Kitchen Fishin'

The other week I came home from work to see Meghan's latest kid craft. Kayson lost interest within a couple of hours, but it was cute nonetheless.

Sunday Curlers

Yesterday we decided to try something new for Atlee's hair. It ended up being pretty wild, but she was really cute with her curlers in.

Extreme Eating

Sometimes I wonder why our daughter is a chunk...then when I see her eat and it all starts to makes sense.

The Next Dick Van Dyke? You Be the Judge

Finding the Toy Stash

As some of you probably know. Atlee has finally figured out how to overcome gravity and stand up on her own. If she only knew what she was missing maybe this would have come earlier!

A Striking Resemblence

Meghan mentioned that Atlee looked like someone with her hair so long in the front. Can you guess who?



Dwight!

New PJ's

Last night we took a quick trip to Walmart for some new pj's. As you can see, the kids were pretty exited.

The ABC's

Back Yard Snow Slide

A couple of weeks ago we just got dumped on with snow. It was probably going hard for about 48 hours. Anyway, I finally relented and took Kayson outside. I was going to build him a fort, but that seemed like it was take too long (my rear end was freezing). I decided to build him a slide instead. As you can see it was almost up to the top of our fence. We must have had close to two feet of snow so thankfully it didn't take too long. Take a look.

Diaper Trike

Meghan went to a baby shower this past week so she thought she'd try something new. Pretty awesome huh?

The Arm Dance

Check out these sweet moves. They are almost as good as mine when I was young.

Police Beat Junkies Archive

Today I stumbled across a Facebook group I started while I was still at BYU. I called it "Police Beat Junkies" after the university police's column in the student newspaper. I intended this group to be a forum for people to share their favorite reports. Some of the entries people posted were so funny that I had to share.

1. Police received a report of a 40- to 50-year-old man walking around a parking lot north of Helaman Halls. The man was not doing anything wrong, but was "acting suspiciously". Police responded and discovered the man was waiting to get picked up.

2. A student reported his scooter stolen, but found that his roommate had moved it.

3. A Wymount Terrace resident called police to report that two men were behind building 12C. The caller thought the men might be homeless. Police responded and found the men were grounds employees.

4. An abandoned suitcase was found outside the Richards Building. The luggage was transported to the lost and found.

5. Police followed up on a report of people being loud at 11:30 p.m. at Wymount Terrace. The loud people were asked to be quiet.

6. A male student posted fliers in female dorm halls asking for dates to satisfy a dating requirement for his marriage preparation class. The fliers not only violate BYU policy but were disturbing female residents. Police discovered that the student was not enrolled in that class and the professor he said he had has retired.

7. A BYU police officer observed a 25-year-old male stumbling across a parking lot near LaVell Edwards Stadium. The man, who smelled of alcohol, said he had not been drinking, but when officers asked if he was lying, he said yes. The man was cited for public intoxication and is not a BYU student.

8. A man was reported making a suspicious phone call to a female in Helaman Halls in which he claimed he was doing a psychology project and then proceeded to hypnotize the female student on the other end of the line. The roommate of the female came home to find her asleep on the floor. The female is reported of reacting strangely when certain words are spoken. Incidents of a similar nature have occurred about two dozen times in the past. There are no suspects, but the incident is still under investigation.

9. An unknown person used a washable wipe marker to write obscenities such as "poo-poo" and "poo" on a black Denali parked in Heritage Halls on Nov. 25.

10. An older male was reported for suspicious activity after someone noticed him opening all the washers and dryers in the laundry at Wyview Park. When he was confronted it was learned that he had personal items in each of the washers and dryers.

11. A female student reported that someone was tapping at her window at John Hall in Helaman Halls Sept. 3 and she saw a mannequin head on a pole. There were 15 people in the area with two heads on poles. The case is closed and there are no suspects.

12. A male individual was reported yelling in the Eyring Science Center. When the officers arrived, they discovered he was actually singing along to music playing on his iPod.

13. A parking officer reported an open container of alcohol in a vehicle near the Harris Fine Arts Center. Upon investigation, police determined the container in question was in fact an empty bottle of maple syrup.

14. BYU math teaching assistants called BYU police to report a male student who had repeatedly threatened them. The student said he would pull out a female TAs hair with duct tape and would stab another TAs foot with a thumb drive to infect him with a deadly virus. BYU police are questioning the individual.

If You're Happy and You Know It...

This is a pretty cute video. Pay attention to Kayson towards the end. He loves "doing circles."

Xmas on the Homefront

Christmas morning was awesome this year. Atlee slept through most of it, but now that Kayson is two years old he has a much better idea of what's going on.

He loves daddy's electric toothbrush so we got him one of his own. I swear he'd brush his teeth all day now if we'd let him.

Both the kids got new pj's. They are growing up so much!

No Shame

So the other day we had a pretty big storm come through. I felt pretty bad for Kayson being cooped up in the house so I took him outside for a bit...in his sister's one peice.

The snow must have been close to a foot deep by the time it stopped.

One Year Older and Wiser Two!

This year my parent's stopped by on their way to Iowa for Kayson's 2nd birthday. It was neat because he's at the age where he's finally starting to get it. He especially loved all the balloons we had blown up for him the night before.

Meghan spent a lot of time putting this together for him. It's a map of our neighborhood for him to play cars on.

So soft! Thanks G and G!

Aren't these cupcakes cute? They were right up Kayson's alley.

Thanks for making the effort Grandpa and Grandma!

Christmas Craft Night

Last year we enjoyed making gingerbread houses so much that we decided to make it a tradition. Only this time we decided to actually buy some candy.

Kayson got in on the fun by making some cotton ball snowmen.