A few weeks ago, we entered a BYU football video contest. We had to make a video about their theme this year which is "The Quest". We ended up being one of the six winners which means they are going to play the video on the jumbotron at the football game on Saturday. I think that is all we get which is kind of a bummer since we can't actually go to the game. Anyway, here is a link to the site where they are showing the video. The videos are all in the All Access place on the right side. Our video is Fan Commercial Contest Winner #4.
http://www.byucougars.com/
Here is a direct link to the video that will open in Windows Media Player:
Quint Commercial
I will put it on YouTube after the game on Saturday.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The Quint Olympics 10 foot crawling race competition video
OK, now that the real Olympics have officially started, we thought it would be a great time to post our most highly anticipated video, the 10 foot crawling race. We couldn't do this one in the beginning because when we started these videos, only one or two of the babies could crawl. Now, all of them crawl (and a few of them walk) so it was the perfect time. Some time in the future, we plan to do a cart pushing race and then a walking race as well. We also videotaped a lemon eating contest (if I can find the tape we put it on) that we are thinking of putting up as well.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Video coming soon...but not yet
Well, although I don't have an Olympics video yet, I do have a link to a podcast with Mommycast.com. This is a website made for mommies by mommies and has a regular podcast that is really popular. The reason we ended up on it was that I met one of the mommies (Gretchen) at a conference I attended back in May. The session was about successful podcasts and was given by the husband of one of the mommies. After the session, I went up and told Gretchen that I thought we might be someone interesting they could interview for the show. Anyway, they thought it might be interesting and had us on their show. Our podcast ran a few weeks ago and here is the link:
Link to Wilkinson Quints Podcast at Mommycast.com
Link to Wilkinson Quints Podcast at Mommycast.com
Friday, July 11, 2008
WQ+2 Episode 10: The Cheerio Eating Competition
OK, it is finally ready. For some reason, this one took me a really long time to finish. One of my favorite parts is that in one scene, Riley is really sad because he was having a hard time remembering what to say and in the very next scene he is really happy. My second favorite parts is where Kaiya talks about the "Roman Incident".
Here it is:
Here it is:
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Cheerios Eating Competition Coming Soon
I am in the process of editing the Cheerios competition right now but we have had a lot going on lately and I haven't had as much time as I would like.
This morning, we had some people from News 8 Austin come over which was fun. They did live broadcasts from our house every half hour starting at around 6:00 AM. I don't really know how they turned out but it was pretty fun. They did do one that they put on the internet here:
Link to News 8 story about the babies
These babies are really getting to be a lot of fun. Kyndall started clapping on command yesterday which was fun. She is just so little but full of spunk. It will be interesting to see how she fares at Cheerio eating. Rustin is just such a little bulldozer. He usually goes around with a big grin on his face, even when he is pulling somebody's hair. Ryder seems to be good at showing the extremes of happy and sad in a very short amount of time. Kaydence just loves Kaiya. Kaiya can get her to laugh like nobody else. Kassidy is really a sweet girl and despite the fact that she was one of the worst sleepers in the beginning, she is really good at sleeping through some of the loudest noises.
Something that people ask us frequently is if we have ever seen the show, "Jon and Kate Plus 8". I will go ahead and answer that, yes, we do watch it and it is a great show. We actually are amazed at how similar our situation is. When we watch it, however, we are not so much entertained as educated. We see things in there that we will have to deal with in a few years (their kids are about 3 years older than our kids). It is actually really interesting to have a view of what to expect with things like potty training and getting them in big boy/big girl beds and see how they deal with it.
One last that thing I just want to remind you about is that we expect to have the Cheerios episode done very soon so look for it in a few days.
This morning, we had some people from News 8 Austin come over which was fun. They did live broadcasts from our house every half hour starting at around 6:00 AM. I don't really know how they turned out but it was pretty fun. They did do one that they put on the internet here:
Link to News 8 story about the babies
These babies are really getting to be a lot of fun. Kyndall started clapping on command yesterday which was fun. She is just so little but full of spunk. It will be interesting to see how she fares at Cheerio eating. Rustin is just such a little bulldozer. He usually goes around with a big grin on his face, even when he is pulling somebody's hair. Ryder seems to be good at showing the extremes of happy and sad in a very short amount of time. Kaydence just loves Kaiya. Kaiya can get her to laugh like nobody else. Kassidy is really a sweet girl and despite the fact that she was one of the worst sleepers in the beginning, she is really good at sleeping through some of the loudest noises.
Something that people ask us frequently is if we have ever seen the show, "Jon and Kate Plus 8". I will go ahead and answer that, yes, we do watch it and it is a great show. We actually are amazed at how similar our situation is. When we watch it, however, we are not so much entertained as educated. We see things in there that we will have to deal with in a few years (their kids are about 3 years older than our kids). It is actually really interesting to have a view of what to expect with things like potty training and getting them in big boy/big girl beds and see how they deal with it.
One last that thing I just want to remind you about is that we expect to have the Cheerios episode done very soon so look for it in a few days.
Monday, June 30, 2008
My Last Grandparent
Last Thursday, my grandpa, Victor Nelson, died at the age of 90. He was my last living grandparent. He was also one of the ones I knew the best. His funeral is today and, sadly, I am not there. I feel really sad about this so I want to devote this entry to him.
Some of my earliest memories of Grandpa Nelson come from our visits to his house in Sandy Utah. He was a carpenter and a great craftsman. When we would visit, he would often give us a block of wood, a hammer, and some nails which would keep my sister and me occupied for a long time. He had a great reading voice and could captivate an audience when reading just about any book. He also had a great singing voice. He sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for a number of years and instilled in my mom a great appreciation of beautiful music.
He had a good sense of humor and liked to laugh but he also had a sadness that always seemed to be there under the surface. I think this was because my grandmother, who I never knew, died of cancer when my mom was about 13 years old. This was extremely difficult for him and my mom thinks that he never really fully got over it. I assume that he is now over that. What a great reunion that must have been.
When I was 19, I stayed with my Grandpa and My Step-Grandma for about a week. This was because, for some reason I can't remember, I had been officially made a missionary a week before going in to Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. When you are made an official missionary in our church, you have to obey certain rules. One of those rules was that you had to have a companion with you wherever you go (partly to keep you from getting into trouble). During that week, my Grandpa was my companion and I got to know him a lot better. He told me stories about things that had happened in WWII, things that he had learned in his life, and some stuff about my mom growing up. Spending that time with my grandpa was probably one of the best things I could have done just before embarking on my two year, trail by fire, entry in to manhood. Talking with someone who had been through a lot gave me confidence that I could make it too.
In more recent years, my Grandpa suffered from dementia and didn't really remember me. I visited him a few years ago and talked with him about his childhood. I found out that he grew up in Brigham City Utah and that his father died when he was very young. His mom had to feed the family by cleaning clothes and apparently barely scraped by with little money and little help from other people. He did not look on his childhood with fondness and I think it was really frustrating for him during his last years to not recognize anybody and not understand what exactly was going on.
I take comfort in the thought that he is with his wife Louise and that they are finally reunited after all these years of separation. The posterity he helped create, includes some incredible people and I hope he recognizes that now. Many of his children and grandchildren are some of the most faithful, talented, and resourceful people I know. I assume they are watching over my family and having a good laugh right now over all the craziness at my house.
God be with you til we meet again Grandpa,
Jayson Victor Wilkinson
Some of my earliest memories of Grandpa Nelson come from our visits to his house in Sandy Utah. He was a carpenter and a great craftsman. When we would visit, he would often give us a block of wood, a hammer, and some nails which would keep my sister and me occupied for a long time. He had a great reading voice and could captivate an audience when reading just about any book. He also had a great singing voice. He sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for a number of years and instilled in my mom a great appreciation of beautiful music.
He had a good sense of humor and liked to laugh but he also had a sadness that always seemed to be there under the surface. I think this was because my grandmother, who I never knew, died of cancer when my mom was about 13 years old. This was extremely difficult for him and my mom thinks that he never really fully got over it. I assume that he is now over that. What a great reunion that must have been.
When I was 19, I stayed with my Grandpa and My Step-Grandma for about a week. This was because, for some reason I can't remember, I had been officially made a missionary a week before going in to Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. When you are made an official missionary in our church, you have to obey certain rules. One of those rules was that you had to have a companion with you wherever you go (partly to keep you from getting into trouble). During that week, my Grandpa was my companion and I got to know him a lot better. He told me stories about things that had happened in WWII, things that he had learned in his life, and some stuff about my mom growing up. Spending that time with my grandpa was probably one of the best things I could have done just before embarking on my two year, trail by fire, entry in to manhood. Talking with someone who had been through a lot gave me confidence that I could make it too.
In more recent years, my Grandpa suffered from dementia and didn't really remember me. I visited him a few years ago and talked with him about his childhood. I found out that he grew up in Brigham City Utah and that his father died when he was very young. His mom had to feed the family by cleaning clothes and apparently barely scraped by with little money and little help from other people. He did not look on his childhood with fondness and I think it was really frustrating for him during his last years to not recognize anybody and not understand what exactly was going on.
I take comfort in the thought that he is with his wife Louise and that they are finally reunited after all these years of separation. The posterity he helped create, includes some incredible people and I hope he recognizes that now. Many of his children and grandchildren are some of the most faithful, talented, and resourceful people I know. I assume they are watching over my family and having a good laugh right now over all the craziness at my house.
God be with you til we meet again Grandpa,
Jayson Victor Wilkinson
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Quint Olympics and Fathers Day
First, I have to write a little bit about my dad. One of the things that we have said in the past is that we feel we were greatly helped by our parents in preparing for these babies. This applies to my dad as well. One of the most important things I learned from my dad was to relax and be patient. At least, that was what he usually did. When he was here a few weeks ago, Rachelle was amazed at how he could patiently help one of the babies while there was complete chaos going on around him. One of the things noticed early on was that he looks a lot like Kyndall. This is fitting since Kyndall is usually the one who sits there calmly and waits for stuff.
When I was a kid, I remember one time when I had done something really bad (not sure what it was) and he had to spank me. I remember that he the patience to talk with me about the bad thing as well as the spanking for what seemed like hours before actually doing it. If he had just got really mad and spanked me on the spot, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about it. However, after calmly talking to me about what I had done and saying that, by the rules, the punishment had to be a spanking, it made the whole thing infinitely more memorable. So much so that I remember really not wanting to do whatever it was that I had done.
I was also always impressed that he bravely participated with my mom in a whole lot of things that he didn't have much experience in before they got married. Before getting married, his life was mostly sports. He played football and ran track in high school and then also ran track briefly in college. I also remember him once playing basketball with my friends and I during my high school years and watching him make something like 19 free throw shots in a row...and I didn't even know he liked basketball! Anyway, after getting married, he started doing stuff that my mom had always liked such as singing. He played Judah in a church-sponsored production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and even had a solo. I was always just really impressed that he was humble enough to jump right in and try new things like that without having a whole lot of experience. This is something similar to what I have been having to do myself (with these babies) and what almost all fathers do when they have kids. I am glad he was a good example in the area of bravely trying new things.
Like I mentioned earlier, my dad was into sports. On that note, we have decided that we need to start training our kids now. There is going to be some rivalry and they are going to have to work some things out between them so we thought we would start their training with some friendly competition. This episode of WQ+2 is the the first event of the Quint Olympics hosted by Riley and Kaiya. The event is Toy Wrestling and involves putting two babies in a square on the floor and having them wrestle over a toy. If they give up the toy or leave the square, they loose. We thought of this event because we noticed that Rustin just likes to take toys and some of the other babies have started to fight back:
When I was a kid, I remember one time when I had done something really bad (not sure what it was) and he had to spank me. I remember that he the patience to talk with me about the bad thing as well as the spanking for what seemed like hours before actually doing it. If he had just got really mad and spanked me on the spot, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about it. However, after calmly talking to me about what I had done and saying that, by the rules, the punishment had to be a spanking, it made the whole thing infinitely more memorable. So much so that I remember really not wanting to do whatever it was that I had done.
I was also always impressed that he bravely participated with my mom in a whole lot of things that he didn't have much experience in before they got married. Before getting married, his life was mostly sports. He played football and ran track in high school and then also ran track briefly in college. I also remember him once playing basketball with my friends and I during my high school years and watching him make something like 19 free throw shots in a row...and I didn't even know he liked basketball! Anyway, after getting married, he started doing stuff that my mom had always liked such as singing. He played Judah in a church-sponsored production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and even had a solo. I was always just really impressed that he was humble enough to jump right in and try new things like that without having a whole lot of experience. This is something similar to what I have been having to do myself (with these babies) and what almost all fathers do when they have kids. I am glad he was a good example in the area of bravely trying new things.
Like I mentioned earlier, my dad was into sports. On that note, we have decided that we need to start training our kids now. There is going to be some rivalry and they are going to have to work some things out between them so we thought we would start their training with some friendly competition. This episode of WQ+2 is the the first event of the Quint Olympics hosted by Riley and Kaiya. The event is Toy Wrestling and involves putting two babies in a square on the floor and having them wrestle over a toy. If they give up the toy or leave the square, they loose. We thought of this event because we noticed that Rustin just likes to take toys and some of the other babies have started to fight back:
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