Grand Old Party

Pictures of Kendell Mae Prisbrey

2009-10-13T11:24:00.010-06:00

Alright, I am feeling terrible that I had a baby five months ago and did not post a single picture of her. So, here I go. This is officially my first post on our blog. I'm not sure if it will be my last, but at least it will get rid of my guilt for not posting about having another child!!

She was born on May 1, 2009.

Utah Jazz Player Look-A-Likes

2009-04-23T13:08:00.007-06:00

Because it is playoff season for the Jazz there's a lot focus now on how they will do against the lakers.. blah, blah, blah. Let's face it, they have no chance! But what they do have are a few celebrities that resemble some notable players.

The obvious AK and Ivan Drago. "I must break you"

There was a show on TV years ago called 'Freaks and Geeks' and one of the stars who played a nerd on the show looks exactly like D-Will. His name is Samm Levine.

When the Iraq war started there was a lot of publicity on Saddam and his two sons. Around the same time, the Jazz were looking at Carlos Boozer. I remember thinking Boozer and Uday Hussein could be twins.

We've all heard it a million times... Korver looks like that Ashton Kutcher dude. Perhaps a little. For the longest time I couldn't quite put my finger on who he reminded me of until the other night when I was almost a sleep... ITS CARROT TOP!

Fox is King

2009-04-18T14:12:00.006-06:00

CABLE NEWS RACE
NITE OF THURS., APRIL 16, 2009

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,897,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,138,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,639,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,233,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,979,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,866,000
CNN COOPER 1,277,000
CNN KING 1,260,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,229,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,172,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,052,000

Hey Arthur.. What else makes you laugh?

2009-04-16T22:43:00.002-06:00

Man Trip 2009

2009-03-15T10:49:00.007-06:00

Recently, a few us got together and headed up to Matt Aardema's cabin in the Uintah Mountains for the ‘The Annual Man Trip, 2009.’ This "event" began as an annual overnight backpacking trip on a Friday night; somewhere far away from civilization, where cell phones were unnecessary added weight to a carefully packed backpack. Slowly it has evolved into a semi-annual, three-day trip (could very well become quarterly) to a cabin, fifty yards from a major highway, equipped with most of the amenities needed for lot’s of Halo, rock-band and plenty of Will Farell movies. (Oh and a lot of farting)

The last two winter sessions of the trip, we began to deviate – albeit slightly- from the usual routine of playing Xbox all day and night to spending some time outdoors in the surrounding winter beauty. We brought some sleds and tubes and found a hill nearby. Luckily, there were no serious injuries.

Below is the video: (Justin McFarland, LeRoy Montano, Cameron Tucker, Dave Prisbrey, Matt Aardema, Don McFarland and Bryan Smith)

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Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year

2009-01-04T01:07:00.008-07:00

The title says it all.. We are the world's worst bloggers.

Our yearly average of 1.083 posts per month (13 in 2008) doesn't seem so terrible. But when your last post was in September, you officially suck. So, as we were recently discussing New Year's resolutions, "not sucking at blogging" came right after losing Holiday weight.

As we began discussing why we suck at blogging, we noticed a few things:

1. We are as bad at taking pictures as we are at blogging
2. When we take pictures, we forget that they can be downloaded to a computer (a crucial part of blogging)
3. We may have forgotten our username/password once or twice
4. When you don't post regularly, it's difficult to go back and summarize what has happened over the last six months.

So here are a few pictures of what has been happening with our family since Eli's birthday.

Owen, Hannah and Eli looking at Great Grandpa's animals. We all had a campout up at his "ranch."

Three generations of Prisbrey and one generation of Kendell.

Owen, Wyatt, Hannah, Eli and Chett the morning after the campout.

Half of Kelly, Stacy, Chris, Dad and Sarah

All of Kelly, Stacy, Chris, Dad and Sarah

Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year 1a

2009-01-04T00:57:00.005-07:00

Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year 2

2009-01-04T00:53:00.002-07:00

Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year 3

2009-01-04T00:49:00.002-07:00

Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year 4

2009-01-03T23:32:00.006-07:00

Eli's two!

2008-09-23T21:19:00.002-06:00

Eli's two!

2008-09-23T21:13:00.002-06:00

Labor Day at Bear Lake

2008-09-15T22:31:00.004-06:00

The fam at the campsite at the Bear Lake KOA. It wasn’t really a campsite, it was more like an RV park, but for small tents.

Tired boy! This kid never lays down, unless he is sleeping in his bed. Here he just wanted to lay on the grass and have Dad rub his feet.

The boys loved playing in the sand. After this trip, we just might invest in a sand box.

Owen constructing a super highway.

Got the whole family together for a photo on the last day.

Time for an update!

2008-08-12T15:11:00.005-06:00

So not much has changed since the last posting, exept for: Michael came home his mission, Dave left his job with Otsuka Pharmaceuticals after almost five years, Courtney came home to visit few weeks during the middle of his Afghanistan tour, Nate came home from his mission, the Prisbrey family hosted the Sneddon family reunion, Karen passed away and Dave and Steve turned 33. Other than that, things haven't really changed:).

This summer has actually been very busy. It all started off with Michael coming home. He was in Raleigh, NC. He has been home for a few months and recently made Weber State's cheer team.

Shortly after Michael came home, Dave left Otsuka and took a job with a company called Biohorizons, selling dental implants. Changing jobs is not fun, although Dave is really beginning to love it. Randy, Dave's dad owns a dental lab and has helped him better understand the industry. Steve, Dave's twin brother works for Colgate and also sells to dentists. Part of Dave's job responsibility is to go into surgery and explain to the surgeon how to use their surgical products. One of his concerns was that he wouldn't be able to make it through a surgery without getting queasy. So far, so good.

In late June the Dave, Steve and Anne hosted the Prisbrey reunion. It was nice seeing everyone there. Donna, Vern, Bill and Jennifer drove up from California, while Uncle Russ, Lance and Luke came up from Florida. The rest of the gang, Karen and her family, and Wendy and her girls came from the Utah County area. We had a great time playing water games and visiting. The fun and good feelings were short lived after a couple weeks later that Karen, who is Dave's cousin, died. It was very sad. She was in her late thirties and has four children from 18-12 years old.

Nate came home from his mission too. He also looked great. During the same week, Court came home to visit for two weeks before going back to finish his Afghanistan tour. His wife Amanda and his three boys stayed for almost a month with Sarah's parents. It was fun having everyone home. Candice and Bryant even made a surprise visit on the 4th of July. No one knew they were coming. On the morning of the fourth, Candice and Bryant showed up and rang the doorbell. It was a lot of fun having everyone there.

It has been a busy, but fun summer. We are hoping to do a few more fun summer things before fall comes. It won't be long before we have our Halloween parties at Stacy's and Steve's houses.

Memories Part 2

2008-04-04T16:51:00.005-06:00

The enterance to the stage. We all have a memory or two about walking up those stairs for a play or a performance.

The library. I wish I could remember the librarian's name. I can see her sitting at her desk with her glasses halfway down her nose. If anyone can remember her name, leave it in a comment.

The gym, aka.. the rollerskating rink. We all remember the many circles that we skated in here listening to "Eye of the Tiger" and all of the other great 80's songs.

The stage. I personally couldn't help but remember the breakdancing perfomance with Chad Benson, Dana Shiera, Brandon Romer and myself. Or the Christmas play with Stacy, Steven and I as the reindeer.

Another view of the stage/gymnasium. You can see where Jared crashed on his rollerskates nose first into the bleachers.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

2008-04-04T16:24:00.006-06:00

Stacy invited me to attend Wyatt's school program. I was very excited to see the program and to be able to walk through the old elementary school that all of us attended. Wyatt did a great job in his program. He had a speaking part that made us all laugh. The whole grade sang a number of songs about "Tall Tales." It was very fun. After, Stacy and I walked around and took a bunch of pictures of some of the most memorable places. The school will be demolished in a year, so I was glad that that I had a reason to walk through the school without feeling like a creepy old man.

We all loved going to school here. Stacy and I reminisced about the many "Friday night Rollerscating parties" and "Friday night movies." Every Friday around 2:00 PM, just after recess, you could smell the popcorn machine getting ready.

Good old North Ogden Elementary School.

The famous enterance and stairway.

The drinking fountain up the stairs.

The hallway up to the library.

Another picture of the hallway that leads up to the library. It's kind of a creepy old school, but definitely very neat!

Welcome Home Elder Prisbrey!

2008-04-01T10:37:00.005-06:00

Hard to believe that it has been two years. On April 5th, it will be two years exactly. On the 9th Michael will come home. We can't wait to see him!

We will take alot of pictures at the airport and will post them soon.

Congrats Candice and Bryant

2008-04-01T10:31:00.002-06:00

Olivia Whitney Smith was born on March 18th at 5:17 pm. She weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces and is 19 inches long. We are very excited for you both and can't wait to see her.

http://candiceandbryant.wordpress.com/

Owen, The Man of Many Superheros.

2008-03-05T23:28:00.003-07:00

A Good Deed for the Day

2008-03-04T16:22:00.005-07:00

Several months ago, as I was in the process of replacing a digital camera -that died a day before we went to Disneyland- and a cell phone, I came across the Apple iphone. Apple had just dropped the price of the iphone and I read that the camera in the phone was as good, if not a little better than the one that died on us. So I decided to get it.

The phone is great. All of the pictures on this blog were taken with the iphone. We have become "picture takers" now that we have a camera on us everywhere we go. Last Friday as I was traveling home from the D.C. area I lost my iphone at the Dulles International airport. When I realized that it was missing I began retracing all of my steps. I searched every possible place that I had been in the terminal. I was sick inside. Having lost a phone before, I knew that the chances of finding it were slim to none. Not only was I distressed about the cost of replacing it, I thought about all of the contacts that were stored, the music saved on the ipod and the irreplacable pictures. As I spoke with an airport officer about the description of the phone, he told me to go ahead and cancel the service immediately, because I wasn't ever going to see it again.

When I arrived home from the airport and checked our answering machine, there was a message from the Dulles International Airport lost and found. Someone had turned it in. I called the airport and set up arrangements to have it delivered to my house, and before I hung up I asked if they knew who turned it in. The lady told me that she had no information about the person who found it.

Whoever you are, you made my day. And if you frequent random blog sites about family photos/vacations/gatherings and happen to stumble upon this one, thank you.

Hawaii Trip (Part 3) Go to bottom of page for more Hawaii pics

2008-02-16T16:23:00.008-07:00

We made a stop at the north shore to see the big waves! It's hard to tell by the picture but there were 15' waves breaking. We noticed there were cameras filming a group of surfers. We later found out that it was ESPN, and we heard that one of the surfers later may have broken his neck. Scary! There were signs all over that said enter at your own risk. That was enough for us to just watch from the beach.

Directly behind the water was a huge cliff. It was amazing to be able to take a picture of the waves, then turn 180 degrees and take a picture of a beautiful cliff. At the bottom of the cliff was a huge cave that we all walked through.
Us walking into the enterance of the cave. It was huge. It went back a few hundred yards and opened up into a huge room.
When the last surfing attempt in CA didn't go so great for Dave, he vowed to never try it again. This time, because of his rashguard, things went a lot better!

Dave surfing at Hanalei Beach.

Hawaii Trip (Part 2)

2008-02-16T15:20:00.004-07:00

Kauai was so much fun. We left our two kids at home and went over there with Marisa, John, Candice and Bryant (Sarah's parents and sister and brother in law) Bryant grew up on Oahu, so he was a nice guide to have. We rented a van and drove around the island a few different times. The scenery was unbelievable. We could not believe that we had just left a foot of snow, with more on the way. For us, it was like a second honeymoon. We had such a fun time together. It was a bit hard not having the kids with us, but in a way it was also nice just being the two of us. Dave purchased a Hawaiian music CD from a vendor at the grocery store. The artist's name is Israel Kamakawiwo`ole, or "braddah IZ." We listened to the CD everytime we drove in the car, which was most of every day. We constantly joked how everywhere you looked the scenery looked like a postcard.
John and Marisa at the northshore beach outside of Hanalei Bay.
The hula dancers at the luau. We both were asked to get up and shake it with the dancers. We also both looked rediculous.
Dave and Sarah at the Kilauea Lighthouse. We saw a few whales and boobies here. (Boobies are just birds)
We definitely want to go back to Kauai. It was paradise. Hopefully one day we could get another group together and spend another week, or longer. When we picked up the rental car, the agent asked us if it was going to be hard to leave for home. He told us that he came on vacation 20 years earlier and never went home. After spending the week there, we understood why.

Hawaii Trip (Part 1)

2008-02-16T15:06:00.008-07:00

(Before you read, you have to click play on the mp3 player to hear 'Bradda IZ'... just to get the full effect. )

In late January of 2008 we went to Kauai, Hawaii on vacation. We flew out to San Francisco on a Friday night and stayed with Candice and Bryant, Sarah's sister and her husband. We woke early to catch a 9:00 AM flight on Hawaiian Airlines. As we approached the ticket counter, we noticed huge lines for every other airline, except Hawaiian, which had no lines. There were a lot of people looking at us with our shorts and t-shirts and probably wishing they could trade places with us. We landed in Oahu and had a three hour layover. We hurried and caught a bus to Pearl Harbor. We wished we would have had more time to see the many museums. After spending a little over an hour at Pearl Harbor, we caught a taxi back to the airport and then flew over the island of Kauai. Kauai was incredible! It was so green and beautiful. There were large, green mountains in the background with waterfalls that formed from the rain. Sarah and Dave standing over a look out point just outside our condo. We were able to see whales and even a sea turtle.
Dave and Sarah at Ke'e beach. This was our favorite snorkeling site. We saw a lot of tropical fish.
Every day it would rain, but just for a minute and it would be gone. You can see the rain in the background.
Dave and Sarah at Wailua Falls.
Sarah and Dave standing over the lookout point of the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" It was a lot cooler up here than down at sea level. It also could have been the Hawaiian shaved ice we had just eaten. Mmmm.

Halloween Parties 2007 part 2

2007-11-08T17:10:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken Halloween night with Owen's cousins. We went to Stacy's house and ate pizza, then went down to her old neighborhood to trick or treat. This was a great neighborhood to hit. When I asked Owen what kind of face he wanted on his pumpkin, he showed me his Darth Maul face.
Kelly, Stacy, Wyatt, Jasmine, Chett and Hayden. I hope I got that right. The queen bee and the tourist. Mom and Dad at Steve's party.
Grandpa Smeding was dying to go down the slide but would only go down if someone went with him.

Halloween Parties 2007 part 1

2007-11-08T16:27:00.001-07:00

This Halloween was filled with a lot of family parties and events. Steve hosted the annual Prisbrey Halloween Extravaganza at his home. The Force was strong as Leia, Vader and Yoda made an appearance. We all had a great time there and always look forward to this gathering. This year we missed Jared, Becka, Lilly and Jackson as they are now living in Las Vegas. Brett, Chris and Hannah were also unable to be there. Next year should be fun as Michael will be home from his mision. Alicia and Ryan invited both sides of the family to their house. We all had a nice time. Alicia and Ryan had a little craft station set up in their basement for the kids. Owen and some of Alicia's nephews painted bats and pumpkins. Alicia and Ryan have a great home in East Ogden. Pick a winner! Sarah, Owen and Uncle Patrick picking out pumpkins at the Black Island Farm hay ride.
Stacy and Kelly hosted a fun pumpkin carving party. After the pumkins were carved, we sat in front of the fire pit and made smores. Stacy and Kelly have the perfect backyard for parties!
The family with Grandpa and Grandma Smeding. This was also taken at Black Island Farms. BIF had a hayride, cornmaze, huge slides for kids or grandpas, pig races and a magician. We all had a great time.

Summer 2007

2007-11-05T17:20:00.001-07:00

The summer of 2007 was a fun one. This year Sarah was not stuck indoors because of the heat like she was last year. Sarah gave birth to Eli back in September, 2006 and was very pregnant throughout the summer of 2006. So this year, it was nice to be able to get outside and do all of the fun summer things.

For the 4th of July we went over to the park and looked at the booths. Owen saw some kids walking around with their faces painted so he decided he had to leave the park as Spiderman. Owen loves superheros like Superman, Spiderman and Batman. He also loves some "not so super heros" like Nacho Libre and Darth Vader.

We spent time up at Island Park, ID with Sarah's family. There we visited Yellow Stone National Park. We didn't see any bears but we did see a lot of other wildlife. We also did the annual southern California trip with Steven (Dave's twin brother) and Erica, his wife. This has become a fun tradition. We stay Bill and Jennifer's house in Alta Loma, CA. This year we visited the beach a couple of times and spent a day at Disneyland. We also were able to get up to Bear Lake for "Raspberry Days." We had a fun time swimming in the lake together.

Our Family

2007-11-05T17:13:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken in November, 2006 shortly after Elijah's (Eli) baby blessing. We had a nice gathering at our home after church with our families. This is our family: Dave, Sarah, Owen and Eli. Owen was born in February, 2004 and Eli was in Sebptember, 2006. Sarah and Dave were married in July, 2001. We lived behind Ogden High School for almost four years and now live in Layton.