This & That Volume I

During the past few weeks while we have been absent from our blog a lot of things have been going on. Here is our attempt to quickly update you on our adventures.

A few weeks ago, Teri and I stopped by the burned section of our subdivision to see how the rebuild was going. It all looks really good, and the burned houses are going back up quite nicely. But the big surprise was that there were three foxes hanging around in the grassy park area. They were pretty cool and even let us get somewhat close to them to take pictures.

McKay can walk. Actually, that is pretty much all he does anymore. He gave up crawling because he can't get around fast enough to chase his cousins.


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A few weeks ago, McKay was really upset and it looked like he was teething. We had always heard that the eye teeth were the worst and those were the next ones for McKay. But no eye teeth showed up for a week. And then we discovered McKay has a molar coming in. He now has three molars and no eye teeth. One of our dental friends informed us that some people never get their eye teeth. We'll see how that one works out for K, but the internet has provided hope. This website says that you will get molars before your eye teeth. I should probably ask my brother the dental student to make sure, but then again when has the internet ever been wrong?
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Our new ward has been very welcoming. In fact, they invited me out to play basketball one Saturday. They must have figured they had nothing to lose, because after all, I am shorter than everyone else there. But they let me play anyway. I was pretty rusty. Although I made good decisions and cuts to the basket, I could not make a layup. I think I went 1 for 30. I kept getting steals or fast breaks but just couldn't convert. It was terrible. I finally started passing up an open layup to kick it out to a guy behind the three point line. Sounds like my deacon's basketball team all over again. But next time will be better. Thank you Lenny Wilkens!

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Teri's student teaching is going really well. She loves Moutain View and it seems like they really like her. Everything is a positive, except for the chair she gets to sit in. The funny thing is that Mountain View has amazing resources for their students. There is a math lab with computers for those students. They had lots of cool gadgets and programs to use at the board. But then they give their teachers these hard metal chairs to sit on. Well, Teri couldn't take it anymore and new baby was making her ache way too much, so we got her a new chair. It's the best deal you can find. Yet another reason we like Ikea.

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Because I feel bad that we haven't been active on the blog for so long I wanted to give you a freebie of sorts. So here is some legal advice. Take it for what you paid for it and realize that I wouldn't actually rely on this advice, but hopefully somewhere down the road it will come in handy.

#1) If you are ever charged with a crime hire a lawyer.

#2) If you decide not to hire a lawyer do not ask the judge to address you by your alias.

#3) When cross examining expert witnesses, do your homework. That may include thinking back to 9th grade biology before you ask something like "So sperm can't come from a female?"

#4) If you decide to put on a defense, don't just repeat the same eight questions six times a piece to ten different witnesses. It gets old and repetitive.

#5) Finally, don't ever admit that you don't care what the jury thinks about you and your case. Even if that's true and you're consigned to going to prison for the rest of your life, don't tell everyone. That just makes the trial MORE frustrating.

By the way, you can not follow my advice and get convicted on all 16 counts of criminal activity.

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Our last tidbit, Teri now works with me for CVLAP. She will be working something like 2 hours a week helping out with the grants. Yep, it looks like everyone in my family will begin working for CVLAP. We'll see how soon until McKay gets hired.

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Again, sorry for the absence. The house is finally coming along and so we should have a bit more time to dedicate to letting you all know what is going on. Pictures to come soon.