Family life in rural Utah.
31
Oct
Last week we took a little drive up Monrovian Canyon to get our family pictures taken. The fall colors were fading fast but there were plenty of colorful leaves hanging around to get the job done. Getting 8 people to sit still, smile and actually look at the camera can be nearly impossible. But, in […]
28
Oct
Travis had a fun birthday party on Monday night and we tried to sneak in a little bit of pumpkin carving for the kids. Jolynn made some very cool cakes and went with this cool lego cake for Travis. Travis got a sweet iPod Nano for his birthday and some legos and lots of treats […]
12
Oct
An attempt at capturing the whole crew in a somewhat presentable manner. We are going in for a real family picture later this week. I can’t believe we really have six children, it doesn’t seem like a lot now that it has actually happened. It still feels like somebody is missing. Max announced to us […]
6
Oct
With six kids we sometimes have to divide and conquer. I mentally divided them into two groups, I call them “the bigs” and “the littles”. For example, today I mowed the grass with Max and Brianna on my knee so Jolynn could get dinner ready. Travis did a great job holding the baby and actually […]
4
Oct
We went to St. George for Jolynn’s six week checkup this week. We had a fun lunch date with our friends Brett and Kim at Ruby River while gramma lee watched the littles (Max and Brianna). On the way home we stopped in Cedar City to see Jodi and Kyles new baby Sam. He was […]
1
Oct