1 to 13?

This morning was very interesting. While Faith was getting ready for work, Aine was standing on the couch reaching for the light switch and I told Aine that was a no-no for standing on the couch and I sat her down. Aine then got off the couch and ran into her room and shut herself in her room. Faith and I both got a laugh out of it. It seems like like Aine is acting like a 13 year old already. Aftewards it took Aine a few minutes to calm down and not be mad at Dad. I can tell that the teenage years are going to be interesting between Dad and daughter.

Aine and Ice Cream

Here are some great pictures of Aine enjoying ice cream. She went back and forth eating Mom and Dad's ice cream.

Updated Pictures of Aine

Here are some recent pictures of Aine. I hope you enjoy.

Flaming Gorge

On Thursday Faith, Aine and I made the drive up to Flaming Gorge to spend some time with my family. When we arrived my sister and her family were getting ready to leave for home. It was sad to see them go. We had a great time. The water was great to ski on especially early Friday morning. I even dropped a ski. I'm sorry we don't have pictures of this event. Aine enjoyed herself as well even though she cried a lot when we put her in the water. I did some cliff jumping with Dad and my brother Seth. My brother Nathan was missed on this trip. It was fun to hang out with family and enjoy my Mom's good dutch oven cooking. All of us boys had fun playing horse shoes. I think I even set a personal record of 5 ringers in one game.

4th of July Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend this year we traveled up to the mountains of Heber and stayed in some nice cabins along with a nice pavilion to gather as a family and eat meals. These cabins are for the Young Woman of the church who come up for girls camp. The camp also had a lake to go canoing, along with horse shoe pits and sand volleyball courts. We all had a great time. Later on in the evening of the 4th Faith, Aine and I traveled out to Grantsville and watched the fireworks. We had a great holiday weekend. I hope you all enjoy the pictures that we took.

ksl.com - Ute fans grab a piece of stadium turf

ksl.com - Ute fans grab a piece of stadium turf

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Check out Dad making a cameo for grass! Haha, I was watching the news last night and low and behold there he was. :)

My Sick Ones

Well, beginning with Spencer last week and now Aine this week, both my loves have been fighting some sort of bacteria. I have felt so helpless in trying to make them feel better, but I'm happy to say that with both we are definitely on the right path towards health again. Spencer is to the point where he is feeling pretty good but is just coughing like crazy to get all the junk out of his lungs. Aine, on the other hand, just broke her fever this weekend. I'm sure she will have plenty of coughing to come. It's hard with her because I know that she isn't feeling good, but it is difficult to know what will help her feel better. The good news is that overall she has been a trooper. Even though she doesn't feel well, a good majority of the time she is happy and jabbering on just like usual. I've even had some good cuddle sessions with her. This is unusual for her, considering she is always running off my lap to play or explore. But I still do hate when Aine and Spencer are sick!