Finals are Over

Today, we celebrate the half-way point in Law School. Clayton finished his last exam for the semester and he is super excited to be on the down hill stretch.

Lawrence is getting really active. Clayton gets on the floor and the two of them crawl around the house together.

Nicole is sculpting like mad, trying to get her sculpture done before we head out of town. We are headed to Utah and Idaho for Christmas. We are looking forward to spending some time with family.

Here are a few pics from our Thanksgiving trip to Kentucky.

Finals Week

Lawrence helping Clayton Study for his Evidence Exam

We had a great trip to Kentucky for thanksgiving.  Clayton had a paper due on the Monday before thanksgiving, so we decided to head out to Kentucky on Sunday morning. We tried to Surprise David and Roxanne, but were busted by David when the house alarm went off and Brittany was too honest to lie about why the alarm went off.

Lawrence is Crawling everywhere and is just glad to be mobile. We fed him some
puréed spaghetti last night and he LOVED it.

Clayton is studying for finals and is excited to be almost half-way done with law school.

Nicole is trying to finish her sculpture before we travel to Utah for the break. One of the tools she needs broke last night and she had to drive to Maryland to get a new one.

See you all soon.

The Baby Swap

Happy Morning!

This week we had a baby sitting swap with a couple in our ward. Lawrence had a lot of fun playing with his new friend. We also discovered that he is a bit selfish and hates sharing. The boys always wanted to play with whichever toy the other was playing with. At one point they compromised by playing with opposite ends of the same toy.

While Lawrence was busy playing Clayton and Nicole went on date. We saw "Brave" at the dollar theater. (As with everything out here the dollar theater is even more expensive it should be called the four dollar theater). We thought the movie was really cute, but it was hard to leave our little guy.

We made plans this week to head to Kentucky for Thanksgiving. We are excited to spend time with family. For Clayton it will be a bit of a workation. Finals are just few weeks away. The end of this semester marks the halfway point of law school.

Nicole has a new web address! (the site is the same as her blog, but now she owns the domain name) Expect a new post this week. Clayton took some pictures of two of her new projects. Check it out at nicolewoodbury.com. 

This week Clayton's Great Grandmother, Audrey, passed away. She was 97. The night she passed away was also the eve of her 77th wedding anniversary.   Her funeral will be held this upcoming Saturday. We will be attending a portion of the funeral via FaceTime.

Surviving Sandy

Lawrence made it through his first hurricane. We stayed inside and listen to the wind and the rain. Luckily we didn't have any problems. Law School was cancelled so Clayton got to stay home.

Lawrence was a Dinosaur for Halloween. He hated his costume, but he looked so cute.

Lawrence Loves Playing in the Leaves

All Dressed Up and No Where to Go

Heading to the Trunk or Treat

Getting Ready for Sandy

Nicole is making progress on her sculpture and went on an art walk in DC with some friends.

Busted!

Nicole caught Lawrence and Clayton sleeping in church today.

Clayton and his law school friend David competed in a mock trial competition on Saturday. Nicole was a fantastic witness and got to play a doctor. Lance and Meagan were also witnesses and Carly watched Lawrence. We are grateful to have such great friends out here. Lawrence informed us that he is adopting Carly and Meagan as honorary aunts. He loves all the attention he gets from both of them.

Lawrence is starting to roll around a lot and trying to crawl.
He managed to roll under our bed this morning. 

So Happy Together

Nicole and Lawrence returned from visiting family in Kentucky. Clayton is so happy to have them back.  Here are a few pics from there trip.

Lawrence and Grandpa deep in thought.

Kisses from Grandma.

Playtime with Brittany.

All tired out.

Tech Check

You may recall that when we found out were expecting we used a website to predict what Lawrence would look like.
Here are the images. (the one on the left is the prediction)

Getting Ready to Take Off

Nicole and Lawrence are getting ready to go on their big trip. It is Lawrence's first trip without Clayton. Lawrence hasn't noticed yet but Clayton is already missing his little boy. Clayton got Lawrence a jacket to keep him warm on his trip.

Lawrence Finds a Bug

We found this Caterpillar in our garden, and Lawrence loved it. 

He liked it so much he tried to squish it and eat it.

 Luckily, we were able to spare the caterpillar's life.

The Artist's Way

Lawrence got in touch with his artistic side this week. He is busy following in Nicole's footsteps. He really likes playing with paint brushes. He likes the soft fuzzy bristles. The big trick is keeping him from eating it. Lawrence is still struggling to sleep. He has better days now and again but he has been pretty fussy these last few days.

Nicole continues to make progress on her sculptures. She updated he artist blog this week. Check out her blog, here. (Her new post is "The Necessity of Opposition") Nicole is also getting ready to go visit her family. She looks forward to getting some time with them during the next few weeks.

Clayton is busy with law school. It seems like this semester has a lot of little projects that keep popping up and requiring a lot of work. He really likes his classes and is enjoying his work at the Chamber of Commerce. Clayton is sure going to miss Nicole and Lawrence.

It was a little complicated, but we finally got registered to vote. We are both excited to be voting in a battle ground state. It makes you feel like your vote actually counts.

Lawn Gnomes

Lawrence is loving our backyard. We think he is about the right size for a lawn gnome. He is also starting to try to crawl. He can pivot clockwise and counter-clockwise and occasionally forward, but he is still trying to figure it out. Here is a video of one of his attempts. https://vimeo.com/49521630 

Nicole had a lot of fun on Saturday baking with Megan. Nicole made bread. Yum! Lawrence wishes he could have some. Nicole also got clay and started working on her sculpture. She needed to shape a 40 lbs block so we took turns throwing on the floor to get it in the right shape.

Clayton finally got his grade on his summer class, and he did much better than he thought. Clayton continues to apply for internships for next summer. On Friday at the Chamber of Commerce, Clayton got to meet Commissioner Pai of the FCC.

Our grass is starting to look more like grass. Here are some pics of Lawrence in the yard.

Lawrence rides solo in the hammock.

Lawrence keeps watch over the backyard.

Lawrence loves the grass

He's a happy gnome.

Lawrence & Nicole relax

Happy Birthday Reagan, Mckell, BriAnne, Brian and Alan.

The Grass is Greener in our Backyard!

Lawrence is sucking his fingers a lot now.

Our little Famidamily

We planted grass in our back yard on Monday, and it is already coming up! We just wish Lawrence's hair would grow as fast. We all went to the temple on Saturday. Clayton watched the baby while Nicole went in and then we traded. Lawrence liked the temple and especially liked walking around the beautiful temple grounds.

We had David and Carly over for dinner. We really enjoyed having them over and spending time with them. Lawrence started flirting with Carly and was disappointed to learn that she is spoken for.They are teaching seminary this year, and we wish them the best of luck.

Clayton enjoyed his first day at the US Chamber of Commerce. He will be working on mostly environmental projects. Clayton also applied for a couple more internships for next summer. He also signed up to compete in another Mock Trial competition with his friend David. He had a great time competing with David this spring.

Nicole made progress on her sculptures. She now has three prototypes ready to carve. She needs to pick up some more clay before she starts working on the bigger versions. She will be watching her cousin's kids for a few days this week so she won't have much time to work on sculpture.

Lawrence is having a tough time sleeping and is keeping his parents up all night. He enjoyed skyping with Grandma Natalie and Grandpa Brian.  He also has started eyeing the babies at church that can crawl.

We took this family photo with our camera. We are still working on the amateur photographer thing.

Lawrence & Grandpa David at the family reunion in Colorado

First Week

Clayton had a busy first week back at law school. He is enjoying his classes and is learning a lot about corporate structures and real estate law. He is also the co-chair of the Religious Freedom Moot Court taking place in February and is working on publicity for the 2013 Annual J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference. This week  Clayton also got an internship with the US Chamber of Commerce. He is excited about the internship. He will be doing some work with environmental statutes and the best part is the internship is PAID! He will be working at least once a week. Clayton also started car pooling with Lance and Meagan. Lance works in the city and gets subsidized parking. It's great for Clayton because he has a guaranteed ride.

Lawrence continues to enjoy eating food. We made him some baby food this weekend. He really likes the butternut squash. We also made him some acorn squash and carrots. He loves to eat!

Nicole decided to build her sculpture out of porcelain and is working on finding a near by supplier. She also has started sculpting out of string again. Hopefully she will get some images on her blog this week so you can see her new project.

Tomorrow we are planting grass in our back yard. Our landlord offered to pay for the materials if we would do the work. We hope that the weather will continue to be nice so the grass will grow before it gets too cold. Last year the weather stayed pretty warm well into November, so we are hoping we will have enough time.

Today we tried to have a Skype dinner with the Woodbury Family. It worked well other than we were running late and hadn't cooked dinner. We will have to try again. 

Here are a few more pictures from  our trip.

Lawrence at City Creek

Lawrence isn't sure what to do with Cousin Hazel

We just couldn't resit giving him a beard

This is one of Clayton's favorite photos he snapped while boating in Utah

BriAnne's graceful dismount from the skurf board

We loved our little photo shoot with Lawrence

He was being really cute

and then he got concerned over something