Life rolls on

Another week has gone by for the two of us up here in lovely North Idaho. I'm getting used to graveyards, and the "night life." I continue to get my feet wet by answering up for every kind of call while on duty (if you want details, just ask). Kimbre is doing great at work, and has submitted her app. for her Idaho license. Sorry we have no pics. We all know I would win with my handsome smiling face (think of me as 3-4 yrs old and sitting at a picinic table... Mom knows the picture).

Kelly I feel for you, a word of caution though, my Irish dancing was never the same after my stress fracture.

Last Word - I Win

It looks like everyone has gone to bed so here is my last post for the cute kid contest.

Just mail the check to 680 Lund Lane, Moscow, Idaho 83843

Have a good week.

Dad

We've Created a Monster

I'm sure glad to see that Kevin has figured out how to use this blog. I thought you had all gone fishing because nothing was posted for a few days. I have been accused of being like Grandpa when he first got e-mail. He posted his first letter and then sat there waiting for everyone's reply. Nothing happened (it takes time for people to read it and then decide to respond).

I talked to my relief society president (the one that introduced me to this site) today at church. She said she tried to find and hack into this blog but couldn't even find it. That makes Mom and I feel better about putting all this family stuff out on the Internet.

Maybe I should go deep into the archives and find a bunch of baby pictures and try for the $5000.00.

Not much going on here. Kevin, my understanding was that the broadcast was shown early on Saturday and then probably again several times. The stakes could watch it at any time they wanted. Our stake did it at 8:00am and also taped it and showed it again today at 4:00pm and invited everyone in the stake. I announced it today and encourages everyone to attend. I told the stake president in my PPI today that I was there yesterday at 8:00am with a bad attitude for ruining my Saturday but left with a tear in my eye from Elder Holland's presentation (Presidents Monson's too).

Keep on blogging and in Brant's case, dancing.

Erik and Matt, are you out there???

Dad

Moab

Kelly went to Las Vegas with her friends this weekend so I decided to go to Moab with my friend Ry Ry. We went down on Friday and rode the Slickrock Trail. It is "the trail" in moab and it took us about three hours. Saturday we rode another 12 mile trail and then made stops at Arches and Canyonlands. We had a lot of fun and I was tired enough that I when I came home I fell asleep on the couch and didn't wake up until this morning when a drunk hispanic man ran his minivan into the neighbors truck.

You think your kids are cute...

I thought I'd post a picture of some cute kids.

Trav is howling at me to tell you all about how I've been crutching around Provo the past 2 weeks because I have a stress fracture in my left foot. Oh and did I mention that I have a fashionable blue-velcro boot as well? It happened in my Irish dance class and so I'm not allowed to dance for a month (2 weeks now). I just got back from a very brief weekend trip to Las Vegas to visit an old roommate. And I've decided that Vegas is a dreadful place. Aside from having a very tasty gelateria (and my roommate) , there really isn't much worth seeing. But it was a fun trip just the same.

My Kids cuter than yours

Lisa is making me do this. She says she'll split the $5000 with you, Lacey.

P.S. We considered entering Kanyon's picture (the one we posted a week ago) but he's too old for the contest. So, we'll give Raya a try.

P.S. Call for confessions!

Family,

Lisa has to teach the Relief Society lesson next week on the Miracle of Forgiveness. Does anyone out there have any good repentance stories that she could share with a room full of sisters? Thanks.

I made it!

I figured out how to create a post without creating a new blog account. Hoorray!! Lacey, we will probably bless our baby in August, at the same time as Hallee's baptism. Erik and Jaime, would that work? You're all invited if that is a good time/date for you.

Kevin's enjoying the less-hectic work schedule. I (Kevin) actually tackled a few home improvement projects yesterday. I didn't get too far on them because we went to the World Wide Leadership meeting. Ours was at 3:00 pm. Was it broadcasted in the morning for PST?

Lisa spoke in church today about "Love in the Family." She used our family as a perfect role model. In preparation for the talk we took a "Language of Love" test. It basically asks if you show love by service, gifts, praise, affection, etc. We learned that one person's way of showing love is not the same way that the receiver want to receive love. Enough of this mushy stuff.

How is the rest of the family? C'mon, don't be shy. If I can navigate this blog stuff, so can you. This will only be successful if every member participates. It's like a team, or an eight-legged table. If you remove one leg, the table falls. (OK, bad analogy).

Anyway, I asked Lisa if there is any more news. We were going to mention Kanyon's poop schedule but didn't think that would be appropriate on a family-oriented blog so we'll leave it out.

Mom, Lisa mentioned in her talk today that you used to put notes in our lunches as a sign of love.

1-4-3

DANCE FEVER

Since we are posting cute kid pictures, I thought I'd add this one of Katie from Christmas time. Needless to say, it was bathtime after we took this shot.

Last night was our stake Valentine's dance. Jamie's cousin David Shaw was our DJ and did a good job. We had plenty of hokey-pokey, YMCA and even a good ole Cotton-Eyed-Joe. Les and I even managed to sneak in a two-step with Katie in tow. It started at 7:00 and by 8:30 I was sweaty, worn out and tired. The old grey mare she ain't what she used to be.

Friday night we drove up to Fort Collins and saw the Academy's production of Disney' High Musical. I had avoided seeing the musical on TV but finally bit the bullet and went to this production. The things we do for family. It was pretty cheesy but the kids did a good job. Les choreographed a few of the dances and they turned out nice. I still do not want to see the real musical. There are much more important things to watch, like Mythbusters or American Chopper.

That's about it for this week.

Brant

Weston

Kimbre told us about the Regis and Kelly baby photo contest, so we've been snapping photos of Weston in an effort to win $5,000.00. It's a long shot, but what's the harm? Here's the one that I want to submit, we took it today after church. Weston loves the razor. Seth's mom sent him a toy Superman/Spiderman (I don't remember which super hero) razor but he wants the real thing because it makes noise. One Sunday as we were getting ready for church, we let him play with Seth's razor, he didn't want to give it up when it came time to go. Because we were in a hurry, we let him play with it in the car. When we got to church, he had a bunch of red marks on his cheeks and neck from shaving. So this last time he got a hold of it, we had to take the blades out...

We're still kickin' here in Moscow. In a effort to strengthen my back (and everything else) after the car accident, I am going to join Curves hopefully this week. Kelly or Leslie, are there any perks for referring new people? I have a friend who is going to join with me, so hopefully we can get a good deal. Seth is enjoying school. We both can't wait for the summer, we're planning on moving to Seattle for the summer. We would also like to make a trip to Denver sometime before August 14th (Weston's 2nd birthday, thus we'd have to pay for him to fly...) Do you guys have your summer scheduled yet as far as baby blessings and baptism go? It would be nice to plan a little family reunion or something.

Well, Weston just woke up, so I better stop bloggin'.

Take care.