Fish Manicure

I took Doogles to visit my good friend, Phil, and his wife and son.  Here I am with their son, Isaac, who is much taller than Penny, and one month older, but two pounds lighter. :)

We also visited another good friend, Jon, who showed us his trains.  Doogles loved Thomas the Train.

 We stopped by Douglas's Granny and Grandpa Ogden's place before heading home.  This is one of Douglas's favorite activities (the wiggle bike) at their place.

Dad joined in the fun for a bit........until my knees started hurting.

And of course we had to play a card game.  Douglas loves Uno these days, and he's very good at it.

On Monday I took Douglas to the Seaquarium in Layton.  I thought it was pretty neat, but Doogles might enjoy it more in a couple of years.

 I loved my fish manicure.  Doogles wouldn't stick his hand in the water.  Funny feeling having those things suck on my skin.

Doogles took a picture of me brushing the shark teeth.

As we passed this sign Douglas said, "Dad, that's a funny-looking pig."  Well, it's definitely funny-looking.

 We spent about 90 minutes at the Seaquarium.  Then we spent 60 minutes (I'm not exaggerating) going up and down the escalator just outside the Seaquarium, and Doogles enjoyed that far more than the fish.

He sang songs as we went up and down.

Penny is eating a few solid foods now, and Doogles likes to feed her.

I should get a video of her rocking back and forth in her chair, possibly in an attempt to escape.  It's funny.

She is very lovable.

 Playing Uno downstairs

 We had the pleasure of hosting some of Sam's family for Thanksgiving today.  What a nice day.  Beautiful weather, great company, yummy food, and of course a few games of Uno and Rook.  I'm grateful for family.

Douglas's Uncle Nate (Sam's younger brother) racked out on Douglas's bed after the Thanksgiving feast.

I like this video about giving thanks:

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Thunder Thighs

The other day we were at my parents' home playing Rook.  I was hungry and I wanted some Aussie Bites.  I didn't have a napkin in front of me, so I decided to use the Aussie Bites container to catch any crumbs that may have fallen from my mouth as I ate.  Joseph (my brother) saw me, began laughing, and pointed out that he no longer wanted any Aussie Bites.  "Dude!  You know all your crumbs are dropping onto the other Aussie Bites?!"  We all got a good, hard laugh out of that.  Hey, I was simply trying not to get any crumbs on the table. :)

Side Note:  I shaved my head (more than normal) last week because I went in for a blue light (skin cancer) treatment for my face and head.

I love being home with my little family.

Oh, my cute little (chunky!) Penny.  I can't get enough of her.

Thunder Thighs!  She's five months old and weighs 20 pounds.

Bathtime before bedtime

"I love my Mama.  Now I'm ready for bed."

Helping Mom make cookie dough.........in his stylish outfit (he picked it out).

 The next day they made the actual cookies and we went around the neighborhood to give them to the kids in our Sunday School class.

Mmmm.....cookie dough.

Doogles enjoys riding his bike these days.

"I like my bike!"

I've never seen Penny laugh so hard.  She loves her big brother.

I had a funny conversation with Doogles the other day.  I told him that we were going to visit the Cedar City Temple and that I couldn't remember which temple he had previously visited.  He said, "It was the Bountiful Temple."  I knew it was not the Bountiful Temple and I kept thinking, out loud, and the following exchange took place:

Daniel:  No, it wasn't the Bountiful Temple, but I got married in the Bountiful Temple.

Doogles:  I got married in the Bountiful Temple, too.

Daniel:  You're married?!

Doogles:  Yep

Daniel:  Where's your wife?

Doogles:  You're my wife.

 Yesterday we drove to Cedar City to spend the night and attend the Cedar City Temple open house.

We ate dinner last night at Centro Woodfired Pizzeria.  The pizza was great, but the salad was even better.  We ordered two of the same giant salads!  Penny was content to munch on the sanitary table....for a few seconds.

I drove over to the temple this morning to get a few shots with the sunrise.

My little Penny

Doogles and I played in the hot tub for a bit before we departed the hotel.

What a great thing for the body.

Heading back to the room.

 At our noon appointment for the open house.

Does Jesus have your back?  ;)

Halloween

Helping Mom rake leaves before the storm comes in.

 Heading out for trick-or-treating.

Doogles = Tiger
Sam = Elephant
Penny = Peacock
Stacie = Frog
Taylor = Jellyfish

From what I've been told, that jellyfish costume, which was created by Stacie, was a huge hit in the neighborhood.

 Now that is one.....cute.....peacock!