carson White Christmas We awoke to a beautiful layer of fluffy snow. Perfect Christmas conditions (unless you have family driving over Donner Pass -- they eventually made it safe and sound). Notice the garbage cans on the street? It was trash day -- on Christmas in the snow. They still came?!? Pretty amazing
family Christmas Eve Party We celebrated Christmas Eve with my family at Grandma & Grandpa Ross's house. It started off with socializing and a delicious dinner (helped by rolls and a homemade pumpkin pie that Angela made). Carson was extremely excited for Christmas and loved seeing his cousins, but still gave Tucker
carson Excited for Christmas Carson is so excited for Christmas. Everyday when I return home from work he drags me to his calendar to show me how close we are to Christmas. I laughed as Carson asked, "Dad, does Santa bring tree toys or people toys?" Carson's descriptions of his
Furniture Nearing Completion We ordered some semi-custom furniture back in April / May which was supposed to be complete in late June. Here it is December and it's still in progress. The factory just sent us some up-to-date pictures. The bed is looking good, the nightstands are still a little wrong. Comments
carson Carson's Newest Creation: Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies Carson and I created a new dessert fom dinner at Grandma & Grandpa Knight's house tonight -- chocolate chip cookie brownies. You scoop chocolate chip cookie dough on top of brownie dough (thanks Betty Crocker). It was really good.
tucker Finger-Lickin' Good We really want to get Tucker used to eating solids now, including ribs and pulled-pork sandwiches, so we started him out with some spoonfuls of KC Masterpiece bbq sauce. He loved it! Just kidding.......but he does love the pureed prunes!
family Wingfield Hills Ward Christmas Party Decorations in the foyer...... The party committee really did a good job decorating the hall. We were impressed with the decorations at our church Christmas party Friday night. You can see the tenting effect they created by putting up little christmas lights and hanging tulle across the entire hall. We
keith On the road again... I took the dirt-bike out for a ride today. This was the first time since I crashed. My shoulder still hasn't healed completely, but it was good enough. It was fun, but tough to loosen up and not psych myself out about crashing.
tucker Rolling All Around Tucker can now roll from his stomach to his back and from his back to his stomach. So tonight, he started rolling across our living room. He seemed excited by his newfound mobility.
tucker Asleep in Grandpa's Arms Grandpa Knight took crying Tucker during dinner this evening and accomplished the impossible: Tucker fell asleep.
family 2008 Sparks Hometown Christmas Parade Ok. I mixed up the start time with the end time, so we completely missed the parade. But we were in-time for the Reed High School Intermezzo choir. They were really good. On the drive to the parade, we were talking about how we weren't into the '
carson Welcome Brielle! We had a good time visiting Danielle, Matt, and new baby Brielle in the hospital. She is such a beautiful little girl! Thanks for letting us visit.
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family Phil, Nicole and Family Visit We had a great time visiting with Phil, Nicole and their kids and Grandma and Grandpa Knight this week. The kids played so well together (which is always a huge plus) and the adults visited and played several games.
family Thanksgiving Dinner We enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at home, featuring herb-roasted turkey, stuffing, homemade red mashed potatoes, homemade pumpkin pie, and an apple pie. It was nice to celebrate the holiday just by ourselves.
carson Landscaping, Day 3 Carson and I moved another six cubic yards of decomposed granite into our backyard today. Luckily, we were nearly done before it started pouring rain.
carson Landscaping, Day 1 Carson and I spent the day landscaping our backyard. It took us a while to get setup, but we were able to get a lot done. All of the shoveling was good exercise for, what is now, my extremely sore shoulder -- it still hasn't healed from my
carson Potty Training Tips Potty Training is complete; Carson is now officially potty trainined! So what worked? The biggest thing was getting advice from others. Initially we tried giving little snacks or treats each time that he used the bathroom. This failed miserably. Then we asked around. It was suggested that we make the
Tough Times Combining a potty-training three year old and a four month old makes it tough for a family to get out much. You always have to be within minutes of the nearest bathroom and have to accept that there will be a baby scream at the top of his lungs in
carson Little Mechanic Carson helped me fix up the car today. We replaced the radiator, spark plugs, front rotors and brake pads. He's a pretty good mechanic. He even climbed underneath the car with me while we disconnected the radiator!
carson Our Little Pastry Chef Carson has inherited a sweet tooth from both his Mom and Dad. So he loved his opportunity to make a yummy dessert for dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Knight's house today. He did a great job.
family Seeing Michelle Off How can kids be so tiring?!? The combination of a 3 1/2 year old and a four month old can really drain you. Michelle was kind enough to visit us for a week and a half and help with the kids. Carson had a great time with his buddy,
family Grant's LDS Baptism Grant invited us to his baptism, which was held in Sparks to be closer to both sets of his grandparents. To help Carson understand what was going on, we spent the last few weeks in Family Home Evening discussing baptism and why Jesus taught us to be baptized. Carson was
