Austin 6 weeks old

Here are some of Austin's first smiles :) There is something special about a baby and the first smiles that they give out. It makes people warm and feel love back. What a blessing this little baby is our lives. He brings joy every where he goes.







okay, had it!

Another Anikaism

The boy sitting behind Anika at school was poking and buggy her and the teacher told the boy to stop, Anika turned around and said, "Ya Riley Stop touching me, don't you know my body is a Temple?!"

Austin One Month (5 weeks)

How did this go so fast? Austin is such a good baby, he doesn't overly cry and he likes to love and snuggle. His skin is a little blotchy still but this will go away with time. He is still so small but getting bigger each day. Everyone loves him. I have to say it is nice to be in a ward where there aren't a million babies and people notice and want to help.

Andrew 1st Year of Basketball

We are excited for Andrew to play basketball and hope that he enjoys it as he has the height and size to be a star! His coach is from our ward, John Roberts. He has recruited a few of the boys in the neighborhood and ward to coach. We are excited for this season. I am especially excited as I played basketball throughout my youth so I know the rules and can follow and understand the game much better than football! I am the annoying parent coaching my son from the sidelines! :)


This year he is working on the fundamentals of the game as he has never played before and is pretty much learning game by game!

He is playing center and forward as he is the tallest on the team.

He is learning how to dribble, jump under the basket, line up at the key, that you only stay with "your man" when the other team has the ball (defense) and not when his team has the ball (offense) as this is when you want to get as far away possible from the other team, and that you can't touch or shove the other team players!

He is not too sure about dribbling yet, but is getting better and building more confidence to shoot as well. We are so proud of Andrew knowing that running is not his favorite thing to do and yet he has never walks down court and keeps running back and forth even though he is tired, he made the comment about how running is getting easier! Andrew made a couple of baskets this year, it was fun to see how excited he was.

It was cute to see him run down the court as he always had his tongue sticking out!


This year their team didn't win many games but each of the boys improved a lot for next season.
Can't wait!