Family Time

So, the other day I got home from work and got ready to relax with my wife and daughter. Unfortunately, that evening of relaxation got...interupted when the power went out. We didnt have any lights, and there were ominous clouds outside, so we decided to go the the Dollar theater in town, which fortunately still did have power. We went and got to see Meet The Robinsons. Lydia really seemed to enjoy most of the movie, except for the part where it looked like the bad guy was winning. At that that point, she got really agitated and wouldn't stay calm unless either Kate, or myself was holding her. Afterwards, we decided to go out for Ice cream. The ice cream shop was right next to a Barns & Noble book store, and it was the same night that the latest Harry Potter book came out. It was like haloween with all the costumed people that were standing outside the store waiting to get in and buy the book. When we finally got home, Lydia was so tired that she made her way up the stairs, into her room, and ploped down on her bed exhausted. It was so cute! We all had a great time together.

Family Pictures

We took some family photo's about 6 months ago, I guess I should be more diligent about posting these kinds of things.
In the picture on the left, is Nate, Kate, and Lydia. In the picture on the right is a picture of Kate's side of the Family. From left to right: Kate's sister Tammi, Tami's husband Sean, Kate's dad Leland, Kate's brother Mike, Kate's mom Ruth, Nate, Kate, Lydia, and Kate's Brother Bradley.

Long time, no post

Well, it has been a while since we posted anything. Not that things havent been happening arround here, I guess we just got lazy for a few days (Cough) or a few months, hehe. Anyway, trying to update everything in detail right now is a bit too intimidating right now, so I will probably just touch on a lot of things.

Lets see, we sold Tigger, and got another dog by the name of Zeus. He died about a week after we got him, we think by a spider bite. A few days later, we had Tigger returned to us by the disgruntled purchasers, who were mad at us because they thought that we had misrepresented him when we said he knew tricks. When he wouldn't do tricks for them unless they had a treat in their hand, they became dissatisfied and retruned him. Anyway, Their loss I guess.

Kate got tired of having our shed out back look...unfiinished. So she got it into her head that she would paint it. We had one of Nate's sisters visiting and helping Kate for a week, and they got together to paint the Shed. I don't have a picture of the finished product, but it goes without saying that the shed now looks a heckuvalot better now than it did.

Nate and Kate went to an anual get together with a group nate calls "The Nabari Yonnin"(The four companions from the Nabari area on Nate's mission) It has been interesting for Nate to monitor not only every one else's progress evey time they get together, but also how our family is progressing. Good times

Our daughter Lydia is becoming more of a Daddy's girl, to her father's delight. She doesn't really understand the fund that Nate has playing his Xbox, but we got a cute picture anyway. She doesn't really get to see Nate as much as either of them would like, because he works 6 days a week. WE enjoy our time together in the evenings though. Lydia won't go to sleep without a fight unless her father is there to read her a story and play with her before bed.

Kate and Lydia recently made a trip to the Hoggle Zoo in Salt Lake

City. Nate was unable to join them because of previous work obligations, but they had lots of fun anyway. Nate Kate and Lydia were able to take a family trip to Lagoon a few days before, with Nate's Brother Jared. It was a general concensus ammong the group that the Rattlesnake Rapids raft ride was the groups favorite ride. The line was relatively short compared to most of the rest of the rides, and everyone had fun either trying to get wet, or trying to avoid it. Lydia in particular didn't like the pare where the raft went under a waterfall.

Anyway, my time is up for now, but I will try to be more dilligent in writing. I guess we'll see.

Tigger and Taz

Doggie pictures

This is Tigger (T I double Guh errr)

What's with the mood swings?

You know, I have heard that there is some "condition" out there called SAD, where you get depressed really easily in the winter because of the lack of light, or something like that. I find that I am experiencing something similar, but completely different to that. I find it hard to be in one given mood consistently for more than a day at a time. One day I will be happy, care free, loving life, and the next day I will be iritable and hard to get along with. Another day I will be off in lala land and not really paying any attention to life as it passes me by, and the next day I will be so swamped with things that I percieve that I have to do that I don't know what to do with myself. For example, Sunday was one of the days that I just felt... wierd. I wasn't showing the love and attention that I needed to to my wife and our daughter, I just wanted to go off and do my own thing for most of the day afer church. Monday, on the other hand, saw me coming home happy and jovial, and ready to spend all the time in the world with my family. I guess it's just another personality quirk for me to work on: be Happy!

Harris Herald: Pictures of Lydia

Pictures of Lydia

Pictures of Lydia

A future X-box player

(starting young)


Lydia's first time in the snow.

Is School getting Harder? I think so.

Well, I appologise to everyone out there that has been awaiting a new blog from us. I guess I got lazy with the blogg posting over the Christmas break, and never got back into it. hopefully I can get back into it and provide all of you with hours of interesting reading over the next year.

So, we are already 1/4 of the way through the winter semester. I have already had a few mid-terms so far. I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but still alright. I am only taking 12 credit hours this semester, but it is getting tough. it's like the farther I get along, the more advanced the materials are that I am learning about! What a novel thought hu. Anyway, I am finding myself studying and applying myself to school harder than ever before, and getting worse grades (B's and C's instead of A's and B's) than I have ever gotten. Thankfully, I haven't dropped below a C yet in anyof my classes, but it's getting difficult.

As far as home life goes, we are doing alright. Kate is having a hard time with me right now, because she doesn't feel like I spend as much time with her as she would like. To tell you the truth, I don't. I would really like to spend more time at home playing with Kate, Lydia, and the pets, but between work, school, and everything else, it's just hard trying to prioritize and fit everything in that needs to be done. I am trying to do better though, and that's what counts right?

Lydia is still not walking consistently. She can walk, we have seen her do it. She just seems to prefer crawling for some reason. Maybe she thinks it is faster to crawl to wherever it is she needs to go than it is to walk. She just needs to get out of her comfort zone and "Do the walk".

We got another new pet as well. His name is Tigger ( T I double Gu errr). He is a 2 1/2 year old pure bred toy fox terrier. We got him from an older couple in Lehi Utah. He is tall compared to Taz, but very thin. We have been feeding him puppy food and other high in fat foods to try and fill him out so that you can't see his ribs anymore. He gave us a bit of a scare the first week that we had him, by not eating or drinking anything for 2-3 days. The vet said that he was healthy, but has a little bit of liver problems. I think the reason he wasn't eating was because he was stressed from transfering families, and becase he ate a bite of a chocolate bar that I had foolinshy left on the couch one night. He seems fine now though, and is very active, especially when we bring out his favorite squeeky toys. I'll post a picture of him in a later blog, as I am typing this one from a school computer, and don't have access to the pictures that we took. I guess I will also write a little bit more about what has happened in the last few months, with pictures (Like Christmas) in later bloggs too.

Anyway, my time for writing is up, and I have to go to my next class. Hope you enjoyed this one. Till next time.