Clark's visit

This is a video we took in July of Grandma Clark tickling the kids.
We didn't have any cool pictures this week, so I dug this out of the archives.

Max

Max's first birthday was spent at the Galveston beach where he had a great time!
He only tried to eat the sand once.

After Mallory was knocked down a few times from the big waves,
daddy showed her how to be strong by making this pose.
She took him seriously and posed for every wave.
Max screamed and laughed every time a wave crashed over him.

After a day in the sun, Max was ready for some chocolate cake.
He is doing his "hat" sign right now, which resulted in a second bath.

Thanks, Brenda and Jim, for the great presents.
He really enjoys the construction site. That is if Mallory lets him
have a turn. We are just now learning the birthday ownership
rules, and she's not a fan.

These are videos of Max eating his cake and playing with his bathtub basketball toy.

Labor Day vacation

Labor Day vacation was awesome!

Thank you to all friends and family that let us stay at your homes.
We felt very welcome and had a great time visiting with you.

Our first day back we fed the ducks with the Carlsons. Max and Katie loved the old banana bread even more than the ducks did, and didn't leave much.

Saturday we visited Thanksgiving point with the Miners. They had 3 little pigs that squealed and squawked all over the place, plus the usual petting zoo.

Hey Bompa Jim, when do I get my own Harley?

Jason and I got to do some long-awaited hiking while grandma and Lisa watched the kids. We hadn't gone to Mt. Timp caves since we were kids, so it was fun to take the tour as oh-so-smart adults. We got a personal tour of the caves, so I got to ask a lot of educated questions, like "What are those white striations in the rock?" To which the guide answered "calcite," which happens to be the right answer to every other question posed about the caves. If you want to sound smart at Timp, just pull out the calcite theory.

Saturday evening we played at Payson Lakes with the Clark clan.

Katie is ticklingMax's toes.

Mallory, what were you thinking?

The onion days carnival: ah the memories. The scones, the rides, the 16 year-old rock bands cracking their voices on the band stand.

Totally random

I found this one of Isa's wedding a few weeks ago and had a long laugh. I was just a little sick of smiling, but Isa and Zae are still going strong. Keep it up, troopers.

I tried to delete this after I saw how blurry it was, but apparently selecting it and clicking "delete picture" isn't precise enough for the computer to understand. Anyway, this is at the National Funeral Museum. The nation of Ghana buries its residents in these colorful caskets to celebrate the kind of life they led; fisherman buried in a fish for example. Pretty cool.

A few people have requested pictures of our new house in Texas, so here it is.

Here is the video I made of Max's first day. I had to shrink it to 1 MB, so it's not that clear, but you'll get the gist of it.

Baby Mallory

This is a homemade movie Katrine made from Mallory's baby pictures.
One on Max is soon to come.

Max Giggles

Why can't we make Max laugh as hard as Mallory can?

summer pictures

Mallory's dress and makeup session. Yes, she knows how to pose.

Father's Day. Mallory picked out a tie all by herself for daddy and Max wanted to give him the mini level (it was just his size)

Sink baths were short-lived. Katrine doesn't like second-hand baths.

Max's favorite game. Next to eating cat food!