16 mile bike ride = sore bumb

The scouts are working on the cycling merit badge. Multiple long cycling trips are required to complete the merit badge. This week we road the Heritage Trail (rails for trails). It ended up being about 16 miles. The young men did great. It was a pretty ride. Nice and cool. We must have been pretty recognizable due to one lady immediately asking us what ward we were in. Then she pointed out one of the boys had on a BYU shirt.

Haden Falls

Erin came home the other day excited to tell me that she had noticed a sign near our house that said "Haden Falls." It'sonly about 2 miles from our house and those of you who don't know where we live... we live in Columbus, Ohio and pretty much in the middle of the large city. So, today we decided to see this "waterfall" in the middle of the city. Sure enough after a short walk from a small parking-lot next to a busy road along a nice wooden path there was the waterfall.

Morning Crafts in the Dental Lab w/Dad

Porter got up really early and came into the lab with me. We had some fun. Porter watched Harry Potter and I worked on dental lab work. As we were there I had an idea and the pictures below show the results of our combined efforts accomplishing the idea. Not too bad for a first try. Basically our own version of Mighty Beanz.

Boise Sate Bean

Chewy Bean
Harry Potter Bean

Tom Riddle BeanVoldemort Bean

Change you Blog to a Book the Easy Way

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A very easy way to make your blog into a book. Take a look. We just did it and that's why we're blogging again.

Lego My Transformer Fun

One afternoon the boys wanted to "play legos." So, we decided to create our own lego transformer figures. I think it took us the better part of the day to get something created that we all liked. Now, the boys sleep with their transformer on their bed. I'm still not sure how they haven't become broken by doing so. Peyton helped me design the Optimus Prime transformer and Porter would be satisfied until we figured out how to make Bumble Bee. We made one more and I think Porter has told me that it is definitely a Starscreen decepticon. One thing I do know is the boys love to play with legos.

Dental Check-Ups

Good news! The boys currently have no cavities. I thought it was funny that though I'm their dad and I look in their mouths almost everyday, both the boys were quite nervous to visit the dentist. They ended up doing well when it was all said and done. I examined their teeth was able to scale and polish their teeth. Also, they each allowed me to obtain a panoramic radiograph. I think this was Peyton's first dental visit. By the way, for all those dentist out there that fallow our blog once in a while what can you see wrong with Peyton's pan?

Porter's Pan


Peyton's Pan

Saying goodbye!

We have been so blessed with such great friends over the years! How have we been so lucky?! Since we don't have family close, our friends have had to become like family. We've swapped babysitting, shared holiday's together, girls nights, visited each other in the hospital when new babies were born, cooked meals for each other, thrown baby showers, zoo trips, shopped together, had play dates, game nights, txt after txt, and have had so many other fun moments together! It's been fun meeting a lot of new people and sharing our lives with each other for a short time. Recently 4 family friends have moved away because they are done with this chapter of their lives. We miss them all terribly and wish them the very best! So, here's a shout out to the Farleys, Howells, Heatons, and Packs :). Makes me wish, once again, that I took more pictures with each of these families (I did copy a few from each of their blogs...sorry guys).

Farley family (minus baby Talulah)

The Farley Kids w/ our kids

This picture makes me tear up because Sam and Peyton are best friends.

Laura and baby Talulah

The Pack Family

The Heaton Family

Howell family (a few years back...Tori update that blog!)

We watched the Howell kids while they packed up their moving van...we had a movie night!