January Jibberish

Hi all,

Boy, it's been awhile since we've last posted. And boy, has a lot happened since then! I'm sure eveyone has heard that we're moving to Las Vegas so I won't bore you with all of that. We just wanted to get a quick update up along with some pictures and audio links.

Our trip to Seattle over Thanksgiving to visit Tammy and Steve was great (see picture collage below). They were great hosts and the boys had a blast. Jacob still talks at least once a day about "See-a-tel" and the space needle. We had a good time visiting with Matt and Tisha as well and seeing all the sites. We hope to make it back soon!

Christmas was great and the last two weeks have been a nice break from the regular routine of work. Although, we have been very busy getting things ready for the move and keeping the house all spit and polished for those that want to come see it. We're waiting to make further plans for a house in Vegas until ours sells so we can see what we'll have to put down on a house.

We made a goal this year of doing a better job of capturing our memories. Tonight we spent about an hour just recording the boys talking about themselves and what they're doing. Here's a clip of Aaron singing I Am a Child of God and one of Jacob just babbling about all sorts of things!

We've enjoyed our Indian summer this past month or so...it's been so nice here! We've had quite a bit of rain but it only started snowing this morning. I guess now that it's January winter will start showing it's cold side.

Amy and Mom Benson start their Broadway on Logan debut this week in the production of Little Women, a musical by Loganite Jay Richards. And on Amy's birthday (Thursday the 12th) no less! The music is beautiful and we're all excited to see it come to life on stage.

Well, that's about it. We hope you are all well and having a great start to this new year. We'll keep you posted on everything that happens with the move.

Love, Paul, Amy and the boyz...

Seattle Sights

Here are some of the pics we took on our trip to Seattle. A fun time was had by all!

(Click on the picture to see a bigger version of it)

Aaron at the zoo

Watch out for those hippos! 

Christmas fun

Our boys had a fun time at Christmas with all their cousins. Aaron loves his new "Bazee Builder" (B.C. Builder) and enjoyed playing the donkey in the nativity re-enactment. Jacob just loves hanging out and playing with his brother. 

Ice Cream!!

Oh, the anticipation! 

Fun time in Salt Lake

We had a great time in Salt Lake at Trent's wedding. The boys especially loved hanging out with their fun aunts! 

Halloween Fun

Hi there family & friends,
Oh yes, the joys of Halloween! We had a good time this year. We tried to make the most of it by extending things out over a few days. We went to one of our friend's ward's party on Saturday before Halloween and then Amy and the kids hit a few more on Monday. We all went out Monday night before I had to get to work. The kids had a good time and took in quite the haul in candy! Jacob especially thought it was pretty cool to knock on a door and have people throw candy in his little bag. Check below for a few more photos and a video of Jacob's run-in with a pumpkin that had a few tricks up its sleeves.

Apart from all of the ghoulish fun, things here are cruising right along. We finally finished laying our flooring - a project that has taken way too much time! Although, I guess we're not totally done...we need to still replace all of the base boards I had to take off. We also got our lawn all ready for the snow to fall which, according to the weather reports, is supposed to happen on Tuesday.

I have a couple interviews this week: a phone interview with a small company in Provo, and one here in Logan for a position as a website developer. My supervisors called me in on Friday to tell me that they were aware of my dissatisfaction with my current schedule, that they wouldn't be surprised if I were looking for another job, but that they wanted me to know how much they valued me. It was nice to hear, but it still doesn't appear that anything will change with the schedule. So the job search continues...

Shannon, thanks for the message about the Christmas gift assignments. We got a kick out of it because Amy's sister, Ali, just recommended that her side of the family set up the same kind of schedule! Wow, you guys are in tune!

We're excited for our trip to Seattle! We're looking forward to spending some time just relaxing and letting the cousins get acquainted. We also want to get out and explore the city a little. It will also be good to see Tisha, Matt, and their family, and perhaps Ken's kids, too.

We're also getting excited about Christmas! Only 48 more days! Amy & I have a hot date this Friday to try to get most of our shopping wrapped up (no pun intended - we probably won't get all of the wrapping finished!). We're planning on staying in Logan and having Christmas morning in our house. We want the boys to make some good memories of Christmas morning around our tree in our living room. I have a feeling Jacob will follow the Lacey tradition of early Christmas mornings (he's usually up between 6 & 6:30), but I'm not sure about Aaron...he likes his early morning sleep. We'll have to work on that one.

Speaking of memories, I was wondering if all of my siblings could send me any photos (digital or good old-fashioned prints) you may have of the house, growing up, the ranch, etc. I think it would be nice to get some put together sometime soon. If you could send them my way as soon as possible it would be appreciated. Digital copies would be preferred, but if you don't have a scanner I can scan them in if you mail them to me. Thanks!

We hope you are all doing well. We can't wait to hear of everyone's news. And we can't wait to see pictures of little Elizabeth (Paul & Ali's newest)!

Love you all,
Paul, Amy, & the boyz