Shuttle Launch

We went to see the space shuttle launch this last week. It's pretty cool to watch such an amazing feat of engineering, and such an expensive two minutes. The closest you can get is a couple of miles away on the beach, so it's really cool to see the long flame of fire following a tiny shuttle, and then like 20 seconds later, the sound reaches you. It's so loud that it was rattling the doors on the shed behind where we were watching. The next launch dates can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html if anybody wants to plan their next trip around one. Sorry the picture isn't great, I took it with my phone, which doesn't have a flash.

Fudgesicle

Did I already talk about Dax's gluttony? Did I already mention where he gets it from? Well, I submit this as evidence B. Don't disturb the Dax while he is eating. Is the stick edible? Maybe it can be used to scrape up the left-overs off the cement. I wish I had more to update on this Blog than just new pics and vids of Dax. But not much else changes. Don't worry, we have our relief kid coming in Dec (the doc said he was OK inducing early so that none of us have to be at the hospital over Christmas). So those of you that are sick of Dax, just a couple more months and everything will be just fine.

For those of you that don't know what an amazing job Jen does with cakes, I have included a picture of one she made for our Boyscout fundraising cake auction. Don't be fooled into thinking that she is a supporter of Boyscouts, she had too cause I'm an assistant scoutmaster. Mm, poppyseed with raspberry filling, I wanted to buy it back, too bad we're broke (actually, I don't think that word is adequate, it implies a net worth of $0, I have a net worth of like negative $100,000, ouch).

Dax & Ducks

We had a nice trip to Utah for a few days in the beginning of September. We stayed in Midway, and the fall colors were spectacular. We went to Wasatch Mountain State Park one day and went for a short hike, played on the swing-set, caught a fish, and (Dax's favorite) fed the ducks. It was the perfect way to spend a day, and it cost us like two bucks for worms, and another two for duck food. Ah, the simple pleasures.

Rainy Day

Here's a few pictures that I might not get around to posting if I only do one per post. Flying daddy's simulator. Flying the helicopter at the Children's Museum in SLC. The next Mozart. A little rain never hurt anybody. Of course, this was just a little rain. It really started coming down the other day as we high-tailed it home from a bike ride. I was already wet, so I tried to get Dax to come out and play, and he was a little scared of pouring sheets of rain, but he enjoys a little sprinkle.

Just the Jam

We aren't really sure why h calls the jam "pie", but it's probably just as well, because when we tell him it's called jam he says "dam". Of course there is no "n" at the end, but it still sounds the same. Then again we got out the video camera when he started saying "ah shut door" with more of an "i" than a "u". Too many quotation marks in this posting. Anyway, Dax sure loves his bread and jam, or, at least the jam anyway. Sorry it took so long to put a new posting up. We went to Utah last weekend, and I just got back from flying a brand new Cirrus from the factory in Duluth MN back here to FL, that was sweet.

Cuteness

This is just to show how cute Dax is. The picture is the new outfit his Mom bought for him, that's right, she forgot a shirt. Pretty cute, too bad it doesn't cool off here for another 2 months. The video is a card my Mom sent that applauds when opened. He thought it was pretty funny, we thought he was pretty funny. I think he was saying "book" and "mail" amongst all his other ramblings.

Surfer

Let me start off by apologizing for not cropping my white body out of this picture. I can't believe how much better looking Dax is than me! This is from our trip to the beach with aunt Kristin. I don't know how many waves to the face a normal kid would take, but I submit this as evidence B that Dax is in fact a water baby. The day would have been perfect if I hadn't been stung by a Jellyfish on the way out of the water. Man was I glad I was carrying Dax, those things hurt. It felt like I had just walked into a hot grill, and it took a few weeks to fully heal. I'm also very glad Jen didn't get stung, she hates the ocean bad enough already, she would probably have never returned!