Many blessings to you all on Thanksgiving!

I hope all of our family and friends have a great day and know how important you are to us. We are blessed with health, home and good relationships to get us through times of doubt. Time with our family and friends is always well spent. Even though we don't see everyone all the time, we benefit from your friendship daily. Lots of love, Missy

Fall...isn't so Fall!

Im not a good blogger. There, I said it. I haven't updated since June. There is snow on the ground, the sun is shining, the fire is going and football is on. Sunday's are fantastic! Im lucky I even get a chance to use the computer since Blake and his Dad have to keep track of their fantasy football crap. Anyway, The two little boys have been playing outside for at least 2 hours and loving it. What they are doing is not my concern. Just as long as both are visual...when I check.
Blake finished basketball tryouts and starts this season next week. Im excited to watch him play again. He gets his skills from his Dad. However, he gets his humor from me and really....isn't that most important? I mean, we are talking life-long lessons here. I love driving with him....hilarious. It reminds me of when I was in high school with my dumb friends.

Chase had a long season of baseball and also starts basketball. After an alarming teacher conference....he has gotten his act in gear and focused a little on his work. What 4th grader doesn't re-group when subtracting because they simply "don't feel like it" In all fairness, maybe in the past 3 years of school he didn't know you can't take 9 away from 2. Really? He and Coop laugh, wrestle and do God knows what 24/7. Cooper really looks up to him and Chase is a great example.

Cooper started Kindergarten!! No phone calls yet! Cooper has actually surprised us and is doing fantastic. Like you said Nicole...I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that classroom. Coop comes up with the most random things. He is in a world of his own. We call it Coopers world, naturally. Connie made them dinner after Kevin took him for a ride on his joyner and Cooper said "I love everything Aunt Connie makes." Every time I or Curt make dinner he says, "I love everything you make, it's my favorite." Last night Kristen made dinner and cooper, again, said "everything you make is my favorite....I love everyone who makes me my food." The point is....Cooper likes to eat.


I hope everyone enjoyed the Fall Season! The Holiday's are here:)

Boys and Baseball

We have had a great time watching blake grow (taller than me and pretty close to dad)and become a great ball player. He's been pitching and playing first base on his city and super league team. He's played some great ball!
Chase has had a fun season playing ball! His city league team made it to the state tournament placing second...don't know how. And has played double headers every saturday with his Lehi Tigers super-league team. All the while going with the flow, making great plays and having fun...rain or shine!

Take me out to the Ball Game!

Except, not in the rain, wind and cold! We have had two weeks of wonderful weather... only to have crappy baseball weather on the weekend. Blake is playing for a super-league team called the Scorchers. He started with them last summer and has a great time playing first base and pitching for them. Chase is also on a super-league team since last summer/fall with the Tigers. We LOVE those boys, parents and coaches (Kyle and Curtis). Chase has pitched and caught...but plays a mean second base. As for Cooper, he sais he is sick of going to their games and is never playing baseball. He wants to be a ninja. Sounds good. Whatever floats your boat Coop! Looking forward to a great season out in the sun....and spitting seeds!

Suprise Cooper!!

Cooper has been talking about having a surprise party for over a year. He said "you know when everyone is hid'in and they jump out and say 'surprise!'" So, a week after his birthday (and YES it was because i am ill equipped to have a party on time...or a present ready for that matter!) we decided to throw him a surprise. He loves having parties at Uncle Kevins so we all met there and Curtis took him to do some "errands" and if he was good he would go to the store and get him a treat. The look on Coopers face (confusion, scared, excited, thrilled) was priceless. Here's the kicker....i thought the video tape was fading in. Come to find out the cap was still on. Im a loser, first one to say it. I'll post what i can.

I wish we were still in Disneyland!

Our first adventure to Disneyland was fantastic! Perfect weather, no waiting in line, great shows, rides...the whole bit! The boys were awesome and had a great time. Cooper just wanted to see all the characters (over and over) Blake wanted to ride California Screamin (over and over) and Chase wanted to wear his goofy hat (over and over). Curtis and I wanted to see the enjoyment on the boys faces during all these things (over and over)!

The Cleveringa Boys....California Adventure


The best characters there!


Cooper...and his pirate Mikey ears, a must!


Goofy Chase!

Just a quick follow up...

So, this is what happens when your son is still sick, low on sick days and can't take another day off because its really only a half day anyway, and so you leave the 4 yr. old with the 14 yr. old because, lets face it, he doesn't want to go to school anyway. Good times, Good times.

Photo one; I call this... you can't tell me what to do Blake!

Photo two; I call this...K, I may have gone too far, this doesn't come off.

Gee, wonder why your sick?

I had to take yet another "family sick" day today because Cooper is coughing up his insides...seriously. I think I have like two left and I'm going to use them all up if it kills me! Anyway how the crap do you contain little ones so they don't feel the need to touch EVERYTHING possible in the grocery store? Or, is it just Cooper? I mean, the "car" cart, dingy rail and tables, check stand conveyor belt, and to top it off drag your hand along the actual floor while your mom is pushing the cart. For crying out loud son! No wonder your sick. He's all over the place. And, who cleans the Costco floor with the front half of their entire body?....Cooper does. Don't judge me.

Ahhh, the joy of boys

K, These guys crack me up. I hope you can hear Coopers laugh....it's contagious! Sorry about the whitey tideys....actually I'm not. I have to deal with it, so do you.
This is their "special" handshake!


Cooper loves to play Sheriffs and "dammits" (his words, not mine) it's actually suppose to be bandits. Funny. It took Kristen all night of thinking "see, this is one result of your potty mouth Missy!" to figure that it was actually "bandits." Don't get used to this set-up Cooper! Seriously I won't bail you out!

Hapy Birthday Chase!!

Every time I look at Chase I'm instantly cheered. He is so refreshing. His cute little face and handsome demeanor is a constant. I love that he asks me "if you were in 3rd grade, who would you marry?" and I say "you of course!" and he grins with happiness. I hope he'll always feel that way. We love you son!

Chase and Blake stayed up until midnight to ring in the 9 yrs.


Here's my boy! Watching the divers at the Myan


Chase, Coop, and Bradley


We love icecream!

Zags vs. Utes

Fun Game! Blake, Chase, Curtis and I got to go to the game last night....Cooper opted to stay at Kristens. We were expecting the Zags to smoke them but they managed to never have a lead the whole game! Suprisingly enough, there were a lot of Gonzaga fans there. Don't forget the hard core home team fans in the top rows yelling at the refs the whole game thinking they are ruining their lives (seriously what's your deal, they are hilarious). Anyway the most exciting was the last seconds where they had a inbounds steal and got a shot and couple tips off....but didn't make it. The Bulldogs lost by one point. Crap. We do have a greater appreciation for the Utes now. They are definitely growing on us.

Now THESE are the best seats in the house!

Happy New Year!

Blessings for a wonderful new year! I don't do new year resolutions...just live your life and do what you need to do....right? We have many things to be greatful for and We are so blessed with great family and friends. We miss all our cousins/siblings/grandparents/friends in Washington but are loving things here too. We will try to make it up for Spring Break. We are planning a trip to Disneyland in February....the little boys are thrilled. We have never gone together so this will be a first. We would love any tips for those of you who have ventured. Other than that, our new year consists of work, basketball (present), baseball (upcoming), master classes and that's as far as I can think til summer break!