So my best friend David has been down at NAS Pensacola for some training, and I thought this was the best time to go see the National Museum of Naval Aviation with him. I’ve always wanted to visit; they have a great selection of aircraft. Naturally, a road trip these days means bringing Isaac [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Friends, Kids | 1 Comment »
Here’s a little video of Charlotte and Isaac playing with her birthday present:
She wanted “a magic car that goes by itself”. I think this works.
I also think Nicole is destroying a book in the background.
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Zach
Filed under: Kids, Toys | No Comments »
We’ve had Grandpa Bird in town, and so we thought it would be fun to have an adventure together. The last few times Grandpa Bird has visited, I’ve dragged him through Utah’s exotic deserts. I thought it would be a nice change to go to the mountains this time.
Normally I like to avoid [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Kids | No Comments »
It’s late, so I’m just going to dump a slideshow here. There are some fun stories to share too.
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Kids | 2 Comments »
I took some days off this week, so I thought I’d spend a day with each of the older children. When I asked them what they wanted to do, Isaac wanted to go to a mountain far away, and Charlotte wanted to look at fish.
So Thursday morning, Isaac and I set out for Arches National [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2009 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Kids, Spiders | No Comments »
Well, it looks like we might have some survivors. We’re on version 2 for Polar Express, and Cheese has been replaced by Curious George. We also have a little otocinclus to keep things clean; Isaac named him Cleaning Up Loader. Which I guess works. So, pictures: Polar Express is blue, and Curious George is orange.
Posted on March 15th, 2009 by Zach
Filed under: Kids, Pets | 2 Comments »
I spent some time with the toadlers today building train tracks. We had one track to the North Pole, on to Orem, one to Ohio, and one that meant to go to Wyoming and then got carried away and went all the way to Nebraska. Nebraska is new; Isaac has some limited geography, and that [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
It’s been a draining week, with one (maybe two) more workdays left. I don’t mean to gripe about too much work, especially when some Fortune 500 firm is in the news every day laying off workers. I’m just tired.
Each night, I go through a bedtime ritual with the kids. Kathleen (sometimes I do this [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
I have a pet peeve. Periodically, one child will run down the hall (usually carrying something another child was playing with) and slam the door, leaving a sibling crying in the hall. I hate it when the children play with the door. All that yelling has never resulted in a change in behavior, though.
Tonight, [...]
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids, News | 5 Comments »
Omniture gave us some passes to Thanksgiving Point as part of the company party we had last week, so we took the toads up. Isaac was a little scared of the dinosaurs (I probably shouldn’t have told him they eat children), but Charlotte had no fear. Isaac kept reminding us that the dinosaurs were dead, [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Kids | No Comments »
Isaac is a pretty good big brother. Some pictures:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
We got permission to bless Nicole on the 15th this month, which is also conveniently Father’s Day. We have extra family in town who wanted to be a part of the moment, so it’s nice the ward was able to accommodate us.
Church is at 11 AM, so get in touch if you [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids, News | No Comments »
This is the final post of a long day, and here are some pictures for you to look at. Everything went very well, especially considering Nicole was born almost a month earlier than we expected. She seems like a healthy, sturdy little kid. Kathleen is in good spirits too. Some photos:
Created [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
I took the kids to the museum at Hill Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago. It was an attempt to buy Kathleen some time to nap or do chores. They behaved pretty well on the drive to Ogden, and then we had fun looking at all the planes. This picture shows Isaac and [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Kids | No Comments »
The books didn’t inspire him to smear my lotion into his hair (refer to picture below), but this is my most recently taken picture of Isaac, so I used it anyway.
2.26.08 We read books about sharks tonight. It’s amazing that Isaac isn’t afraid of them because when we read about seals, he would cover up [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Kathleen
Filed under: General, Kids | No Comments »
Today we tried a new approach to potty training. This involves a chart where the boy can earn rewards by placing stickers each time he succeeds at using the toilet. The first reward, a little toy truck, came at five stickers on the chart. Well, somehow, the kid contrived to go five times tonight in [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
This was the first Christmas where Isaac got the whole Santa thing (we’re still working on the Bethlehem angle with him), so he was very excited to go out and open presents. He read the names and delivered presents to everyone, and each toy had to be enjoyed a little before another one could be [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
Isaac and I took a little hike together today up above Alta, to Cecret Lake. He was a great hiker, going up the whole way and about a third of the way back before he was worn out. The trip up and back is under two miles, but the kid is only three, so [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2007 by Zach
Filed under: Adventures, Kids | No Comments »
Ok the series of Isaac posts needs a little balance, so here’s something about Charlotte. She is such a silly unique girl. No-one who knows her can deny that she’s innately ALL GIRL. Sure she’ll growl and drive one of Isaac’s trucks around the room, but most often you’ll find her carrying a [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2007 by Kathleen
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
Especially mine! This is what happens when unsupervised children enter the pantry. I’m hoping they survive to an age where I can take away their driving priveleges and scare their dates.
What you see here is a lovely combination of detergent and tortilla chips. Not only was there a mess to clean up, but the [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2006 by Zach
Filed under: Kids | No Comments »
