Politics

So I was looking at everyone's blogs, and on my friend's blog (Mickelle) there was a post with some video on it. Well I decided to see what was said about politics by this guy Moyer, and I have to say he's pretty much on the mark. It's a long video, so give yourself plenty of time (aprox. 1 hr), but you can also puase if needed. It's pretty good, and I think most of you will like it, especially since it isn't a republican vs. demorat thing!

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12142007/watch.html

18 Months

Well, it's been a bit later than a week. But I finally got some pictures to put with the post. At Japheth's check-up everything went well. He is 31 inches tall and 22 lbs 8 oz. Which means that we've finally broken out of the 10th %, he's now in the 15th %. Between all the signs, noises and words he says, the doctor said he's at a 2 year old level in that area. So he's doing great, and there are no current worries about how he's progressing. He get's cuter every day, he loves to ride his Tonka Truck, running around, and getting into the movies. He's always all over the place, he loves to read books, but his favorite thing to play is "eating." Yes, I said eating. He goes to the drawer and get's out one of his spoons/forks, and then get's a toy that somewhat resembles a bowl. He'll then walk around or sit or whatever, and pretend to eat what is "inside," he'll even try to "feed" me.

On other news, Douglas has a mountain of homework, but is doing well with it so far. We're getting our home re-roofed, because it needs to be, and we thought about doing it ourselves. Well when Douglas got up there it was a bit steeper than most homes, not too bad about 45 degrees. So we decided to just see how much it would be to have some one do it for us, and it was pretty much the amount we already had set aside. I am very excited to tell you that I got to up-grade my camera. It's a very nice Canon, we decided to give the Pentax to Janna & Josh so they wouldn't have to deal with the stupid delay thier camera gave them. Now they can get the pictures they take, instead of the picture right after.

5 Years

Sorry it's been so long. With everything that has been happening lately (family in town, moving in, trying to paint and fix up, Douglas starting school again) the blog hasn't exactly been at the top of the list. Everything has been going well though. The painting is coming very slowly right now, but it'll all get done eventually, and hopefully look good. Douglas is excited to now be in school for Cardiac Ultrasound, but isn't excited about the homework. His schedual at work has been a bit crazy lately because of others taking time off, and the time he took off for our 5th anniversary. I know! Can you believe it? So hopefully this next month will be a bit less crazy.

We had a lot of fun for our anniversary. Douglas and I went to the Hotel Park City for a night, and then had our friends bring Japheth with them and we all spent the night at the Handley cabin. It was a lot of fun, and Japheth had a great first time at the cabin.

Japheth is doing really well. He loves to play and get into EVERYTHING! He has his 1 1/2 yr check-up next week, so we'll post more then. He enjoys reading his books, and some he has enjoyed a bit too much. Goodnight Moon is in, I think, 5 pieces right now. He says "dada" a lot more now, and sometimes prefers it to signing dada. He signs a lot, his favorite is airplane, which comes with a sound effect. When we're out crossing he'll sign it over and over as if I can make them fly over us. Though he does get to see quite a few since we're under some routs.