Chinaman

Lawrence is looking good in his chinaman suit. He loved the ribbon toggles on the front. He is active and happy. He loves to climb the stairs and get into cupboards.  Lawrence also tried spicy Kim-chi. We were surprised that he likes it, as long as it is not too spicy.

We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary last week. We got a ballroom dance instructional DVD. We are learning to Cha-Cha and Mamba. We also got Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy. We are reading it together and loving it.

We had guests over and tried to replicate the Honey Pig, one of our favorite restaurants. The food was pretty good but not quite as good as the Honey Pig.

Winter Break

We had a great Christmas Break. We travelled to Utah and Idaho. It was great to see family and enjoy the SNOW!  We also started what we hope will be a new tradition, the "WTF(What the Frosting?) Gingerbread Showdown." As there was a dispute with the rules this year, we had no rules, next year we plan to make the competition more formal with actual rules. (see pictures below)

Lawrence cut two teeth over the break. He also learned to stand. He can stand on his own for several seconds now. Yesterday,  Lawrence learned to climb stairs. We are having a tough time keeping up with him.

Nicole's sculpture survived our long vacation. It is looking great and she figured out a new way to smooth it; she uses an electric manicure file.

Clayton is back in school. He really enjoys his Trusts and Estates class. The teacher has a lot of interesting stories and the reading is fascinating. He is busy getting ready for the Religious Freedom Moot Court.

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the break.

Lawrence met Santa

Lawrence went ice skating. (He kept kicking off his shoe)

Lawrence had a falling out with the big guy. Looks like someone was naughty this year.

Lawrence liked having cousin time and teaching Hazel naughty tricks.

Snowshoeing in Snake Creek Canyon

Our winter expedition.

Nicole exhibits her more lethal side. 

WTF Gingerbread Campions Team Clayton, CalDon, Jordan, McKell

Team Nicole, Cailie, BriAnne, Liesl

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.