The Priesthood in Its Majesty

A Sunday picture for one of the best priesthood holders I know!

Saturday Night Bath Night

Which bathroom was this? Not our Harmony Place house, surely. But it doesn't look like the Palm Drive house, either... Where would Rosalynde, Gabrielle, and Jill have been getting bathed together?

For We Need a Little Halloween!

The weather has been crisp and autumnal; the first pumpkins are out on porches. Time to get in the mood for Halloween!

What's for Dinner?

Bean and cheese quesadillas? Pizza?

Name that piano bench...

...and that pianist with the fabulous form :). So that's her secret to amazing sight-reading and thrilling Grieg--just sit half-way off the bench.

Autumn Walks

Wish I could have gone on this walk with Mama and heard all about Rosalynde's sleeping habits, nursing stories, and the long hours of her law school husband...

Monday Blues

Well, family, I hope none of you feels this way at the beginning of this new week! Now who was torturing our poor youngest sister here...?

Christmas, Babyproofed.

This picture cracks me up. Did we do this every year, or just with particularly rambunctious toddlers?

Searching for Wildlife

I loved coming across wildlife on our camping trips. Somehow even chipmunks and snails (not to mention elk or moose!) were more exotic out in the trees. As a side note, Rosalynde and Gabrielle--do you remember those Hawaiian-print shorts? I sure do. Where did we get them?

Friday Night Date Night

Looks like Mama and Daddy know how to have fun, even on their way to the library!

Name that baby...

The background will give the baby away, even if you didn't know immediately by that wonderful, old-man face.

Yum!

Oh, how I loved that darling haircut of Rachel's. And oh, how I'd love to eat one of those dough-boys right now!

Thinking about Christian

Last time I posted a picture from Christian's baptismal day, it just happened to be the same day that an investigator of his got baptized! I don't know if that will happen this Tuesday, but every day is a good day to think about our handsome missionary brother.

Clowning Around

Happy Monday, family! If this can't jump-start your week, I don't know what can. Mama, you were so good at Halloween costumes...

Sunday Bliss

I'm now at the point where I'm no longer embarrassed by pictures of my parents kissing :). Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope you get a little bit of this coming your way (except for you, Christian. Eva and Abraham--use your discretion :).

Ristorante d'el Cristiano

Hmm... I wonder what Christian is whipping up there? Besides eggs... Mischief? A mess? Some great experiment? I love and miss this little renaissance man of ours...

Professor Daddy

Look at how professorial our father is! Daddy, somewhere in the United States of America, there's a small liberal arts college that never filled a physics professor vacancy because they never found the candidate with the right mix of physics, classics, philosophy, literature, economics, and soccer. You may have missed your true calling in life, but we're all grateful that the career you did pursue was able to provide years and years of music lessons, instruments, family camping trips, books, and a mother that was able to do everything for us.

Dinnertime!

Wow, look at this awesome highchair that Gabrielle has! Daddy, did you make that? Also, notice those bagels strung up and hanging down behind Gabrielle's head. Is that how bagels used to be stored?

Beautiful sisters

I know, I know, this picture isn't from our slide archives. But I came across this gorgeous picture from my wedding, and I just had to share it. I don't know why it's so small--it only ever comes up as a thumbnail. Gabrielle, any advice for me?

A picture for 9/11

On this September 11, this is the picture I want to show the world. I remember the 2001 Sept. 11 very well. It was a Tuesday too, I think. After a lost and weird and frightening-feeling day as I began to understand what had happened, I drove over to Gabrielle's house in the evening. The only thing I wanted to do was hold her little babies. That seemed to be the only sane thing to do on a day like that. But turning left onto her street, I didn't notice a man on a bicycle who was driving across the street in the gathering dusk. I drove right into the back of his bike, knocking him off. I felt so terrible--I stopped the car right in the middle of the street (not smart, Naomi--though fortunately not many people were out and about then) and got out to make sure he was okay and check on his bike. He didn't speak much English, and I couldn't remember much Spanish, so after a few seconds, he hopped back on his bike and said he was okay. I was shaky driving the whole way down 400 N to Gabrielle's house, and it was indeed a relief to hold the twins. I don't think I told Gabrielle what had happened--I seem to remember having gotten into a fender bender with her truck earlier that summer, and I was probably too embarrassed to admit another driving mistake. Man, it's a miracle I passed my driver's test. Anyway, I hope your 9/11 today is certainly better than mine was 11 years ago!

Cuddles for a Monday Morning

This almost certainly isn't a Monday morning picture--there's no way we would all be lying a-bed! But these cuddles are what I wish I could have on a Monday morning. Have a great start to your week, everyone!

Ward Prayer?

Shall we pretend that this is a newly dating couple at ward prayer?

Mittens in July

Let's see... hats, scarves, sweatshirts, and hiking trails. Must be summer in Banff?

School Days

Another in the pre-children Mama-and-Daddy series. Aren't our parents beautiful?

For the empty-nesters...

Now that Mama and Daddy are rattling around in that big house all by themselves, let's take a look back at the last time they had a little privacy...

Baby Brigham

Now that I have my own food-flinging toddler, I was remembering adorable baby Brigham and his oatmeal-on-the-head exploits.

One Small Step...

And in honor of Neil Armstrong's death, one small wardrobe change for Rosalynde, one giant... I don't know... bad hair day after that helmet came off?

Happy Labor Day!

For all the working folk of the family (that's all of you :).

Happy Birthday to Shayla and Isaac

Oh man, I missed Shayla's birthday. I'm so sorry, sister-in-law! Does it count that I felt terribly guilty at 9 pm on August 30th, realizing that I hadn't put anything up? And that I then proceeded to feel the guilt unabated till now? Anyway, in honor of Shayla's birthday and of Isaac's birthday today....