Olin and Rhone

This past couple of weeks my sister and Rhone have been in town. It was so fun watching Olin and Rhone together. Rhone really liked Olin and always wanted to help him. Olin received lots of hugs, helped burping, and swinging in the swing from Rhone. It was so cute watching the two of them interact. Here are a few pictures from their visit.

Olin really liked the four wheeler ride, at least until he fell asleep.

Nana and Papa with the Rhone and Olin up Kents Canyon.

Look matching P.J.s

This is a great picture, you can totally see how excited Rhone is that Olin came to see him.

A Big HUG from his cousin.

Easter at Grandma and Grandpa Rose's, it was a cold Easter

Olin in his Phillies outfit my Mom brought back from Philadelphia, I think he's just about ready for tee ball.

Granny and Gramps came up to visit Olin and Rhone.

Olin at his first cookout he really liked the fire, it kinda hypnotized him

Whats New?

The last little while has been extremely busy. Morgan had a national volleyball tournament in Denver, started back at work, and is busy taking care of Olin. School has been going well, I am just finishing spring break. Another couple months and the year will be over. I am definitely looking forward to summer. Morgan and I have also began the process of purchasing a home. It is in Chubbuck, and has 3 bedroom and 2 baths all on one level. Here are a few pictures.




Here is also a picture of Olin just so you can see how much bigger he has gotten.

Finally an Update

Its been a while since I posted anything so I thought I would take a second and upload a few pictures of Olin. He is growing like a weed, he is now 23 inches and a little over 13 pounds. I think thats pretty good considering he is just 8 weeks old. When he is being held he likes to face out so I can see everything that is going on. He holds his head up really well, and is starting to smile and giggle more. We start getting him ready for bed about 9, sometimes he will fall asleep almost immediately and others he's awake till 11:30. He does usually sleep for one 4 hour stretch though which is really nice, then wake up to eat.


Morgan, Olin, and me on Christmas morning



My Mom and Olin (Olin is in his Christmas Clothes)



Me and Olin checking Meagan, Ben, and Rhone's blog


I think Olin would sleep great if we would let him sleep on his stomach, he really likes it. Tummy time use to end up like this with him trying to sleep, now he eventually gets tired of being on his tummy and gets mad and starts to cry.


I had to put this picture up so Meagan could see it. My parents got Morgan and I a Wii for Christmas and this is my Dad and Morgan bowling.

Baby Olin

I though i would take a second and upload a few pictures of Olin. Meagan really wanted me to upload some so she could see him. It would have been nice if Olin could have come a day earlier so Meagan and Rhone could have seen him before they had to head back to Dover. Olin was born at 9:47 pm on December 2nd, his weight was 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 22 inches long. Both Olin and Morgan are doing good.


This picture was taken the morning of the 3rd




This picture was taken this morning.

A post for July

I'm getting a little better about posting, its only been a month since the last one. This past month has been really busy for me and Morgan. She has started summer volleyball camps, and open gyms which can be quite time consuming. The 4th of July was fun as always, I love watching the fireworks. Every time I hear one of the huge booms I can help but think of explosions and what the soldiers of this country have gone through to keep us free and safe. The parade in Malad on the 4th was fun to watch as always and this year her grand parents were the grand marshalls.

Morgan went to the doctor last thursday and the baby is a boy (if the ultrasound is correct). Now that we know the sex of the baby it seems more real to me for some reason. Its pretty amazing what they can do with the technology anymore, below is a video clip from the Ultrasound. It looks like the baby is doing some hard thinking


I also went on a quick little trip up Mount Harrison, I love the mountains to me there is no where prettier. There was still a bit of snow up there and it looks like there will be snow in some spots for quite some time. Below are a few pictures from the trip.

Looking toward Mount Independence which has an elevation of just under 10,000ft



Using a large rock and the timer to get a picture in front of Mount Harrison

Finally a new post!

I know I am horrible at putting updates on the blog. As you can imagine alot has happened in the past 2 months since I last posted. Morgan is finally done with her club volleyball for the year. She has a few things this summer with her Shelley team (camps and stuff). My last day of school was June 5th, its good to have one year behind me. I also signed my contract for next year back out at Aberdeen, so I will at least have a job until August 2010 which is great considering the shape the economy is in right now.
Most of you already know that Morgan and I are expecting a baby around the 2nd of December, so she is just under 16 weeks along. The doctor wanted to have an ultra-sound done at her last appointment to kinda pin-point the due date so below is a scan of one of the ultrasound pictures.


So far this summer I have only been able to go camping once because it has been unusually rainy lately. I went up North Canyon just outside of Malad for one evening and pitched the tent Morgans family got me for Christmas. It worked really good, it rained all night but I slept dry. I hope that once it stops raining everyday I will be able to go camping a few more times this summer. Below are a few pitures of what I have been doing so far this summer.


My camp spot up North Canyon



The pictures above were taken on a hike in the mountains just to the west of Pocatello. It you look closely in the one picture you can see a deer. On the way back to the car from this hike I got caught in a rain storm and got soaked (not that much fun).


This is a picture of a Reeves/Ringneck pheasant cross. The guy that my dad gets the game bird chicks from had a bunch of extra birds this spring so he brought a bunch down and released them on our property up North Canyon. Its awesome to just drive out through the field and be able to see 10-15 birds every time.