Future Engineer?

Check this out. Caelyn made this reindeer in preschool, along with a fuzzy red nose that was glued on. The nose fell off. A while later, she came up to Julie and told her that she had fixed it herself. Check out her innovative solution:

Action Shots

While working on her reading with her mom, Caelyn decided to kick up the beanbag jumping to the next level. It involved jumping forward, doing a half-twist in the air, and then rolling off the beanbag after she landed. Or, as she termed them, "roly-polys." We got a few good action shots.





And one of the landing--not the prettiest part of the maneuver. Cool shot of her hair, though.

Ghost Cat

Julie and I saw Pirate.

It's true. The cat that we all thought was dead--that, by all accounts, should be dead, is still among the living. Mom doesn't believe me, but I now have absolutely conclusive proof that the bedraggled beast that looked like it dragged itself in (ha!) is actually our own former druggie cat.

It occurred to me, after Pirate had walked by us Sunday night, that he had a couple of dreadlocks. And, it also occurred to me, I've seen something like that before . . . but where . . . I thought and thought, and then BAM! It occurred to me.

Dreadlocks? Check.

Coming back from the dead? Check.

Looking like dead? Check.

Or, rather, LeChuck.


That's right. Pirate now bears an uncanny resemblance to the ghost pirate (coincidence? I think not) LeChuck from the Monkey Island games.

So be excited, because coming home for Christmas is going to mean that you get to see LePirate once again.

(I wouldn't get too close, however; LePirate not only looks like death, pre-warming over, and likely carries the plague and/or leprosy, but he looked at me pretty much the same way LeChuck is looking at that doll of Guybrush.)

Still hungry.

Mary, having finished her own cupcake, notices one in the hand of an unsuspecting victim. (cue Jaws music)
And there's video here.

Mary and I like to stay informed.

Yum, pear tart. Amy's making another of these today.

Yes waiter, another please...

Summer Pictures

At the beach with Trevin and Nathan.


Playing with the Slip-and-Slide on Brian's front yard.


Zerah playing with a sprinkler.


On purpose or not, Caelyn emulates the turtle.

SLEDDING!

As it turns out, we have a perfect sledding hill in our own backyard, and cousins who share their sleds. We played for hours today.

Poor, Sick Zerah

Poor Zerah has bronchitis--he had a really rough night on Saturday, and then a rough day on Monday. He just layed around all day. On the upside, he was extra cuddly...


No, these weren't posted in reverse order. First snowfall today, and the kids had a blast outside. Or so I hear. Zerah spent the entire time eating handful after handful of snow.

Caelyn, as is apparent, was excited. Snowballs and Scotty were two of the words I caught for sure.

Zerah, Stuck

Random, Recent Pictures

Since we don't have our own blog like everyone else...


Trying for a family picture--Julie won't let me use this one for the real thing, but I think it is awesome.


Sure, we put Caelyn to sleep on beds. But she prefers floors. So we put her to sleep on floors, but with a blanket and pillow. Apparently, she prefers sleeping sans blanket and pillow, under a cot, with one foot suspended in the fitted sheet above her.



The hair, as you've all seen (e.g., fairy princess curls) is definitely tamable. One of my favorite things, however, is how it can revert, if left untended, to a delightfully wild state. With this do, I think she could give Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix LeStrange, for the unaware) a run for her money.

Bootiful Girl

A couple of cute pictures...

Sunset at the Hula Grill

We thought you might enjoy this shot from our table tonight.

Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary

We were surprised and pleased to have a gorgeous arrangment of Hawaiin flowers delivered to our room after our walk this afternoon. We appreciate our thoughtful, generous children remembering us on this special day. Now we're trying to figure out how to take them home with us! We're having a wonderful time here. Dad went swimming in the ocean this morning and then we walked along the beach. Now we're working on Christmas cards in our room. Thanks again for your thoughtful gift!!

We found this picture of the younger family at the MTC. This was taken with mom's phone so the quality is not great but we are still happy to have found it.

Walking!

The Campaign:

"Home for Christmas"

was successful.
We'll be arriving December 17th and leaving December 27th.
We plan on lots of games, homemade doughnuts, movies, snowball fights, apple cider, pumpkin pie, presents, last minute shopping, decorating cookies, naps, build-your-own-rocket competition, gingerbread houses, caroling and hot chocolate WITH marshmallows. If you've got any other suggestions please give us advance notice . . . See you soon.

Happy Halloween

Meow

lil' lion

Happy Halloween!

The Death of Some Chickens

A very sketchy-looking group of abusive pet owners was seen emptying a load of chickens above Sundance resort.

Caelyn's first day of preschool

Mohawk

Here are a few pictures of Zerah's short-lived haircut.

Water Basketball

The game begins.

Nice shot.

Flying Sarah.

Dan vs. Rocky

Little Sam