I Am Winner, Hear Me Roar

Despite having retired from basketball, I pulled my shirt down from the rafters, pushed down my hononary statue and played again. Having given in to the pleas of my church peers, I again played ball. I had my reservations. I was sure that the months of inactivity had rendered my muscles all but useless. However, retirement was good to me. It was clear after the first ten minutes that I was truly back at home. I was incredible! Timber Beast roared loudly causing my opponents to retreat before me like a morning dew. However, today I feel like an 80 year old man. My legs hurt, my buttocks hurts, my back, neck, throat, nose, and little chest also hurt; even my toes hurt. In hindsight, perhaps it was a little premature to pull down my statue and retired jersey.

Modern Marvels

As you may or may not know, Brett has forgotten his login info for this blog, so he is having me post this for him. As we mentioned in the last posts, we went snowshoeing on our anniversary. This was a real eye-opener since both of us thought that the snow shoes are still made of wood and wicker. Appearantly technology has modified their design and converted the wood to plastic, and the wicker to plastic while adding a cleat. This would have been a great way to spend our time together, but the missing element to all of this was the snow. That didn't stop us. The snowshoes allowed us to walk on top of not only snow, but everything! As you can see from the picture, Tara's worked a little better than mine.

Yes folks, it's been a year!

Decemeber 16th was our first wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we went to the Alaskin Inn, up the Ogden Canyon. It was so much fun! We went snowshoeing, went to dinner and then hung out in our great little cabin. Brett partied a little too hard and pooped out early. They even brought us breakfast the next morning. And Jeff didn't think it would last.

Schoolyard Regulators capture second straight championship

(AP) No team had won back-to-back Championships in the history of the Mountain West Football Conference until this year. Many believed the Schoolyard Regulators chances of a repeat championship were nearly impossible. One man who disagreed with that theory was Jeff Shirley, an accomplished owner, mathematician, writer, philanthropist, and American hero. Not satisfied with the Regulators position as the First champion in league history, Shirley decided that back-to-back titles would stamp his team as one of the all-time greats. So he did a peculiar thing. A day after the 2005 Championship game, Shirley guaranteed the Regulators would repeat next year. Not maybe--a guarantee. He was quoted last year saying, “We will win next year. You can type that, print it, fax it, video it, text it, just send it to everyone. We will hoist the trophy again next year.” As the Regulators looked to repeat, a new challenger was rising in Provo. The Provo Bulldogs boasted league MVP Ladanian Tomlinson, but lacked any playoff experience. General Manager Evan Scoresby talked a lot throughout the season, claiming his young squad could run with the Regulators. His words rang hollow when he had to face the undaunting task of winning on the Regulators’ home field. Each team was battle-tested on its way to the Super Bowl, with Provo beating Wasatch and the Regulators trouncing the Bikinis. In the Super Bowl, the Regulators needed every bit of its home field advantage, coming back from a 66-60 deficit in game one to win game two in front of a raucous Schoolyard Stadium crowd to become repeat Champions. As Shirley toasted his victory with a cigar and bottle of champagne, he took a moment to reflect on his team’s accomplishments. “We were just too mentally tough for the other teams. It was kind of sad, really, to compare us to anyone else because we were miles ahead of the competition. It was kind of pathetic. Hats off to the Bulldogs, but everyone in the stadium knew we were the best team. Tonight, we are once again champions, and I am the greatest owner in the world.” Shirley should be commended for his tremendous leadership ability and motivational tactics. This man has some serious cajones my friends, and hats go off to the Regulators, who once again proved they were the best team in the world.

Christmas Birthday Medley

Well, here are a few pictures of our fam during the holidays. Among the highlights, is Rafe turning three, as you can see from his fingers. He enjoys his new stuffed dinosaur and loved blowing the candles out on the cake, so much that we had to do it like 3 times. The kids are enjoying the new trampoline and we are enjoying the ping pong table (Uncle Evan and Aunt Kristel shown), and I'm having fun learning the guitar. Other than that I'm too tired to think of anything clever or funny to say, but I'm sure you'll come up with plenty of sarcastic remarks, probably all directed towards my picture with the guitar...

Ode to Aught 6

At the dawn of this new year, is it not appropo to conduct a summary of highlights and lowlights of 2006. Hence, the following: Births: Grant and Holland Deaths: our beloved Bob. May he chirrup with the angels and greet us in heaven. Top Ten Events of Honorable Mention: 10: Scoresby's move into their mansion in January. Ask Jeff for details about purchase price, square footage, and mortgage rate. 9: Brandon lives and breathes LSAT material during the fall months and comes off conquerer. This however conflicts with 8: Grandpa turning 90. Kinghorns are proud and make DVD for themselves staring themselves. 7: Apparently Brett auditions for American Idol. We will have to tune in January to see if he gets the yellow ticket for Hollywood. Rumor has it he's in Randy's dogpound. Kids everywhere will flock to him for autographs. 6: Jeff gets first teaching job in the Alpine School district. Our little Jeffy is getting so big! 5: Blake gets sa big. 4: Conner gets baptized, learns cursive and explains plate tectonics to his mom. 3: After months of bribing Rafe with earning a plastic dinosaur to get him to poop in the potty, he successfully completes the task. You might be surprised to find this so high on the list but believe me, it's a HUGE deal to us! 2: Jeff buys new car and destroys new car. 1: Jason attends Olympics and gets on TV with Katie Couric. Now that in itself is impressive but the fact that he was quoted in the Church News is more impressive to the Kinghorns. Go squirrel! May 07 be just as stellar is my prayer. Happy New Year to All and God Bless Us, Everyone.

Grant'stanza

Lately, Grant has been looking to expand his portfolio. After going through the many photos we have taken over the months, Grant has become bored with the profiles, candids, and close-ups. So, as he has become more mobile, Grant slowly perfected this position for the sizzling layout. Amazingly, it looks a lot like George Costanza's portraits. Perhaps Grant has been learning more from television than we thought.