More fun Photos

Not much to say today. I just wanted to share some more photos.

Yes, Sadie is the oldest. . . and the smallest. . . go figure.

Patton (center) is 1 week younger and Max (left) is 2 1/2 months younger.

New Link Added

FYI,
I added a link to my work's web site on the links bar for your enjoyment.

Snow Ordinary Sunday

Well, we had quite a bit of snow today.
They only did sacrament meeting for church.
We let the boys go out and play in the snow since 24" of snow is not a typical occurance. It also allowed me to help some of my neighbors get out of their houses.
I spent most of the day shoveling walks, driveways, alley entrances/exits etc so people could get out when they needed to. We're supposed to get hit with another bit of snow this evening.
Some of the neighbor dads shoveled snow and made a snow mound/cave tunnel.
The kids had fun on it for a while.

Sadie is about 24" tall, so you can see how much snow there was.

The pile behind her is the fresh snow on the ground and not the stuff shoveled off of the sidewalk. It was windy, so some of the drifts got up to 4' high against some people's houses.

Below is a typical pile of snow from a very small driveway.

We had to get creative with where we put the snow.

We only have about 2 feet on each side of our driveway before you hit a vinyl fence.

I did not want to pack a lot of snow against the fence, so I opened the gate to our back yard and now there is a similar pile in our back yard.

I'm going to be very sore tomorrow.

In Memory of A Spiritual Hero

Well, my heart is full today.

President Hinckley died last night at +\- 7:00 pm at his apartment with friends and family. He truly was a prophet of God and his legacy will continue to influence us all through the millennium. He was one of my greatest heroes whose constant encouragement to keep the commandments fortified my soul. What a great example. He was busy doing the Lord’s work until he died. Just a few weeks before, he dedicated the capitol building after its extensive renovation and seismic upgrade. Just as engineers could lift up and strengthen the building against the elements, so President Hinckley has strengthened the Church against the tempests and tremors of the world if we will but heed his teachings. And now we move forward, I believe he would be frustrated to see us morn his physical death, for he is now more alive than he has ever been. What a great reception he must have had into the spirit world and the arms of the Father and The Son.

Yes, Marthe Made It.

Luckily it took less than 3 years to crank this sweater out.

Marthe learned knitting by making a pair of socks for herself. . . It took 3 years. . . and they are almost done.

But in the meantime, she tested he knit whit skills by making this nice . . uh. . sweater for Sadie.

You can have one too for the small price of . . . a long wait.

"These are My Eyes!" - Spencer

It is amazing how much fun you can have with a pair of cheap googly eyes.

A New Year. . . How About A New Post

It's fun to have in-laws, even if they are a bit crazy.

We had a fun time together during the holidays.

May and JJ are visiting from Malaysia for a few more days.

I think they had a lot of fun here.

They've been here since October and will be going back next week.

Yes. . . He has a lot of energy.

But they're all so cute.