Silly Kid

Nothing new, just same ol' crazy child!
-STEEEEV

Christmas Cards

Merry Christmas everyone!

We were very happy with the Christmas cards, we only made a limited amount because they took some effort. We were proud of the home made envelopes, until we recently found out that because they were a custom size and not a standard size they required more postage, so some of them were returned to us. We'll get them to you one way or another, even if they're late.

In any case, here are some of the pictures we took but didn't use.

Meeting Santa...again.

She got all serious, didn't want to smile. Maybe one day, when she can ask him for things, she'll change her attitude.
-STEEEEV

Reading Time

What a copy cat.
-STEEEV

Welcome to the World!

Here are the pictures. We had a lot of others who visited, I know they took pictures, but we didn't get any. We'll have to steal them from you later.

Here is mom and the new one resting just after the battle.


The hospital gave him a cute little Santa beanie and bib because he was a Christmas baby!


The proud Grandmas!


My parents brought us a cool little Christmas tree.


Lizzy was looking great and was able to give some time to the other one.


And of course, me and my brothers after we had gotten home early from the hospital.


Thanks to everyone for visiting and helping out!
-STEEEEEEEEEV

ITS A BOY!

ISSAC CHRISTOPHER, born Dec 20th 4:34, this morning. 6lbs 3oz.

We'll post pictures when we get home from the hospital.

Snow in Victorville

My parents sent me some pictures from the desert where I grew up. Amazing to see everything covered in white snow.



My mom playing in the snow.

Pancakes in a Bottle

Liz said she was putting her pancake into the bottle. Gross! We need to get this kid a blender!
-STEEEV

Thanksgiving Two

We showed up a little early and decided to help out by vacuuming. Well she finally faced her fears and tried it out. Now all I have to do is get her to vacuum all of her cereal spills every day!


As soon as Ian and Shannon arrived we pulled out the Jenga, and after something like 15 years of not playing it, we soon became enthralled with it. This was Charlie's first and last game as it proved much too stressful keeping it from falling with a crash!


My mom made her incredible chicken enchiladas for dinner. My brother and I went through a bunch of old boxes, and we watched some USC football.

Before dinner though we took a group photo. At first we were facing the sun to get good light, but nobody could bare it even for a second!




Lizzy and I are grateful for our families. We are very blessed and fortunate to have our parents and siblings around and close by. We love you! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

-STEEEEV

Thanksgiving One

We have two Thanksgivings again this year. We spent Thanksgiving day with Lizzy's family. Delicious food and good company, but unfortunately not enough photos to show the festivities. Tomorrow we will be with my family in Victorville. Pictures from that to come.


c

Uintah United

An old missionary friend of mine made a great documentary film about the city of Uintah and a man named Golden Kilburn. You can check out the trailer HERE, or buy the dvd HERE.

I went out to Ogden to visit him for the premiere of his film. I had such a great time visiting the beautiful town and visiting the Ogden Union Station and Weber State University.



My friend, Issac, works at the Church Administration Building on Temple Square as a film producer.



We walked through all of the underground tunnels below Temple Square that lead from building to building. A lot warmer than walking up above. He showed me all of the behind the scenes of the Conference Center and Tabernacle. Pretty amazing spaces.


Weber State University has an amazing campus. It was really nice. This is a pond out front where they have ducks, a quiet place to study.


We also visited an Aviation Museum in Magna, that has an impressive collection of pilot outfits, uniforms, and helmets.




The strangest place we went to was an army surplus store, Smith and Edward's. They have a huge store surrounded by two huge junkyards of stuff you could buy.





The Last highlight of the trip was the purpose of the trip itself, to see Issac's film, Uintah United at the Peery's Egyptian Theatre. The place was amazing. With stars in the ceiling that light up, and an organ player while you take your seat playing old movie themes. A huge crowd came for the one time showing, and afterwards there was a reception. What a great weekend. Thanks Issac.
-STEEEV

Book Sales

My friend and I made a book together. I also made one on my own. We sat at a table and sold them at work one afternoon as part of a new annual event, called Dream-Con. Like a small Comic-con for the employees to share their personal work. It was a blast and we sold quite a few books.




The books were hand stitched, mostly by Ted (those are his hands).



Here are some of the sketches from the book:







And then I also had made a comicbook! Which you can buy HERE

-STEEEEEV

Nearby Fires

I went outside last Saturday morning to go to garage sales and visit people. The sight was pretty intense. The ground was orange and I knew the must be smoke around the corner. This fire was just a couple of miles away. Luckily, by noon most of the smoke had blown to the other side of the mountain. I think the fire is out now.
-STEEEEEEV