Random Drew video

How not to go down stairs by Andrew

Sorry but Facebook eats up our internet time

So we have recently been introduced to Facebook the on-line social utility to connect to friends past and present. We highly recommend it to anyone, we have tracked down old school friends, mission companions, etc. One negative though is that it has taken us away from the blog as we spend more time on facebook than the blog.



Anyways Drew is continuing to grow and he is cutting his top two and bottom two teeth. He has also figured out how to go down stairs (albeit in a very unorthodox manner).



Here are some pictures from the last little bit enjoy!

Steph and Drew at the Zoo!

Drew signed a new 2 year contract and got this sweet cell phone!

I guess we still have to teach him that books are for reading.

That is cracker all over him, no matter what it looks like.

Caribbean Cruise

The trip started with a few days in Tarpon Springs (Tampa Bay area), where we spent some quality time with Steph's grandparents. It was Drew's first time meeting his great grandpa and grandma Jellum. He loved the pool at their condo!The second day we went over to Busch Gardens aka "Duff Gardens" and among rollercoasters we also saw a 4d show.

This is one of the first pictures on the boat, all of us in the dining hall eating to our heart's content.

The view of the ocean in our room helped entertain Drew.

From left to right: Steph, Megan, Dave, Cindy, and Mellisa.

Drew loved crawling on the beach!

Steph in Playa Del Carmen holding an Iguana.

Outside the ruins in Tulum Mexico.

At a local Mayan village Drew made some new friends.

We haven't gotten the pictures from the Grand Caymans posted yet, because most of them were underwater pictures from snuba diving that either didn't turn out or we don't have copies of yet.

Here are some fun video clips to enjoy.

4th of July

It's been a while since we posted a blog but so much has happened. First we'll start off with the 4th of July. We started the day with a big breakfast in our back yard, then in the afternoon we had a bbq with Steph's relatives up in Ogden. That night we watched fireworks at Sugarhouse park. Drew wasn't scared by the fireworks, but rather he was intrigued by them. Overall it was a lot of fun for Drew's first 4th.

Temple Square Trip

We went down to Temple Square this last Sunday with friends Jarred Dexter and his girlfriend Jen. We also met up Spence and Matt there. It was a good time and it was Drew's first trip to Temple Square.


We're trying to get Drew used to grass, he isn't very fond of it. If we hold him over the grass he will lift up his legs in an attempt not to touch it.

Time with Daddy

In honor of Father's Day we are posting some recent pictures of Drew helping Daddy out putting away Drew's bouncer that he has out-grown. The last picture is random, but we liked it so there it is.

Andrew's 9 month pictures

Here are some pictures from Drew's latest trip to JCPenney. He brought his mommy along, and his friend Ella for pictures. Those dang coupons for a free 8x10 and next thing you know we've spent way too much on pictures of our son! Here are a few of the pictures he took.

All Time Food Blunders

Sure there have been some pretty nasty foods that have come out over the years. As consumers we can be fooled into thinking that something might be good by clever marketing and such. Over the years people have been fooled into thinking that Long John Silvers was actually a restaurant and not just a dumping station for the ocean' s trash for example.

Also McDonalds showed their cockiness years ago by trying to shove so called McDonald's Pizza down our throats.

Well add Skittles into this mix. Sure everyone loves Skittles, even the sour ones are good, but this has gone too far. Chocolate Skittles. Try and wrap your head around the idea of Chocolate Skittles. Despite Steph's warning I had to try them. They might just be the grossest candy known to man. If consumed your taste buds might forever turn on you and make everything taste like dirt.

Who doesn't love Skittles? Who doesn't love chocolate? Then of course they would be great together right?

I should have learned this lesson years ago. My brother and I one morning decided that we loved cereal. We also loved fruit punch. So instead of milk (I think we were out of milk that morning) we put fruit punch into our Corn Flakes. Big mistake. You can only imagine such a taste.

Drew's first haircut

It all started in the tub where Josh had the bright idea to cut Drew's hair while Drew was wet and distracted by the tub. Well that was initially a good idea until Drew started to stand up in the tub. So to further distract him we turned on the faucet water to keep him occupied. He then as you can see in the first picture started grabbing the lever to turn on the shower, which in turned soaked Stephanie. Then he decided since it was his first haircut to do another first: pee standing in the tub! Since the bathroom experiment wasn't going so well we decided to finish cutting his hair in the kitchen. This was much better except for the fact that we cut like drunken butchers. Overall it turned out alright and his pre-mullet hair is long gone before it ever had a chance to give Billy Ray Cyrus a run for his money.