Basketball and More

 Jess is still an amazing shot. I am not. I spent my time perfecting the "granny shot," good for those with poor muscle tone, like myself. Below are a series of photographs showing how we spent the rest of our time. The last photo shows what we will be doing next Friday for a little bit. We will be taking the Art Truck to a YMCA for two hours. Fun times!

A Baking Day!

August 2012

Swimming!

 Here we are at the Ogden High School pool. Go Tigers!

 Go Jessica! She has a great shot in and out of the water.

And for the record: Here is Geoffrey's humongous ankle!

Bender and Jessica

This is Bender. He is an American Staffordshire Terrier (friendlier cousin of the pit bull.) He has a big crush on Jessica and loves to be petted by her. Jessica always makes time for him when she comes to visit.

Unfortunately, my camera is full of photos from traveling and I didn't get any cooking pictures. But for the record, we made salsa and delicious potato tacos for our cooking activity today. We also played with some neighbor kids while their parents talked to some fire officials about their burned house. We left the children for a nice stroll downtown before boarding the train for home. It was a pleasant day as usual.

Summertime!

 Jess and I had fun documenting Asher and Annika's swim lesson. She took some nice photos on her ipod. Then we ditched the kids for some girl time, which couldn't include anything other than cheeseburgers. :)

 We are really digging Warren's this summer. I can't get enough. It's everything you'd expect of a small Utah burger joint and more (SALAD BAR!).

 Then we did some printmaking and paper organizing. Jess made a pink print of an ipod and ipad.

 Animal therapy at the animal shelter. I think the "therapizing" is mutual, for us and for the animals.

 Very cute cocker spaniel.

Kittens. We love the kittens. They started purring and rubbing into the bars at the sight of us. Poor things!

Happy 26th Birthday Jessica!

 This is the poster Asher and Annika (plus the neighbor boy) made for Jess. It says "Happy Birthday."

 We made cupcakes in celebration of wonderful Jessica. Jess mixed them up herself!

 We all got to put sprinkles and candy on them.

 Jess loved the green smoothie Geoff made. What a nice way to get some spinach and kale in your system. :)

 Yum!

I love Jessica so much, and felt so lucky to have her on her special day. The children love her too. She continually teaches me and helps me focus on what is really important. She was such a good sport about being with the cupcake-grubbing, lip smacking children (they could barely wait for us to sing to her). Happy Birthday Jessica! Love you!

summer swim

Our first dip in the Ogden High School pool was a blast. We had a couple tag-alongs (Geoff, Asher, Annika too!). The first picture shows some pre-swim dancing, the second picture was taken right before the three of us fell backwards in a big soggy clump. Fun times!