Geek Squad

About a year ago, we invited some groovy folks over for a dinner party and movie. They choose to watch "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", a personal favorite. We enjoyed our evening so much we had them over again to watch the second and third movies. As it so often happens life went on and circumstances changed and we missed our friends.

Last Friday they were able to come up for dinner and to meet the boys. After a great homemade pizza dinner we decided to see how sharp our Lord of the Rings memories were with a game of "Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit". By the end of the game we discovered we were all geeks. We had a great time and look forward to seeing the Sanders again.

Not Just a Cold??

When is a cold more then just a cold? The simple answer ... when you end up in the ER. Penn caught the "cold" Logan had last week. The only difference, Penn has had a much more difficult time breathing.
Sunday we could hear his wheeze from across the room. It seemed he was having to work extra hard to breath. We called the pediatrician who suggested we bring him in. After his examination he sent us over to the ER for a nasal swab to test for RSV. (Nasal Swab = a long suction tub inserted up his nose). The results came back positive. Turns out Logan had it as well. RSV is serious in infants and a little bit scary. But the boys have dealt with it amazingly well.
We were back at the pediatrician's today and things are looking up. Both Penn and Logan are on the mend. We'll just need to watch their breathing and yes their mucus.

After a long day there is nothing like shooting some hoops with a good friend.







The hoop is a Christmas gift Spencer and I got for the boys. They haven't grasped the whole game just yet, but with more practice I'm sure they'll get it.

Another First

This last week we had yet another first. Logan caught his first cold. It started with a cough I thought was associated with his teething. However it progressed to a bad cough, a runny nose, and red eyes. Little Logan had a rough go of it. He woke himself up on several occasions with his cough. We had to hold him during a few naps so he could sleep. Spencer ended up propping up one side of his crib to help things. There isn't much you can do for a baby with a cold. There isn't any medicine or special foods. All you can really do is run a humidifier and cuddle.

The good news Logan is just about over his first cold. The bad, but expected, news is Penn woke up this morning with a bit of a cough. I'm actually grateful they weren't sick at the same time. I was able to give Logan the love and attention I'm sure I received when I had my first cold, and if Penn does catch his first cold he'll get just as much love and attention.

(New sleepers)

Friends

Logan and Penn made some new friends during the holiday. Grandma Davis embroidered their names on their bellies and an Aggie A over their hearts. The boys have enjoyed playing with them and even posed for a few pictures.

The other day we caught Logan having a serious conversation with his bear.

The Holidays

We had a great holiday. We enjoyed several family parties and visited with a number of good friends. It was wonderful to visit family as well as have family visit us. We look forward to seeing some of the family we missed. Christmas was even better with the boys. We were reminded of the true reason we celebrate.

Pres. David O. McKay said "The Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service. It is the spirit of the gospel of Jesus Christ, obedience to which will bring 'peace on earth,' because it means good will toward all men"

The Living Christ published in Dec of 2000 states: "He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38), yet was despised for it. His gospel was a message of peace and goodwill. He entreated all to follow His example. He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead. He taught the truths of eternity, the reality of our premortal existence, the purpose of our life on earth, and the potential for the sons and daughters of God in the life to come."

We add our testimony that Christ lives and loves us. He is our Savior. He made it possible for us to return to our Father in Heaven. It is our hope that we may carry the Christmas spirit with us throughout the new year.

Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year, Us.

Solids?!

On Saturday we decided it was time to feed the boys some rice cereal. After following the instructions for babies first cereal we discovered "solid" is a subjective term. Basically, what it amounted to was practice with a spoon.

As you can see Penn got the hang of the spoon pretty quickly. Logan on the other hand...

Well it will take alittle more practice but we are confident he will pick it up.

Black Friday

This year for Thanksgiving we were lucky enough to go to my sisters. It was the boys first overnight trip. So we packed everything up and hit the road. Our car barely held all of the boys things. The boys slept great in their pack n play. It was a little tight but it worked.

Thanksgiving was wonderful. It smelled so good we got right down to eating and forgot to take pictures of Monica's beautiful table. It was a wonderful day that reminded us of the many blessing we enjoy. Family, Country, and Religion were among the top blessings Spencer and I talked about.

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving if we didn't go shopping the day after. We wanted to share this exciting shopping day with the boys so we bundled them up and off we went at 4 in the morning.

The girls started at Target and the boys went to Home Depot. Logan and Penn slept through most of the morning but were toasty warm in their car seats. Everyone had great success and we were home by 7:30.

It wouldn't be Black Friday without the afternoon nap. The boys didn't sleep as long as we wanted to, but we take what we can get these days.

We sincerely hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.