Monday, December 22, 2008

BYU's College of Life Sciences Magazine

Our family has been spotlighted in the Fall 2008 edition of the Life Sciences College Magazine.

Also,
congratulations to Janis for acing her first semester of classes at George Washington University, where she is furthering her education by becoming a Nurse Practitioner.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

November to Mid-December

The babies have acquired some new skills:

Pulling themselves up to a standing position


Sitting


Eating prunes, bananas, carrots, applesauce, barley and more

A little bit of modest swimming


and Problem solving

We've enjoyed visits from grandparents and an uncle.



Nancy and Ty in front of one of the many Trolls on Trollway


Ty and the twins sporting the Maxin' Relaxin' pose

Grandma Clarene visited after her diabetes conference in Chicago.



We had church at home on Sunday after services were canceled due to global climate change.


Merry Christmas!

Belated Congratulations to President-Elect Obama

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Belated Halloween Photos






The boys were Ewoks from Endor and they love pumpkins.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Next Adventure - Mount Horeb, WI

We are moving to Mount Horeb, Troll Capital of the World!


I'll be working for a large healthcare software company.






My title is technical services engineer. My duties include supporting hospital staff as they call in with questions and/or problems, helping build and configure systems, and programming change order requests for the software

NINDS Exceptional Summer Student Award



More info: here and there.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

BYU Homecoming Parade

Gavin and Gabriel were invited to to participate in the Homecoming Parade with the College of Life Science's float.  The theme of the parade was “Go the Distance,” and the Life Sciences college entry was a homemade 40’ long DNA strand.  The banner read, “Go the Distance:  Discovering the Human Genome Project.”  The student council/volunteers were wearing lab coats and carried the DNA “dragon” and passed out candy.  We walked in front under a banner that read:  “Medical Research Went the Distance and Saved Our Twins.”  Of the 75 entries the Life Sciences was awarded the "Grand Marshal's Award", meaning the best overall entry.  The judging was done by Janet Lee Chamberlain, widow of former BYU President Rex E. Lee.