I do have to admit it was hard to watch as the cougars went down to a vastly superior TCU team.

Some of my youth (Ute fans, which I try really hard to not hold against them, it's usually their parents fault) stopped by during the game to give me a hard time. I reminded them that it was just a football game and there are more important things in life (I didn't tell them that I was silently sobbing in my head as I said those things).

So life goes on and we still have the rest of the season, but this year there will be no BCS game. At least now I will have some extra money since they won't be going to a big game in January.

Happy Birthday!

I couldn't post this last week, because he didn't want anyone to make a big deal of it, but now that it's over, I can. Phil's birthday was last Saturday. We went with the youth to the BYU Wyoming football game. What a great present that shut-out was! Anyhow, I just wanted to take a second to let him know how much I love him, and how grateful I am for him. Phil is a great husband and father, and the kids and I are blessed to have him in our lives. We love you, sweetie. Happy birthday (again!)

This song dedicated to my wife, because I love her and sometimes I just forget......

Please push pause on the player to the right.

Chaos?

I love fall, but it is always a little bit chaotic. This year more so than most with me going back to teaching full time and the three older kids all in different sports. There are times (like Wednesdays) where I wonder why we do it. Let me explain...I get home from school between 3:30 and 4 most days. For example, on Wednesdays I rush home so that we can get Mady to volleyball practice at 4 in Lehi (a 10-15 minute drive, depending on traffic). We get home shortly after 5, and Jake gets picked up for football between 5:30 and 5:45 (thank heavens for carpools!), so he has to hurry and change, and I try to feed him something halfway healthy. Then we leave for Gabe's soccer practice at 5:50, and don't get home until after 7. By then it's bathtime. Jake gets home between 7:45 and 8. Scriptures, prayers, and bedtime. It makes for a crazy schedule. I'm not complaining, just explaining.
Then there are the days we go to the games. Seeing Gabe's excitement and enthusiasm when he scored his first goal of the season, or the confidence he gains when he makes save after save as goalie. Watching Jake's confidence and ability grow as he gets more playing time, makes a great block or tackle, or even makes a catch for the P.A.T. Watching Mady go after the ball when no one else will. Seeing her overhand serve go over the net. Those are the things that make it all worth it. Watching my kids grow and succeed from season to season in their chosen sports. It's really neat as a mom to see the end results of all the effort, and it makes me so proud of them. That's when I know that a crazy schedule for two or three months a year is not as big a deal as it seems, and it is so worth it.

59 - 0 DID YOU SEE THIS?......

That's right! 59-0! I said in the post before that opening day was like Christmas morning, but that win was quite the gift!

What a game! Makes me even more excited for the upcoming games.

Can you even imagine if we are undefeated and the team up north is undefeated come November, the implications?

Oh it's going to be a great season!

GO COUGS!