More Mission

Here's a picture of me talking to my family right after opening my mission call!

Feel free to comment becuase I want to know what you guys think about my mission...

If you find anything tight and interesting about New Jersey please post becuase I am having trouble finding information about it.

Dustin's Mission Call

This is Dustin opening his mission call, NEW JERSEY AWW YEAH!

***Reading***

For those of you who are doing the scripture study challenge (read the BOM by April 15th) we are now supposed to be through

2 Nephi 20, by the end of today.

I hope those are you who signed up to do it are still doing it and are caught up.

Isaiah can be tough to get through but keep going!!!

Denae

Dustin's Birthday!

Hey just a reminder the the family. Dustin's birthday is the 17th of this month. Its coming up fast so if you were planning on sending anything, start getting it together. He loves packages and loves getting mail so feel free to send. Also he is opening his mission call Thursday at 7 his time.
-Mom

Pictures of Kaley

Here are some pictures of Kaley's game. A lot of them are blurry because my camera stinks. But they're fun to see anyway.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM!!!!

slow down my beating heart

I watched Kaley play tonight against the undefeated Miramonte. Wow! My heart was seriously pounding... it was a rush. Kaley did awesome. First of all, she started and played almost the ENTIRE game. It was so fun and exciting. Every time a new sub would come in she was assume it was for her and would almost run out and then when she realized she wasn't being taken out her face looked surprised. It was cute. Anyway, the team they played was crazy. HUGE girls and very violent. I would have been terrified. But NGHS played so well. They really never gave up and it was a great game. Kaley scored 5 points, I think and had some assists. Although when it comes to the stats... I don't know much. Ask Dad. Anyway, I took some pictures which I'll post tomorrow and here's a video of the starting line-up. Great job Kaley. You're an awesome player.

-Denae

Scripture Reading.....

Ok, for those of you who are doing the challenge, you should be through 1 Nephi 21 today. That's 3 chapters a day since last Monday. We might have to adjust the amounts per day in a little while but for now this is good.

HOW IS IT GOING? DID EVERYONE DO IT?

Something that I read that I really liked this week is 1 Nephi 14:14. I always worry about my kids growing up and going out into the "world". In this chapter it is talking about the church of the devil (which I consider to be the world) and how it will gather together to fight against the church of God. Scary. It is hard to stand against the world. But in vs. 14 it says that the people of God will be "armed with righteousness and with the power of God" in order to fight the world. Of course we and our kids can fight the world because we have God on our side. I liked that part.

Did you have anything stand out to you?? Did you learn something new?

Oh and Michelle, you said you wanted to join and we would love to have you do the challenge with us and feel free to comment!!

Thanks for doing this with me guys!!
-Denae

B-Day Boy

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY DAVE!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

A Challenge Anyone???

Guys. Today I have challenged myself to read the Book of Mormon from front to back cover by April 15th. I know we are studying the New Testament at church so obviously that is important to read too, but I just really need to read the BOM. So, does anyone want to join me??? I plan on doing personal reading everyday and also, to help myself out, we will be reading where I am with the family at night too. We've been doing the picture scripture books with the kids for awhile but I'm going to try just reading the plain old scriptures to them and see how it goes. Anyway, the challenge is to start today and finish on April 15th. If you want to do it, comment here and we'll help eachother keep up on it.

Thanks, love you guys,

Denae

The Watch Game

I want comments too

I've noticed that Dustin has been getting many comments from "the blodgett buzz" Share the wealth a little...Blodgett buzz!

Early B-day!

So Mom gave me an early birthday present after the wisdom teeth weekend but told me i wasnt allowed to open it. I begged and begged and then she needed to find a pair of earings so she let me open it!! Max and I had a huge early b-day celebration and partied a ton. I was way excited and git a great gift! Gotta love early b-days!

Game time

Kelly invited me to go to the Warriors V.s Caviliers game tonight. Courtside seats! i'll get to see Lebron in action up close, woo hoo. Just wanted to make you jealous... especially the bruders. If you watch the game maybe you'll be able to see me!

Sledding

Here are some pics of when we went sledding. It was sooo cold! I didn't get any of Chad and Julie- sorry guys. I will be posting some video results of our "jump rope contest" and we can decide who wins. Keep in mind that no one videoed me and I was the first in the fam to do some double crosses with my rope!

My Life

I'm kinda bored and not feeling any pain so i thought i 'd tell the fam about my life right now and just a couple cool things. I got a calling to teach Gospel Doctrine every week in sunday school. I will teach the New Testament. I will also be teaching Elder's Quorum a couple times a month. The bishopric sat in my last teaching before christmas and decided to put me as gospel doctrine too.
I just had tryouts for basketball and was called a day before everyone else and told that im on a team. Dont really know now but i practice 2 times a week and one game a week. I will keep you posted.
O and i just got my wisdom teeth out. Look at the pic below. My papers got rejected because of that but mom is going to turn them back in and i will get my call in 2 or so weeks. Thats my life. Any questions feel free to call. Love ya.
I will try to blog on the dustblog but i dont get any comments so i dont know.

Dustin's Wisdom Teeth

DURING THE OPERATION


AFTER THE OPERATION...NO SWELLING!!

P.S. Stay tuned for more pictures to come!

Video Double Date

Last Saturday we thought it would be fun to do a little double date with the Harlows via You Tube. We think it would be fun to do with everyone sometime. Here were the rules.
1. Together, we came up with a Title, prop and a one liner that both couples had to follow.
2. We had 30 min to make a 5 min or less video using all three.
3. When the time was up we uploaded it to YouTube and watched eachother's video while on speaker phone.

It was pretty fun and interesting to see the different direction we each took.

The title was "A Nightmare To Remember" our prop was a waterbottle and our one liner was "Doc-Awk"

Here is our video and Denae will be posting theirs soon. Who wants to do this with us sometime??

The Blodgett Buzz

We have been having a lot of fun with something Dad and I got for Christmas. I don't know if Chad was an influence for good or bad...we are immune to pain and always on the offensive. I think I won this round, this is an authentic picture of one of my shots...don't mess with the mommers!

ha ha ha

the jokes on me. thanks everyone for not posting forever so this annoying video of me would be on the top forever. I want to hear from Landon or dad or mom or dev or kim. C'mon guys!

hurt neck no more!

Mom and Dad gave me some nice gifts this year. One them, I know, will shortly become my best friend. It is a neck ice pack. I'm excited. Here is a super dorky video of me.

More Thank You's

Ang and Pete did a cute thank you video so we decided to do one too! The kids were excited about their presents. It was a fun day. We love all you guys and hope you all had a nice Christmas!

Shmula!

This was one of Pete's favorite gifts! Good job Julie... he loves it!

Thank You

His Smile

Pete Teaching @ BYU

Guys, I'll be teaching at The Marriott School of Management in the Winter semester. I'll be teaching Operations & Supply Chain Management, which is a required class in the Management Core. I'll be teaching a Tuesday and Thursday class from 8AM to 9:20AM. I'm excited and it's a priveledge to be teaching at BYU.

So far, there are 49 students enrolled in my class. You can view the Winter Schedule here and look at BUSM361 and you'll see my name "ABILLA P" as the instructor.

Devin, you'll have to take this class to graduate -- if you take it from me, I might decide to be nice to you . . .

BYU is the greatest!

On the news

I look like a dork - but I think its pretty cool. This is the third time the business has been on the news in the last two years.

What is that?: Answer!

Well - All of the guesses were good guesses, but I am afraid that no one really got it. Below is the answer... Clayton's beautiful cheek! Stay tuned for more fun...

Welcome to the "What is This Game!"

with this game, brought to you by chadblodgett.com, you simple guess what the picture is by leaving a comment. The answer will be revealed after there have been a few guesses.

So here is the first one... What is this?

Family Dinner

Here are some pictures of our recent family dinner.

Here is the blurb from last night game...


Haley Dahlgard put together an outstanding game, draining seven of eleven three-point attempts and 13 of 18 overall, for a game-high 36 points. A three-point shot by Haley early in the second half included the 1000th point of her hugh school career. Jessica Trautner had 15 points, Kaley Blodgett 11, and Kelly Peterson 9, to round out the Bronco scoring

Name PT FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% STL BLK AST OFF DEF TOT TO
Kaley Blodgett 11 4 6 .667 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 3 0 2 0 1 1 1

Stay tuned for more norhtgate bball updates!

For all the brothers...this team wasn't too good. I copied this off the school website.

Northgate Pounds Carmel in Season Opener
Haley Dahlgard's steal from Carmel with a feed to Courtney Hamilton downcourt for a layup kicked off the Lady Broncos scoring for the 2006-2007 season, and set the tone for a 59 - 9 victory over the Carmel Padres.

The Broncos' uptempo offense lead to plenty of scoring opportunities despite a relatively low percentage shooting from the floor, 24-62 (39%). Northgate played tenacious defense, with the team's speed and pressure on the ball handler leading to numerous steals and forcing Padre turnovers. Carmel didn't score until 12 minutes into the game, and didn't score again until halfway through the third period.

The entire team saw significant minutes on the court, and Bronco scoring was well distributed. In fact, the Bronco bench scored 30 of the teams 59 points. Kaley Blodget led all Broncos with 12 points on 6 of 10 shooting. Courtney Hamilton, Valerie Middleton and Lisa Espinosa each scored 8 points. Jessica Trautner collected 8 rebounds while shutting down the main Carmel offensive threat. Kelly Peterson scored 7 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and recorded a team high 6 steals to round out the Bronco stat sheet.

The Broncos will face host Salinas Friday night in the Semi-Final game. Salinas defeated St. Francis 42-39.

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Box Score

Bill Getris Classic First round Northgate 59, Carmel 9

At Salinas HS

NORTHGATE (1-0)

Courtney Hamilton 3 2-2 8, Libby Trenkwalder 0 0-0 0, Kelli Peterson 2 2-2 7, Kaley Blodgett 6 0-0 12, Cassandra Lewandowski 0 0-0 0, Haley Dahlgard 3 1-2 7, Val Middleton 4 0-0 8, Jessica Olive 1 0-0 2, Lisa Espinosa 2 2-2 8, Lucy Middleton 0 0-0 0, Kelssey Faravee 1 0-0 2, Jessica Trautner 2 1-4 5. Totals: 24 8-12 59.

CARMEL (1-2)

Catie Kane 1 0-0 2, Melanie Pitnick 0 0-0 0, Cyndi Gambali 0 0-0 0, Ariana Wylie 0 0-0 0, McKenzie Pospishil 1 0-0 2, Pauline Ferral 1 2-2 4, Kristine Jesperson 0 0-0 0, Taylor Crabb 0 1-2 1, Courtney Haisley 0 0-0 0. Totals: 3 3-4 9.

Northgate 17 12 20 10 -- 59

Carmel 0 2 3 4 -- 9

3 point goals: Espinosa 2, Peterson. Highlights: N -- Hamilton 4 assists, 4 steals; Peterson 7 rebounds, 6 steals; Trautner 8 rebounds, 3 steals.


BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 F
Northgate Broncos - Girls Varsity 17 12 20 10 59
Carmel 0 2 3 4 9

Date: Thursday, December 07, 2006 Time: 5:00pm Location: Salinas High School

NORTHGATE BRONCOS - GIRLS VARSITY PLAYER STATISTICS
Name PT FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% STL BLK AST OFF DEF TOT TO
Kaley Blodgett 12 6 9 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Haley Dahlgard 7 3 8 .375 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 4 0 1 4 1 5 1
Lisa Espinosa 8 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 2 2 1.000 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
Kelsey Farabee 2 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Courtney Hamilton 8 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 4 0 4 0 1 1 0
Cassandra Lewandowski 0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Lucy Middleton 0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valerie Middleton 8 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 0 2 0 2 2 2
Jessica Olive 2 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 1 3 2 5 0
Kelly Peterson 7 1 7 .143 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 6 1 3 2 5 7 2
Jessica Trautner 5 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 0 2 4 4 8 1
Libby Trenkwalder 0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 59 21 52 .404 3 9 .333 8 13 .615 23 2 14 16 17 33 7

Merry Christmas Family!

Remeber this?

This is so hilarious, we just had to post it for a few laughs. Enjoy!

Only in Utah

This is hecka, flippin' funny:

Christmas Music

I'm a little tired of the same old songs. I mean I still love them, but wouldn't mind something new. Does anyone have any suggestions? What are your favorite albums (besides Carpenters, Babs, and Jonny Mathis)? I'm going to get a new CD this year, so give me some ideas and tell me which albums are good.

Thanks!
-Denae

p.s. feel free to comment even if you are not a member of this family.

New Family Addition

Here are some cute pictures of Preston with his eyes open that I wanted to share. He has a budding little afro.

Who has Who for Christmas!

Ok everyone. We drew names. Logan drew them out of a hat for me and Dave wrote them down. If it seems like you always have the same person, or everyone has the same person every year, it's because we've done this for so many years, so we've probably had everyone. Any, we drew the names and here they are:

Pete gives to Landon
Angie gives to Denae
Dave gives to Dustin
Denae gives to Julie
Chad gives to Devin
Julie gives to Pete
Devin gives to Angie
Kim gives to Dave
Dustin gives to Kim
Kaley gives to Chad
Landon gives to Kaley

Merry Christmas!

Picking Names for Christmas

Hi everyone. Are you all ok with Dave and I picking names out of a hat for christmas gifts?? I want to get it done soon so I can be thinking of the person I have and trying to find something great. I promise we won't cheat. We'll draw the names out of a hat and then post "who has who" on the family blog. Let me know if this is ok.

love you guys........ Christmas is coming!!!!!

-Denae

Girls Varsity Basketball... go Kays!!

Just so everyone knows, Kaley made the varsity basketball team! I knew she would. She's been a b-ball star since she was tiny. It's funny if you think about it. This little girl that can whoop on everyone and has always been able to. I think she was born with it. I mean, what else could she be but a basketball star having 4 older brothers and a dad who love the sport? Anway, great job Kays... you'll do awesome.
-Denae

Hey!

Well i havnt said anthing for a while so my bad. Just writing cause i just talked to Dad and he told me to blog about my experience with Elder Oaks. Last week Elder Bednar was here and spoke at our devotional. I tried to shake his hand but he took off afterwards and nobody shook his hand. This week it was Elder Oaks. After he spoke i ran up to the stage with max and a couple other people. We ended up gettin in a little line and as we got close, we tried to take a picture with him. He shook my hand and told me that he cant do that cause he'd never finish with the line. I was holding his hand all throughout this little conversation we had. So basically the story is that i shook hands with Elder Oaks and actually got a couple pictures of him. Im tight...later..............O and i have 2 dodgeball games this week, 1 bowling game and 1 basketball game. I might tell you guys how i do if i feel like it. Later!

Scary Halloween Characters

This is what kaley and landon wore to school on halloween day. I can see landon wearing superman, but what 15 year teenage girl would wear a dalmation outfit in front of her peers at school. Hello. But Kaley marches to her own drum and that is what we love about her. Her friends would never do it, but they wish they had the guts to do so. They had fun and yes, Kaley did go trick or treatin with a couple of 14 year old boys (luke bogner and nate lee) because none of her friends would go for the candy. They just wanted to party. And Kaley has told me that boys are more fun to hang out with than girls anyway. We hope you enjoy the pictures. Mom and I just stayed at home and handed out candy and we did have our fog machine hooked up and as the kids came to the door, we would let the fog fly and we did scare some of them................

Finally!

Dev-dawg has jumped on board the blog train. He now has a super cool blog called, For Shizzle. I, personally, really enjoy this title. Anyway, check him out and support!!!

Presents for kids

Clayton had a great birthday with some sweet toys. However, his favorite toy for the last week or more, has been the instruction manual from the small legos that mom and dad got him. It first started off where he would just carry it around and look at all the pictures. Now, he cuts them out, puts a little piece of tape on them, and then hangs them from various places in the house.

I think I will just get him a newspaper for christmas!

Another Reader!

Savanah just finished her first chapter book on Tues. and since then, she's read 3 more! I have another reader! It's really cute to see her on the couch reading.

School Pictures

Oh Great Perfidy, By Kameron

Oh Great Perfidy, By Kameron

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Once upon a time, an ugly, mean princess went out to water the flowers, "Grow!!", she screamed. Hearing the anger in her voice, the flower started to grow. It grew and grew so much. It was as tall as the castle! than night when the princess was planning her evil duties for tomorrow, she started to feel tired, so went to bed.

At 20 past twelve o'clock, the princess had a nightmare. She was feeling weird. In the dream, the princess turned into a sunflower. She woke up terrified and shivering. The princess was outside. She was wearing yellow! The princess hated wearing yellow. But, reader, she was not wearing yellow -- she was yellow! She had turned into a sunflower.

"Ah, Ah, Ah, No" the princess screamed when she found out that I'm telling you this story, but also because she's a flower. "I don't want to be some ugly thing that grows in the sand!" she exclaimed.

"After you're nice, I'll let you go" said a voice. "It's me, sunflower, for that is my name. I will teach you to be nice, soft, and kind."

Oh great Perfidy the princess wailed, for she is still a sunflower and all she can do is hope until she's nice.

The END

trying to be a photographer

Trying to take a cool picture at the park the other night. We just got our family pic taken by a lady who did a good job but I just think I could have done it just as well..... you know? I mean it's not that hard to take a picture. And it's fun. You just need a lot of money to buy a super good camera and then you can do it. Maybe someday I'll have a lot of money and will try to become a photographer. Just for fun. Hope everyone is doing well and is happy and had a good weekend. love you guys.

Guess who I am

I have two canker sores on my lower lip


(who am I?)

Guess who I am

I'm the man

(who am I?)

3 New Blogs from Julie

Pictures from our trip to Idaho and more.....
www.julieblodgett.blogspot.com

Dustin and BYU-I

We had a great time visiting Dustin this weekend. We toured campus, watched his intramural game, watched lost on the plasma, went to his class, porked out at Craigo's, etc, etc. It looks like he is doing really good, everyone was saying HI to him, his room was clean, and he was taking good notes. Thanks for havin' us Dust.