Some Bigtime Footage

Happy Halloween!

Strawberry Puzzle-Cake

Mikayla has a 60+ piece puzzle of Strawberry Shortcake. She loves to put it together and calls it her "Strawberry Puzzle-Cake."

Clapping and Having a Good Time

Farmer John

Bedroom Change

Camping at Stone Mountain State Park

Yesterday, we went on a camping trip to Stone Mountain State Park in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was only a two hour drive and a place we will definitely return. We've got several pictures of Dad & Mikayla 'reeling that sucker', Joshua eating rocks, and Mikayla being a big sister to Joshua. The Dad & Mikayla fishing team managed to bring in a couple of 10-12" rainbow trout on Merrill's fly rod. Josh managed to spit out all of the rocks he tried to swallow, thank goodness. The reasons we will definitely go there again have nothing to do with the fishing, of course.

We also threw in a few pictures of the namesake of the State Park.

Joshua pushing around a stroller

As promised, here are the pictures of Joshua pushing a stroller around the house all by himself. He did this for the first time last week.

Mikayla and Josh Playing Around the House

Mikayla has really got into creating paintings lately. She's been trying to duplicate some work she's seen on the home and garden network. Josh still likes eating things, including Mikayla's paintings on some balloons.

Now, even I'll admit that these pictures of Josh in a Sundevils get-up look just like a little Eddie (or a Big Eddie, depending on how you look at it).

Dad grew some facial hair

After four days without shaving in Mississippi, I decided to go for another few days with my lovely facial hair. Cami said she liked how it looked, but not how it felt. I think she's just jealous she can't grow a beard.

Mikayla, the Piano Teacher

Mikayla is no dummy. She picked-up on Cami teaching piano lessons very quickly. Here we have a picture of her teaching a friend how to play. She also gave daddy a lesson and kept telling him to put his hands on middle-C and play like this (as she would demonstrate).

Son-licious on the Move

Josh is really starting to get around. He loves pushing things across the floor, but gets really mad when he hits a wall. We'll get some more pictures of him actually walking behind a stroller soon.

Oh yeah, and he still likes to eat.

Workin' in the Yard...Again

Here's a part-way done set of photos of some work we're doing in the back yard. We're trying to get some flower beds and trails laid out.

Trip to Hattiesburg

Merrill went to Hattiesburg, Mississippi with 17 other Elders and High Priests from our ward. We helped people in the community cut down and clear out trees that had fallen in their yards as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The trip was short, but definitely worthwhile. There should be additional photos posted as we get them from others who took more pictures.