Nerd-cation

We went sledding for Jaiden's birthday!

Jaiden and Olivia took turns taking each other out.  Check it out :)

Me making kids laugh by imitating Gaston

Eli Jackson Ownby

Here's some of the first pictures we took of him.

Eli Jackson Ownby

Olivia being cute

Olivia when she was 4 months old

This is super cute. I just stumbled across this.

My Early Birthday Present

I got myself a new toy for my birthday. Sorry for the messy desk!

Olivia eating solids

Olivia started eating solids a few months ago. I took some video of the occason.

Jaiden singing

Jaiden singing some primary songs

Jaiden playing with the hose

Jaiden with the hose outside on a nice hot summer day.
I love his laugh.

Jaiden reading "Goodnight Gorilla"

This is Jaiden (and I) reading "Goodnight Gorilla". He likes to say the names of the animals and I think it's really cute the way he says them.

Here are the animal names and the way he says them:

Monkey: Mun-tee
Giraffe: Juh-waff
Elephant: Oh-font (my favorite!)
Lion: Yion
Hyena: Ee-nuh
Armadillo: ??? :)
Banana: Nana

Olivia Laughing (part 2)

The little one laughing

Olivia Laughing (part 1)

Old Film Digitized

Here is some old Super8 film (family home movies) from 1992 that we paid to have converted to a HD computer format. I think the quality is pretty good. I did have some trouble getting the audio in sync however.


UPDATE:

I changed the brightness/contrast of the video and zoomed in a little bit so hopefully now you can see people's faces better.

Six upcoming videos

Since I don't update this blog very often (and neither does Heather) I went through my last tape from our camcorder and extracted 8 clips of stuff that I think will be fun to put on here. I have so far posted 2 of those 8 clips and I will post one every week (on Sunday) so that there will be fresh content on this blog for a while.

So now it is safe to check this blog weekly for new stuff (at least for the next 6 weeks hehehe).

July 4th Video

I'm a little late getting these videos up, but better late than never!

Here is our Fourth of July party for 2009.

Journey to the Jetty!

From a comment I posted on the deseret news (who recently ran an article about the Spiral Jetty).

"My wife and I tried to visit the Jetty in 2004 but ended up being fooled by the "fake" oil-drilling jetty. We took lots of pictures and I left confused and confounded about how the jetty we found did not resemble the ones in the pictures.

Then this year (2009) I again started reading about the spiral jetty and came across something that said that there was another misleading jetty nearby. And I thought "I wonder if we went to the wrong one?" So I pulled up google maps looked at the satellite view of the jetty, and scrolled over a bit and lo and behold, I found the other jetty that we had seen!

So naturally, I _had_ to go back and see the real one. So my wife and I and our two kids (which hadn't been born yet in 2004) all made the day-long trek from West Jordan (2 hours each way, I estimate, which isn't bad). We got video and pictures of the whole thing. Unfortunately, the water level was very low, so the jetty was completely "dry" which was a bit disappointing. Ah well, good times!"

I have to tell you about this picture! My mother in law gave me lots of fabric she didn't want. Jaiden was pretty good while I went through it all. Apparently he couldn't take it anymore and snatched up this blue polka dot fabric and put it up to his forehead. He kept saying head, head as if he wanted it on his forehead, so I tied it around his head and he was the happiest kid ever. He danced around loved having fabric on his head! What a cutie!

I haven't been very good at updating this blog, sorry!

Update:

Jaiden is saying more words like Thanks, me-nut, peaches, car, and kiss. He LOVES the swimming pool and doesn't seem to mind his "floaties." He is very good with Olivia and gives her kisses on her forehead. Today he shared some of his little plastic animals with her. He is pretty gentle with her. Jaiden loves his flip-flops, his grandma's, and his "white" bear. Jaiden loves to help me and immitate me. He is such a good boy!

Olivia is so precious! She is rolling over and has the cutest look on her face when she is trying to roll back the other way. Her smiles and giggles are the most precious things on earth! She melts my heart when she sees me and gets excited. She is getting some major rolls and Matthew and I love to pinch them. She is a very easygoing baby and her personality is the go with the flo type. It is fun buying girl clothes!

Matthew is still the best barbecuer in the world. He is having to work 50 hours a week now and is not getting any compensation at this time. He has a positive attitude, " At least I have a job," he says.

Heather chopped off her hair and is still getting used to it. I have to say it has been hard getting used to two kids instead of one. I have had to let things go more like the doodlings on our walls, refrigerator, and kitchen floor by Jaidey-waydey!

Jetta gone, but not forgotten!

Sadly, I had to say goodbye to my first car. The jetta has served me well. It made many trips to Boise to see my honey- bun during our courtship. To replace the jetta (on right), we purchased a dark gray Honda Pilot (on left). It is a 2006 and is nice. We got it because it was recommended on Consumer Reports and we wanted a car that could hold more than our Camry. We are enjoying our new car, but we will never forget our Jetta memories!