Tuesday, December 22, 2009

What!! An Update?


As you all can see, we haven't been into the updating of the blog as of late. Mallory has found a new passion for reading, yet still hasn't found her creative edge to actually write any posts. It's really not that hard. With as much time as she spends stalking all of you who actually read this you would think that she could just copy and paste tidbits of your lives and put it into our blog. :) Beware, she is watching you.

She hates writing on the blog so much that she challenged me to a game of H-O-R-S-E on the mini 4 foot plastic basketball hoop in the basement. Loser had to write on the blog. After I won the first game, she suckered me into switching balls and doing a best of 3 series. Unfortunately, the game had nothing to do with skill and everything to do with equipment. I lost. She finished me off by bouncing the ball off the floor into the hoop twice in a row. Yeah... tell me about it. I'd like to point out that my ball was flat. And in case you were wondering, this is what happened the last time I lost a bet:

Poor kid is going to be traumatized for the rest of his life. And it's not just the pink puffy shirt and the over-sized bow on his head, it's as though he knows that he just got caught red-handed. Ladies and gentlemen, parenting at its finest.

Maybe I should have let Nixon play some ball for me. He is a natural. We went down to Utah for Conference Weekend back in October to take part in the semiannual Dunkball All-Star game. He's just like his daddy. Can you say "Thrunk!"


Nixon has grown fond of his little rocking chair in the basement. Well... he will sit in it and pose for a second before he decides to climb out. Cute nonetheless.

He's such a cheeseball with that smile!

Ugly duck pajamas. He will look at this picture when he is older and wonder why we chose to dress him in such a manner.

Nixon is very curious these days. He crawls around everywhere looking for ways to get into trouble. He also likes to test his skills by crawling into tight spaces. He loves to crawl through the complicated leg bars of our kitchen chairs and even the kitchen table. (Note: the following pics do not show said chairs and table)





He's pretty funny. Nixon even tried to stick his head into this brass vase:


He also like to see his reflection in shiny objects such as the sliding glass door, or in this case - the volleyball pole hole cover in the church gym during priesthood, and give himself open mouth french kisses.


And yes, I did take that picture in the middle of the lesson in between pretending to look up scriptures and playing Blackjack Free on my iPhone.

Nixon also loves to play with his cousins. His cousin, Gavin, is such a crack up and has been calling him "Nixeyface." It's cute. He learned that one from hearing Mal say it a couple times.

We will post more later on. We should have some good pictures from Christmastime activities and what not to post pretty soon - that is assuming I lose another game of H-O-R-S-E on purpose.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

End of Summer update!

We decided to post some recent pictures on Nixon because we haven't updated this for a while and he is so cute. Over the past weekend we went to Sweet, Idaho for a family reunion with Mallory's family.

Nixon thought he would show Liv what's up by completely owning her on the blanket during the picnic.
I'm pretty sure we've reached the three count little guy... she's pinned.
And now she's trying to tap out. Way to go Nixon!!


My oldest sister, Alicia, took some cute pictures this past week as well. Her two kids, Ellie and Lucas, are on the left while Jaxon (son of my step-brother, Mike) is on the right.
I like how Jaxon is the only one actually looking at the camera while the rest are smiling at the crazy faces I was making behind my sister. They also were all eating cookies and have the crumbs all over their faces.

Yeah... he's a drooler. He is teething and has his two bottom incisors in (24, 25).


Below are some portraits that were taken on July 30th. He was five months old then. (Click to enlarge).

After the "treasure chest" pictures were taken, Nixon left a little treasure for the photographers by peeing all over.

Pinky: "Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?"
Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world!"



Friday, June 19, 2009

Holley Turns 50!!

These past two months have been pretty crazy. Nixon is getting bigger and cuter. He is also starting to be even crazier. He pooped in the bathtub.




Mallory has been coaching the Borah High girls JV summer league basketball team. They used to suck, but have been improving steadily since Mallory joined the staff. Logan has also gotten a job. He works for a marketing company that is making a magazine for Boise State Athletics. It's called The Blue. It's pretty much awesome. You can check out our website at thebluemag.com. He gets to work with Bart Hendricks too (see below).




Anyway, this past week Holley (Mallory's mom) turned 50! So... we had a big Mexican fiesta to celebrate. Here are some pics:




No... that's not Adam Morrison and Inigo Montoya at the party... it's just Mallory and Amy!






I think we look pretty sexy as a mustachioed family!

Monday, May 18, 2009

A glimpse at what we have been up to...

Nixon hanging with cousin Liv...


Nixon learning how to smile...


Nixon being blessed in church...
Logan and Mallory graduating...
Life has been pretty crazy with Nixon.  With the move back to Boise, we are loving hanging out with the family and spending time with Nixon.  We will post more soon with details about Logan's job and everything.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Zion National Park

Last week we went down to southern Utah to relax.  We played golf in St. George, visited family in Las Vegas, and toured Zion National Park.  The weather was perfect the entire trip.  It was a great way to close out our stay in Utah as we both graduate from BYU this week and will move back to Boise.  Here are some pics of the trip:











Also, here are some more pictures of Nixon because he is so adorable: