A few pictures for my brother Todd! (and anyone else that still checks this)

Hey Todd, since you are lame and don't facebook anymore, here are some pictures of our family hike up moscow mountain today. There's also a few pictures that Adah took with our camera. One is a self portrait, and one is a picture of her favorite TV show Ni-Hao Kai Lan (a Chinese version of Dora the Explorer more or less).

Just a few pictures

Hey, not too much to report right now, but I figured I'd post a few pictures so you can at least see something even though I'm not going to write a lot :) It's been a busy few weeks. I'm in a show right now called "Some Girl(s)" that is taking up most of my time. I've been at school around 12-14 hours a day between classes and teaching and rehearsals so it's been crazy. Katie and Adah are hanging in there though, and I'm grateful for loving me even though I'm gone a lot!
Anyway, this is me with my goatee I have to have for the show. I look a little like a creep. This was at 11pm, just after I got home from rehearsal. Adah was still up so I took a picture with her to prove that I do see her sometimes :)


This is Adah and her little boyfriend Jayden at Katie's birthday party. He's older, so I guess she likes older guys. He's 4, and she is almost 3, so yeah. At that age that means he is 25% older than she is! Anyway, they're cute and play well. I pulled Jayden aside and asked: "Do you think Adah is cute?" and he smiled really big and said yes. So I had my first official man to man talk with a boy for my daughter. Awesome!


Katie with her cake at her party. I made the cake from scratch, and it was REALLY yummy. It was a chocolate chocolate chip zucchini cake with cream cheese frosting; which I realize might sound a bit yuck, but it was fantastic. So moist and yummy and chocolately. It was a good treat and well worth the 2 lbs I packed on from that and other party food!


This last picture was taken about a month ago, but I just think it is funny. It's when Adah had her black eye, which makes it look like something fishy is going on, but it is actually her just having fallen asleep on her changing table when I was getting her ready for bed. :)


And that's all. CIAO!

Adah's first camping adventure!

Well, it's only been 4 months since we last updated our blog, that isn't too bad I guess :) This is mostly for my brother Todd who checks my blog all the time despite the fact that he is let down. I love you Toddy!

Anyway, last night was Adah's first camp out ever. We went to Spring Valley Resevoir, which is about 15 miles outside of Moscow. It has a really pretty little lake that is actually quite warm to swim in, so we swam a little bit in the evening, or rather, I swam and Adah and Katie stayed on the beach cause Adah is deathly afraid of water. But, here is a picture of the lake and area. It is really pretty!


Picture of us with camp all set up, sitting around the camp fire. We even got Adah a cute little camping chair of her own which she liked a lot. And although it isn't pictured, she had a princess sleeping bag courtesy of Grandma Patti that kept her nice and warm!


Adah's radical camping outfit. Complete with camo shirt and cap. Luckily she is really precious so she doesn't look like a boy!


Adah getting wasted and eating Doritos™ with our friend April Strawn.


The next morning, she survived! She even slept quite well surprisingly. She zonked right out.


Anywho, that is all. Hope anyone who sees this enjoys the pictures. Love you all and miss you lots!

Hey everybody!  Thought we would post a few new pictures of Adah since we haven't done that in a while.  She is almost two and a half now, and still as cute as a bugs ear :)  Adah and I went to the park today, so I took a few pictures of her playing and such, so enjoy!

Well, it's been a while since we updated the blog, quite a while actually :)  Not a whole lot of news to report as things are basically still the same.  Adah is getting more and more cute everyday and I thought some little videos would be fun instead of the regular pictures that are posted.  So ENJOY! Make sure and watch the top one first as they are kind of a continuation of each other. As a P.S. Adah chose the outfit she is wearing which is why she looks so nice in a t-shirt without pants and boots! We love you all!

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My friend Richie inspired me to start a weight loss blog since this is one of my big goals for the new year!  You can see it here

I think this will be a great way to keep myself accountable, so feel free to leave any remarks there you like to help keep me going :)  Also, if you want to start your own blog, send me the link and I'll add you to my post and we can get a little chain going! Yay!

Lanny out

Adah getting into the spirit of Christmas!

So this won't be a super long post, it's just a funny story accompanied by a cute picture!  This is what happened.

On the evening of December 16th, as I was putting our daughter to bed, she became VERY distressed, and started hysterically crying and yelling, "Mary! Mary! Please! Waaaaaa!!!! Mary!... etc... etc..." Now, there are a few possible Mary's she could have been crying for, so I will begin with narrowing down the list of who she may have been crying for.

1) Grandma Ackerman, who is named Mary

2) Her Cousin Mary, aged 5 (a good choice due to the close proximity of age)

3) Great Grandma Langston, also a Mary

4) Herself, who's middle name is Mary

5) And finally, The Virgin Mary

Any guesses?  If you guessed The Virgin Mary, you are CORRECT!  Here is why:  this week we had a ward Christmas party with white elephant gifts.  The gift our family received is about a 12" tall candle shaped like the Virgin Mary.  Adah has really taken to carrying this around with her and playing with it as well as her Little Mermaid Barbie, who knew that The Little Mermaid and The Virgin Mary could be Bff's? Obviously Adah did! :)  Anyway, as I was putting her down

 for the night, I put The Virgin Mary candle on her shelf, and she wanted to have nothing to do with it, and so cried her way into allowing me to let her snuggle it tonight.  So, as you will see in the picture below, she is sleeping with both the Virgin Mary and Ariel.  Pretty sweet. Gotta love the chilluns!

And on an unintentionally sacrilegious side note, as I was helping Adah pray tonight, I said "Thanks for letting me (speaking for Adah here) sleep with The Virgin Mary".  Sometimes I'm an unintentionally funny Dad, even if my real life Dad thinks I'm intentionally unfunny :)  

And on a happy note, we get to see lots of you in just a week or so! YAYAYAY!!