Saturday Surprise!

On Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago I was lying in bed, mostly asleep, but awake enough to hear the pitter-patter of little feet every so often, mingled w/ a few muted giggles, when all of a sudden a little boy with an orange face burst into the room, squealing w/ laughter, accompanied by the red girl! They shot out the room as fast as they had entered. I was definitely awake. I followed them into Ethan's room for an inspection of what they had been up to. As you can see, they had had a....creative few minutes alone together! It would have been a little more funny if they had not put marker on the soles of their feet and been leaving faint navy blue footprints around the house! They had put blue polka dots all over each other's backs w/ a marker that wasn't as washable as some. Needless to say, they both had blue polka dots for almost a week.

Starting to Say Goodbye to Good Ole SLC

As we begin to get ready to move to CT we have starting taking our camera EVERYWHERE so we can make up the children their SLC Photo Books. Here are a few photos. The first few are taken at Red Butte Gardens, and the remainder are here in downtown SLC.



This view is about a block from where we live now. That's the Cathedral of the Madeline in the background.


Temple Square



We call this little park the water wheel park (obivously b/c of the water wheel), but I think it's called Brigham Park, or something similiar. All three kiddies love it here. It's great for climbing on rocks, catching loads of box elder bugs, and Jane loves to throw rocks in the pond.

Here's Jane digging up the fungus and dirt. She likes to lie right out on her tummy to get the best angle to dig her little fingers into all sorts of little cracks and holes.


This photo is taken right outside the building where we meet for Church. This tree has been a good "learn-how-to climb-trees" tree-and very beautiful for the week or so it blooms. This year it bloomed and then it snowed and snowed. All the blossoms turned brown, as you can see.

Halloween is Here?!?!?!

It seems we're getting ready for Halloween a little early this year! We went to a yard sale on Saturday and picked up this unicorn costume for $5 for Claire! What a great find! So now everyone has to dress up all the time here. Jane loves to be Spidey! She gets the mask herself and puts it on!

Jane and Her Chocolate Pudding!

Do you think she's enjoying herself?!

We had a very Happy Easter and hope you all did too. The Easter Bunny called our house to tell Ethan and Claire about their Easter egg hunt, which they both enjoyed. Jane received her little baby doll for Easter and she goes everywhere Jane goes and doesn't let anyone touch her baby...ever. Jane particularly enjoyed "scrambles". She would scream w/ delight whenever we threw the candy in the air!

Jane and her Hat!

Jane likes to wear hats whenever she can get her hands on one. We often see her stumbling around the house w/ a hat pulled over her eyes. She laughs the entire time!

It's Been a Long Time....

Grandma Rae Ann made these hats for the kiddies. Jane wore her's around the house for several days.

I went out for groceries one day and came home to a lovely serenade!

This is Ethan and Claire's wedding photo. They were getting married and wanted their portrait captured to remember their big day! They are still not convinced that they will not be marrying each other. They have made a deal with each other that if Claire cannot find the husband she wants and if Ethan cannot find the right wife, then they will marry each other!

Well, it's been a long, long time since I have posted anything new. There are a couple of reasons for this. First of all, we were getting a high speed connection from our next door neighbours for $10/month, but our neighbours have moved, so we have dial-up again and it takes FOREVER to upload photos. Secondly, it seems like this has been a busy time with Dan's school applications being due, his having to fly to different interviews, and Alison going to CT to find a place to live and a school for Ethan and Claire. We are excited to be moving to CT in July and Dan is very excited to begin Yale's School of Management in the autumn.
Below are some recent photos of the kiddies. And finally, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL MOTHERS IN OUR LIVES. WE LOVE YOU.