carson Boys growing up The last four pictures are taken by Carson. He's pretty good with the camera. He really captured Tucker's new skill, crawling. In the red picture, that was when they were inside the tent that Carson got for Christmas. they were in there for a while, laughing
carson Mobile at Last Carson is an amazing big brother; he taught Tucker to crawl today. Tucker is crawling like a pro. He is stable and can move pretty quickly. Time to start baby proofing again...
family Glowing at the Coconut Bowl in Sparks Angela and I have never been bowling together and our kids have never had the opportunity. So we decided to spend our day off at the Coconut Bowl in Sparks. It has a fun family safe atmosphere, making it possible to bring a 3 year old and a 6 month
carson Paratroopers Invade Sparks Home Our home was invaded by Paratroopers this weekend! Tucker and Carson (with a little bit of help from Dad), built a parachute for their toys. A Halo 3 action figure and a Lightning McQueen car (from the Pixar Cars movie) tested it out. It look a few crash landings to
carson A Cool Baby Tucker This evening, Carson asked, "Are we going to have another baby Tucker?" "Maybe someday, but not now," I said. "Good. We already have a cool baby Tucker," responds Carson.
Our Custom Bedroom Set We finally received our new custom bedroom set. It is all one-of-a-kind, made out of Walnut and Cherry wood. Each side of the bed has three floating drawers that form the base of a cherry platform that the mattress rests on. The drawers have aromatic cedar bottoms. The nightstands have
carson Happy New Years! They must have talked about New Years in Carson's Sunday School class. Since then, he has been saying, "Happy New Years!" He doesn't have a clue what New Years is, but he has been asking when Santa will come back. Well, New Years has
carson Loving the Time Off -- Hitting the Park with the Kids I have loved all of the time-off I took the last couple of weeks. I was able to spend so much more time with the family. Today, Carson, Tucker and walked to the park and played for a while. They are such cute kids! We played frisbee, swung on the
carson Playing In The Snow Seeing as this was Andrea's first White Christmas, we had to build a snowman. The snow didn't stick together very well, so it was a pretty skinny snowman. I also taught Carson how to build a snow fort, which he quickly toppled over. This is a
family Christmas At Home With The Akslands Angela's family was nice enough to come here for Christmas. Had they known about the weather that they would have to travel through to get here, it may not have happened, but we are grateful that they came. It was really nice to spend the holidays here and
family Christmas at the Knights We spent Christmas morning at Grandma & Grandpa Knight's house. Scott, Lori and family were there along with Teresa and Rogan. It was nice to see some family that we rarely see and watch everyone open their gifts.
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.
