Armpit Accent

Okay, so I haven't posted in about a decade. And for once, we actually have some fun things to blog about, so here goes. Please prepare yourself for a lot of words and a lot of pictures.

First off,
Taylor is nine. He (and I) have moved up to the Bear Den in scouts and the whole family got to enjoy our first ever pinewood derby last month. Our ward had 32 scouts entered, which is really quite a lot. It was a fun (but extremely long) night, and Taylor and Jef are proud to report that their car, Certain Death, placed 4th overall. Also, Tay is playing on a baseball team for the Twins this summer and is enjoying it much.
Taylor is very much like how I would picture Jef as a nine-year-old. Of course, I have no idea what Jef was like as a nine-year-old, but I do know him now, and Taylor acts like he does, so there you go.
Here is an example of the sense of humor that they share and which we all get to enjoy so often: Taylor was talking about a girl who had an armpit accent. Naturally, I was curious to know exactly what constitutes an armpit accent, so I asked. According to my firstborn son, an armpit accent occurs when everything someone says sounds like the noises made when you put your hand in your armpit and flap your arm up and down. Come on, you know which one I mean. So, now just picture a girl talking like that and there you go - armpit accent.
Anyway, to celebrate the big oh-nine, a few Saturdays ago, Taylor got two awesome parties with doughnuts, cupcakes, granparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nice weather, a team baseball game, and a cousin baseball game. On his real birthday, we went shopping for a wii game and picked up Little Ceasar's hot n readys. They are Taylor's favorite pizza and he begged for them, so who were we to deny him such an extravagance? The real fun began when everyone got to eat them in the living room. The difference between this and every other meal is that this time they actually had permission to do so. My kids seem to have an aversion to sitting and eating at the table, especially Jono. I find his food in some of the most unusual places you can imagine.

Second of all, school got out. You might have noticed all of the mothers at Walmart with tired looks on their faces and a long line of kids behind them. It has been a blast so far in a completely exhausting kind of way. We took an overnight trip to the metropolis of Torrey, UT and spent some time in Capitol Reef National Park. It was beautiful and really great to go somewhere awesome so that we can put pictures on our blog and feel like we actually do get to do fun stuff once in a while. Jef's parents were kind enough to come with us and we were grateful for the company and the extra helping hands. Living close to Grandparents is a blessing.

That's enough blabbering, now here's all the pictures.
Hannah and Jane wore matching skirts the other day, so we took a bunch of pictures. I know the skirts aren't actually in this picture, but lets face it - even if they dressed identically, they look nothing alike. And yet still, they act much alike.
Won't sleep in a bed, but will sleep in a high chair. He looks the way I feel.

Taylor a little ticked off at his trick candle. I guess a doughnut that good is just not safe to eat without a helmet on.

The cousin baseball game. But who are all those old men playing with them?

Don't worry, the person taking the picture is not the same person who is going to catch him on the way down.
Jane and Katie didn't want to play baseball because they just wanted me to take their pictures. I guess it must be nice to be so dang cute.

Pizza, pizza and wii, wii.

Group shots at Capitol Reef. If we look so tired in the second picture it is because we all completed a nice long hike and are pooped. We did not leave Hannah home alone, she just was too tired to get in the picture.
And here's a shot for those who say that Logan looks exactly like his Dad. I agree that they share the same rugged good looks, but I do believe those are Bauer eyebrows. Anyway, he's saying, "Summer is AWESOME!"