In January, we were still recovering from our recent move and traveling out of state for Christmas. We were busy shopping for furniture and appliances for our new home, doing some repairs and renovations, and unpacking everything.
We did manage to take a couple pictures of the kids. This is our new sectional , and that is a huge moving box that Caleb (18 months) is climbing on.
Scott (3 3/4) took this picture of himself. And that's all the pictures of people that we have for this month. :)
It has been waaaaaay too long since we posted on our family blog. So here's a rundown!
1. This is Caleb back in October after getting into some chocolate. Note the wild curls. They are now gone, as Scott took some scissors to Caleb's hair one morning. Anyway, Caleb is now 18 months and in nursery at church, and babbling away in a language only he understands. He is good at saying some words, like "light," "Gott" and "Gogogogo!" He is a little sweetheart, and gives hugs and cuddles a lot.
2. I went to my third Pontoon & Deckboat Magazine Shootout, this time held at Lake Shelbyville in Illinois. I had a great time, and it was nice being on the water in the sun while it was snowing back in Utah. Here's a video one of the participating companies made of the event.
3. Here is a Shaun the Sheep cake Mandi made me for my birthday. It came out awesome and it tasted great, too. Shaun the Sheep seasons are on Netflix, and I highly recommend the show.
3. I have been working for Apple as a Genius, which just means I diagnose and fix problems with Apple products, like the MacBook Air pictured above. As far as jobs go, it's a good one that challenges me and makes the days go by quickly.
4. I attended every BYU football home game last fall. The Utah beatdown was epic in how bad it was, and the last two home games were epic in how cold they were. My toes did not enjoy the weather, even though I had three pairs of socks on. In short, BYU won 10 games, won their bowl, and are ranked in the Top 25 to end the season. I feel this 2011 squad was mediocre. Oh well, there's always next year.
5. We bought a house in December! It was a short sale we had put an offer on about 7 weeks before, but with how short sales normally go, we expected to wait a lot longer. See Mandi's Facebook photos for more pictures of the house (before we bought it). We're still unpacking and everything's a mess or I'd post current photos here. Give it some time.
6. We had Christmas with the Johnsons in Idaho. Here is Scott enthused about his Christmas pajamas.
And here is Scott happier, thanks to his cool Angry Birds hat aunt Amy got him for Christmas. I could only be there for a couple of days due to work restrictions, but Mandi and the boys were there for a week or so, and had a great time with "the far away Grandma in the mountains" as Scott calls her.
Mandi's been growing her voice studio, and now has a group of students she teaches in Sandy every Wednesday and more she teaches in a basement room at our new house during the week. She enjoys it and I think she does a great job.
I hope this was an acceptable recap of the last half of 2011. I'll try to do better at blogging cute stuff from the kids and important family events for 2012.
