Family life in rural Utah.
8
Nov
Alyssa had been bugging me to take her to a BYU football game. When I told her about the deals on BYU apparel at the final home game of the year she decided that was the game she wanted to attend. She bought something for each of her siblings at the game. Cosmo the cougar […]
1
Nov
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 […]