March Madness

It has been a while since we last made a post. Here's the month in review via pictures:

Dan had his last Spring Break ever. We made our annual law-school-spring-break trip to Park City with our friends the Allens. On the way up we stopped in Paris (well, sort of, if Las Vegas' Paris counts). This picture was taken for the sole purpose of proving to our friends Brad and Cassi that we can have just as much fun during our last semester of Law School here as they can spending their last semester gallivanting all over Europe.
Once we made it to Park City we had a great time. Josh especially loved playing in the snow with his buddy Eric.
After playing in the snow all afternoon the two boys were pretty tuckered out.
We couldn't have a post without including a picture of Maggie. She celebrated her 3-month birthday in Park City. She is as cute as ever and, despite battling with RSV right now, is about as happy as a little girl can be.
While we were there, we also got to spend some time with all of our Utah-based family (sorry, we didn't take any pictures) and had the opportunity to attend the Draper Temple open house (again, sorry, no pictures). It is a beautiful building. After a fun-filled week we headed back home and stopped through Las Vegas yet again to visit my cousin Rebeca and her husband Matt both of whom Josh absolutely loved.
We were also able to see Niels and Susie and our some of our best friends from BYU: Eric and Jamie and Rob and Mercedi and their respective kids. Josh had a blast hiding in the cupboard with Eric and Jamie's daughter Teya. If the two of them were to get married, this would definitely have to be blown up and displayed at the reception. No pressure you two.

Now that we're back home we are just trying to get back in to the swing of things and get over some pretty nasty colds. It's nice to be back in the warm Phoenix weather.

Maggie's Blessing

I had the wonderful privilege today to bless Maggie at church. It was wonderful to have so many of our family and friends there to support us. Here are some pictures of Maggie in her blessing dress.

Find a cure

As most of you all know, my mom is currently in a fight against breast cancer. Unfortunately, the cancer has spread and the doctors have decided to pursue a more intensive course of chemotherapy in hopes that it will slow down the cancer's progression. My mom and my sister, Mauri, will be participating again this year in the Susan G. Komen For The Cure 3-day cancer walk to help earn money and raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Please help them meet their goal to raise $4,600. If everyone who reads this donates at least $10, it would really go a long way. To donate, click here, click on either name, and then click the "to donate" box. If you don't want to donate any money, you can also show your support like me! It's your choice, but donating money is a lot easier.

Missing my family

Holly took Josh and Maggie up to Utah for a couple weeks to spend some time with family. They'll be back on Sunday, but it's been a long two weeks for ol' Dad. While they were there, my mom took all of her grand kids to the photo studio. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

Movies

We have been a little worried that Josh has been watching too many movies. He often talks about things from movies while he plays throughout the day. For example, he is convinced that the dragon from Shrek lives somewhere in our house and if Josh does certain things, like get his diaper changed, the dragon will come get us. However, if you ask him about the dragon, he will tell you that the dragon is nice and is Josh's buddy. Additionally, he occasionally will get really excited and start telling us that the Huns (from Mulan) are coming and that we need to "quick, run away." Although his ability to recall movies is quite humorous, we were a little worried that he might be watching movies too often. As I sat down to the computer to print out a calender on which Josh could put one sticker each day for the one movie he would be allowed to watch, Josh came over to me and suggested an even better idea. He said, "What are you doing Daddy?" I said, "I am printing off a calender for your movies." Josh then said, "Movie tickets?" and our new plan was born. If Josh helps out around the house he can earn one Movie ticket a day. When he wants to watch a movie, he gives us his ticket and he can watch the movie of his choice.

Yesterday, Josh made me realize that his ability to pull stuff out of movies might actually have a beneficial use. Our story starts off with the following tent Josh and I made in our family room.
On Sundays, Josh is only allowed to watch church movies and his favorite are a cartoon series that teach about the Ten Commandments. The films are about Moses and the Children of Israel and are set at the foot of Mount Sinai. After we built the tent, Josh said to me, "Daddy, it is a tent mountain." "It does look like a mountain, doesn't it?" I replied. Josh then declared boldly, "It is the mountain of God." In the movies, the characters are always talking about Moses going up into the mountain of God. I'm glad to know that he has absorbed a little bit of doctrine along with his entertainment.
In other news... Here is a fun picture we took yesterday of Maggie next to a picture of Josh when he was just a couple weeks younger than her. They're not identical, but there is definitely a family resemblance.

Maggie update

Just wanted to post a few more pictures of Maggie. She rolled over today for the first time from front to back. It's amazing that she's been with us for over a month now. Time keeps flying by.

1 Month Old

On Friday, Maggie completed her first month of life. She is doing great and Holly continues to recover much faster than she did with Josh. We got a great idea from our friends Rob and Mercedi to take a picture each month and post them on the side of the blog so everyone can see how Maggie is growing each month. So, here's month one.