New Clothes!

Georgia was thrilled to open her new clothes from Grandma Gottfredson

Do they fit?

FANCY FINGERS

This next week will be finals week for Ryan.  He has done well in school this quarter, plus he's been a great husband and daddy.  He has also been swimming and running with our neighbor.  We love Ryan!  Kris Anne and the kids have some fun things planned so they won't miss their Daddy as much as he's gone studying.

In two weeks, Uncle Chris will come visit us.  He will serve a mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil starting this May.  We're excited to renew family ties, tour Church History sites, and speak Portuguese.

Tami, Ben, Chandra, and Marissa Wright have been wonderful friends to our family.

Rachel, Jake, Aedan, and the baby boy in Rachel's tummy are amazing neighbors and friends.

After lunch last week, we told Scotty and Georgia that it was time for their naps.  They ran to their room giggling.  Within a minute, they were both on the couch with their pillows and blankets, pretending to be asleep.

Kris Anne played Mozart's Flute Concerto in C Major for the ward talent show.  She's hoping to teach again when we return to Utah and wants to keep up on her playing.

GIGGLES!

On Saturday night, Ryan was away studying and Georgia did not want to go to bed.  Kris Anne told Georgia she could stay up if she worked hard.  They mated socks, cleaned the kitchen, and gave Joseph a bath.  Georgia did a great job of "babysitting" Joseph while Mommy finished the laundry.

What fun boys!

WHAT CUTE KIDS!

We dressed the kids alike for church today.  Aren't they cute?

FOOD STORAGE EXPERIMENT

We just finishes six weeks of not going to the store.  It was fun to be creative with our food storage, and we didn't mind the powdered milk.  In our last week, we ran out of salt and diapers.  We were thankful to a friend who gave us some, then we realized that we had more in our 72 hour kit!

Oops!

Just a note to parents of potty-training children:  Do not allow your potty-training child to wear your shoes unless you are willing to have them "filled"!

Who is this boy?

With his new prescription glasses, Joseph just all of a sudden started looking so grown up.

Muscle Man Joe

Joseph's grasping abilities are improving!  He is such a good baby.  We have been very blessed with him.  He's a good sleeper, a good eater, and he's six months old and he's never been sick!