I forgot to post this earlier, but it is official. I am now a licensed architect in the state of Utah. It is a good feeling to finally get the actual license. Thanks to all of you who helped me get to this point.

A Few More Pictures and Some Comments

Spencer got stitches a while back. He was goofing around while getting out of the car and met a part of the car that was a bit sharp.





















Sadie does all sorts of funny things. This particular day she decided to walk around and show off her legs. She walked around like this for about a half hour.
















Tommy always has more energy than the rest of our family combined. . . can't you tell.
















Mark is a very happy kid. He is doing great in school and is a good helper for Marthe. The other day he vacuumed the front room for a quarter. He had never vacuumed before, and was a bit hesitant. But he ended up enjoying it.
















Sometimes they get tired. . . It is rare enough that we took this photo for evidence.
















We're lucky to still have them around with all the sharks around.

Kids to Funny Things

So this was too funny not to share quickly.
Marthe got Sadie out of bed the other day and she came downstairs and had breakfast etc.
Sadie was walking around funny. . . but that was nothing new, sometimes she just likes to walk funny. . . especially in the morning after breakfast when she's in a good mood.
Anyway, eventually it was time to get dressed so Marthe took her upstairs to get her dressed.
She started taking off Sadie's pajamas when she felt something in each foot of her footy pajamas.
She took off the pajamas and . . . surprise. . . a binky in each foot. Somehow she had stuffed both binkies down her jammies before Marthe got her out of her crib. Her pajamas were not unzipped at all, so she must have just stretched the neck out and shoved them down and eventually they worked their way down. . . one in each foot.
We got a pretty good kick out of that. I have to wonder if she didn't want us to take the binky away, so she was hiding them. Usually when we get her up in the morning we take the binky from her. So I wonder if she thought she'd get away with it. . . . .or she just found a hole where she could stick something small and there were only two things small enough to fit in the hole. :)

Yummy

I made this for an activity days leader meeting I had. I've always wanted to try making one and look how yummy it turned out! I was so excited. Maybe one day I'll make one for you too.

Here's a link to the recipe I used. I did use different fruit. Well you can see what I did different from the recpie. Try it sometime. It's YUMMY!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/fresh-fruit-tart-recipe/index.html

Marthe

Updated Pictures

Here's some updated pictures for you guys of the family.
Enjoy!

ALL DONE!

Just got my last letter from NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards).
I have passed my last test.
Now I just have to do some houskeeping things at the state level and pay my fee to become an official registered (licensed) Architect!
Merry Christmas To Me!

I am very blessed.
Heavenly Father helped me a lot through these tests.
There were many tests where I came out thinking I had not done well enough to pass.
It is not typical to pass all 9 the first time.
HKS has been great at providing resources and an environment that helps with studying for the tests.
There have been a few people at my work who have passed all 9 without having to retake any.
I am grateful to work for such a great company.

Thanks to all of you who supported me and put up with my odd study hours to meet this goal for this year.

A Crafty Halloween

This is my first major craft project since I got out of school over 3 years ago.


And to complete the project, you have to have corresponding outfits for the rest of the family! :)