What we've been doing part 1

What we've been doing, part 2

The best video's are those starring Ty!

Untitled from Kate Rober on Vimeo.

Re-purposing at it's finest!

Have I mentioned Ashlynn is a craft Diva?

I saved this beastly excuse for apple packaging from Costco specifically for Ash's crafting purposes.

A handful of cute Japanese erasers, a box of Benderoo's (The kids actually had a blast with these infomercial toys that I thought they would over in about 30 seconds...) a little bit of 100% pute Ashlynn crafting genious and, VOILA!
An animal habitat to make even Martha swoon! (... well, maybe I'm a bit biased)

She came up with this all on her own.




Each bubble is a room for her critters. The letters on top are the animals' initials. Each room is custom decorated for that animals needs. I.E. the whale has a blue pond to swim in, The pink hamster has a pink jeweled chandelier, the panda bear has a platform made out of bamboo..

Respect the Mom...

So it's been a busy work week and slow house week around here. Kate took the kids up north to her parents this week where they have been playing hard and having fun. I'll admit, it's a bit too quiet around here. The nuclear energy that is usually oozes from our walls has come to a halt these last few days, and it's missed. Phone calls have confirmed nothing but excitement on the northern front. Props to Kate, to all of her fun ideas, thoughts and love she shares with the kids. I thought I'd throw a shout out to one of her greatest tools... the van.

I love the OTS!

The first day of our trip, Brian got the results of an 8 week long exam at the bank. Needless to say, the poor guy had to spend a little time on the phone.

Can I just say there ought to be a law against government agents examining a bank when those agents are going to be out a job in a few months. It doesn't make for, shall we say, "Nice play".

Ashlynn's response to this picture was, "Oh, c'mon, Dad."

We had a lovely day on the ferry and in Sausalito.

(OTS stands for Office of Thrift Supervision)

Here's to 10 wonderful years!

On the roof of the Oakland Temple, where we were sealed.

(the temple, not the roof...)

Brian and I just spent this last weekend in San Fransisco for our 10th Anniversay. We had so much fun. We spent the first day of our Honeymoon in the city 10 years ago, so it brought back a lot of memories.

Thanks, Annessa and Kurt for hosting "Cousin's Camp" and watching our kids for us. I know they had a blast, as well.