Our Wounded Soldier

James' version of crawling. Notice the "wounded" right arm and they way he incorporates the roll to get where he needs to go.

Sign of Life

I planted a garden back in Oct of 2010. We have a very small plantar, so I did what I could with it. Half is flowers, the other half consists of beets, cabbage and broccoli. The broccoli plant has grown pretty well, but I haven't seen any heads of broccoli... until today. I saw the first sign of a floret. I got very excited. I can't wait until more of the vegetables have grown and we can enjoy the "fruits of our labor".

MVP!!!!

I wanted to give a little shout out to my husband, the MVP! You may remember that Haws played in a BYU Alumni game last month. Well he got an email from the guy who coordinated the game... Haws was named the MVP of the game! I am so proud of my sexy, hockey playing husband :)

Here is the email:

Dear teammate-

I’m sorry it took me so long to get this follow-up email for the alumni game out to you. 

We ended up going through most of the waiting list to assemble a team of 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders.   Chris Hexburg, Hal Evans, Dan Baker, and Garth Evans traveled from out of state to be there.  Rich Ternieden, the senior member of this year’s team, traveled all the way from Toronto to participate.  We hope to be able to provide more notice next year to allow more of you from out of state to make arrangements to come.  Two additional alumni, Jeremy Weiss and Brett Fuller, both current coaches, participated by playing with the current team. 

Most importantly, no one was injured in the game, although I confess I saw an awful lot of ibuprofen, aleve, and lortab being consumed in the alumni locker room between periods. 

The most valuable player award of the game had to go to Chris “Hoss” Hexburg, who was absolutely shelled in the first period, but still blocked the first 20 shots he faced.  The alumni scorers took a while to warm up.  We were down 2-0 after the first, and 5-0 after the second.  A daring comeback was attempted in a high-scoring third period where the alumni finally found the net, but ended up losing 8-11.  Mac Granley was credited with two goals, with Jason Poulsen, Darin Dorian, Mark Ostebo, Tamio Stehrenberger, Ryan Schmidt, and Jim Dahle each contributing one.  Darin Dorian also contributed two assists.  If you count Jeremy Weiss’s two goals, the alumni scored more than the current players!

The daily universe write-up on the game can be found here:

http://universe.byu.edu/node/13730

Over $3000 was raised and contributed to the team’s general fund.  If you would still like to make a donation for this year, it can be mailed to this address:

BYU Hockey

433 W 870 S

Orem, UT  84058

Checks can be made out to BYU Hockey and you will be mailed a receipt.  If you want a receipt for your donation and have not yet received one, please email stanleygweiss@gmail.com.

I’ve attached several pictures my wife took at the game.  Alumni are wearing BYU White and the current team is wearing BYU Blue.

The list of alumni continues to grow but if you have contact information for anyone associated with BYU Hockey, or need to update your own, please forward it on to me.

Jim Dahle

BYU Alumni Hockey Coordinator

A week of firsts

This past week or so we had:

• First attempt at the army crawl
• First taste of yogurt
• First cold. Just congestion and a snotty nose, but still not fun
• First time being left in the gyms childcare while mommy worked out. This was awesome! He did so good. The staff calls him Mr Rolly Poley ( of course his cold was over before I took him ) This was a major highlight for me. Between feedings and naps it will be hard to make it for classes, but we will try. I am just happy to get in there and change things up. I think it is also good to expose him to some new people.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Porcupine Turkey Meatballs and Spaghetti Squash

I love using Spaghetti Squash in place of regular pasta, but I still wanting to add a grain that wasn't bread. Then I remembered loving porcupine meatballs my mom had made way back when. So I looked online, got a few ideas of how to make them and made these. They were yummy and perfect on the squash.

Ingredients

• 1 pound extra lean ground turkey Breast
• 2 cups cooked regular brown  
• 1 egg
• 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 Jar of Tomato Basil Spaghetti Sauce

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  Directions

  1. Thoroughly mix the turkey, rice, egg, oregano, garlic powder and black pepper in a large bowl. Shape the mixture firmly into 25 meatballs.
  2. Heat the sauce in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the meatballs and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through.
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 And wallah! They were super easy to make.

 Gotta add some Parmesan of course!

He likes to move it move it!

James has gotten more mobile lately. This is for you Dana :) Here is his "army crawl"

But he still prefers rolling to get around. This is just a small example of his abiliity... but watch until the end for what he is really good at!

GOOD MORNING!

This morning James woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 630am. I was hoping with the time change he would sleep in... but somehow he didn't. Maybe it was due to the fact he has been a little sick and congested and not sleeping as well as usual. Needless to say, while I pumped, Haws gave him a bottle (I pump in the mornings because I get two bottles full and can freeze them for later). While I was in the kitchen cleaning up,  Haws brought James to me to hold. During the pass James realized there was something he wanted to give me. He is so thoughtful, always wanting to give back and share...

So he shared his breakfast with me!!! Yes... that is spit up all over my face, down my shirt and on my shirt. It was a big one. The crazy thing about this is the fact that this is the first time this has happened! In over 8 months of spitting up, he has never gotten me straight in the face. When it happened, it was like a slow motion shot. Me trying to move my face while holding him at the same time. He pointed that mouth right at me (probably wanting to give me a kiss :) The kid has good aim.

The funny thing is while I am holding him begging Haws to grab a rag, he comes back with no rag, just a camera to document the event. Thanks Haws.

This is a memory for the books.