Out with the old, in with the new.

Tis true, my friends.  I purchased a smart phone.

 Grandma (Coombs) got a cute pic of Doogles at the park.

 This is one of Doogles' favorite rock-throwing locations.

 "Cheese!"

With Uncle Nate after a baseball game.

Helping Granny (Ogden) get some exercise at the church parking lot.

 We joined Grandma (Coombs) and Stacie at Nate's baseball game on Monday.  After the game we were standing around the car when Doogles began repeating something to Grandma and me.  After a few tries I realized he was pointing to his bum telling us that he had a poopy diaper.  Before I could ask him our traditional diaper-changing question ("Do you want Mama to change your diaper, or do you want Dada to change your diaper?") he immediately said, "Dada."  So I put him on the trunk and changed his diaper, with Stacie making sure he didn't fall off.  In this photo he is doing his old man laugh.

Just like his Dad..........when Dad was young.  I wish I could do that now.

 This morning Grandpa (Ogden) drove up and we went to the cemetery to see the graves of a couple of our ancestors - two of the first Ogdens to live in the city where we now live.

 While Sam and Grandpa explored the local museum I played with Doogles at a nearby park.

We own a home!

We finalized our move this past week.  We are very happy to finally be settled in a home and finished with the moving process.

 After a very long day of moving, cleaning, and unpacking on Saturday, Douglas wanted to play.

So play we did.  Doogles loves all the new space he has to run around.

 After 30 minutes running all over downstairs I had absolutely zero energy left.  Here Douglas is wondering what happened.  Hey, I don't get two-hour naps in the afternoon........and I'm old. :)

 He likes backpack, which he calls a "taa...taa".

On Sunday we attended our new church group for the first time (we love our neighbors!), and then we had some family over for an early dinner.

"Let's see.....what would you like to eat?"

I'll close my eyes and tell you what we have for dinner.

This was supposed to be the adult table.  :)

Ari, is something wrong with your food?

Mom Ogden even made the trip in her state of semi-incapacitation.

Jude:  "No way!  Are you serious?"
Karsten:  "Totally."

Chillin'

Crawlin'

Huggin'

Lizzie and Denali

Douglas has become proficient at "cheesing" for the camera.

Dan must have said something shocking........or I'm having stomach issues.

Hello down there!

Playing underneath the stairs

Goofing off

 I had to add this one to the mix of photos.  Margaret snapped this picture the morning after we dropped Doogles off at her place prior to driving up to Lava Hot Springs last week.  This is one of the best "bed-head" photos of our little man.

And now I'm back in my second home.........the airport.  See you soon!

Phantom's Lair

S and D left d with his Grandma (thank you, Grandma!) and we headed north to Lava Hot Springs to take a break from all the hustle and bustle of moving.

 Daniel disappears into the mist.

This was my first time in the hot springs.  My skin felt amazing after an hour in and out of the water.  It was also the first time in my life when 12-degree air felt good (after sitting in the 112-degree pool).

This guy stayed in this position (in the 112-degree pool!) for 10-15 minutes.

 Following our soaking session in the hot springs we checked into our room at Lions Gate Manor (http://www.lionsgatemanor.com).  Amazing!  We had the entire Manor to ourselves because no one else booked a room last night.

The theater room in the Phantom's Lair.

 Our room key

 The secret entrance into our room.

 View from Lions Gate Manor

The Roman Bath room

 Inside the Medieval Chamber

 We went out to the only Thai place in Lava Hot Springs.  It was pretty good.

 Getting read to watch The Phantom of the Opera after dinner.

I finally had an opportunity to use the hand-made Phantom mask I picked up years ago in Venice, Italy.

We were treated to a delicious breakfast before departing to the Logan Temple.  We devoured sliced tangerines, strawberries, and bananas, grapes, vanilla yoghurt, banana muffins, bacon, sausage, hash browns, scrambled eggs, orange juice, and hot chocolate with whipped cream.