Sunday, September 24, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
16 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes, 31 seconds...
...until the big day. Here's a little update on what we're up to.
Matt:
Still training for the marathon. We (My friend, his wife, and I) ran 20 miles last Saturday in just under 4 hours. The last three miles were especially choice, as we were pelted by a crazy hail storm. The marathon is 26.2 miles, but a lot of downhill. I'm also starting to fill out my applications. I'm applying to 10 schools, but feel pretty confident that we'll end up at BYU. I've been doing everything I can to establish relationships with some faculty here, which included paying $800.00 to audit a class this semester (it better be a sweet class), so hopefully that will pay off.
Lisa:
Staying out all night with the girls. . . making cookies and delivering them to every sister in the ward. She was out until 2 am the other night! She has been staying really busy and doing a great job in her calling. I've really enjoyed watching her learn and grow so much spiritually, even though that means I've been left even further behind in the spiritual dust. She amazes me! Even with all the responsibilities she has at church, she still does an awesome job running the household (especially with Vanessa).
Vanessa:
Still jabbering non-stop. Her new words include "poop" (she raises her hands in the air and says "poop" now when she fills her diaper), "meow" (it's more like "melow"), "bottle", and "belly" (sounds like be-yee, that's her word for her belly button). She has also kind of learned to eat with a fork. Most of the time we have to stick the food on the fork and she puts it in her mouth, but it keeps her entertained long enough to finish a meal. Last night we framed a picture of Jesus for her room and let her hold it for a while. She just sat there for like ten minutes talking to it and kissing it. We got it on tape, so I'm going to try and format it so I can e-mail it. We love her so much and love watching her grow and learn
Matt:
Still training for the marathon. We (My friend, his wife, and I) ran 20 miles last Saturday in just under 4 hours. The last three miles were especially choice, as we were pelted by a crazy hail storm. The marathon is 26.2 miles, but a lot of downhill. I'm also starting to fill out my applications. I'm applying to 10 schools, but feel pretty confident that we'll end up at BYU. I've been doing everything I can to establish relationships with some faculty here, which included paying $800.00 to audit a class this semester (it better be a sweet class), so hopefully that will pay off.
Lisa:
Staying out all night with the girls. . . making cookies and delivering them to every sister in the ward. She was out until 2 am the other night! She has been staying really busy and doing a great job in her calling. I've really enjoyed watching her learn and grow so much spiritually, even though that means I've been left even further behind in the spiritual dust. She amazes me! Even with all the responsibilities she has at church, she still does an awesome job running the household (especially with Vanessa).
Vanessa:
Still jabbering non-stop. Her new words include "poop" (she raises her hands in the air and says "poop" now when she fills her diaper), "meow" (it's more like "melow"), "bottle", and "belly" (sounds like be-yee, that's her word for her belly button). She has also kind of learned to eat with a fork. Most of the time we have to stick the food on the fork and she puts it in her mouth, but it keeps her entertained long enough to finish a meal. Last night we framed a picture of Jesus for her room and let her hold it for a while. She just sat there for like ten minutes talking to it and kissing it. We got it on tape, so I'm going to try and format it so I can e-mail it. We love her so much and love watching her grow and learn
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Addendum to Vanessa pictures
If anyone would like any of these one-year photos let us know. We purchased the CD this time so we could produce as many copies as we want. Just let us know which one(s) by indicating a number (top one on the blog would be #1, the second down from the top would be #2, and so on) and indicate what size (we can do up to a 5x7 before we lose resolution quality). You can let us know through blog comment, e-mail, or phone.
We love you all and we hope you've enjoyed these entries!
We love you all and we hope you've enjoyed these entries!
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Vanessa's one-year pictures
Here are the pictures we had taken of Vanessa before vacation. Keep scrolling to see stuff from our vacation and return home.
Catch-up post (keep scrolling...this one's (h)UGE!
Thanks everyone for a great vacation! Here are some pictures from our trip.
Vanessa is preparing early for Halloween. Here is her costume.
She has also gotten a jump start on winter.
I don't know how many of you met my cook from my mission, Rocio (she came and cooked for my wedding), but she just moved to Provo. She is working as a school bus driver and a cook. She invited us to dinner tonight. It was really fun to see her again. Vanessa couldn't get enough of her Spanish and she couldn't get enough of Vanessa.
Thanks again to everyone for all your help on our vacation. It was really great to get to see you all again and enjoy the Northwest (even though I did complain about the rain). We love you all and hope all is well.
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