Trip to Logan

This last weekend we went to Logan to visit Erica & Cody and Mark & Linda. It was a lot of fun. Cody, Mark and I went golfing and we had a great time. The group behind us was way slow, so we were able to move at our own pace and just enjoy the day. We can't say that every shot went exactly where we meant for it to go, but we did have a few good shots that made us forget about the bad ones.

Seth was very excited to see Lilly. He wanted to hold her the whole time. He kept trying to pick her up and was always there to help push her in her swing.

He loved helping her eat from her bottle.

Every time Jennifer would hold Lilly, Seth would want to climb up on her lap as well.

He did a good job holding her and gave her many little kisses.

Seth really loves to play his iPod. This is how you will find him most mornings. We are very excited for Carter to get here, and I am sure that Seth will love playing with him as well. I am not sure which Seth will want to play with more, Carter or his iPod. You will have to ask Seth for yourself. Just don't ask him to share his iPod with Carter.

Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday April 2nd, Cedar City had its annual Easter egg hunt in the park. We had heard that it was a popular event and that we needed to arrive 30 minutes early in order to get a good spot. We got there early and got our spot. We were in the 0-3 yrs group. There were about 200 other kids in the same group.

Just before they let the kids go, they dumped out boxes and boxes of plastic eggs. There must have been somewhere around 5,000 eggs just for our group. They said that they had 20,000 eggs ready to go. There were four different age groups. You do the math.

The Easter Bunny arrived on a fire truck and Seth was watching him closely. I told Seth, "That bunny is going to get you," and he gave out a little yelp. After that he would not look away from the bunny. It did not help that some parents were forcing their little kids to get pictures with the bunny and they were screaming and fighting. This only made Seth more apprehensive.

When they gave the signal, a wave of little kids made a mad dash for the eggs.

Seth did not let them distract him. He stayed focused on the task at hand and got the goods. After all the eggs were collected, the organizers asked that we empty all our plastic eggs and return the shells to large garbage cans scattered everywhere. This way they would not have to buy 20,000 plastic eggs next year.

After quite an eventful morning, Seth took a nap with his favorite book, Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham".

There was snow on the ground during the Easter egg hunt. On my way home from work, at 6 pm that same day, I noticed that all the snow had melted. Spring weather never cooperates.

Seth's Bike Wash

Seth has decided that he wants to open up his own car wash. He has started practicing on his bikes. He is using the hair cutting spray bottle to get them wet.

Then he is using only the finest, German made, shammy to wipe them down.

He wants to focus on customer service. His motto is,
"Service With A Smile."

The Metal Munching Maniac

There has been a great buzz lately around the city of Richfield; reaching as far south as Cedar City. It has been said that a creature is stalking the poor citizens of these fine towns and munching on their metal belongings. It is a well known fact that this creature likes to eat forks and spoons and anything made of silver. Car fenders are its second favorite treat. The creature was first seen chewing up stop signs and causing all kinds of accidents. Now it seems that the creature has turn to salvaging in residential areas as well. Locking your doors will not stop this creature, since it can easily chew through door knobs with a single chomp. Some may think that this creature would be easily recognizable, due to the fact that it is missing quite a few teeth. The issue is that this creature looks like any other second grader. Also, the teeth that are lost during one day's hunt, grow back that very same night. This creature does most of its stalking between the hours of 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm; it does have to get to bed at a reasonable hour, since it has school the next day. If the creature is spotted, please do not attempt to catch it. Please call the head director of the Society of Abnormal Bicuspids, Mrs. Prisbey.



This is a picture of what the creature looks like at night, since that is when you are most likely to encounter the creature. Do not panic, just run for your life. Screaming at the top of your lungs does help to confuse the creature, and it stops the pursuit to look around thinking that its little brothers are getting into its stuff.

Bat Boy Gets His Big Shot

As always, I was at DI looking for anything to catch my eye. I have been looking for a few things, and I do not want to go to the hardware store and buy them brand new. I will just wait until I happen to find them at DI, and gladly pay the discounted, gently-used price. As we were about to leave, I found a nice little T-Ball stand shoved to the back of the bottom shelf. I had walked passed that spot five or six times already. Luckily, Seth was playing on some little scooter and I was chasing him around; stopping him from running over other people's feet. As I bent down to grab Seth, I saw it on the very bottom at the very back. I almost bought one a year ago through Carbon County School District. You know the schools get the best equipment. This one had a slight tear at the top, where it had been beat repeatedly. I fixed that with gorilla glue and it is like new.

He really likes it a lot. He always wants to play with it. He has been using a little bat that my Mom bought for me at Wrigley's Field. He is getting pretty good at only hitting the ball. Seth loves sports. He mostly plays basketball and baseball and drives around his little trucks. The picture above is funny, because his eyes are closed.

Seth has gotten pretty good at baseball and now is followed everywhere he goes. He has started to wear sunglasses to protect his eyes from the flash photography of the Paparazzi.

Seth got these snazzy glasses at the Blue and Gold banquet the other night. They are way to dark and he cannot even see out of them. He runs into the way and trips other things when he is wearing them. He sometimes lets them slid down his nose so that he can see where he is going. I mean who makes these things for kids and knows that they are putting themselves in great danger every time that they put them on.

This Bed is Too Soft

Little Goldie Locks does not always like to sleep in his bed. When it is time for a nap, Seth is put in his room and the door is closed behind him. Sometimes he cries and wants out, but it is for the best that he take a nap. Lately he has started to play with his toys instead of taking a nap. When he gets tired enough, he will fall asleep wherever he is. Usually he is upside down in his bed. This time he was sitting next to his bed, lean on it with one arm supporting his head. He reminds me of Michael sleeping in sacrament meeting.

I guess most kids at this age are still sleeping in a crib. Seth is an obedient little boy, but only if he decides to be. If we try to force him to obey, he fights it and does exactly the opposite of what we want. He will normally go to bed without much fighting. If we try to put him in a pack n play, he will cry and will not let up. It is easier on us and on him if he sleeps in a bed with no bars and no restrictions.

Valentine's Day...I have been pardoned

When we first got married, Jennifer told me not to buy her flowers. She said that they are a waste of money and that they just die. She would rather have breakfast in bed. She does not want me to buy her presents on Valentine's Day. She told me that she would rather have me do nice things for her. I guess she would like me to wash the dishes or take out the trash or change one dirty diaper; hopefully just peed in. Ladies, how would you like your husband to take out the trash and call it a present to you on V-Day? Do you think that I should believe her? I did. We were at Jennifer's parents house on V-Day. I got up and got myself breakfast, so that Jennifer would not have to. I put my own bowl in the sink when breakfast was finished. I took Seth at church, so that Jennifer could enjoy her class. Then when we got home from church, I controlled myself enough to let Seth take a long nap. I gave Jennifer many presents today. I hope she enjoyed them, if she recognized them as presents.