Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Beard Experiment


Fall break came around and I just didn't want to shave. So, naturally a little facial hair appeared on my face. It didn't go away and eventually it was fairly thick. I thought I'd trim and and see how it looked. I thought it didn't look too bad so I left it. At school I was pleasantly surprised with all the good reports I was getting. In fact the dean of the clinic came up to me and proceeded to tell me he thought it looked pretty nice and how his beard never looked good. Somehow, he then told me about his mustache he had in dental school that was thin and looked "awful." So, he colored it red to better match his hair and it actually stained his lip red for a couple of days. Anyway, it always surprises me the attention I get when I do things that are a little more extreme. It was fun, but now it's done. The scratchiness won out in the end. Maybe at Christmas I'll give it a try again.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Cheesers!!!


Do you see any resemblances? Porter and his dad look a lot alike don't they?

Great Fall Break

So far we've had two days of Fall Break from school. I think this is the first break in school that Erin and I haven't packed our suit cases and headed out somewhere. We were very close yesterday to doing so though. I looked at her and said "We should just head for home." She got all excited and actually started packing. Not too long after she did she came back into the living room where I was figuring out the time and gas it would take to head to Utah or Wisconsin and she let her more realistic self take over when she said "I don't think we should go." We both looked at each other and agreed that it would be really nice to see some family, but we also agreed that it probably wasn't the right thing for us to do this time. Our friends stopped by and visited for a while. I think that helped break our home sickness a little. They thought we should just go, in fact they said we should go early in the morning. We all laughed and thought it might be fun. They left when their little girl was starting to get fussy. Erin and I put in our movie (Iron Man) and finished out our day with that. No sooner was it done and Erin was asleep, as always when we stay up to watch a movie together, I heard Porter make some weird sounds in his room. I ran back and he told me he needed to throw up. I picked him up and ran to the bathroom where sure enough he unloaded in the toilet. He ended up throwing up several times that night. I think that Erin was inspired with her denying our adventure to somewhere. All that throw up would have been in our car and it would have made for a long horrible drive. So in retrospect we're glad we stayed here. We spent most of today cleaning up our house (carpets and couches) and letting Porter recover. By the way he's doing fine now.

I thought I would throw in a couple of college football predictions as well:
BSU 38 -- Southern Mississippi 24
BYU 46 -- New Mexico 24
(Both of which I believe to very achievable, possibly understatements it both BSU and BYU play at their potential)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Animal Olympics

Porter's Pre-K class had a family fun day last Thursday. Porter was so excited to have Peyton and I there in his class with him. We got to do a variety of activities that involved animals. We made the Olympic rings out of Nilla Waffers, read stories, counted animals, sorted animals, and colored a picture of an animal. Porter had fun and didn't want to leave, which suprised me because he claims to not like school. His teacher is so nice and I know that he enjoys her class even if he says he doesn't.
Porter and his teacher


Porter just took a cookie without asking and was running away.

Peyton loved exploring the classroom. Porter made sure that he didn't get into any trouble.

Porter coloring. Peyton eating the crayon.

Birthday Pictures

My birthday was a very relaxing one. I'm grateful to have been able to sleep in on Sunday morning. We went to stake conference and then came home and just hung out. Lynn made us a simple, but delicious lunch of grilled cheese and tomato soup. I didn't eat that whole plate of sandwiches just so you know. Later that night we went to the Zech's and had cake and ice cream. It was a great day. Thanks to all for the birthday wishes and gifts.


Saturday, September 20, 2008

RESULTS

BSU 37 Oregon 32
BYU 44 Wyoming 0

Wow! Can you believe it? I'm amazed and very happy.