Sports Brainwashing

BYUTV regularly re-broadcasts old BYU football games; games like 1990 Miami, 1994 Copper Bowl, 1985 Washington. As pathetic as it probably is, I try to keep track of when good ones are playing and then watch them if I can on Saturday mornings. (BYUTV.org has an "on demand" feature that allows you to watch anything they have broadcast previously.) Ali loves to come and sit with me while I am watching them, and recently asked "Who do we like?" I recognized it as a great opportunity to continue her sports indoctrination and we had the following exchange:

"We like the blue team. The blue team is BYU."
"Oh. Yeah, we like BYU. Who do we not like?"
"We don't like the yellow team." (They were playing the 1989 Oregon game.)
"Yeah. But we like blue. The blue team is BYU."
"That's right. We like BYU."
"But we don't like the yellow team. Just blue."
"Uh-huh. Just blue. And who is blue?"
"BYU. Let's go cougars!" (She already had that one down from last season.)

Fast forward a couple of weeks. We were at some friends' house and noticed a world map posted on their wall. It has different colored pins for places where each member of the family has been. Sarah was asking who each of the colors were. When she asked, "Who is blue?" Ali got an excited look on her face and yelled "Blue? That's BYU!"

Later that same day, we were in the park and there was a soccer league game going on across the field. One of the teams had royal blue on and when she saw them, Ali yelled out, "Daddy, it's BYU playing soccer! We like BYU!".

The following Sunday, in church, Ali leaned over to Sarah while waiting for the meeting to start and said, "Momma, we like blue, but we don't like the Utes!" (I guess the guy sitting behind them had on a red tie.)

Ah, the moments that make a father proud...

Camping at Clear Lake

We went camping with some friends of ours over the 4th of July weekend. This was Alicyn's first ever camping experience and she absolutely loved it. The first time she walked into the tent she said, "It's just like heaven". (Boy, I hope not. I always thought heaven would have comfortable beds for all.) Ali did a great job with her potty training. I think she LIKED the outhouses because they don't have scary flushers. Of course, we roasted marshmallows but Ali was only interested in the raw ones so Mom and Dad didn't have to waste anytime roasting 'mallows for other people. On Saturday we spent time out on the lake fishing. All though we caught nothing, we had fun casting and reeling. The only trauma we experienced was when Ali discovered moths. She was absolutely terrified of them (think Sounds Oklahoma picnic times 20). She didn't like them flying around her and refused to be anywhere that they were. She was so paranoid that she thought the gnats were out to get her too. We've decided to go again on the first weekend in August so she can start getting over it.

Here are some pictures of the lake as it was on Friday evening. Here are Ali and Sarah enjoying dinner. Here are Ali and Dad chillin' and enjoying a King family camping tradition: red vines. Here we are on the boat. Though you can't always tell, Ali was all smiles.

A fun weekend in Boise

In June (or was it May...I guess that's why you should post when things are fresh in your memory) we drove out to Boise to meet McKinna and witness her blessing. We all had fun spending time with family that we rarely get to see. Ali loved playing with "The Girls". She also was tickled about being able to hold "Baby McKinna". On Saturday we spent the afternoon in Ann Morison park. Jessica and Becky were so good about helping Alicyn on all of the equipment so Mom didn't have to. Here is a picture of Grandma Love pushing Ali on the swings with Sarah Cait. (Actually, I thing she was managing four girls on the swings.) Alicyn quickly learned how talented Grandma is at "punder-dogs". PS. For some reason we don't have a lot of pictures from this weekend so if anyone has pictures of Ali with the boys, we'd be forever grateful if you e-mailed them to us. Also, Dad, I think you got some cute pics of Ali and Sarah swinging- could you e-mail those to us as well?

My how time flies

I can't believe it's been nearly three months since our last post. Boy, have we been slackers. Well, here are a few funny pictures of our little clown.