"On your marks..." -- Kristie and Justin get ready for a skills challenge of their own. Kristie won the best-of-three showdown 2-1.

Warren Moon takes a time-out to pose w/ Steve Y..., I mean Justin

"Up close" -- The Pro Bowl Skills Challenge...awesome. The best of the best showing-off their football skilz in the "Best Hands" Competition, Fastest Man, Strongest Man, Former Greats Flag Football, and the Quarterback Challenge (below is Steve Smith, prepin' w/ Boomer & Carson Palmer).














...nice hands, Steve.

Before his dislocated elbow, Drew Brees was on target during the "Quarterback Challenge."

"JR hits Hawaii" -- Some pics from our concert at the Polynesian
Cultural Center in January.

Happy New Year
Park City, 2007

Kristie and Kellie's babies

The good,

...the bad,


...and, well...

Grandma Blake w/ three of her littlest ones Matthew, Daniella, and Kai...




Grandpa Blake...

The BYU boys (Uncle Alan w/ his g-nephew)...

















Christmas PJ pose w/ CJ, Audri, Maddy, Kai, Peyton, Gavin, and Eli...

















Cousin Audri explaining a new toy...


"Buddies...(Eli 'n Kai)"

"Hey cuz, think they'll stop talkin' and feed us already" -- Kristie and Holly feed their hungry boys and 'talk story' about motherhood.
















"I'm full." "Yup, me too."

"Bundled up for his first snow" -- Christmas break was fantastic. Ten days in ID; ten days in UT. Felt like we had some real quality time with family and friends. Plenty of eats, hoops, naps, poops, colds, droops, visits, soups, and some great football on the tube...still can't believe those BSU Broncos.

"Mele Kalikimaka" -- Happy Holidays from Justin, Kristie, and Kai

"A Little Assistance" -- Kristie helping the boy learn how to walk

"Aloha Santa" -- Justin introduces Kai to Chris Kringle and the Mrs.

"Big ornaments" -- Kristie and Kai in front of the Honolulu City/County Building.

"Family Swim" -- with Kai's floatie, we can all take a dip together. He has a hard time not sipping the ocean water.

"Discovering Pumpkins" -- This weekend we celebrated an early Halloween by crashing a party at Turtle Bay. Kai was a redneck, Kristie was a...ya know, I still have no freakin' idea what she was, and I was a NY Yankee under construction. Trick 'r Treating is next...

"The other performer in the family" -- Kristie joined her local hula halau and danced a few numbers at a recent community event. She's famous -- even the instructor singled her out in the introduction, saying, "You'll notice in this halau that there are many different ages, many nationalities, and we even have a blonde." Just keep the blonde jokes to a minimum :)

"Special Day" -- We spent our Fourth Anniversary gnawing on crab legs and shrimp cocktail at the PCC Ambassador Dinner.

"Lunch at the Hukilau" -- So fun to have Dan (Kristie's bro) and his wife Chris visit while they were in paradise. Tried to take them places w/ all the best "grindz," including Hukilau Cafe and Giovanni's Shrimp Shack.

"Mmmm..." -- Livin' large on the sheepskin rug.

"The Boys of Maui" -- Jason Yeats and I golfed the Dunes at Maui Lani recently while he and his wife Ali (Kristie's roommate at Ricks) were "in town." In the short timespan of our living here, the Yeats' have visited us twice -- "You guys still have jobs, right?"

The first emporer of China had more than 800 clay Terra Cotta Warriors built to protect him in the afterlife. They were discovered by a farmer in the mid-70s. Many "tombs" are currenty under excavation to recover this hidden treasure of history. Is the farmer who discovered this a millionare? Hardly; he gets a living stipend of 1,000 RMB/month (less than $150).

Me with my BYU-Hawaii gang in front of the Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square.

One of the most amazing things I saw on my recent trip to China was the Great Wall. This section of the wall shows "Terra Cotta" Warriors standing guard, waiting for the enemy.

"Bunch o' Shrimps" -- Kim and Hattie came into town for a few days and Kristie took them to Macky's for the best coconut shrimp around.

Here we are in front of the Laie Temple, where one of Kristie's friends was married over the summer.

Kristie at the Turtle Bay Golf Course on her 29th birthday!

We spent a wonderful laid-back Labor Day in Maui. Below is a shot we took on the infamous "Road to Hana"...what a gorgeous ride. We popped the top on the car so we could all enjoy the view...'cuz that's how we be rollin'.

"Donut Deathgrip" -- This scene truly brought a tear to Justin's pastry-lovin' eye. Kai wasn't about to let go of his first hot glazed Krispy Kreme donut. He mostly just mashed it into pieces.