Proud of my Family

I just wanted to take a minute and tell you how proud I am of my family. I realize that pride is a sin, but let me indulge for just a moment and tell you how sinfully proud I am of my wonderfully awesome family!

Jocelyn Beth

I have the cutest little girl in the whole wide world who loves to smile and laugh and giggle. Her newest trick has been scooting around the floor after the shiny things (most of which she shouldn't be playing with). She is a lot more cuddly than Alex ever was, and it is just so nice to sit down with her and cuddle with her and have her just play. She is also a great eater (like her Dad). I really like sitting down with her and feeding her her lunch or dinner. I am a little worried that I'm not going to be very nice to any of her boyfriends. That's something I have to work on (and I have 18 years to do it)

Alex Jon

My son is the coolest! We had to order a new crib because the old one was potentially lethal for children (Jardine is cheap, but apparently low quality). Anyway, we got our new crib with the refund voucher from the old one and it arrived in the mail last week. So of course, as the resident handyman in the house, Alex decided to put it together: I helped him, of course. It was a lot of fun to put up a crib with my son. The last time we set it up, he was (obviously) too small so it was just me and Shiree. But this time, Alex wanted to be right in the middle of it all. Sometimes it was literally in the middle of it all (and in the way) but most of the time he was very helpful and sometimes even predicted my needs. He would bring me screws before I even asked for them (though I think it was due more to the fact that he enjoyed playing with the screws than due to his carpentry expertise). It was a lot of fun to be able to work side by side with my little boy. Now I realize why my Dad enjoyed it so much to have us help him.

Shiree "Cuddlewumpkins"

I love my wife!! We celebrated our 4 year anniversary this past July and have just absolutely enjoyed these first 4 years of marriage. Of course there have been tough times in every possible way; but, the only reason I was able to get through them is because I married such a wonderful woman! With me having busy days at school and work pretty steadily for the past 3 years, I realized how much Shiree does for me. She takes such good care of me that sometimes I feel undeserving. So I try to think of ways to repay her. Recently, I was able to find one. It's always hard to be at home with kids all day long and have only the conversation of a 2-year old and the giggling of an 8-month old for company. So Shiree mentioned that there was this choir at the Institute that was available for not just Institute students. Unfortunately, she told me about this choir after the auditions were over. I told her she should audition anyway. So she sent an email to the director asking for an audition. After not having heard back from him for about 4 days, I went to the Institute to talk to the choir director. He was very open to having her audition after I told him how awesome she is and how much he needs her in his choir. So he called her and they set up an audition. I knew all along she was going to make it in; she is an awesome singer! She made the choir and had her first practice that afternoon. She was really happy! I was happy for her. I knew that she would enjoy it and I'm glad that I was able to help her as she has helped me so much throughout our marriage. (I Love You Pookie!! xoxoxoxo)

So, thanks for reading all about my awesome family! I can honestly say that I have never been more proud of anything else in my life! (though that one time when I won the contest for fitting the most marshmellows in my mouth in junior high school, that was pretty cool.....but my family is a lot cooler than jumbo marshmellows)

Here's to the rest of eternity!!