Asserting Independence

I am not sure that I am ready for this kind of independence. It seems like all I do is mop the floor!


Now whenever Brock eats, he grabs his spoon by a "death grip" and it is impossible to get it back. I guess I need to let go of the control and embrace the mess!

An Afternoon with Uncle Josh

Uncle Josh and Aunt Emily invited the family to see a F-16 jet while they were taking their Christmas card pictures. Josh is a fighter pilot at Hill AFB and he gave us the grand tour around a few of the bunkers.

Josh gave a detailed explanation of the plane to Dustin and the kids...I am not sure how much the kids remember. They did have a few incidents of slipping on grease in the hanger, but overall no big catastrophes.

Brock is giving the camera a good cheesy smile!

It was a great day and pretty interesting. Pretty crazy to think that Josh flies F-16 Jets, he is kinda like Maverick but taller.

Griswald Family Trees

So we made a trip back up to Bear Lake to look for a Griswald Christmas tree!!! We didn't quite have the experience that Clark Griswald had, but we found some pretty good trees.

Emily, Josh and Emma searched with us and it took us a few hours to find the perfect trees. When we asked Emma if she liked cutting down Christmas trees, she informed us that it was boring! (She is five years old.)

Brock and Indie enjoyed the trek through the mountains, mostly because they both got to ride in their Kelty packs.

When Indie and Brock did walk it was disastrous, too many rocks, trees and dirt. Plus their coats and boots are too big, hopefully they will fit better next year.