Oh yes oh yes it's spring time!?

Sun and warm weather one day snow the next, must be spring time!

Well we've made it to the golf course, a baseball game and had a round of golf snowed out so it's been a pretty productive spring so far.

Layla is pretty petrified of almost everything that grows so you can put her on a blanket in the grass and it's as good as a prison cell. All though a dog running by may be just enough temptation.

I should just give up on this posting pictures thing, they never go where I want them to go and every time I try to move them it just screws everything up.

So here's them all :)

Been a While

Well it's been a very long time since we last updated. Probably a combination of being busy, and having it be a little less convenient than it used to be. Life is, well moving on. Kids growing up quickly and slowly all at the same time. Max is really enjoying his Tang Soo Do class, and we would highly recommend it to anyone with kids. There a a bunch more pictures on Picasa and Facebook for those interested. I think Facebook actually has kind of taken over blogging for us.

With football season over it's time to look forward toward golf and hopefully some camping this summer. Max is already sleeping on his cot once or twice a week we might as well do it in a tent! We're also thinking about heading to Moab for a weekend and touring the wineries down there. Should be a fun spring vacation.

Got the mantel finished right around Christmas time so now it's on to the next project aka the wash room. Oh and take the Christmas lights down :P

What else...... Max has started reading so at this point I'm not sure we'll have a choice about putting him into a regular kindergarten class. One thing we know for sure, a bored Max is a lot harder to keep in line than an entertained and learning Max. One this is for sure he would read almost all day every day given the chance.

Max loves the Jelly Fish at the aquarium! A pass to the Aquarium is a must have during the winter months.

Layla is crawling all over the place and I'd imagine she's only a month or two away from taking her first steps.

I promise to try and do better at updating.

Fall..... down?.....

What is the greatest buttrock song of all time? I'm torn so I figured I'd put a few on here and let you decide.

Well it would appear that autumn is just around the corner, Oktoberfest has begun up at Snowbird, Fantasy Drafts are taking place every other day. The tailgating schedule is coming into place and everyone is talking pigskin and BBQ's.


As for around our house, just getting ready for the whirlwind that is the football season. NFL Sunday ticket has been purchased and we're ready for a stream of people every Sunday. Max is doing great with the potty training still not a single accident, Hooray! Steph got a new position at work and starts training in a few weeks, Hooray! Myself I've lost all motivation, but I'm sure I'll find some laying around some where.

Here's hoping to squeeze in a few more rounds sometime before it gets to cold!

Hot!

So I was thinking about all the OG songs I/we used to listen to in highschool, some pretty good stuff actually if you ask me. Just a few quick notes other than updating the music. Max is almost completely out of diapers, still wearing them at night but during the day it's all underwear or pull-ups. No real accidents after 4 days now so I'd have to say thank you to those of you (Foulgers) that reccomended waiting until he was ready and not trying to push it on him.

I'm ready for a vacation anyone else? Maybe some golf on said vacation?

Cheers everyone!

Thoughts?

A. I think that people who feel they have the right to deny someone the right to be happy based only on the fact that what makes said person happy is something they don't agree with are ASShats. It doesn't affect your life one bit if people of the same sex can marry. What do you care if people want to buy clove cigarettes as opposed to regular cigarettes. How are you really affected when I order an entire pitcher of beer with no one else to share it with!

B. If you are an idiot driver 99% of you are. You should be forced to crawl every where you need to go. There's a reason the turn signal is on the steering colum so you can flip it up or down with one hand. If I'm going the speed limit and you use the turn lane to pass me going 15 over (45mph) you better be prepared for an ear full of horn and a stern talking too. Signal for 3 seconds before; turning, changing lanes, merging, and pulling away from the curb.

B1. I laugh every time I see someone pulled over.

C. If you run from the cops or don't obey a direct order lethal force should be used.

D. The United States has the MOST expensive health care system in the entire world.
D1. We rank 37th in quality of care.....

E. I hope you have a good day and don't forget to signal :)

New Pictures

Not much really to update today but there is a new web album on picasa, so here it is.

Summer, summer, summer time!

Well it's the end of May and what a summer so far. Layla is growing a bit bigger and starting to seem more like baby and less like a..... well baby. Max has been a handful but then again he always has been. I have to say thank you to Mr. Milne for letting us hang out at the cabin or at least arrive early before everyone else and give our family a chance to relax in the peace and quite of our own mini vacation. Between the cabin, bees game, the super bike races, and itty bitty you name it, it has been a fun and full spring. Max starts soccer and T-ball tomorrow so I can't imagine it's going to let up. Hoping most of you will join us in the next week or 4

The Man of the House?

Well it's been almost 2 weeks and unfortunately I (Joe) have to return to work on Tuesday leaving our little man in charge.....


Well at least he seems to think so. Life around the house has been rather hectic, I'm not sure how we ever had a hard time with a newborn. Because a newborn is like infinitely easier to handle than a 3 year old. Granted they can't do anything on their own but the first month or so it's all sleeping!

Max is doing a very good job loving his little sister and a very good job ignoring everything mom and dad tell him to do. That being said as usual Steph and I feel we are very lucky to have such a good first child.

I've uploaded all of April's pictures onto my picasa website and will update the slide shows on the blog which will take you there as well. As for the rest of our lives, Steph is doing a very good job on taking care of the new baby while I do my best to keep Max distracted and take care of all those jobs that have been piling up around the house when there was always something better to do.

We're all wishing for the weather to clear so we can get to some baseball games and to the driving range at least 10 times ;)

Brother and Sister

You almost would not know it if I didn't tell you they were!

Day 2 everything is going well! All the tests have come back perfect she's eating ok, so that's all we can hope for right now.

She's here!!

At 4:45pm Layla Belle Romney joined us coming in at 7 lbs 11 oz and 19 inches long.
She'll be here and viewable at around 6:30pm and you're all invited to join us. Don't know room number yet but you can text me for that.

Almost there!!

Fully dilated, so it won't be much longer now :)

4:00pm

Things have started to move along a bit quicker now, still can't see anything happening before 5 and probably not until a bit later but we've seen more movement in the past hour than all the rest of the time combined.

2:30PM

Well not much news, got the epidural about 45 minutes ago. Still looking at 5pm'ish at the soonest.
Watching Thomas Crown affair now :)

A bit behind

Well we're a bit behind where we hoped to be but hey it's not like we've got anything else to do. The doctor was hoping to pop back in between 12:00 and 12:30 to help move things along and........ well sure enough he just walked in. So he's going to break the water now and should speed things up a bit.

10AM

Well we're a couple hours in and things are going pretty smoothly. The doctor has come in and the nurse says everything is going well. Her guess for baby weight is 7 pounds 6 ounces so feel free to post your guesses below. Right now we don't expect much to happen for at least 2-3 hours.

Checked

Well we're here and checked in, nothing to report yet. Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday morning.

Today's the day

We're heading out now, supposed to be at the hospital by 7:30AM MST. :D