Blonde African Americans

Z formation

2012-01-31T17:00:00.004-07:00

Family trip to Strawberry Bay

2012-01-29T14:13:00.004-07:00

We went for our annual Ice Fishing trip up to Strawberry Bay

The kids had fun playing in the snow

The fish wern't biting so the kids improvised

"Look out Tre"

Chinese New Year

2012-01-24T17:54:00.001-07:00

Children playing

2012-01-22T00:15:00.001-07:00

8mm tapes

2012-01-09T11:01:00.006-07:00

For Christmas I had all of our old 8mm tapes converted to DVD, here is a sample

New Years Measurements

2012-01-05T16:45:00.001-07:00

Height 49.5"-2009

Height 52.5"-2010

Height 55.5"-2011

Height 56.5"-2012

Weight 52.2 lbs-2009

Weight 62.2 lbs-2010

Weight 72.6 lbs-2011

Weight 78.2 lbs-2012

6 years old-2009

7 years old-2010

8 years old-2011

9 years old-2012

Height 43.5"-2009

Height 47.5"-2010

Height 49.5"-2011

Height 51.5"-2012

Weight 44 lbs-2009

Weight 49 lbs-2010

Weight 57 lbs-2011

Weight 60 lbs-2012

4 years old-2009

5 years old-2010

6 years old-2011

7 years old-2012

Rock Port - New Years 2012

2012-01-02T16:38:00.004-07:00

This was Doug and I's 3rd Ice Fishing trip this season and today while we were unloading a guy fell through the ice in waste deep water directly to my left you can see the ice breakage, fishing was slow Doug caught a rainbow trout and that was about it for the entire morning, we saw a few on my Underwater camera but just a slow fishing day.

This was Hawkes first trip of the year and he had a big one get off his line, Dennis was skunked
Some of the lake is still open water

Raphael won his Fantasy Football League

2012-01-02T16:33:00.000-07:00

Air Swimmers

2012-01-01T12:43:00.005-07:00

My little brother bought the kids Air Swimmers for Christmas, Air Swimmers swim through the air on helium, The body is made from a high quality, durable nylon material that will stay inflated for weeks! You can fill it again and again. Remote control allow the swimmers to go up and down and tail moving.
This is the look you get when you should not be taking pictures
The kids love them and they look really cute swimming around the house, couple of suggestions for anyone considering one of these take your Airswimmer to a grocery store and get helium don't buy a tank it's a $1.00 at our store, hold on for dear life when you leave the store :) and if you live in a higher altitude area Airswimmers are very sensitive to weight I had to remove all three fins in order to get it to float but the kids don't care they just want to fly them around the house.
Thanks Uncle Oscar

Christmas with the Arnsworths

2011-12-25T19:56:00.002-07:00

We had a wonderful day

Kenya's Concert

2011-12-21T16:05:00.002-07:00

Kenya had her recorder concert today

Christmas Patriots Photos

2011-12-11T17:52:00.003-07:00

We decided to have a Patriots Christmas this year

My beautiful wifey
Paws making the Christmas picture cut
Kenya and Hawke getting along

#12 baby

Theresa straightened Kenyas hair and it is very long

The Blacks

2011-11-30T10:00:00.009-07:00

The Blacks came over this weekend and we had a sleep over, In these pictures the boys are clowning around

Can you say goof balls

Notice how thin we are from this angle....Thanks Maren :)

The girls painted nails and watched movies

We drank wine and Theresa made a carrot cake for dessert

Mr. Star of the week

2011-11-30T09:53:00.001-07:00

Utah vs Colorado

2011-11-25T14:59:00.007-07:00

We went to tailgating for the Utah vs Colorado game and had a great time

Cicily and Tana had fun checking out all the unique people
Avalanche shots

Like father like son

Santa is a Ute fan :)

Hawke and I playing catch

Theresa and Kenya stayed home and recovered from black friday shopping

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-25T08:53:00.005-07:00

This year Thanksgiving dinner was scheduled to be done at noon but wasn't ready until closer to 2:40 so in the mean time.......

Kenya Posed for some photos for me......

Raphael had cocktails.....
Hawke played on the Ipad2....

and Cicily sat outside in the cold reading a book

Theresa cooked a turkey, homemade bread, sweet potato's, cornbread stuffing, chocolate silk pies, pumpkin pies, home made gravy and cranberry sauce from scratch
Kenya and Cicily helping with the veggies
Kenya set the table complete with handmade place settings and candles

Everything was beautiful and delicious

We now have leftovers for the foreseeable future, eating well is a perk of having a Theresa in the house

Nadeau Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-25T08:47:00.002-07:00

Dennis fried up a turkey, Cheri made mashed potatoes, casseroles and Tara bought some pies for Thanksgiving this year

Jr. and Angelica
Cicily and Rhianna
Jaxx looking very cute

My beautiful nieces

2011-11-21T16:08:00.000-07:00

Cicily arrived for Thanksgiving

2011-11-21T09:36:00.002-07:00

Utah -vs- UCLA

2011-11-12T21:50:00.002-07:00

Tailgating at 2:00pm

Tailgating at 3:00pm

My good buddy Doug showing his Ute pride

Utah won 31-6 it was a great game

Dirt Bike

2011-11-06T20:05:00.002-07:00

We got the kids a dirt bike

Kenya sporting the helmet Uncle Joey let us borrow

Halloween 2011

2011-10-31T07:42:00.000-07:00

End of Season party at Planet Play

2011-10-30T08:52:00.004-07:00

Hawke was very happy when he got his trophy

Thanks Coaches for a great year
Pizza and video games and lots of loud noises
Boys being boys
Hawke and Jake
Theresa, Shelly and Angela
Ivan and Raphael

Last Game of the Year

2011-10-30T08:46:00.002-07:00

Prior to the game we took a few Patriot photos

Tom Brady
Hawke playing cornerback - JD Silver won 14-7
Debrief for the last time

School Pictures Fall 2011

2011-10-26T06:45:00.002-07:00

Garner Village Witch Fest

2011-10-22T19:17:00.008-07:00

Alexis and Kenya

We met some of the Juan Diego football families at the Witch Fest, Kenya petting the pony's
Face painting
Hawke was very happy with his scorpion
Garner Village is in West Jordan, Utah contains the outlines of the once bustling early Utah mill industry and history. What remains today is a cluster of retail specialty shops located in restored cabins.
Kai, Hawke and Jake
Alexis, Kenya, Venice and her friend

Hawke lost his first front tooth

2011-10-15T09:35:00.001-07:00

His baby teeth were so small and ground down that the hole in his mouth looks huge

Utah's First Gluten Free 5K

2011-10-09T20:06:00.002-07:00

Theresa ran in Utah's First Gluten Free 5k run this weekend

Hawke cheering her on to the finish

She ran the whole way and had a good time

Selena Gomez Tribute

2011-10-08T20:45:00.001-07:00

Juan Diego Football game 6

2011-10-08T19:53:00.003-07:00

Coach Ross giving instructions

Panorama of the Alpine area

Monster Mash

2011-10-06T12:23:00.000-07:00

Juan Diego Silver won 14-0

2011-10-02T20:45:00.002-07:00

Hawke didn't play much on offense this weekend and I forgot my camera so here are some pictures I stole from Shelly Varos

Hawke played linebacker and corner back and had some great tackles

Juan Diego Football Picture Day

2011-09-26T20:15:00.005-07:00

2011 Football Team

Sunshine

Hawke and Carlos

The girls goofed around the entire time

Kids had fun

Juan Diego Overtime Loss

2011-09-25T07:31:00.004-07:00

Our kids had a great game today

Watch Jake #40 at linebacker, he is 43 lbs and awesome

Afterwards we went to Wing Nutz to celebrate our almost win

The boys had a great time (Hawke, Jake the Muss, Dimitri)

Kenya and Alexis had fun as well

JD Blue -vs- JD Silver

2011-09-17T14:48:00.006-07:00

On our way to the game... Hawke is in pre-game mode

Grandma and Grandpa Nadeau were able to come to the game

Hawke was one of the captains this week

It was a beautiful day and Theresa made it even more beautiful
We lost 35-0 , One of the kids from the other team looked like Hawke so I took a picture of them

0-28 Loss to Lone Peak

2011-09-12T07:54:00.003-07:00

Hawke had his game face on

I tried to get photos of the game but Theresa's butt kept getting in the way :)
We still need to work on some fundamentals like blocking but the kids had fun and this is the first year for most of them

Hawke has learned a lot about football this year so it's fun watching games with him because he understands whats going on quite a bit better

Utah Ute's first game in the Pac 12

2011-09-10T07:33:00.000-07:00

Utah -vs- USC at 5:30pm MST

Selena Gomez Concert

2011-09-08T16:19:00.006-07:00

Theresa, Kenya, Oliva and Michelle - The girls went to the Selena Gomez concert

The girls were very excited
Theresa bought the tickets 4 months ago, 16th row
Very Cute

The boys went out for beer and wings :)

After football practice Will and I took the boys to Wing Nutz
Steffon and Hawke
Hawke and Jack Finn

JD Silver -vs- LP Burton

2011-09-05T08:51:00.000-07:00

We got our butt kicked

2011-09-03T14:01:00.003-07:00

Our boys were beaten badly so I'm posting a couple of the "good plays" -Click this photo for a panorama that I took

Utah -vs- Montana State

2011-09-02T07:27:00.002-07:00

I went tailgating with Doug and James and then went into the game with Bret

What a beautiful stadium we have here
Bret and I had a good time, Utah won but it was a pretty unimpressive win and we play USC next week so to say my confidence is not high would be a understatement

1st day of school 2011

2011-08-29T19:57:00.002-07:00

Today was the first day of 2nd grade for Hawke Kenya is going into 4th grade today
She changed outfits about four times and ended up wearing the first outfit she tried on, girls? go figure

Hawke's team won their first game 7-6 Part 2

2011-08-28T11:17:00.004-07:00

One of the moms sent some photos over so I cherry picked a few of Hawke

Pre-Game briefing
Half Time Conference
Hawke running a sweep
Hawke about to get tackled - Great game we had so much fun

Hawke's team won their first game 7-6

2011-08-27T15:54:00.006-07:00

Today was Hawke's first game
Hawke is the Quarterback for his team
Pre-Game briefing
Hawke's team was losing 6-0 with 30 seconds left on the clock and they had worked themselves down the field to the 2 yard line, Hawke hands the ball off to Finn for a game tying touchdown! In PeeWee football there are no field Goals so they got the ball on the one yard line for a 1 point conversion to win the game with 10 secs left on the clock.

Dad seriously almost had a heart attack

Jersey Day

2011-08-22T19:06:00.002-07:00

Kids got their football jersey's today

Thanksgiving Point

2011-08-20T21:03:00.003-07:00

Dennis invited us to his company party at Thanksgiving point

There was lots to do and the kids had a great time, This is Hawke pulling against the football Velcro machine

Kenya was able to get to the 50 yard line

Hawke is very expressive

Face painting and lots of carnival games

Cotton candy and treats out the wazoo

Hawke's Football Practice

2011-08-20T20:57:00.003-07:00

We have practice four days a week for two hours each practice so that's about all I have to Blog about

(Love this picture)

Hawke's Football Schedule

2011-08-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

Football Practice

2011-08-16T04:55:00.004-07:00

Coach Ross let Hawke run a few plays at QB in practice yesterday and he loved it

Full Moon

2011-08-13T13:35:00.004-07:00

Just having some fun with the full moon
"A kiss is just a kiss"

Special thanks to Aric and Yolanda

2011-08-01T20:31:00.003-07:00

We went and visited my family in Texas this past weekend and stayed with my brother Aric and his wife Yolanda, we just wanted to say thanks for putting up with us and look forward to returning the favor when you decide to come to Utah.

-Thank you

Arriana Arnsworth

2011-08-01T20:26:00.004-07:00

Arriana and Kenya hit it off right away

They are the same age and had fun playing with baby dolls and chasing kittens at memaws
She fit right in with our kids
She is a doll and we love her very much

Maya Arnsworth

2011-08-01T20:18:00.001-07:00

We finally got to meet our beautiful new niece Maya

Waving to the crowd while daddy tries to talk on the phone
Kenya, Maya and Arriana

Uncle Sammy's house

2011-08-01T20:11:00.002-07:00

Uncle Sammy has horses and this made Kenya very happy

The kids got to ride by themselves around his property
Hawke was a little overconfident but he did just fine
Cicily did really well considering she doesn't have much experience

Great Grandmother

2011-08-01T20:00:00.003-07:00

This is my Grandmother Mary Arnsworth

She is the kids great grandmother
She is very old and the doesn't remember much these days but it was good to see her

The street she lives on is Arnsworth Street

Family Fish Fry

2011-08-01T19:46:00.002-07:00

My family arranged a fish fry in honor of our visit this is Memaw and Kenya, Cicily and Hawke
Jada, Raphael and Cicily
My brother Chris and my mom's boyfriend Roger tending to the fryer
CeCe, Kenya and Arriana on the tire swing
Raphael and cousin Craig
My niece Jada
Morgan and CeCe

Galveston Texas

2011-08-01T19:32:00.002-07:00

The kids loved the waves at the beach

This was their first time in the ocean
Panorama of our location
Great time
We went to Landry's restaurant http://www.landrysseafood.com/ great food average service
There were some girls walking around making awesome balloons for the kids
My brother Chris came and stayed with us and joined us for dinner
This is our view from our room at the Island Hilton hotel http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/GLSGIHF/index.do

LDS Young Womens Camp

2011-07-23T08:07:00.000-07:00

Cicily had a great time at the YW Camping trip this year

Juan Diego Football Camp 2011

2011-07-21T16:20:00.001-07:00

Today was the last day of football camp

Season starts soon

Football Camp - Hawke

2011-07-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

Hawke started football camp today

2011-07-18T13:47:00.004-07:00

He worked out with the Quarterbacks - Tom Brady?

We live in a beautiful place, great day for football

Hawke had fun, the High School football team helped with the program

They went through several drills

Bike Parade

2011-07-18T13:39:00.001-07:00

The miniature horse is also a hit at these events

New Horse

2011-07-18T13:37:00.000-07:00

Laura got a new horse so Kenya was excited to meet him

Girls Camp

2011-07-18T13:35:00.002-07:00

Clue is the theme for this years girls camp and
Cicily and Shelby are in the Scarlet group

Dawn and Cicily

2011-07-18T09:04:00.002-07:00

In our previous neighborhood we had a neighbor from South Africa that Cicily would have tea with and play in her garden when she was 7 or 8 years old

Dawn emailed me these pictures with the following message
"HI. RAPHAEL..

I SURE ENJOYED CICILY'S VISIT .. SHE IS A DARLIN'
I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH HER COMING..(and so photogenic.
And beautifull.. I love having here here.. She is a joy.."

"Two different poses.. In the living room.. They look the same.. But are not..

The others are outdoors.. She promised to send me on e mail.. The ones she took on her cam..

Thanks tons..

LOVE FROM.... DAWN..."

We went to the cabin with the Blacks

2011-07-11T05:45:00.011-07:00

We went to the Dave's cabin this weekend and had the pleasure of being joined by the Blacks, here we see Maren and Brandon sharing a gummy bear

Theresa is the love of my life and I am very fortunate to get to love her every day
Theresa took the kids on a hike while I was fly-fishing the upper Provo
Hawke apparently forgot his shoes so Kenya offered to carry him back

Fly-fishing the upper Provo

Kiliey and Cicily on the stairs
Dinner was grilled burgers

Theresa and Maren preparing for the gummy bear race )

Not sure what caden is doing in this photo)
Hawke testing the limit of what can be done with Gummy Bears
Jaron trying to absorb Gummy Bears

Roasting Marshmellos
We had a helluva thunderstorm roll through later that night but the view was awesome

We had a great time with the Blacks as per usual thanks for coming guys

Kids Fishing Trip

2011-07-10T19:33:00.003-07:00

Kenya caught her first fish ever and she was very excited about it the park location is linked in the title, click the title for park information

Jaron caught his first fish as well
Hawke caught a fish as well
This is a beautiful park in Midway Utah and a great place to take your kids

Underwater Camera

2011-07-07T20:47:00.001-07:00

Cicily bought a underwater camera so I thought we would share

Have a great summer everyone

Taste the Rainbow

2011-07-05T19:54:00.002-07:00

Having some fun with rainbows

4th of July 2011

2011-07-05T05:40:00.007-07:00

Happy 4th of July (click the title for all the photos)

Theresa's sister Brandy

We had a neighborhood block party complete with bouncy house and fireworks
Cicily had fun with her friends and it only rained for a little while
Hawke was the Green Lantern all day long
This was the teenager blanket, I think Xavier had fun
Doug and Katie hosted everything and it worked out perfectly
Theresa and Michelle (Mothers)
Kenya and Olivia (Daughters)

Cicily with Kymani Marley

2011-06-30T20:34:00.001-07:00

Cicily and I went to the Reggae Concert the Marley family had downtown

Riverton Rodeo

2011-06-25T17:10:00.004-07:00

We had an absolute blast at the Riverton Rodeo this year

This is a picture of the kids showing me their blue cotton candy teeth

They had everything and it was intimate enough for you to really enjoy it
Hawke getting ready to chase down some calves with money taped to them
Hawke has on a yellow shirt

Neighborhood Party

2011-06-25T16:49:00.002-07:00

Our neighbors Eric and Kate throw a big party every summer and the kids looks forward to it every year

They rent water slides and bar-b-que for everyone
All the neighborhood shows up (Except me- I was fly fishing)
Shelby and Cicily having a deep thoughtful conversation

Parents

2011-06-25T16:43:00.004-07:00

My brother Aric has been scanning some pictures he found in my moms attic and I thought I would share a few.

From L-R My mom, My dad (holding me) My aunt Myrtle (holding my cousin Twan)

This is my mom holding me
My mom in front of a statue of Martin Luther King
My dad with some friends

2011-06-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

Dress Up Time

2011-06-20T19:22:00.003-07:00

Kenya looks quite sassy in her mommies outfit

Beautiful little girl

Hair time

2011-06-20T19:15:00.003-07:00

Theresa spent about 5-6 hours on Cicilies hair
It was a long and painful process

Scary at times

But the end result was beautiful

Fathers Day

2011-06-19T19:47:00.006-07:00

Best Fathers Day Ever!!
Hawke and I at the marina - Great Salt Lake

Theresa loving me while I eat a Popsicle
Surfing the net
Playing Superhero

Edward Sokolove

2011-06-19T19:39:00.004-07:00

My long time friend came for a visit from Colorado, we spent the first night at Dave's cabin and went fishing the next morning it was good to see you my friend

Brighton Chalets

2011-06-13T16:14:00.010-07:00

We took the whole family up to Brighton Ski Resort and stayed at one of the Cabin's

Our view was very nice
The interior of the cabin was comfortable
We had a pool table that the boys loved
It was open spacious and clean not to mention 5 bedroom

Theresa had fun games for the kids

Group photo
We roasted marshmallows at night
The weather was really nice even with 7 foot snow banks
"what did he just say?"
We went to Silverlake to hike the trail only to find it's still covered with snow

and not very stable snow

Jaxx was the center of attention and loved it
Mackenzie and Taylor had a great time
Brandy and Ryu posing in a Ice hole
Group photo at Silver Lake
Ground Squirrels rule the day
"Get in the trap" as usual the kids spent hours chasing these rodents
Zhen poking his head out of a Ice cave
Tara having fun with an Ice cave

Boxing Stance

2011-06-11T12:18:00.000-07:00

Theresa made a Graduation Cake for a friend

2011-06-04T21:26:00.001-07:00

Kenya and Kate

2011-06-02T19:41:00.002-07:00

Laura is giving Kenya equestrian lessons

She grooms Kate and they are best friends

Good times - 52 degrees today

Babysitting Kivan 101

2011-05-28T18:42:00.003-07:00

Memorial weekend and we had a high of 50 degrees and a low of 39.... but the pool opened and the kids insisted so here we goKenya loved looking after Kivan
My wife is the most beautiful woman in the world

It is amazing how fast a baby is he was into everything quickly we chased him all day, after he pooped in the tub and threw all the remote controls in the garbage he enjoyed some spaghetti
Theresa and I chased Kivan around the gym and when Theresa turned her head he found his way into the ring while Hawke was training

Kenya's 3rd Grade Program

2011-05-26T14:49:00.002-07:00

Hair Model

2011-05-24T16:00:00.001-07:00

Theresa did a hair show today so I took some pictures

Boxing

2011-05-21T13:39:00.001-07:00

Great training session today

Goofing around

Father Son Camping Trip

2011-05-14T14:54:00.006-07:00

Our camp grounds looked like a disaster relief site

This is Hawkes third Father son camping trip
We look forward to doing this every year

Lord of the flys - The boys thought it would be cool to sacrifice the June Bugs that landed in and around our campsite to the fire gods, Hawke did not like the idea

The kids favorite game was the Marsh mellow gun fight
Zach
Colton
Parker

Hawke at our campsite

Hawke hits my camera with a Marsh mellow in 2 secs
The Marsh mellow gun fight got a little crazy
Thank you to the Grays for inviting us again

Cicily

2011-05-08T20:54:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day

2011-05-08T11:46:00.003-07:00

We made Theresa breakfast in bed

Kids training with Logan

2011-05-07T18:32:00.002-07:00

Musical Ottoman

2011-04-29T21:08:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Hawke

2011-04-27T19:17:00.005-07:00

Hawke turned 7 years old today!!He wanted to go to The Living Planet Aquarium for his birthday http://www.thelivingplanet.com/

The kids favorite feature was the Sting Rays

Kenya had fun playing with the Sting rays and star fish

When Uncle Chris was here he bought the kids silly string and it was on!

Easter Egg Hunt 2011

2011-04-23T11:07:00.005-07:00

We participated in the local easter egg hunt this year

After a night of clubbing Chris was eager to watch the kids hunt easter eggs at 9am the next morning
The word certainly got out because there was a lot of people that showed up for the easter egg hunt

They broke the easter egg hunt into groups by age
There was a free for all before the horn sounded off

The kids scored lots of loot and had lots of fun

Christopher Chad Arnsworth

2011-04-22T17:05:00.006-07:00

I had a surprise visit from my "little" brotherHe and Theresa planned this for months
The kids made him there basketball goal
Hard for them to stand still
Especially Hawke
BFF
Flew all the way to Utah to be a basketball goal
Then we went Ice fishing
Chris liked the Auger action
We had fun and caught a Rainbow Trout

64 Degrees is perfect

2011-04-16T18:10:00.005-07:00

We played outside all day it was awesome
(notice the rosie cheeks)
Theresa bought this sand and it is one of the kids favorite things to do when they are not on the internet or Wii
Oliva and Kenya were giggling all day long
Just last weekend this was all covered in snow
Gansta's
That's right
Theresa washed the car inside and out
Theresa pulling weeds
This was a cute conversation about peanut butt's

Ki'van

2011-04-13T06:45:00.000-07:00

Boxing update Sat 09 Apr 2011

2011-04-09T15:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Taylor

2011-04-07T08:19:00.002-07:00

Taylor turned 11 and we had a surprise birthday party for herTheresa made the cutest cake and it was delicious
Taylor had lots of friends over and they played games and jumped on the trampoline
Zen showing off his grill
Tara has the worst car ever! those are bungee cords holding down the hood

April Fools Weekend

2011-04-04T20:16:00.002-07:00

Mother Nature played her own prank on us this past weekend, 65 degrees on Friday and 30 degrees on Sunday with snow and rain

We were also invited to Sequoia's birthday party, she is such a cute happy little girl