California Vacation

We just returned from a fantastic week in California. We took a ton of pictures so it is hard to narrow it down to just a few, but here goes!

We went to the beach.
We went to Disneyland. Josh and Maggie loved meeting all the Disney characters and Josh even went on his first real roller coaster ride, the Matterhorn. Maggie especially loved her Minnie Mouse bow that Mommy and Aunt Mauri made.

Photo Shoot

Here are some fun pictures my dad took of us at the Mesa temple a couple weeks ago.

Graduation!

It's nice to be done with school. Now I just have that little test to take in July and then I'll really be done.



FYI: The medal I am wearing was for being the Hogwarts Quidditch champion and winner of the Tri-Wizard cup. This is a picture of my fellow teammates. Don't you love our team uniform? Actually, it was for receiving the Law, Science, and Technology Certificate for taking the requisite classes that address the relationship between science and the law (i.e. Environmental law, Water law, Sustainable Development, etc.)
Here is a picture of those responsible for getting us through law school. I know I could not have done this without Holly. She has been an amazing support to me during the past three years of school and during the almost five years we've been married. I love you Holly!

Josh's Prayer

Josh said his first prayer completely by himself today.

"Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank thee for this day. Thank thee that we can have Family Home Evening read our scriptures. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

It made our day.

Busy couple of weeks

The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy. On the 19th, we attended my cousin Thomas' Eagle Court of Honor. Josh is probably Thomas' biggest fan. He loves hanging out with Thomas and it looks like Josh is well on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout too.
Maggie loved being able to spend time with all her family and get to know Gigi, G.G. Pa, and B.A.C.
The next weekend Josh and I were able to attend our first Father's & Son's camp out with our Ward. Josh loved it! It was especially fun because a bunch of Josh's buddies from church were there too. Josh thought it was pretty cool that we got to sleep in a sleeping bag in our tent.

Last but not least, today was my last day of school. "School's out forever!"

Cute kids

Just a quick couple of pictures of our cute kiddos. We sure love these two!

Happy Easters

Happy Easters! See Nacho Libre. We decided to have the Easter Bunny come to our house Saturday morning and Josh was pretty excited to see so many eggs full of tasty treats. The Easter Bunny also left some new air planes and monster trucks for Josh. Josh hasn't been able to part with them all day. For Maggie's first Easter, the Easter Bunny brought her a fun car seat attachment and some Rice Cereal. Mmmmmmm.
Of course Easter is not about the Easter Bunny and presents; it is to celebrate the atonement and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. In our attempt to teach this important concept to Josh, Holly explained to him that Easter is when we celebrate Jesus' resurrection and when Jesus was resurrected He came back to life. Since we had already explained the Eater Bunny to him, Josh thought it made perfect sense that the Easter Bunny would be bringing Jesus with him when he came to deliver eggs. We had to tell Josh that no, the Easter Bunny wouldn't be bringing Jesus with him because Jesus is living with Heavenly Father. "Oh," Josh said, "they live up in the sky?" "Yes, I guess you could say they live in the sky," I told him. Josh looked at me and very excitedly exclaimed, "Just like the dragons and the birds!" You've got to love how kids see things.