You could just feel the pressure. For the last two years, Jacob has won the school spelling bee. His first win, as a fourth-grader, was totally unexpected. As a fifth-grader, the contest was still his to lose, but nothing could compare to this year. He almost didn’t enter, because of the high expectations. Once he …
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Boy Scout – 2nd Class
Jake entered Boy Scouts last June when he turned eleven. Having your dad as the Scoutmaster gives you “extra” motivation to get your requirements done and merit badges completed quicker than normal. Jake got his Tenderfoot rank back in December and as of yesterday he received his rank advancement to Second Class. He has been …
Sports Galore
We are always involved in some type of sport around our house so I never think to post about it. Basketball season ended last month. Jake played on a team that played in several leagues so it went from October to February. We were happy to see it finally come to an end. Jake started …
Drew and his Dinosaurs
Drew has had a real obsession with dinosaurs. He plays with them ALL the time. I’ve noticed his favorite thing to do is take each dinosaur out of his bin and set them up in a row. It will sometimes take an hour to do this (he has a lot of dinos). He patiently sets …
Ellie’s Photo Shoot
A good friend of mine, Samantha, began doing photography a year or two back and happened to come into town when I felt the need to get Ellie’s “two year-old” photos taken. She does amazing work and you can see more of her stuff at Thunell Photography. Of course the weather had taken a turn …
Girl’s Just Wanna Have Fun!
This past weekend we decided to turn a quick trip into a girl’s five-day getaway. Seth’s brother, Matt and his finance Jasmine (who we all love) decided to tie the knot in San Francisco. With only a few day’s notice, mom thought it might be fun for the girl’s to head down and surprise them …
A talented little artist
Katelyn has recently blossomed into quite the little artist. She is very good as seeing things and replicating them in a variety of mediums. We got her an Etch-a-Sketch for Christmas and you’d be amazed at the things she can draw on that thing. At school, she get’s requests for cartoon characters from all her …
The last bit of baby I had left
I have been promising Ellie a “big girl” bed for a while now, but I didn’t want to do it until she was finally potty trained. Now that she has overcome that obstacle we proceeded forward. I’ll be honest, I haven’t really wanted to switch her. I like believing she is still my baby. It …
Bum cheeks for breakfast!
I woke up this morning to find Drew eating his cereal like this (You may need to click and enlarge the photo): I got a good chuckle out of it. I asked him why he was eating breakfast in the nude. He looked at me like I was dumb and said, “When I went potty …
A Notice to Appear
I got a letter this week from the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. Turns out that I’ve been selected to serve as a juror. I don’t know anything about the case, whether I’ll be empaneled, whether the judge will be impressed by my history as a lawyer or if he’ll also be concerned …
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