This is our ool...

... notice there is no "p" in it - we like to keep it that way.

Jacob and Katelyn are so excited for summer and the chance to go swimming. David doesn't always make it home early enough to get to the pool, so when he does, they love to go. They are both becoming much better swimmers. Jacob is a regular fish!

We also brought Maya for her first time in the water. After a little while in the water, she decided she prefers relaxing in the chain by the pool rather than in it.

Year in Review - 2007

Rather than write a really long letter in our Christmas cards, we decided to give the whole year in review here. (That way you only have to read it if you really want to.)

And rather than post the whole thing in the blog here, we created pages for each month. Just click the links below to read about each month (and see the pictures). Comments are welcome!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September (coming soon)
October (coming soon)
November (coming soon)
December (coming soon)

Another first -- not a hit

Maya had her first non-milk food tonight -- some very thin rice cereal. She was not a fan. She pretty much cried and choked on it the whole time. She did finish what we had made though. So, hopefully it will get better!

Nativity with kids

We have been getting out all the Christmas decorations. Jacob especially loves the "Little People" nativity set we got for them last year.

Of course, having a nativity set that they can play with has led to some new versions of the story. Jacob thinks that instead of going to Bethlehem on a donkey, Mary and Joseph got there in Deigo's rescue vehicle.

Katelyn really likes the Rauchermaenner (Smoker men) that we have on the mantel. She has asked many times for us to make them "steam". Jacob doesn't know what that means, but has decided he doesn't like it. So, every time she asks, he says, "Don't make them steam at me; that scares me!"

Go Cougars!

Maya experienced her first BYU-Utah game. She is smiling because we had the right results: BYU 17, Utah 10.

First snow!

We had our first real snow on Thanksgiving night. The next morning, our kids were the only one's in the neighborhood that ventured out. Three inches already this season (for those keeping track).