Kohan and Mud

When Kohan comes over, we have to be careful if the back door is open. He runs out, climbs down for the stairs and heads for the chicken coop where he likes to play in you know what. If we have irrigated recently, there will be mud in the shallow ditch on the way to the coop. That is about the only thing that slows him down.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

I just found out that my all time favorite book will be made into another movie. I say another because back in the 1970s, it was a mini series on British TV, widely acclaimed as the best movie from a book ever. If you don't believe me, click on this link to read an informative article. To see the trailer click here. If you haven't read the book, you should certainly think about doing so. Soon.

Ophir

When Richie was home in June, JoAnn wanted to take a road trip with to someplace where we could go rockhounding. Ophir seemed like a good place so away we went. We stopped at the Camp Floyd State Park (where PJ and JoAnn made friends with a goat, went to Ophir (where we collected some interesting rocks which are full of fool's gold), and then drove through Tooele, around through Magna and home.

Playing in the Irrigation

The other night, Dustion brought PJ and Kohan over to hang out. As luck would have it, I was scheduled to irrigate that evening. PJ asked if he could play in the water and, since Kohan loves all things wet, he got to have some fun as well. Unfortunatley, I had a smudge on the camera lens so the photos look a little weird.

Days of 47 Children's Fair

For the past couple of years, we have taken PJ to the Days of 47 Children's Parade. It works out well because the start of the parade is outside of the building where I work. This year we were late so we headed directly to the fair which is held at Washington Square. PJ had a blast because he had the inflatable slides and jump houses almost to himself. He also got a spiderman eye.

Working at the DI

Another thing we did over the holidays was to volunteer to work at the West Jordan DI. We wanted to make it a family thing but everyone was busy except for JoAnn, Richie, and me. It's not bad work and goes pretty fast. Our job on this day was to put the price stickers on the "as is items" and put them on a cart. We would take them off of a shelve which is labeled with the amount the price should be. They are put there by someone on the other side of the shelve. I got to witness a manager and worker looking at items and debating their value. They did this to calibrate what shelve the worker put the item on.

The interesting thing is, the time it takes for donations to get out on the floor after you've dropped them off is probably 30 minutes or less, including clothes; no, they do not wash them.

PJ Asleep at Church

Last Sunday, PJ agreed to go to Sacrament Meeting with us if he could wear his regular clothes and bring his Spongebob and Patrick legos along with the Crabby Patty Car. He didn't last too long before he fell asleep. I think he was a little sick, if you look closely, his cheeks are reddish.