Crazy Weather!

I think mother nature has things a little messed up. One day it was nice and about 75 degrees. The next day...SNOW ALL DAY! Ugh. It's all melted off now, but I'm sure my nice sunny days are behind us. :(

Monster!

We all were listening to a conference talk this morning while Michael was putting up a gate around our pellet stove. It snowed all day yesterday - so we need the heat :(. There was a picture on his I-pad of President Monson. Michael thought it would be a good learning opportunity for Ellie and told her that it was President Monson, out prophet. Ellie tried repeating the name. "Pres-dent Monster!" Michael tried correcting her but she kept saying, "Pres-dent Monster! Pres-dent Monster!"

How I do the Videos

Someone recently asked about how I do these videos. I've had that question in the past and am not sure if I answered it. So, here it is.

I use a program called iMovie HD on my mac. It's an older version of iMovie. Both programs are great, but I'm just use to the HD version so I use that most often.

I sync the clips/photos from my camera into iPhoto. Then I click and drag them into iMovie. You could skip the syncing step if you want, but I like having the info in iPhoto as a back up.

After the clips/photos are in iMovie I just click and drag them into the order I want. Then I 'clip' them to show what I want. It's not as hard as it sounds. You stop the clip where you want to make a cut, go to the edit menu and select 'clip video at playhead.' Then just select and delete what you don't want.

Next I add text. Click on the media button and click the type you want. Then 'add.'

Last is my music. Sometimes I don't want music (like if the kids are saying something really sweet) but sometimes you can't really hear because of background noise. Like, for instance, this last post.

That is it in a nutshell. I hope that was helpful. You can see a tutorial on uTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zta7qT2lCto

The State Fair

We had so much fun a couple of weeks ago at the Idaho State Fair. Food, rides, toys, animals... the kids had a blast. It was so much fun to be with them, though a little tiring.




P.S. For some reason some of the words are blurry. Hmm. The text during the video:
The Idaho State Fair
Jack LOVED the food.
Ellie wanted 'bumpies'...
...a.k.a. to go jeeping.
So did Jack.
They liked feeding the animals.
Ellie LOVED the rides.
"All ready."
"I'm ready."
They liked their strollers... even more than we thought they would.
But Ellie liked her zebra most.
"We're going to get the zebra."
"OKAY!"
"Hold on tight Ma- Daddy!"
"Ready...set...GO!"
"Hi Daddy!"
Jack just liked everything.
Back home in time for 'night-night.'

Sunshine

Parenting is hard work, but it sure has been fun with these little bits of sunshine!

Vacations

Stationary to stairs in less than a week! Holy Cow!




We weren't exactly planning on taking a vacation since we viewed going down to Utah for the 4th our family vacation, but we had the opportunity to go to Yellowstone and Teton National Parks a few weeks ago. It was so beautiful and so much fun. The kids liked it a lot more than I thought they would. Overall, a very fun and cute vacation!

We went to Grand Teton National Park on the way back from a business thing Michael had to do, and we went to Yellowstone National Park with David/Julie Babcock and family. Some of the photos are taken by Steven Beckman, Julie's brother. Steven also took our family photos this summer (see previous video).

More Videos!

I really hope you enjoy these. We've had fun.



A friend was kind enough to take our portraits this summer. Blessings!



This next video is just a little bonus. Didn't really fit in with the other footage I'm working with but too cute not to share. Ellie's favorite game that day was to be doggies. Roll playing is big with her.



P.S. Two more videos to come. One of our latest vacation (cute) and the other of Jack crawling!!!

These little piggies

So cute.

Happy Dad's Day!

We love you, daddy!