FHE (Family, Holidays, and the Elderly)

Since not many people commented on my U fan post (although I can't imagine why my BYU loving family would not want to comment), I thought I would add a new post.

FAMILY AND HOLIDAYS: Here are a few pictures of the family over Thanksgiving. I know that some are repeats from B and Em's site but they are just so cute of Jonah and Elora.

Oakley loves any food from any relative that is willing to feed her. She had plenty of treats on Thanksgiving.

My dad, brother, and husband all relaxing in the hot tub at the cabin the morning after Thanksgiving. It's a man tub. Jonah is in the next picture looking out of the window at them.

My very cute nephew Jonah - I was trying to be a fun aunt so he will remember me. He now calls me "katie" (his other aunt).

My precious niece Elora and her cute dad. Brov sure has some cute kids.

ELDERLY: The elderly refers to my brother-in-law, Chris, who just turned 30 this month. He thinks he is sooo old now. When Brandon, his older brother, turned 30 Chris thought it was old man time. Now he is 30, OMG. But I have to say I think 30's are much better than 20's. Hopefully he will think so too in a few years.

Chris and Amber at Keys on Main, a piano bar, after we had a family dinner b-day party. Unfortunately they did not play the exact song we requested (Boyz in Da Hood) and instead played some other request. I thought that song would have been funny in a piano bar. But then again, I am old.

The Holy War

Boo Boo BYU - Yeah Yeah Utah!!

(a little cheer we made up when I was about 4 years old)

The Holy War - or the Utah/BYU game - was an AWESOME game. The score was Utah 48 - BYU 24. I was on the sidelines for the game as part of the medical staff. I am so glad that I have been able to work with the Utah team during such a fun season.

Utah's football team is 12-0 (just in-case you have not heard) and undefeated for the second time in school history. They are going to be invited to a BCS bowl. Here are some pictures from the game.

A Crazy Fan

Coming out for warm-ups


Getting ready for the game



In the locker room going out before the game


Kick-off


Kicker Louis Sakoda and the special teams coach talking


Celebration - fans on the field (they took the goal posts down before the game officially ended)

Birthdays!!

We have had several birthdays recently. Kicking off B-day season was Michael McBride, then Brandon Matich, and now in November we have had Vivian McBride, Katie Jensen, and Grandma Matich. So I have to say - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Luckily Brandon's uncle, Brent, brought a camera to the football game this weekend and to Grandma Matich's birthday party. Here are some pictures.

Brandon coaching against Cedar City (notice the snow)

Mohawks and Miners

Mike and Pam (his sister that lives in Idaho)


Grandma Marge

Matich Family Picture

Me, Maria (Jonny's girlfriend), Nanny, Torri, Amber

Torri and Mike

Nanny

Grandma Marge and Poppy at her 80th B-day Party

Short-track Speed Skating

The first competition of the year for the short-track speed skating is this weekend at the Kearns Olympic Oval. The US and over 20 other countries will be competing on Fri, Sat, and Sunday for points toward the world cup. (I think that is how it works) Apolo Anton Ohno will be competing.

I watched practice today and it is a pretty cool sport. If you have time, you can buy tickets to watch the competition. It should be exciting. Bring the kids, it is motivating.

Random Updates

I have a very boring life and so I have no blog posts for over a month.

Here is a random update:

1. I'm really really stressed and pissy.

2. My new laptop was delivered today from Dell. Yah!! But then all my contacts in my cell phone mysteriously disappeared. Boo!!

3. Brandon's team is not very good which means weekends are not much fun.

4. I made a kick-ass peach cobbler on Sunday out of peaches from my neighbors peach tree (that hangs over into my yard).

5. Thanks to Emily, I read Twilight a few weeks ago.

6. There is a bad upper respiratory virus going around so wash your hands frequently.

7. Influenza vaccines will be available in the next few weeks so go see your physician and get one for you and your kids.

8. A strange white cat walked through our doggie-door and right past me while I was sitting at my desk today. It went straight to the closet with Oakley's food. I had to scare it back outside. Weird.

Football Game #2

Park City 14 vs Logan 38

Last night Park City lost the football game to Logan High School at Logan. Park City's team caught the flu bug and 3 kids were throwing up on sidelines (one was the starting quarterback and safety). We also had 2 kids with concussions. It was not fun to have so many kids feeling crummy and getting hurt. I hate looking at these kids who want to play but are clearly not healthy enough and telling them they can't play. I had to take a helmet away from a kid so he did not sneek back into the game.

Losing sucks. PKC will try to learn from mistakes and make changes to get better. We just need to be playing well by region and playoff time. Next up is Morgan High School and they just beat the pants off of Wasatch High School 49-0. It will be another tough game. There are already bad feelings between Morgan and PKC. (Brandon almost got into a fight with their coach a few yrs ago)

I think I may get my kids into music and yoga. This football stuff is for crazy people.

Namaste.

The Ita Twins Arrive

Laurie had a c-section this morning and the twins are safely out of the womb. The baby girl came first and the boy came second. She weighed 5 lb 10 oz and he weighed 6 lb 10 oz. Mom and the babies are doing well. Laurie and Terick invited me into the OR for the c-section. It was AWESOME to be in there, taking lots of pictures, while they were born. Laur and T will be such great parents. I'm so excited for them. Unfortunatly, all the pictures I took are on her camera.

Here are a few pictures I took with my phone. He looks so much like Terick. She is petite and dainty, and thank goodness, looks less like Terick.

Mary "Davis" Ita



Taesae Tomi Ita (not sure on the spelling)

Football Fever!!

Park City 69 vs Canyon View 7

"We've got spirit, yes we do, we've got spirit, how 'bout you?!"

Yes folks, the end of August is here and the first high school football games were last night. I'm glad to announce that Park City won, they kicked butt, they took names, they played FRESHMAN (yes 9th graders) they were winning by so much. I'm proud that they played so hard and disciplined. The coaches did a great job getting the team ready. (I'm biased) They scored on the SECOND play of the game. Dillon C. had 3 touchdowns and Eric W. had 3 touchdowns.

I'm also happy to announce we had a few bruises but no major injuries (that I know of yet). Yeah! That always makes me very happy.

Next week is a TOUGH and IMPORTANT game. We play Logan at Logan HS. They are ranked first, won state last year, and are one of our biggest rivals. (Judge is also a big game). If you are anywhere near the Logan area next Friday, come sit on the PKC bleachers, and help us cheer. I'm a little nervous. (OK very nervous)

Let's go City!!!

Cute picture of the head coach! Hubba Hubba


I thought I would show a picture of the weight room. The weight room is new and paid for completely by the football team's fundraising and parent donations.


This is the plaque in the weight room. I love all of these statements. (But happiness is also important)

A Few Updates

1. Katie left for TN today. She is off to college. We will all miss her.
2. Laurie (my friend) is going to have twins sometime in the next week or so. I'm keeping my phone by me at all times. I am the god-mother after all.
3. I started my fellowship in sports medicine. It's good. There will probably be less blogging and more journal reading.
4. Emily had a Pampered Chef party and I got a mandolin slicer that I am dying to have delivered and a citrus squeezer to assist with homemade margaritas.
5. Brandon and I went to the John Mayer concert and had a great time. He is SO good in person. I love his blues/jazz. His new live CD is fab.
6. Football games start next week. GO PKC. I will spend the next several months without my husband. Maybe I'll be blogging more than I originally thought.

I hope everyone had a fun, relaxing summer with family and that you all have a smooth transition back to school.

A Friendly Rant About the Second Law of Thermodynamics

This is a rant about ENTROPY (defined as a measure of disorder in a system).

It stems from 2 recent experiences.
1. First, I took my car in for an oil change, and they told me I needed to spend $500 for rear-wheel brakes and rotors. Then about 2 weeks later my engine light in my car came on and is staying on.
2. Second, my computer contracted a virus and spyware that completely stopped my computer. So I had to pay to get it repaired. They warned me that my computer was about 4-5 yr old and will probably die soon and when it does I will loose all my info so I better buy one of their computers instead of spending money to fix the old one I have. Yeah, no problem. Like I have $1000 sitting around to buy a new computer out of the blue.

Which brings me to ENTROPY and probably one of the worst concepts in physics - The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Now it is confusing, a little like fixing a car or computer, so I may not be totally correct on all details, but the basic idea of the Second Law of Thermodynamics is this. If a system, like a car or computer or glass of ice, is left alone then the amount of disorder will either remain constant or increase. (And it seems like it always increases) Another way to state this is that all things tend to break down and have less energy to work. It takes energy from an outside source (aka - my bank account) to keep them running. Thus, I summarize this as - all things tend to chaos. This last statement is not totally correct because chaos, disorder, and randomness are not the same. But it is easier to remember.

And so, I have to pay out of my nose to have my systems, car and computer, fixed so that later on they can break down again, and then I'll buy a new system that needs more money to prevent it from breaking down again.

And so, I think to myself that the basis for consumerism is actually the Second Law of Thermodynamics and that all things tend to randomness (breaking down).

And that really really sucks.

A Wilson Wonderland

We met up with the Wilsons last weekend and went boating at Jordanelle. We had so much fun that we wore the poor boat out. Thanks to Kathy and Greg for the delicious dutch oven dinner. (I appologize for any spelling errors on names)

Brad and Steph's twins

Ben and Annie

Carol and Steph

Kasididle

Torinna

Vivers

Brov and Elora

Mom's kids (minus Em and Jonah who were stuck out on the boat after it broke down on the lake)

Jared, Tori, Kasidy, and Me playing in the water.

Boat Bow Beauties

The fabulous Mr Benard

Jared tearing it up wakeboarding (OK just crossing the wake) Sorry I did not get a picture of the flips he was doing.

Tori's FIRST wakeboarding attempt!!! Yeah!!!


My cutest nephew in the whole world

His cute dad - Brovwa

The Coach

That's a wet wet dog dog. (Ask brov about the shaggy dog joke)

Me taking Jonah in some nasty dirty water to play and splash. He is still not quite sure about going in the water but I am quite sure I like my cleavage.