Luke & Fernanda McDermott Family

Promised Photo Links

2011-06-01T16:39:00.003-06:00

Here they are :)

Halloween 2010: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514143611794.2017705.187300845&l=7656807a4f

Christmas 2010: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515715841034.2018534.187300845&l=76fe965de8

Family Pictures 2010: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.513673314274.2017397.187300845&l=dd0dbe94cf

Noah's 1st Birthday December 2010: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515513381764.2018488.187300845&l=0cd4b7d7fe

Mobile Uploads 2011: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514336400444.2017844.187300845&l=0cde58d72e

Just a reminder, even though these are albums I have posted to Facebook, by clicking these links you do not have to have facebook to see the pictures. So click and enjoy!

Also, for all those not in the know, Fernanda and I are expecting child #4! Keep your fingers crossed for a girl :)

Coming Soon

2010-11-04T16:22:00.002-06:00

I will be posting links to the various facebook photo albums I posted to facebook over the summer and this fall. You don't have to have facebook to see the pictures associated with the link. Just click the link and enjoy. Stay tuned.......... :)

A Note I Wrote on Facebook - Let Me Know What You Think!

2009-08-27T17:17:00.001-06:00

BYU, Utah, and TCU should bust....The Mountain West!

So everyone probably thought I was going to say the BCS and the BCS does take a big role in this note. But first things first; it's time for these three teams to say adios to the Mountain West. These 3 teams deserve better. They deserve more TV time, more love from the conference that they carry. They also deserve better local coverage for the fans that follow them, and they deserve to be a part of a BCS conference. Now I understand that I'm a fan and what I am going to write I can do because I am a fan and I don't have to worry about money, tv sets, travel costs, etc. I can dream the dream and give my opinion with little consequences whatsoever, which is the beauty of being a fan. But I would absolutely love to have happen what I am going to propose and that is this: BYU, Utah, and TCU need to leave the Mountain West and start a new conference. I have faced reality that none of these teams are going to be invited to the Pac-10 or Big 12. EVER. Even though they are good enough that I think they would be challenging for the top 3 in those conferences each year. With the teams that I propose join these 3 teams in their newly formed conference, however, I think it would be very hard for the BCS not to add this conference as a BCS conference. So without further ado, here is what I think the new conference should look like:

1. BYU
2. Utah
3. TCU
4. Boise St.
5. Fresno St.
6. Nevada
7. Tulsa
8. Colorado St.
9. Houston
10. UNLV

Now here is how I like to break this list down. You'll notice that this is a mixture of the MWC, WAC, and Conference USA, with 5 MWC teams, 3 WAC teams, and 2 Conference USA teams. The first 5 teams are what I like to call the Big 5, with Fresno St. being the weakes of those 5 but they have some enough national pup to include them. The next 3 are my Wild Card teams. They're up or down or somewhere inbetween but they have the potential to have big years. Houston is my unkown, but also the 2nd Texas team which is good for recruiting and TVs and UNLV is there because I think it's good having Vegas in the conference and every conference needs a team they can pound on. What this conference would be called, I'm not sure. I was thinking of something like the American Central Conference, or Western States Conference. The important thing though is that I think this mix of teams provides 5 nationally recognized names especially Utah and Boise St. with their BCS bowl success and BYU with it's national following along with TCU and Fresno St. almost yearly flirting with the BCS (I know Fresno has been down for a few years). The other teams also spreed it out and give an expanded recruiting ground and even TV sets and revenue. I like having 10 teams in a conference, so that only 3 non-conference games are played and hopefully the temptation of playing a Division II teams diminishes although I admit my logic could be somewhat flawed on that point. But I hate 4 non-conference games, I think it's too much. I also think this mixture of teams would be able to secure a better TV deal with the likes of ESPN or Fox Sports where they would only be playing Thursday - Saturday and probably get some good time slots depending on Matchups. I admit, this is my dream scenario, but I would desperately love to see this happen.
What do you guys think? What would you change to make it better? Where is my logic flawed? Please let me know, I would love to see what you all think about this idea.

Roof Pictures and Pregnancy Update

2009-08-06T15:39:00.002-06:00

Fernanda had her official ultrasound with her doctor today. Everything is looking great! It's kind of weird having a normal pregnancy though, in the back of our minds we're always thinking that bad news is just around the corner because that's what we're used to. Anyway, acording to the ultrasound machine's measurements, Fernanda is at 21 weeks and 2 days giving her a projected due date of December 15th! 6 days earlier than the original date. When Dr. Lloyd did his measurement on her, she measured at 23 weeks so he said that gives us a nice 2 week window of Dec. 1 -15 for when he would be comfortable having the baby be born. Fernanda is hoping that in November he'll change his mind and let her have him at the end of November. So we shall see! I'm also posting a link of the roofing project on our house that we did a few weeks ago. A big thank you to the Elders Quorum of my ward, the Bennion Heights 8th ward, especially Nate Johnson, for coming and helping us get that done. Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2011505&id=187300845&l=9d073a1112

Here's a sample picture:

That's Nate Johnson in the picture.

It's a Boy!!

2009-07-01T19:47:00.005-06:00

Well an announcement like this definitely deserves a post! :) We went to the Ultrasound Specialists last night to have an ultrasound done because we just couldn't handle the suspense any longer! With this pregnancy Fernanda and I were hoping to add a baby girl to our family and call it quits on the kids. Well to our surprise the ultrasound showed that we're having another boy! Fernanda was a bit dissapointed at first, but she's been thinking about boy names all day today. The frontrunner which was approved by her great-aunt Dulce is Guilherme. Yes it is hard to pronounce, but so is Keith to Brazilians, so I think it's a fair trade. Guilherme also has many nicknames such as Gui, Giga, Guy, etc. So we're pretty excited to have another boy on board. One more missionary, one less wedding! :) I also think this leaves the door open on us having a 4th but will have to wait and see what the future has in store for us. Here are a few pictures of the new album I posted on facebook:

We took this picture on our way home from California. It's at the frontyard of my parent's St. George house.

The next picture is one of about 10 ultrasound pictures. This last picture Fernanda took this morning. I love my wife!

Here is the link for the album on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2011056&id=187300845&l=825817e44b

I'm Not Much of a Blogger

2009-06-23T22:10:00.002-06:00

So as everyone can tell by now, I'm not much of a blogger. I was never much of a journal writer growing up either. I just don't like to write/type. Maybe school just burned me out to the whole idea of it; either way, I would rather do other things. One example is posting pictures. I love posting pictures; afterall, they're worth a thousand words! :) Because I'm not much of a writer, I like showing what has been going on in my life and writing some commentary. That's something that I enjoy doing. The problem is that it takes FOREVER to upload pictures to the blog with my internet connection at home. I don't know why because it's with comcast but it just takes a long time and it bugs me. So I've been pretty turned off to the whole blogging thing for the past few months. So, I've made a decision. From now on I'm going to be using the blog to update you on when I post new pictures to my facebook page. Most of you are my facebook friends and if you're not, please add me and join facebook if you're not on it at all! Trust me, you will like it! I will post the link to the photo album so all of you can see what's been going on. Every once in a while I may post a few pictures here and have a rant or two to go on but overall, I will be using this mostly for quick updating purposes. Thank you to all who check out my blog, I'm glad you stop by to see how things are going. Here are two links to my most recent happenings:

Easter - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010109&id=187300845&l=0e1e62871c

So Cal Vacation June 2009 - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010896&id=187300845&l=9f45c473ce

Check'em out and enjoy!

P.S. Please let me know if the links don't work. Thanks!

Super Bowl Party 2009

2009-02-06T19:35:00.007-07:00

Derek and his brother the Don. The biggest Steelers fans in the house. Very intense.

Fernanda and I in the kitchen. This was during the 3rd Quarter. Nothing much was going onin the game so I helped out with the food.

Bea and Monique "helping" out!

Fernanda hard at work!

Monique and Fernanda taking a break to stike a pose!

Aline, Yara, Henrique and Loyal. Loyal is Aline's mother-in-law.

Amanda, our wonderful hostess!

Deborah and Amanda. Deborah is Don's wife and is also Brazilian. She's from the state of Minas Gerais.

Deborah was trying to avoid having her picture taken but I was too fast!

Isabelle, Yasmin, Keith & Kyle

Fernanda and Bea, Go Steelers!

Monique

Henique playing with Amanda's new doberman

Bea is a cutie, and a stinker! :)

William and Aline, Patriots fans who will just have to wait until next year.

Paul distracting William so he can watch the game

The Super Bowl party was a lot of fun especially since the Steelers won! It was pretty tense there in the 4th Quarter, I thought Derek was going to tear the house down. Fortunately the Cardinals left too much time on the clock and the Steelers went on their winning drive. Super Bowl Sunday is the best unofficial holiday in America!

More from Christmas 2008 - McDermott Christmas Party December 21, 2008

2009-01-05T13:06:00.004-07:00

Kyle, Kaili, & Keith. They just can't wait to open those presents!

Kyle loved this dinosaur and played with it a good portion of the night. I believe Rylee & Katie gave that to him. Kyle also enjoys scribbling and has enjoyed the desk that BreeAnn & Tyler gave him. Thanks guys!

Kyle gets in this car that my parents gave him every chance he gets. He loves it, thanks Mom & Dad!

Rylee & Katie gave Keith these little iron man figures. It was so funny because Keith has some like these and he had lost a couple of them, including the gold one the day before. When he opened it he said "Daddy look, Daddy look!! Iron man!" and then he threw himself in Rylee's arms and said something like this is the best present ever. It was so cute.

So then Keith opens Lego Batman from my parents and he says "Daddy look! Lego Batman! I've been waiting so many years for this!" How cute is that???

Such a happy little boy!

The present we gave Kaili. BreeAnn said she loved it!

Fernanda and I along with Bethanie and Johnny got my parents this golf organizer.

Fernanda and I got Roury this Detroit Lions gear. The poor guy is a fan of the only team in NFL history to go 0-16. The coin by the card he's holding is 1 of only 750 they made for their 75th anniversary.

This is the Duke gear that Fernanda and I got for Katie.

So if you couldn't tell I took these from my cellphone. I'm still waiting for the pictures from my Mom which will be easier on the eyes. Fernanda was not there because she was sick and trying to get feeling better for Christmas day which she was and we were very happy she was able to get feeling better.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-30T11:07:00.010-07:00

Christmas Eve at Monique's house. Keith and his remote control car from Amanda & Derek.

Keith thanking Derek

Kyle with his new Batman helicopter

Cristian loving the remote control cars we gave him

Keith's new pajamas! (Kyle has matching ones of course!)

My nephew Marcelo just being cute!

Monique opening her new computer!

Our Christmas Tree on Christmas morning

Yes it is a Coca-Cola tree! :)

Our stocking get laid down on the couch with care!

Kyle can't wait to open something!

The day has finally come! Merry Christmas!!

This is a spongebob bath toy. It came with color tablets you put inside to change the water colors.

Kyle, of course, quickly stole the spongebob toy. Keith is now opening his Batman pez collection. It came with Batman, The Joker, Two-Face, and The Riddler.

Kyle loved opening presents this year

Hot Wheels Cars

Now THAT is a pencil

Me and my Coke stocking. Can anyone detect a theme here? :)

Duplos! The boys love these. I can't wait until they're big enough for Legos.

Movie time! Phineas & Pherb, Transformers Animated Season 1, and Spongebob season 5 volume 2.

These are the presets they got from Fernanda and I

Batman scooter. Batman would be theme #2 of this Christmas.

My present from Fernanda.

Woohoo!! I will now dominate Rockband!

Christmas morning breakfast. My special breakfast casserole and chocolate milk. This is also the only picture Fernanda allowed me to post with her in it.

Our posessed dog Shana playing in the snow Chirstmas night. Look at those devil eyes!

Look at that snow!

The boys playing in the snow the day after Christmas.

Christmas was very fun this year. It was a 5 day weekend for me and it was great to take those days off and spend time with my family. Keith kept me busy playing Lego Batman on the Xbox 360, but it was great to sleep in and be lazy for a few days. I still need to get some pictures from my mom from our McDermott Christmas party on December 21st. I will post those as soon as I get them from her. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all a very Happy New Year!

Playing with Power Tools - Our Basement Project

2008-11-16T18:08:00.003-07:00

So I kind of messed up on the order of the pictures here but oh well. We're just about done getting rid of all the bricks used for the wood burning stove.
A little better view of that corner plus a good look at our old entertainment center.

Fernanda playing with the jackhammer.

Fernanda in action!

My turn!

Taking a break. This picture is actually a few weeks after the others in this post. I have some more on my work computer that will fill in the blanks. I just wanted to post these to give a little preview of our project that pretty much took us the whole month of October to complete. We finished 2 days before halloween! The door on the left side of the picture is to our basement bathroom and the door behind me goes to a bedroom that we use as the kid's playroom.

More Halloween!!

2008-11-14T13:04:00.005-07:00

Pumpkin Carving!
Kyle decided to at least look at the camera and of course Keith couldn't smile twice in a row!

OOOOHHHH Scary!!!

Our outdoor Halloween decor. Fernanda put it up on Halloween this year since we were so busy with the basement. We will redeem ourselves next year! Oh and Keith is being scary, ahhhhh!!

a better shot of the house.

Kyle at my parent's house

That would be me, the big, bad wolf; run for your life!

Watch out little red riding hood!

Keith, Kyle, and Kaili

Kyle, Grandma Bonnie, and Kaili

Kaili, Keith, Karson, Bethanie and Kyle

These are some Halloween pictures I had on my phone and that BreeAnn had taken at my parent's party. Next post will be the progress of our basement. I'm on a roll people!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-13T18:58:00.006-07:00

The awesome hosts!! (I look like I'm ready for bed!)

Party Girls!! Monique, Amanda, Lisa, Yara & Fernanda

Lisa & Yara

Pirate Monique

I took this picture to prove I was at my own party!

Amanda and Rahman

Elisa, Clarisse, Yara, Henrique, Derrik, Lisa & Amanda having a good time!

Derrik and Amanda. I thought Derrik's costume was awesome!

Super Amanda to the rescue!

Bell

Marcelo the Lion!!

Bea and Henrique back from trick-or-treating

Rahman, Yara, Marcelo, Amanda, Derrik, Bell & Miley

Rahman, Yara, Marcelo, Amanda, Derrik, Cristian, Kyle & Miley. Look at all that candy!! We still have plenty left over if anybody would like some :)

Darth Vader Cristian, Frankenstein Kyle, and Snow White Miley. Miley is the daughter of our friends Lee and Miche Barbosa.

Yara and I and Jake and Jana's house for their Halloween party

Amanda and I, same place, same bat time, same bat channel!

Frankenstein!

Keith, Fernanda and I at my parent's house for the McDermott Halloween party. Kyle was not in the picture mood.

So these are just a few pictures from Halloween. There are more from the party at my parent's house but my mom has yet to give me those. I will post them as I get them. This year we had 3 Halloween parties in 7 days!!! It was wild and crazy but boy it was a lot of fun. This was my first Halloween without any school and it's amazing how much more enjoyable it is when you don't have to worry about homework and tests! I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Family & Friends

2008-11-12T20:54:00.008-07:00

Keith having fun at the Jazz game!! I must admit, it was the Clippers so I almost fell asleep too! :)

Kyle, Cristian and Keith raking some leaves. I'm checking on the sandbox hoping that no animals have left us any presents while the lid has been off.

That's us with Elder Krieger at his farewell testimony meeting.

The Monday (2 days) before Elder Krieger's farewell.

Fernanda giving Elder Krieger something to remember her by.

Keith and Kyle giving each other a hug. Such good brothers!!

Our friends Ricardo & Jenn to the left and Doug & Cheryl with their daughter Abby to the right. We were able to hang out a little before Doug & Cheryl had to go back to Wisconsin. Doug and I were lucky enough to baptize Ricardo while we were on our mission in Juiz de Fora, Brasil.

The picture is blury, but we had a good time!

Fernanda with Marcelo. He's making a face that I think is cute but Fernanda disagrees!

Kyle playing with Amanda's cell

Fernanda, Kyle and I getting ready to go to church.

Kyle being cute, resting his head on my shoulder.

The 3 amigos!! Cristian, Keith & Kyle

Just a few pictures from the past couple of months that I've been meaning to post for a while now. Enjoy!

Summer Fun

2008-09-07T20:34:00.010-06:00

My sister-in-law Aline's kitchen. My brother-in-law Paul, Yasmin, Kyle, Nathan & Keith

Aline's newborn boy William, born 08/25/2008

Keith just outside our front door

Kyle playing with my hat on his bed

Our friends Lauren and Nate Marsala came to visit us before going back to Arizona

Keith on his transformers bike

My niece Bea and my nephew Cristian

My nephew Henrique holding his cousin (my nephew as well!) Marcelo, my sister-in-law Amanda's new baby boy.

My niece Isabelle

One last big summer sleepover

William getting a little extra help

Kyle, Keith & Yasmin

My sister-in-law Aline holding Marcelo

Fernanda holding Marcelo

Kyle rocking Tyler

Keith getting ready to destroy that piñata!

Kyle gave it a pretty good hit as well

Kyle at Jungle Jim's

Keith looking cool at Lagoon

Rylee & Katie giving Keith his present at the McDermott July Birthday Party Reunion (MJBPR) July 5, 2008

My Mom & Dad with Kyle at the MJBPR

Kyle opening his present from Katie & Rylee

Fernanda with her lovely presents

Everyone that gave Fernanda presents, Bethanie, Roury, Katie, Rylee & Tyler

My dad with Keith & Kyle in the pool at my parent's backyard

Keith with all his presents that he can't wait to open!

Keith & uncle Roury

Aunt Bethanie & Keith

Tyler & BreeAnn with Keith

Keith wearing Roury's suit coat the day Roury came back from his mission in June.

I think this was the Sunday of Roury's homecoming. In the background is BreeAnn, Scott McDermott, Kalie & Tyler. On the couch: Roury, my dad, me & Rylee. We're watching golf of course because that seems to be the only thing on at my parent's house these days! :)

Kyle on the swing at my parent's house. Despite the look on his face, he loves the swings

Fernanda holding Karson, BreeAnn's little boy.

Keith and his Spider-Man swimsuit at my parent's house.

Since I hadn't posted in almost a month I thought I'd post a bunch of other pictures from our summer activities. It's kind of sad to think that summer is almost over. We had a lot of fun and besides the month of May, Kyle stayed mostly healthy. Now it's time for fall and the holiday season as Wal-Mart and Costco enjoy reminding us is just around the corner. I'm looking forward to my first fall without school and being able to enjoy these holidays and spending time with my family withough worrying about homework and projects. I'm even going to take Halloween off of work so I can enjoy the day with the kids since it's their last Halloween before they start school next year.

Lagoon - July 8, 2008

2008-08-11T20:55:00.006-06:00

Ahhh Lagoon, a wonderful summer tradition. I had a lot of fun at Lagoon this year. It was really exciting because Fernanda and Kyle were able to come this year! The boys had a really good time as you can tell from all the pictures. Kyle went on a lot of rides and it wore the little guy out! I was also very proud of Keith this year. He went on quite a few big kid rides like the Bat, Rattlesnake Rapids, Hydroluge, the jr. rocket (dinosaur eggshells), and all sorts of other rides. It was so much fun to see them having fun. The new ride Odysea is ok, but what I liked about it is that you can get really wet if you try to, but get there early and make it the first ride you go on or else the wait during the day is not worth it. Keith did not want to go home at all and we were able to sneak on a few more rides before they finally shut down at 10:30 p.m. (it was a tuesday afterall; we went on my parents stake lagoon day). I wish we could go more often than once a year but what can you do. Lots of fun, I'm glad we were all able to make it! I may find some more pictures on Fernanda's cell and if I do I will update this post and let you all know in future posts to scroll down and see the new pics!

Yardwork - July 10, 2008

2008-08-10T18:31:00.004-06:00

So without using too much harsh language our backyard is a piece of crap. The major regret we have about buying this house is that the backyard wasn't finished and I had no idea how much work it is to get a backyard whipped into shape when you can't pay professionals to do it. Luckily, we've had some very helpful missionaries lead by Elder Krieger who decided to help us with our yard. My family also came over for a family night to help out. They helped us put the finishing touches on our frontyard which needed a little work as well. Our backyard actually has good size and would be a lot of fun to play in. So we are hoping that by the end of the summer it is ready to lay sod. The first two pictures are good shots of the backyard and the amount of missionaries that have been coming out to help us. The third is our frontyard and my brother Roury "working" hard. The fourth is Keith playing in our cherry tree and the fith is Kyle playing with the water which he loves doing. The sixth is a picture of Keith and I will all the missionaries that have been coming out to help us. The seventh is Elder Krieger and his companion Elder Bayba is the missionary in the second picture with the orange shirt taking a break on our dirt patio. Fun times in at our house that's for sure. The backyard already looks 100 times better than it did when we moved in and we added about 3 or 4 more feet to our backyard by cutting into our dirt patio. We've been taking that dirt and spreading it around the backyard to level it out. Then once we're done, we'll buy a truckload or two of compost to use as topsoil and then hopefully we have enough money to buy sod. That would be a dream come true for us, a place to play with our kids and a place they can play with their friends and cousins and we don't have to worry about them playing by the road.

Keith & Kyle's 4th birthday - July 14, 2008

2008-08-06T12:43:00.005-06:00

I'm back! Yes after a long hiatus I am back. It was a crazy busy July. These 6 pictures here are just the beginning as well. I still need to post pictures from our vacation and the McDermott July birthday party on July 5th. These pictures here are from the birthday party we did with Fernanda's side of the family on the boys actual birthday. So hopefully I'll be able to add even more pics over the next couple of days. It's good to be back.

Taylorsville Dayzz and Swimming Pool Fun

2008-06-30T08:33:00.005-06:00

It's been a while hasn't it? It's been a busy 10 days but as you can see from the pictures, it's been fun as well. This weekend was Taylorsville Dayzz in Taylorsville. I decided to take Keith there and check it out because I haven't been able to do so since we moved here. Fernanda was doing a shower for her sister Aline on Saturday and she took Kyle with her so that I could spend some time with Keith. Earlier in the day we saw Wall-E which I highly recommend. It's a really cute movie. Then Keith took a nap and I relaxed a little bit before going over to the park to check out the carnival. Keith loved it! He want on a bunch of slides and did an obstacle course. The ride in the first picture was one of his favorites and he went on it twice in a row. There was also a little train ride that I went on with him. We then went over to the pony ride and he like riding a real horse. Next to the pony ride was a petting zoo with goats, sheep, pigs, a donkey and a lama and he thought it was the coolest thing to be able to pet the animals. We ended up staying there for about 2 hours and that was enough sun for me. We ate some ice cream and some kabobs from a little peruvian place there and then we went over to Monique's house to pick up Fernanda and Kyle. The other pictures are from earlier in the week. Fernanda took the boys swimming two days in a row. These pictures are from the Murray pool and they had a lot of fun. The second day they went to the pool out by the olympic oval in Kearns and they didn't like that as much and got sun burnt. On Sunday we went and hung out at my parents house and ate some chimichungas and played and watched Pirates of the Carribean 3. My family is coming over to the house today to help out with our crappy back yard. We're trying to whip that thing in to shape so we can plant some grass and have a place for the kids to play. The missionaries have been coming over on Thursdays to help as well. They've been doing it as their service project for the week and it's helped out a lot. I'm hoping by the end of the summer we can have a backyard full of grass so that maybe next year we can add a swingset so that Fernanda's family will actually want to have family gatherings at our house!

Little Francisco Fankhauser

2008-06-20T08:33:00.002-06:00

Ok so his name really isn't Francisco but that's what my wife and I are calling him until we find out his name at his baby blessing. He was born sometime last night between 8 and 9. He weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and is 22 inches long. We will be going up to LDS hospital to visit when I get home from work. BreeAnn and Francisco are expected to go home on Saturday so everything is going well. After he was born the doctor was talking to BreeAnn and she said that due to Francisco's size, she thinks she miscalculated the due date by a week or so because the original due date was anywhere between July 11 - 14. Congratulations BreeAnn!!

Breaking News!!

2008-06-19T10:53:00.002-06:00

At 11:00 p.m. last night, BreeAnn's water broke. They arrived at the hospital around 11:30 that night and she's been in labor ever since; lucky her, that must be so much fun!! (careful ladies I hope you could see that last part oozing with sarcasim). My dad said that BreeAnn is "100% effaced and at about a 4 in dialation. So, she should be having a baby today." I will keep everyone posted as more news comes in. The only piece of info I will not be able to reveal is the baby's name because BreeAnn and Tyler are taking part of Operation: Secret Baby Name; in other words, the baby's name will not be revealed until the blessing!! All the other vitals will be made available to the public. I will keep everyone posted.

It's Been an Action Packed Past 5 Days!!

2008-06-17T12:38:00.005-06:00

Wow a lot has happened since I last posted!! I'll do the best I can to remember it all. My brother Roury came back from his mission on Thursday just after 1:00 pm. It was great to see him again and the poor guy was dead tired but we kept him going all day long! After the airport everyone went to eat at Carl's Jr except for Fernanda and I; we had to run some errands on the way back so my parent's took some food to their house for us. Then we all went to my parents house and hung out. We watched Roury open his Christmas and birthday presents and then we just talked and played some Rockband, which I am proud to say I got my whole family addicted to!! We ended up just sleeping over there which worked out well because I went golfing with Roury and my parents the next day. Roury of course kicked my butt even though he had only been home for 24 hours! I then went back to work and back to my parents house to hang out some more that night. On Saturday I played with the boys at home while Fernanda did some cleaning and then we went to Jake and Jana's house to hang out for the first time since their baby Oli was born. We of course played Rockband, and had a good time just hanging out and having fun. Then on Sunday it was Roury's homecoming at church so we went to my parents ward and then had fun talking to all the relative I hadn't seen in a while at my parents house. I appreciate everyone's words of support, love and prayers offered on our behalf. Then we watched the U.S. Open (I am a big Rocco Mediate fan now) and Game 5 of the NBA Finals which the Celtics let slip out right from under their fingers. Yesterday after work, Bethanie came along with us for family night and we went and saw The Incredible Hulk. I really liked it but I don't think it was that much better than the first one which so many people seem to hate. The ending has me really excited for a number of sequals but I won't give the exact reason to my excitement away to those who have not seen the movie yet. After the movie we went and got some Gellatto at Mr. C's a little place inbetween the Best Buy and Rue 21 stores and Jordan Landing. They have awesome Gellatto, all should go there and bask in its goodness. Last but not least, I am also participating in a sports blog call The Shot Clock Chronicles. I have a link to it in the Friends & Family section of my blog but here's another link to it anyway:

http://shotclockchronicles.blogspot.com

I will be posting most of my sports commentary in that blog so that I keep it to a minimum in this one. That's all the news for now, have a wonderful week!

Roosevelt

2008-06-11T10:40:00.003-06:00

This past Monday was my sister-in-law Aline's birthday. So early Monday morning Fernanda & the boys along with Monique and her kids, Yara and little Cristian all went out to Roosevelt to surprise Aline. They had a really fun day. These two pictures were taken at a lake near Aline's house in Roosevelt although I'm not sure of the name. Keith had so much fun that he didn't want to leave! It was a comfortable 80 degrees on Monday so all had a fun time and Fernanda even got a sunburn! I was unable to go since I had to work but we hope to go up there for a weekend this summer so we can visit and hang out with that crazy Pett family! :) Fernanda and the boys came home around 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. I had come home from work around 11:30 because I was not feeling well and had been asleep for about two hours. Around 5 or 5:30 we all laid down to take a nap and I woke up around 9 last night to take my stuff out of Roury's pickup and get some whites in the wash, iron some pants for work, and watch the 2nd half of the Celtics game. Fernanda woke up around 10 and Kyle woke up around 11. Keith stayed asleep until 9 o'clock this morning!! That's about 15 hours that he slept for those of you counting at home. He's going to keep my mom busy while Fernanda does cleaning there this afternoon.

Some Pictures from my Phone

2008-06-09T08:03:00.002-06:00

These are some pictures I took off of my phone. The first one is of Keith playing in the dirt. He likes to pretend that he's helping Fernanda plant flowers. The second one is of Keith and his cousin Cristian playing Rockband. Keith does a pretty good job playing the drums and Cristian is amazing on the guitar. Cristian will be six this month and he kicks my butt all over the place on medium on this game. Then the last 3 are from Mother's Day at Outback Steakhouse. Kyle was in the hospital still, going on day 11 there and we needed a break from hospital food. In the last picture Keith was tired of taking pictures and was ready to eat his macaroni and cheese which was absolutely amazing. Fernanda and I finished off what he couldn't eat because it was sooooo good. Have a wonderful week everyone!

I Have Proof!!

2008-06-06T09:39:00.003-06:00

I love teasing my sister-in-law Katie about how she hardly ever drinks soda. I don't really care that she doesn't, I just have fun teasing her when she's the only one drinking water and everyone else has a soft drink. Anyway, last week Rylee & Katie were my personal chauffers for a couple days while I was taking care of some car problems. This picture was taken I believe on May 29th. Anyway, they came over to the house to visit after running some errands and Katie brought some chili cheese fries from Carl's Jr. to eat since she hadn't eaten for a while. Rylee was pretty tired and asked for a drink to keep him awake and I had some Mountain Dew in the fridge. While we were talking, Katie grabbed the Mountain Dew and took a drink; I said "wait do that one more time!" So I took a picture to prove to the world that Katie Kim McDermott does in fact enjoy the occasional Mountain Dew from time to time! :)

Graduation

2008-06-03T12:44:00.005-06:00

My graduation has come and gone and it was a really nice day. It started at 1:45 pm Saturday afternoon but the best part happened before that; Kyle was finally feeling good enough that we decided to have him come to the E Center with us! It was nice having my whole little family there with me. When we got there I met up with my friends Rachel and Richard and while we were backstage I found a couple other friends from school, Alex and David. So we all got in the same line and that's who I ended up sitting with. We had fun talking and catching up and we all did our best to help Rachel and David laugh because they were both having a major anxiety attack, so we had a good time. The first picture from graduation is Fernanda and I after the ceremony ended and I was on my way back to get my actual diploma which I was disappointed to see did not have my major written on it. You would think that a school which charges as much per semester as Westminster does that the least they could do is put your major on your diploma, but whatever. The second photo is me walking back to my chair after I received my diploma cover onstage. The third picture is of my friend Rachel, me and Dara Hoffa, one of the best professors I had at Westminster. She taught a couple of the accounting classes I took and was my academic advisor. The fourth picture is the picture I sent out with the few invitations I purchased (it was kind of expensive) and those were the clothes I wore on Saturday. After graduation my parents took us to dinner at Rodizio Grill where we stuffed ourselves with delicious Brazilian churrasco (barbeque). After that I took Fernanda and the boys to Murray park so they could play with their cousins and let loose some of that energy and I went to buy my graduation present, an XBOX 360!!!! I bought two games to play with it, NBA 2K8 and RockBand. RockBand is a very fun game that I highly recommend to anyone who has not played it yet. I also love basketball video games so 2K8 was a must for me but I'm going to take it back to the store today because the disc seems to have some problems. Anyway, we started playing as soon as we got home that night. Keith did a pretty good job on the drums and Fernanda and Bia (my niece) took turns singing while I also played drums and took turns on the guitar with Henrique (my nephew). We stayed up until almost 3 am that night!! It was great fun though. My mom took some more pictures of the graduation so I'll post those as soon as she sends them to me. A special thanks to my mom and dad for the wonderful dinner and helping to keep the boys entertained during the commencement and thanks to Andy & Valerie for coming and showing their support, I really appreciate it.

Fernanda's New Car!!

2008-05-27T13:50:00.003-06:00

So I talked about this a little bit on Saturday and here is the picture of Fernanda's new car. I love it and she does too. Like I said before it's a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica which is what is being called a crossover vehicle. It's power everything, black leather seats, a 3rd seat in the back so it can fit up to 6 people but it also folds down for a ton of storage space, the front and middle seats are heated seats, it has A/C and climate control for the driver and passenger sides, it has a 6 disc DVD/CD player which Keith is absolutely loving, and a sun-roof. It's a fun car and one that we hope lasts us a long time. We had the Bravada for almost 3 years and it did what we needed it to do. Kyle did end up coming home on Saturday although he's been having some issues with sleep (i.e. he's not doing it much). It was nice be able to spend some time at home as a family over the weekend. Keith and I did go see the new Indiana Jones movie on Saturday night and we both loved. Keith was really getting into the movie and was always worried when Indiana Jones would get into some trouble; it was cute. Sunday night Fernanda and I watched a documentary called "The Business of Being Born." It talks about how having babies in hospitals is big business for them and how they do many unnecessary things to get the most money. It also showed how many women are choosing to have their babies at home with a midwife instead. It was very interesting to see how the midwife business works and to become aware of this alternative. I highly recommend this documentary although be warned that it does show the actual birth of several babies. Have a great week everyone!!

Coming Home

2008-05-24T10:25:00.003-06:00

So Kyle could finally be coming home today. He's was moved to the 4th floor a couple days ago to room 4417. He's been doing good other than the fact that he hasn't really slept since Wednesday night!!! They're getting him off all the drugs the PICU was giving him to keep him sedated. The last time he stayed at the PICU they did the same thing and when he came home and we laid him in his bed he slept for like 18 hours striaght so that's probably what is going to happen again. He's ready to come home and we are ready to have him home after being at the hospital for 22 days. He's down to only 1 liter of oxygen and the normal antibiotics we give him at home anyway so I just need to make sure the doctor on the floor understands we can handle that. So sometime this afternoon we should be headed home. :) In other news: While giving updates about Kyle I always forget to mention Keith. Keith has to deal with a whole other aspect to all of this as he is constantley being dumped off at different family members houses and he's been handling it really well. Lately though I think he's had enough because he's been saying "I want us to be a happy family again." It's so cute and heartbreaking all at the same time! I'm really proud of him though, he's been a really good boy and hardly complained at all. This past Tuesday we bought Fernanda a new car! It's a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica with all the bells and whistles. I've been trying to put a picture on my laptop buy I can't get the SD card to work so I'll post another blog on Tuesday with the picture of the car since I was able to get it on my computer at work. It's a pretty cool car and Fernanda is really happy and I'm glad that we were able to do that for her. Next Saturday is my Commencement at the E Center. It's really weird knowing that I will be officially graduated from college. I have been looking forward to this day for so long that it's really strange to know that the day is here. It will probably be even weirder toward the end of August and beginning of September knowing that I don't have class anymore and that I can actually think about (gasp!) the holidays! Well that's enough for now. I hope you all have a great Memorial Day weekend and that you're able to get out and see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull like Keith and I will do sometime tonight.

It's Been a While

2008-05-16T15:24:00.004-06:00

So I haven't blogged for a while but there really wasn't much to say. Once Kyle was moved to the PICU and was settled in he basically slept for 3 days straight. He slept so much that Fernanda was able to sleep at home on Friday and Saturday of last week and she was able to have a Mother's Day dinner with her sisters last Saturday. Kyle started improving a little bit, his color looked better and his belly was getting smaller; but he was also wide awake after all that sleep and mad as hell that he had all this stuff hooked up to him. The nurses had to tie his arms to his bed so he would stop trying to take out the tube in his mouth. He is breathing on his own but the tube is helping his lungs with pressure to keep them open. This is measured by what they call PEEP. Normal humans have a PEEP between 5 and 6. Kyle's PEEP is at 12 and was as high as 14. The doctors are also concerned with the amount of oxygen he is receiving which is 45% because he is looking better, so they are looking into that. So after waking up on Monday Kyle pretty much didn't sleep until yesterday and he had a good nights rest and will sleep pretty good today because they had to sedate him for some x-rays and a heart echo. So Kyle is still nowhere near close to coming home let alone going to the 3rd floor. Today is also my 5th wedding anniversary being married to my lovely and incredible wife Fernanda. She is an incredible person and someone that I admire a lot. She has been so faithful to her little guy and rarely leaves his side. She is an exceptional wife and mother and I am very lucky to be able to say that she chose me to be her husband. I love you so much honey and I am so very thankful for all that you do for me and our family. We will be celebrating by going to The Gateway and watching the new Chronicles of Narnia movie which we are excited to see. My Mom will be staying with Kyle so we can get away for a few hours. It's been nice having her home this week to help watch Keith and I'm thankful that she and Monique and Yara have been helpful in watching him while we juggle work and hospital and are able to be with Kyle. I will try to keep all updated, I'm hoping Kyle makes significant improvement over the next few days so we can at least get out of the PICU.

Another Kyle Update

2008-05-07T14:29:00.005-06:00

Kyle has had quite a busy day. At 3 this morning he was moved from the third floor to the second floor which is the PICU. For those of you who have no idea what that means, PICU stands for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The pneumonia caused his left lung to collapse (not the right like I previously stated) and so he was really having to work hard to breath. So they moved him to the PICU to intebate him, which means a machine will help him breath to give him a rest. However, they could not get him stable enough to do so until about 11 this morning. They also put in a Pic line. A Pic line is like an IV but they put it through a vein and almost into his heart. They can do a lot more with this line like draw blood, and it lasts a lot longer than an IV so they don't have to poke the poor little guy as much. Fernanda just sent me a text saying that the tube they used to intebate him is not working very well so they're going to take that out and put a new one in. He is sedated for all this so fortunately he's not bothered too much. If anybody was still planning on visiting him, remember he is now in the PICU on the 2nd floor in room 25. If you want to call, it's probably best to call Fernanda's cell phone at 652-2700. As more updates come my way, I will continue to post them. I also want to say thank you to Rylee for coming up to the hospital from work and helping me give Kyle a blessing. Rylee doesn't start his job with South Jordan until next monday so he's helping out at the offic this week and its nice having him available to help out with stuff like that. I'd also like to thank Tyler and Linda for coming up to the hospital and visiting us for a little while. It was nice to see you guys and we enjoyed your company! Thank you!!!

My Grades

2008-05-07T14:25:00.004-06:00

Westminster finally posted grades and I got an A, B, and B-. I'm a little disappointed with the B- but my goal always has been to not fall below B- and just do the best that I can and I acheived that goal. Below is every grade I ever earned in college. My overall GPA ended up being 3.342. Not bad for having a sick kid the past 4 years!!

Transcript
Luke McDermott

Transcript Information
Course/Section and Title
Grade
Credits
CEUs
Repeat
Term
1
FINC*300 03 Business Finance
B
4.00

08/SP
2
MGMT*325 W Business and Employment Law
B-
4.00

08/SP
3
PHYS*104 02 Explor. Science & Society, LE
A
4.00

08/SP
4
ACCT*454 01 Auditing
B-
4.00

07/FA
5
BIOL*102 03 The Natural World,LE
B+
4.00

07/FA
6
MGMT*475 02 Strategy in Global Management
A-
4.00

07/FA
7
ACCT*441 01 Accounting Practicum
A
4.00

07/SP
8
ENGL*220 07 Introduction to Literature,LE
A-
4.00

07/SP
9
MGMT*325 02 Business and Employment Law
NC
0.00

07/SP
10
ACCT*474 01 Individual Income Taxation
B+
4.00

06/FA
11
ART*110 02 Survey of Art,LE
B+
3.00

06/FA
12
MGMT*305 01 Principles of Management
B
4.00

06/FA
13
PHIL*206 01 Introduction to Ethics,LE
A
3.00

06/FA
14
PSYC*300CC 01 Games and Psychology
A
2.00

06/MY
15
ACCT*374 01 Cost Accounting
B-
4.00

06/SP
16
ACCT*467 01 Accounting Information Systems
B-
4.00

06/SP
17
MKTG*300 02 Principles of Marketing
B
4.00

06/SP
18
SPCH*111 05 Public Presentations,LE
A-
2.00

06/SP
19
ENGL*110 02 Composition and Research,LE
A-
4.00

05/FA
20
PSYC*105 07 Introduction to Psychology,LE
B
4.00

05/FA
21
SPAN*110 07 Spanish I
A
4.00

05/FA
22
ECON*263 Elementary Microeconomics
B-
3.00

23
HIST*220 United States History,LE
A-
3.00

24
LETRN*008B Art Activity,LE Group 8
C+
3.00

25
MATH*150 Elementary Statistics
A-
3.00

26
ECON*253 Elementary Macroeconomics,LE
A
3.00

27
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
3.00

28
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A-
3.00

29
ACCT*350 Intermediate Accounting I
B+
3.00

30
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
2.00

31
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
3.00

32
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
3.00

33
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
B+
3.00

34
MATH*141 College Algebra
A-
4.00

35
ACCT*313 Managerial Accounting
A-
3.00

36
ACCT*360 Intermediate Accounting II
B+
3.00

37
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
B+
1.00

38
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A-
2.00

39
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
3.00

40
ACCT*213 Accounting Principles
A-
6.00

41
CMPT*LIT Computer Literacy Skills
A
2.00

42
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
B+
3.00

43
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
3.00

44
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
CR
1.00

45
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A
1.00

46
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
B+
2.00

47
ELEC*100T Transfer Elective: Lower Div
A-
2.00

48
INTR*150 Choices: Career Planning
A
1.00

Total Earned Credits
146.00
Total Grade Points
247.30
Cumulative GPA
3.342

An Update on Kyle

2008-05-06T17:20:00.002-06:00

So Kyle has had quite an interesting 24 hours. He kept getting worse until finally his right lung collapsed and he was really working to breath. The nurses had him on 6 liters of oxygen!! He started doing better and got him down to 3, which is still a lot but at least it meant improvement. So they're still running all sorts of tests and such and hopefully they'll be able to pin down something soon and say 'ok he has this.' It doesn't look like he'll be going home anytime soon and as long as he stays in the room he's in on floor 3, room 3075, visitors are always welcome. If you want to call us you can call our cellphones or the room # is 662-3075. Please keep Kyle in your prayers, it looks like he's needing a little extra help again.

Becoming a Blogger

2008-05-05T17:13:00.002-06:00

So I feel like I'm finally starting to get used to this whole blogging thing as you will all notice from the recent additions I made. It takes some time to get used to this but once I do I just kind of run with it (Anyone who has seen my facebook page can testify to that!). I'm still here at the hospital with Kyle who is sound asleep. They finally think that what's causing all the problems with his digestion is pneumonia of all things. Dr. Havlick said that pneumonia can sometimes cause problems with the dyaphram which in turn can cause problems with the intestine which causes problems with digestion. So they are treating him with antibiotics for the pneumonia and even giving him an antibiotic through his IV which is supposed to help make him regular again and that would be a good thing.

Kyle, The Jazz, and Grades

2008-05-03T17:47:00.002-06:00

I have a plethera of things to talk about but this blog is going to be relatively brief because I am writing from a hospital room at Primary Children's Hospital and Keith wants to play games. As it was a very common theme for us to be at the hospital last year while Kyle was going through chemotherapy, we haven't had to come here much since November. Kyle has had a pretty rough few days with a cold or something and he wasn't tolerating food and so the doctor thought it best to send him to the hospital yesterday. So while Fernanda was here with Kyle I was helping my brother-in-law Paul and my sister-in-law Amanda's fiancee Derik watch all the nieces and nephews while the women went shopping. We were able to watch most of the Jazz game and luckily the Jazz decided to pull their heads out and play like men. This should be an interesting series against the Lakers. I came up to the hospital around 11:30 last night to bring Fernanda some clothes and pajamas and left around 1:15 a.m. I got up at 8:30 this morning after a horrible nights rest with a stuffy nose. Paul, Derik, and I all took the kids to go see Iron Man this morning. It was a really good movie, I was impressed. It was funny and had a lot of action, a great summer movie. After the movie Keith and I came up to the hospital around 2 p.m. and we've been here ever since. Fernanda has been vigorously playing The Ant Bully video game on Playstation 2 in Kyle's room and I think she's going to be playing until she beats the game. Oh yeah, my grades; my Finance professor emailed me with my final grade for the course which ended up being a B. Professors must post final grades by May 5th so I can't wait to see what I got in the other two classes. Well, that's the update from our neck of the woods, I think Keith's going to have a heart attack if he doesn't play a game soon, so I'll catch everyone later.

The End is Finally Here

2008-04-29T08:11:00.004-06:00

Well it finally happened. The last day of school for (hopefully) the rest of my life has come and gone. Now I've promised some people that this entry would be the longest I ever write and I will stay true to that. After I talk a little about my final last night, I'm going to reflect a little and give some thoughts about my whole school experience. Well my last final of course had to suck. We had been given a practice test and some vocab to study but of course the final had to include problems that were not remotely similar to the ones on the practice test and so I found myself completely unprepared for a few problems. I was really hoping to get 100% on this test and I thought I had studied well and that I'd be done in an hour. Boy was I wrong. It ended up taking me almost the whole 2 hours. I felt OK about it but not 100% OK. Grades have to be submitted by May 5th so sometime that week I'll be able to go online and check out my grades. So I will be anxiously awaiting the posting of those. Now my thoughts on school. Overall it has been a good experience. I have sacrificed a lot of time, energy, and sleep and worked my butt off to do the best that I possibly could. The sacrifice part was increased a great deal after the boys were born and we had to deal with Kyle's health problems. It was very hard to concentrate on school when all I could think about was Kyle and Fernanda at the hospital and if Keith was receiving proper attention while he bounced around from relative to relative. Amazingly enough I never got below a B- which I consider a huge accomplishment considering all that we were going through. Fernanda has been a great source of strength and inspiration for me and my graduation is as much a result of her hard work as it is my own. I haven't been able to be with my dear wife and kids nowhere near as much as I would have liked to and it was very hard to be away from them and very tiring to be away from home as much as I have. I fought through it all, however, and I feel a great feeling of accomplishment. I look forward to being able to accept a new position and have more responsibility at work and the raise that comes with it. I have definitely earned every penny. Like I said earlier, the overall school experience has been a good one. I've met a lot of good people and enjoyed getting to know them a little and spending time in class with them. I've had some good professors and I've had some bad ones. I don't want to sugar coat this for anyone though, school is hard and its not a lot of fun, but it is necessary and anyone who attends college should pursue their education and at least receive a 4 year degree. My main problem with college and universities is this notion that they try to dump on us that "we chose to come to college so that we could become well-rounded individuals." This is especially emphasized by the teachers at liberal arts colleges such as Westminster where I am graduating from. Well that's the biggest bunch of crap that I've ever heard. Nobody goes to college to become a well-rounded individual, we go to college to pursue our degree in the field we have chosen. The classes that make us "well-rounded" individuals are forced upon us as electives by the college. I am so sick of science, art, and English that I want to scream. By having to take 2 science classes, an art class, and 2 English classes, those classes alone delayed me being graduated by almost 2 full semesters!! Now you throw in my transfer classes that I had to retake, cost accounting and public speaking, and you have a total of 7 classes that really were not necessary for me to take and I really could have been graduating last year and already have a year of accounting experience in the workforce under my belt. Schools really need to soften their stance on transfers and just let these students come over and continue their education instead of holding them back because "you don't know if the class taught at the other school is up to par with the course taught at your school." Also, the only reason that electives exist at colleges is so that the college can drag out your education so they can make more money. The two sciences classes I took, "biology" and "physics" were basically the same exact class. They basically taught use to take more care of the environment. I think the college should at least make that into one class and call it Environment 101 or something like that. I also think that if the college insists that we take electives, the electives should be classes of the students choice, not subjects forced upon us by the college. That way the student can take a class they enjoy and be able to concentrate on our majors. I would have loved to have just taken all the business and accounting classes which pertain to my accounting major and been able to take an environment 101 class and then Spanish classes every year so that I can improve my Spanish which is something that could help me greatly in the business arena. That would have been much more beneficial to me and my career instead of wasting away in art and science classes and retaking classes whose credits were not accepted when I transferred over. Instead, colleges forget about the students needs and concentrate on making money, and try giving us guilt trips in classes to brainwash us into believing that we're there because we wanted to be well rounded. What the hell was I doing in elementary, junior high, and high school? Picking my nose? Do the things we learned there not count for anything? People go to college to get a degree in the area of expertise they wish to specialize in so they can advance in that field at a faster rate. So to all you colleges and universities out there, spare me your speeches, and admit the truth; the love of money long ago overtook the love of educating young people. Higher education is big business, the students know that because they're not stupid; that's why they're in college. Praise almighty heaven I don't have to worry about this anymore, at least for myself, and to all you students out there, keep fighting a good fight, and hand in there until you at least get that 4 year degree. Despite all my ranting and raving, you'll be glad you did.

2 down, 1 more to go

2008-04-25T07:56:00.003-06:00

Well final #2 is now in the books. I had the final for my "physics" class yesterday and it was much harder than expected. The professors made it sound like it would be nothing to worry about, but when I got to class and sat down they handed out this 7 page monster of a final. What frustrated me the most was they said we would be able to use all the powerpoints they had posted online as notes, but I was not able to download 3 sections worth of powerpoint presentations and I ended up needing those badly. I sent 2 or 3 emails to them since Monday telling them that there were problems but neither of them responded to me. I just think that if you are going to tell students that these powerpoints are going to be available for use as notes, you need to be dang sure that every student in the class is going to depend on those and you need to make sure that the stupid powerpoints are working correctly. Overall I think I did ok but there was one section of the final worth about 25 points that I really struggled with, so I just hope it does not affect my grade to much. After my next and last final on Monday, I am going to post a blog summarizing my feelings about my overall college experience. I am sure that many of you will find it quite entertaining since you know how much I "love" school. Have a great weekend everybody and the Jazz better not lose again tomorrow night. Boozer needs to step up and play like an all-star. Deron Williams is the man!!

Jazz win Game 2!

2008-04-22T08:51:00.000-06:00

That was one heck of a game last night and the Jazz were victorious to the tune of 90-84. All the talk this morning on sports radio has been the foul call on Luis Scola for shoving Andrei Kirilenko. Andrei may have added a little extra emphasis on the force of the shove but it was definitely a foul. Like with all the other foul calls on Houston during the game, all they could do was whine about it during and after the game. I've been amazed at how much whining Houston does. The important thing though is now the Jazz are up 2-0 in the series and they are more than likely going to sweep Houston with the next 2 games being here in Utah. I'm glad the Jazz are going to be done with the Rockets quickly because Deron Williams needs some rest to get his butt injury healed and the Jazz will need him healthy to beat the Lakers (sorry Bethanie but your Carmelo and his Nuggets have no chance against LA). Fernanda watched the game with me last night as she is a big fan of Playoff basketball; it's really the only time she likes watching Jazz games with me on TV. Her biggest problem the whole game was trying to decide if she like Deron Williams or Kyle Korver more so that I know who's jersey to buy for her birthday. Go Jazz Go!!!

Watch out world, I'm a blogger now!!

2008-04-21T15:38:00.000-06:00

So my family has been telling me to start a blog for a while now. Since the semester is finally almost over and I ended up with a 3 HOUR BREAK inbetween classes today, I decided to start one since I have some time to kill. Hopefully I can get Fernanda to contribute as well but neither of us did very well with keeping journals in the past. I'm hoping that this becomes a fun way for you and yours to keep up with the happenings of my little family and can provide some entertainment as well. It might take me awhile to get the hang of this but once I do, watch out!!