Our kids are way cuter than yours....

:-)

Kimberly snapped some random shots of the kids playing at the park behind our house.

Carter with his "women" (Ella & Tessa)

My little guy is growing up....

Well, Carter turned the big "0"-"3" on the 19th. He still enjoys being the "baby" of the family - as demonstrated by his complete and total disregard for any attempt at potty-training. It probably doesn't help that he's got his mother wrapped around his little finger. :-)

I will say that he is "all boy". All he wanted were basketballs, Transformers, motorcycles, etc. He had a great little party with family and friends.

You'd better hurry Carter, or Ella will beat you to it.

What is it?

Our girls are growing up....

Well, it was a long & arduous journey, but I'm proud to say, we have another graduate in the family. Yes, that's right, Courtney has successfully completed the rigorous program known as "pre-school". Savor the moment Courtney, because it will be a while before you get to wear that cap and gown again. :-)

As much as I think its ridiculous to have graduation ceremonies for kids who spent 3 hours a day, 3 days a week "playing" with their friends, I have to admit, she looked pretty cute in her graduation get-up.

Viva la Mexico

Kimberly and I try to ditch the kids at least once a year for some "mommy / daddy time" (if you know what I mean). This year we went to Cabo San Lucas with some of our AZ friends (Dave & Karin Rusick). It was a week filled with awesome food, laying out by the pool, reading books, walks along the beach, golf for the boys & spa treatments for the girls ("roll over").

One of the many highlights of the week was my "attempt" at surfing. Dave grew up surfing competitively, and although he was a great coach, I was pretty much worthless. Although, as you can see from the photo, I chose the largest board they had ... what's that? trying to compensate? I don't know what you're talking about :-)

Overall, we had a great time on our week away...and it was hard to re-enter the "real world" upon our return.

Better late than never...

Well, since everyone has been giving us a hard time about living so far away, but not having a blog, I guess it's about time we joined the party.

Since Kimberly is the Relief Society President, which is worse than having a full-time job (especially when your ward has more than 1,000 members), I have been oficially put in charge of the family blog (scary, I know). I'm sure once I post enough inappropriate comments, the responsibilty will be taken away from me, but for the time being, we'll roll with it.

So, feel free to check in from time to time. We'd love to hear from friends / family.