“Bye John!”

Those are the words yelled out a car window by a little boy as he waved at my son, his new friend. I don’t have a child named John you say? Well, that is mostly correct. I do have a silly little son who is so cute …

Several weeks ago we loaded all of the bikes, the bike trailer, water bottles, and some snacks, and don’t forget us too into the family minivan so we could go biking as a family along the Porter Rockwell trail. This is a trail in Draper that was put in …

This morning, when they really should have been doing something better with their time, the boys turned on their computer so they could drool over lego sets they are saving up for, or play games or something. I walked into the room and said, somewhat sternly, “what are you doing …

From Various Spring 2011 Pics

From Various Spring 2011 Pics

From Various Spring 2011 Pics

From Various Spring 2011 Pics

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The month of June brought some milestone birthdays for 2 of our boys.

First, on the 16th Reece turned the big 5. He will be starting kindergarten at the end of the summer which is the best part of being 5.

Last year, when Reece turned 4, I was not …

Our house was built in 1975. The old time neighbors assure me that this kitchen has never been remodeled and that we still had the original 24 in wide double oven that came with this lovely home.

From Various Spring 2011 Pics

Since we have moved in, we have had …

I know we have not blogged enough for the longest time. Sorry. I do have a few brief stories from this week to share though:

Our boys have decided they really want to earn money so I said I would pay them $5 per bathroom if they wanted to clean …

We decided to visit the grave of my Grandma and Grandpa Murdock this Memorial Day weekend. The weather was supposed to be really rainy on Monday, so we took advantage of the relatively clear skies on Saturday and headed down to the Orem cemetary. We found their plot, set down …

Reece actually got his cast off back on May 11th, but we are just getting around to posting some pictures. Check out how brave he was.

From Reece Broke His Arm

From Reece Broke His Arm

From Reece Broke His Arm

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“Arches rock!” exclaimed Reece, once he figured out what an arch was. Before that it was, “Stop saying arch!” As we drove to our spring break destination, as we entered Arches National Park, and as we pointed out the unique rock formations that we were seeing in the distance, apparently …