Rise and Shout

As is customary for me the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I woke up with my stomach in a knot. Even though I KNEW BYU would win all along (okay, maybe I doubted a little on 4th and 18), I still felt like throwing up from the time I woke up until the game clock hit 0:00 and BYU had pulled out another stellar, come-from-behind victory over the Utes. Whoever claims God doesn't care about BYU football must not have seen the last two BYU-Utah games! Even B managed to stay awake for the whole game, although she refrained from the screaming, swearing, praying, and other goings on that will one day mark her true conversion to BYU football. Good times. Go Cougs.

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We have a one-year-old!

Yesterday was C's first birthday. Here are the highlights.

First, we crowned her the birthday girl.

Then dinner was served. Macaroni and cheese is her favorite meal.

Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for. CUPCAKES!

She made a fair mess. Nothing spectacular, but not completely lame.

The birthday girl was re-clothed for present time. Here she is with her loot.

She got clothes,

books,

shoes,

and a cute little apron.

It was a very happy birthday. I'll post the videos soon.

Bulls on Parade

Yesterday B and C came downtown for the annual cattle drive through the middle of downtown. Each year a group of cowboys and rodeo queens drive 100 head of longhorns right through the middle of the skyscrapers to kick off the Texas Stampede (rodeo). As you can imagine, it was quite the spectacle.

Incidentally, the longhorn parade reminded me of one of my favorite songs of all time, "Bulls on Parade," by the incomparable Rage Against the Machine. B won't let me listen to it anymore though, ever since I confessed that the song was the soundtrack to a dream I had once which involved me going on an angry killing spree.

Halloween and Other Stuff

For Halloween, C was a happy little kangaroo. I had to add the pink bow because people kept mistaking her for a boy kangaroo. D named the baby kangaroo in the pouch Kimmy.

Boo!

C's new trick.

We visited Uncle Garrison at the airport on Tuesday. He had a layover here on his way to the Brazil MTC.

And, I think she likes her new car seat.

Our Little Pumpkin

It wouldn't be Halloween without pictures of our baby in a pile of pumpkins. We took these at the Arboretum last weekend. So, here she is...

in a wheelbarrow,

in some grass,

eating straw,

and surrounded by pumpkins.

Adventures in Painting

Two weekends ago, we painted a chocolate brown accent wall in our room kind of on a whim. We really like how it turned out. Now we just need to get something to put on that wall to break up the brown.

When we first moved into our house, we painted C's room like this. We really liked the bright colors when they were on the swatches, but they were a little too bright for her small room. You'd think after 3 months of walking into the room several times a day, you'd get used to it, but it was still just as shocking every single time. We couldn't take it anymore. So, we finally repainted it and are very happy with the new, soothing, light green paint. I suppose D was right to go with gender neutral colors since our new baby is a boy!