I love D.I. (Deseret Industries)

Today Dillan and I went to D.I. for a shopping spree. As I reached the back of the toy section (outside where it is snowing, at the end of April) I see the most beautiful miniature basketball hoop. It's perfect! And it's $5! It's even more perfect!



Oops! It's sideways. I don't know how to change that.

Our Winter at a Glance

This summer we will be going on a backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon. We have started training by doing a lot of snow shoeing. This is at the top of Alta Ski Resort next to Secret Lake (which was just a dent full of snow). We are having a picnic! in the snow! no coats on!

Dillan travels in style on our hiking adventures. And Kyle is a macho man for carrying him the whole time.

I'm exhausted, but at least I look cool! This was a hike to Dog Lake, we made it 2.3 miles up the canyon before I couldn't go any further. (Dog Lake was 2.6 miles, we were close.)

Now that the weather has warmed up Dillan can play out on our balcony. He loves it. His knew goal is to throw one of his balls over the guard rail.

Dillan has grown up a lot this winter. Here is his most recent favorite move.

He can now climb up onto all our chairs. It has presented us with a lot of new adventures, even for him. In this picture he is stuck under the table.

He has also started helping me. He tried to spray the windex bottle, closes the dishwasher for us (before we are done filling it or emptying it), and he has helped me with stirring and kneading dough in the kitchen.

Mostly Dillan helps me by being funny and happy all the time. That is him, folded up and stuck in the bottom of his stroller.

What a Daddy's boy!

Video 1: "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground"(from American Idol tryouts, see YouTube)
This was after our Dog Lake hike, we just let Dillan walk around for a little while, he does the strangest things!
Video 2: We laughed each time he was surprised, so he started doing his surprise face on purpose. This was probably the fifth time in 5 minutes, he wasn't really surprised anymore. What an actor!


He didn't even need snowshoes!