Jer's Filming Debut

I will now attempt to upload a video. Caution: Jeremy was the cinematographer and he favors the "Cloverfield" style. There is no audio, just video.

When C grows up . . .

Benjamin put an alphabet puzzle together yesterday. It is a cute puzzle that has each upper-case letter occupying a room in a house. Each room is full of animals and objects that start with that letter. The puzzle also has cut outs of kids wearing t-shirts with the lower-case letters on them. So the letters can be matched.

Anyway, after he put it together, I started asking him questions about the letters. For example, "how are E and F different?" He studied them for a second, then said, "well, when F grows up it will turn into E because it has more lines." He also decided that K will grow into X, C will become G, O will become Q, and P will become B. I thought the cutest was: "When W grows up, it will turn into M because it is upside down." And of course V will become W. He also had some creative ideas for the lower-case letters.

Sigh. Babies all grow up, don't they.

Now That's Lasagne!

Some of Dave's old charges from when he was in Med School came over during the holidays. One of them served a mission in Italy where he learned how to make authentic lasagne. Another one mastered the noodle itself. Check it out.

Casa de Parry closed for renovation

We've had an amazing Holiday Season with nonstop visitors. It all started with the Wright White Elephant Party and guests for a Wright family wedding, and just ended with my parents and sister. Inbetween we had friends (the Pattees, for those who may know them) come from Wisconsin. So we've been to Tombstone and Old Tucson Studios and the Desert Museum and the Tucson Trail . . . all in about a week. Unfortunately my camera batteries are not holding a charge, so I don't have many pictures. What pictures I do have are on the camera . . . somewhere . . . I'm sure I'll find it soon . . .

Christmastime is here . . .

So here we have our Christmas morning. Actually, the picture of us all in coats is on Christmas Eve caroling at the Tumacacori mission about 30 miles south of Tucson. They open the mission on Christmas Eve for free and they light luminarios along all the walkways and walls and cornices, etc. It is gorgeous. So Christmas morning we had to wake William up because he was still asleep at 8:00 am! He was not impressed with the idea until he noticed the candy in his stocking. Then he opened some presents and decided it was an okay event. Ben chose a cheapo dart set as his favorite gift. Alex and Jeremy like their BB guns, and Elaine's favorite is her iPod. Dave was the cinematographer. It was a grand Christmas.

EMERGENCY 321!!!

Today at about 3:47.22 pm I received a phone call from an unknown number that I almost didn't answer. But I did and it was quite alarming. Northwest Fire and Rescue called to let me know that Jeremy was fine, but he had been choking on the bus and was now in their care until I could come get him. So I loaded up two sleeping boys in the car and sped up the road a few miles. En route I got another call from the kids' principal who relieved the bus driver so she could take the rest of the kids home telling me to take my time. I got there a few minutes later to see Jeremy hooked up to an O2 sensor, etc. Luckily, the hard candy had dissolved enough that he was pretty relaxed and comfortable. The firemen gave me the spiel about being required to take him to the hospital unless I refused, etc. but his vitals looked fine, etc. So he called the hospital and told them that the patient's father was a pediatric ENT and finally I signed for my child and we went home to a barrage of phone calls from teachers, parents of bus riders, ward members who drove by and saw us . . . quite the drama.

Froggy Face

So William likes to put on goggles and even wants to wear them to bed. Of course we refuse, but what can it hurt if he wears them to church?