Trip to Utah

So, the kids and I went to Utah, and it was great.  I really don’t have many pictures of the visit because they are all either on my mom’s camera, who is currently in China and unable to share those with me, or Russell’s camera.  So there you go.  Here are the few I have.

Ian got his first haircut, courtesy of Aunt-to-be Natalie.  I am so glad we got to meet Natalie before Brad marries her in August.   Here she is with the big kids:

And here is Ian before his haircut:

And, after:

Cozying up to Grandma Geri:

Getting to know Great Grandma and Grandpa Willes at Michelle’s farewell:

Michelle and Ian on the Carousel, we miss her already.  We are so glad we got to spend some time with her before she went on her mission.  Good luck in Japan!

Penny and Geri on the Carousel:

And Ben on the carousel:

We really did have a great time.  We got to go to the zoo, and City Creek Mall, and obviously a carousel.  We also went to the new Scheels in Utah, twice.  It is that huge and awesome.  The first time, the kids rode on the Ferris Wheel with my mom.  Yes, there is a Ferris Wheel inside the Scheels.  The second time, we discovered a little play palace for the kids.  This in addition to the giant archway aquarium that we saw a person scuba diving inside of to clean it.

It was really fun helping my mom and dad get ready to go to China.  My mom was such a good sport to have us when she was right in the middle of getting ready for such a huge thing.  It was also great to get to see pretty much all of Jon’s family at Michelle’s farewell.

Crawling baby, sort of

Ian's latest attempt at crawling is probably best described as "belly flop crawling", but you don't have to use your imagination to figure out what that means, check it out now:

Pretty adorable, even if it is pretty much the least effective way I can come up with to get around.  Regardless, the little guy is very excited to have some mobility.

Snow storm

So we had a big snow storm last week and school got cancelled. I needed to shovel the drive so I could get the car out and the kids wanted to come outside too, so we started getting all bundled up.  We have been collecting these nice Patagonia long underwear during off season sales and it was fun to see the kids all matching. 

 And the finished product was a lot of work, but those kids stayed nice and warm out in the snow. Well actually, Ian slept in the car seat in the car while I shoveled.

Cute kids

So mostly this is a test to see if I can post to the blog straight from my phone, but I do have some cute pics.  Ben and Penny really got a kick out of decorating the tree, although their ornament distribution was not ideal. Also, Penny is a very cute ballerina.

Sent from my Windows Phone

Father and Son

Our little guy really loves his dad.

I took this video on my new phone.  It is pretty neat.