Still Alive

I'm sure many of you have given up hope of me ever updating this blog, since it's been almost a year since my last post (yikes!). Well, although I'd probably win the world's worst blogger award, I promise to try and do better this next year. Since I'm so behind, I'll just give the Reader's Digest version of our last year.

But first, the big news...we're expecting our second son in about 2 months (due Dec. 5th)! Of course we're thrilled to be welcoming another little one into the family, and it'll be so much fun for Bryce to have a little brother.

Bryce is just over 20 months old now and, well, he's just about as "boy" as they come! He's into all of the typical boy things: cars, tractors, trains, airplanes, sticks, rocks, bugs, balls...etc. Some of his other favorites are watching Finding Nemo, playing with his cousins, singing, and going for walks. Bryce is a little chatterbox, and has quite a large vocabulary. He's also a very friendly boy, and will often go up to complete strangers (especially kids) in Laser Mania, or in the store, and give them a hug or start talking to them.

This past June we went camping with Jarett's family in Idaho. It was so much fun being with the family, and of course Bryce had a blast being able to play outside all day long. Some of our activities during the trip included fishing, swimming, and going to a nearby park.

Fishing was very fun and relaxing, but we didn't have much luck in the catching department. Jarett caught 2 sucker fish which, as you fishermen will know, are unedible, and the most exciting thing I caught was a bundle of sticks. But it was fun nonetheless!

We also had our annual "beach week" in California at the end of July. As usual, we had so much fun being with my family and basking in the sunlight on the beach in San Diego. Below is Jarett playing Bochi-ball (sp?) with the boys, and all of us enjoying the relaxation of the beach.

I mentioned that Bryce likes to go for walks, but I forgot to say he'd actually much rather take someone else for a walk. He has a strange fettish for pushing strollers, be they empty or occupied. Here he is pushing his cousin Allison around.

Volleyball has always been one of Jarett's favorite sports, and he sure married into the right family! Here he is pulling some of his awesome moves during a sand volleyball game with the Seely clan.

Jarett and I have also enjoyed watching all of the BYU football games so far this season, and we've even taught Bryce part of the cougar cheer. Of course we'd never try to sway him in his choice of college in any way...yeah right, we've got to start him young! :) Laser Mania is also keeping us very busy. We're in the process of adding bumper cars as a third attraction, and we'll also be revamping our Laser Tag arena soon.


So, that's us in a nutshell. We're all healthy and happy...we feel blessed in so many ways. We do think of our family and friends often and we miss each of you! Thanks to most of you for being much better bloggers than I am, and for keeping us updated on your lives. So long for now, or as Bryce would say, "See ya!"