I do not pretend that many people frequent our blog. For one, we have been lousy at updating it. Two, we don’t really try to write for other people. Our beautiful life is pretty lame to others. Regardless of our hit count we will be going private. Hopefully when our kids are applying for jobs someday their childhood idiosyncrasies wont be what surfaces during a google search.

It is difficult to censor the eruption of nonsensical thoughts we have that mean something to us. So consider yourselves warned. This is OUR space. I will definitely discuss the remarkable things the kids are doing, because they are a HUGE part of my life– but I’ll also use this as a journal for whatever else I am thinking through, learning about, questioning, think is just plain wonderful.. etc.

We went to Boise this weekend and stayed with Jeff and Sarah. We snuggled up on couches while the kids played and we watched General Conference. Sarah made enough amazing food to feed us three times over. And I think we all did. Yummmm.

While the girls were occupied playing chase or pretend with little animals Rebekah and Alden were toddling around practicing their walking skills.

Alden proved what a lady killer he is. Besides flirting with all the ladies around while Sarah and I were shopping he showed his favoritism for Sarah. On numerous occasions he walked over to Sarah, climbed up into her lap and nestled his head right into her. He would just snuggle up intending to stay. It was adorable.

Is it possible that the teenage years will be more emotionally charged from our boy than from our girl? Alden likes drama. He throws himself down on the ground and cries. It has become more difficult to tell if something is seriously wrong with him or if he is just annoyed because either way he screams and wails. He’ll give you a nasty stare if you are eating something and not sharing with him. He has practiced a powerful stink-eye. The kid likes big emotions.