A Fun Saturday Afternoon With The Camera

Graydon bought a new "business" computer for his birthday and so we've been having some fun with it today.

Here's a slideshow video of some pictures we took of Laurie.

Here's a video Emily took & we put up on YouTube

And a video Josh took that we put up on YouTube.

Nothing fancy yet. Just playing around....

Fire Station

I forgot to share this. Last month was the annual Fire Station Open House and they had a great surprise for everyone. They were giving rides in the fire truck. We waited in line for at least a half hour, but soon it was our turn.

Josh was given the honor of riding in the front. He and Emily were both wanting to ride in front, but "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe" solved the problem. The rest of us sat in the back. We were given headsets so that we could talk to Josh and each other. It was a lot of fun. The kids also got to spray the fire hose, escape a smoke-filled room and see fire fighter propel down a wall. They also got to ride on a machine that imitates a head on car crash; they called it the bumper cars.

We Love Fall

We have had some fun this fall. We drove up Weber Canyon to see the changing leaves, but I think we may have to go earlier in the season because the color I saw the most was brown. I really wish we lived closer to Big Cottonwood Canyon, it is so beautiful.

The kids also had a lot of fun on Halloween. Their Grandma's Annual Halloween party was great and topped off with a limo ride to an ice cream party.

The kids were disappointed that they couldn't wear their costumes to school.
Emily- Wonder Woman
Josh - Superman
Laurie - Ariel
Ben - Leopard

Little Big Boy

I am still amazed at how quickly kids grow, especially in the first year. Ben, you keep me busy, but I love you anyway.

Fun Surprises

I always love the pictures that I find on the camera when I go to off load the pictures. I'll give you one guess as to who gets it the most lately.

Tornado Party

For Josh's 6th birthday he had a tornado party.




The cake (which took me a whole day to make) was a big hit. To add to our party theme, it was really windy and everything kept blowing away.


When the boys arrived they each made a tornado tube. These kept their attention much longer than I thought it would.


I was able to pull them away from the tubes long enough to play one
fun game of twister.


The boys then had running races until I was ready with the next game;they had to build a house out of boxes and then pretend to be a twister and knock it down. They had a lot of fun with that.



Next it was presents and cake and ice cream. The wind made it difficult. Josh pretended to blow out the candle and the plates and cups kept leaving.


In the end I pulled out some water guns and they had a water fight. We had a lot
of fun.

Baby update

Ben is now two months old. He is growing so fast.
Weight: 12 lbs. (75%)
Height: 23 1/2 inches (80%)
Head: 15.2 inches (25%)

He smiles a little and coos occasionally, but he definitely watches everyone. I wanted to get pictures of him in his blessing outfit...just in case it doesn't fit him so well when the blessing day finally comes.

One month old already

Our little Ben is a month old today. He is growing so well.
He now weighs over 10 pounds, which is easy to believe because
he eats all the time. He probably eats frequently because he spits
it all up afterward.


He is happy as long as he is being held. He is very alert and loves
to watch the world around him.

Ten Great Years!

These have been the best years of my life. I love sharing every day with you. I love that after ten years there is still more to learn about you; that we continue to discover more things we have in common. We have four wonderful kids and have been very blessed. You are a great father and a wonderful husband. I love you, Graydon.

Ben Update

I thought it was time to do a post about Ben. He is a very good baby who spends most of his days sleeping. I have to wake him up periodically to feed him and change his diaper, then usually he will go back to sleep. The only time he doesn't want to sleep is when I do.

After looking at him I have concluded that he looks a lot like Emily when she was a baby. He loves to be held, be around the family and suck on his hands. He hates being undressed (Which made the Billi light difficult) and getting his diaper changed. When on his tummy he can hold his head up pretty well and the doctor said that he had very strong legs.

His siblings love him and are able to be around him more now that their illnesses are going away. Hopefully we have kept him from getting anything.

emily as a baby

Ready and waiting.

Here is my first official belly shot for this pregnancy. What you can't see is that my hands are swollen so much that I can't hold onto anything. My ankles have disappeared, and I have little feeling in most of my finger tips beyond tingles.

I am going to be induced on Thursday the 27th, but I really wouldn't mind it if he decided to come before that. I think I am going to start exercising and see if it helps.