Shopping With A Quiet Child

Bryson Playing Angry Birds on a Kindle Fire

How to shop with a quiet child: Place Bryson in shopping cart Give him a Kindle Fire Run Angry Birds Good for 15 to 30 minutes of quiet. Results vary by child. Photo Credit: From the iPhone of Megan

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Train Around The Christmas Tree

Train around the Christmas tree

I set up a train set around my Christmas tree so my grandchildren could play with it when they came to visit. The controller is hidden between two houses near the rear but Bryson soon found it. However, things do not always work out as planned…

Moving Out. Moving In.

Jake and Rachel are moving in

  Moving Out Jake and Rachel got the keys to their new house yesterday. Today we moved them out of their rented duplex and into their first home. A lot of family members turned out to help them move and I captured the historic moment for Rickety.     Moving In Thank you everyone for [...]

Dinosaurs at Hogle Zoo

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Yesterday’s visit to Hogle Zoo with Jill, Adelaide, and my grandchildren found us encountering dinosaurs. Their heads and necks moved and they made noises so as to appear more life-like. The Dilophosaurus even spit water out of its mouth which scared my granddaughter Aurora and quite surprised me just as I was about to take [...]

Grand Canyon Addendum

Grand_Canyon_Bryson_and_Jake

Family members who have seen this video have requested that I post it. A kind of Grand Canyon addendum to our recent trip. I about fall over laughing every time I watch Jill’s little stumble. .

Model Railroad Festival

At the model railroad festival

Today we visited the Ogden Union Station to attend The Hostlers Model Railroad 2011 Festival. There were HO, N, G, O and S scale layouts in several rooms. During the three day show over 8,000 people will visit (it seemed like all of them were there right at the time we arrived). The Hostlers Model [...]