Healthy Food? Yummie!!!!

So Alicen has finally become a Kettenring. Yes, its true! She has joined the weight watchers club. Most likely one of the happiest days of my mothers life. And by Alicen joining weight watchers means I did too. If she is going to eat healthier so am I. The alternative would be for me to starve or make my own meals. This is something I am not willing to subject myself too, I am way too busy now. Anyway we are both now on weight watchers, and we are having great success on it as far as I can tell. Cooking on the other hand has been a new adventure. I have never seen Allie cook with out butter or sugar, so this has been an experience. I do have to say in her favor every meal has been good. We made some awesome pizza last night. And to prove it was good and not just two healthy eaters think is good because we have subjected to such eating, but her brother Spencer and his friend Trevor came over and ate the rest of what we had- they thought it was the best pizza ever. So we are on our way to so great tasting, low point and healthy meals. We just have to keep it up, I believe we can and will do good. However with Priesthood session coming up; the after dinner might be a killer (the buffet is calling my name). I am just glad to see Allie excited to do this type of thing and we will both benefit from it by staying on track and reaching the goals we have set. Or at least looking at an idea of what we want.
As for me, I have like the whole weight watchers thing because I have stopped cold turkey on the free candy and soda pop my work offers. Now its just my water bottle and a baggy of veggies I bring from home. I just laugh about this whole thing because my old doctor (christiansen) said the best way to lose weight is weight watchers and Allie did not like that at all. We even switched doctors. Now she is in the club and wanting to change herself. Guess Doc. had the right idea we just did not have the proper time frame yet. I will keep myself posted on this. I really dont think anyone looks at this any way but me.

Anatomy Smatomy!!

The human body is a work of art, I understand that from trying to enter into the medical field. What drive me nuts is every nook and cranny of the body has to have some type of name. come on! Its like doctors who named the parts wanted to make sure their names were remembered through out time, they bought a pinata put all the names in the thing and once it broke open and the contents broke out they scrambled to pick up as many as they could. Don't get me wrong some of names in the boy are great. I mean Medulla Oblongata, sphincter, Diaphragm, Helix, ect. those are cool names. But the just little cracks that have no educational knowledge drive me nuts! Oh well, I have to know them and when asked I can look smart but it still irritates me to have to know them. That's my two cents for the day.

Adults pouting is just wrong!!!

I just have to vent over how grown adults can pout like babies over little things. Co-workers at my at my place of work have quite a few of them. And today has sent me over the edge. I like my job except for days like this. We work of excel worksheets and with certain problems going on decided to switch the worksheet so others can not see the information. Well the crybabies that caused the problems are now complaining over the things they wanted fixed. NO NO happy median with these pouters!! So now we get the president of the company involved who does not want to be and talks it out. I mean come on, act like adults and talk to the main peopl if you have Beef! Its these few pouters that make it hard on so many other people. I know this most likely does not make much sense but my roll in it, is the fact I told one of the crybabies to deal with it and that the only reason the worksheet switched is because of them and that store, and I did not want to chat about it any more. Or hear his side of the story. So that is my involvement. Now I get the "oh its your fault, that they have beef and started a fire under there Ass!" WOOOHOOO maybe they will see what we are doing is right and to just let things go. Just sell the product for Heck sakes! Done over, move on. But the saga will continue with the crybabies leading the way on something else. Ok I am done!!

I'm pack'n heat!!!!

So I have been looking to purchase a gun for some time now, ever since my brother in law got the urgue me into getting my concealled weapons permit. If I got the permit, I might as well have the gun too. So the other day I got a call at work from my Dad. Now ever since I got my concealled permit and talked about buying a gun, my Dad has been the happiest camper and when he come upon a gun calls to talk to me about it. He is so funny, bless his heart. Anyway back to the story; He tells me he go a Glock 17 with night sights from the dealer that police officers get their guns from. I said that is good, how much? He tells me and then says you wanted one right? Of course I wanted one just taken back he had picked it up before calling me. I said yeah I want one but have to talk to Alicen first before I buy it. After saying that my Dad said" oh well I guess I can just sell it.." So anyway needless to say I bought the gun from my Dad and I am a proud owner of a new gun. I am really excited and happy that my Dad just bought it for me. I dont think I would have for a while longer or ever in the near future. It was just funny how he gets so excited about his boy getting his first gun. I have to say it was nice to get it from him. We had to sneak it around my Mom to get it to me but it worked, although she was on to us. Funny how she knows we boys are up to no good.

State Fair

So the Kettenring family did the annual family trip to the fair. We go on the first monday because they have all you can eat ice cream, (I know that explains the way we look!). But we got there just in time for the start and we ate ice cream to our hearts content. They have everything from Aggie Creamery, BYU creamery, Farr's, Blue Bunnie, ect. They have it all. They even have creamies and Fat boys. Its just fun. Although this year it was packed full of people and not a lot of venders. As we got ice cream, danny and katie took off to get real food. After we went to see all the animals. Mckinley loved every minute of it, making some of the animal sounds and such but she was more interested in the balloon we got her from the neighborhood watch Alicen signed up for. So Glendale area watch out!! You have been warned! As we watched through the animals I have come to the conclusion that the cowboys (hillbillies) come out of the far stretches of the country to the city where they get to show off their animals for the city slickers to look at and then they sit next to the pile of pooh watching all of the city weirdo's and make comments. Its just one big fest of people looking at other people. The animals are just extra. After all the excitement of looking at cows rear ends, and lazy pigs with a mix of covered goats and sheep, we decided to go shopping. We hit every sun glass area for Robyn because she needed new ones for Mike. There five bucks get the ones that look like they will last and call it good. I am not complaining at all, it was fun. The tigers, butter creation and animals are alway fun. Mckinley on the pony ride was great. she was scared until everyone praised her then she was the hottest thing on a pony. It was a good night to a long day of work. And of course the fun of seeing weird people out and about. Makes a person feel normal when you see others that are strange. I am sure I made others peoples day as well. That is what the fair is all about... Good times at the Utah State Fair.

We decided to buy BYU football season tickets this year and we got Danny & Katie Cox to buy some too. On saturday, it was the first game and we where all really excited to be going. They where playing Northern Iowa. It was to be a cupcake game for the Cougars. It started off as such too. We got to the game late and parking was horrible but we did finally find a spot. Our seats are total nose bleed seats, we are just below the huge jumbo screen on the south endzone and its high up. But not too bad of seats for football. Better then watching it on the television and listening to the commintators for the MTN station. We had a lot of fun. We got drinks, Danny and Katie bought a Cougar Tail (a huge maple bar doughnut) and we just enjoyed the game. Like I was saying the cougars looked good for the first half. In the second half they totally let NIU back into the game. The Cougs just relaxed a little too much and that is never good. They need to put those kind of games away. It should have ended 45-3 rather then 41-17. It was too close for comfort at the end of the 3rd quarter. At least with this game, they saw what they have to fix and prepare for. I mean with UCLA and Washington the next two games they need to get those kinks out and fast. It was a good game and fun to just watch. I am just excited for BYU football and any football for that matter. Its been a long off season. But its back and I am excited.

So I do feel bad for the Northern Iowa quarterback, man he got hit a couple of times that left him on his back. I know at least one time he was out cold. He just got closed lined! But he got back up and played some more. Good for him to keep getting up after big hits. Max Hall had one good shot which he popped back up but you could tell as we walked down field he was still not sure of where he was. It was a good opener and I hope the Cougars can continue to move up the polls and crack the BCS. Go Cougs!!!!

Gateway Discovery

If any one really does read this site, I have totally neglected my family and everything that happens in their lives. Anyway, that is because I work full time and go to school full time so I really don't know what is going on in my families lives. I just know that Tatum (tatter) has grown like a horse, McKinley is turning into a terror and the most beautiful little girl I have ever seen. So that is why I do not say much about my family.
Anyway, yesterday was Labor day and Alicen wanted to take McKinley to Gateway Discovery. That was a lot of fun for McKinley. Since is was a dismal and dark rainy day it was the place to be. Kids where everywhere! But we still had a lot of fun. They had this area called the "Bee Hive" and it was full of balls and tubes to put those balls in. McKinley got a kick out of those. At first, we thought the older kids would bully her around. By the end, we where trying to protect other kids. McKinley doesn't take crap from anyone and pushes with the best of them. She had a ball! They had a ball carrier that carried the ball to the ceiling on air pressure, and she loved that. McKinley spent most the time putting ball after ball in that opening. As long as she had balls, she was happy.
What was funny was Alicen just sat with Tatter and watched. Actually most the mothers at the discovery center watched as the fathers chased the kids everywhere. Alicen was in seventh heaven with me following McKinley around and not her. It was a good break for her as well. I just enjoyed the time with Kinni. McKinley also liked the Life flight Helicopter they had. She like the pilot's seat and she cried when I took her out. All the kids where waiting. But we had a lot of fun playing with all the things in the discovery center. It was like the old kids museum way back when. If any one remembers that.
I was just happy to spend time with my little family, rather then at school and work. These types of day do not happen as much as I would like.