A South Paw?

Ever since Lincoln has been old enough to hold anything, one of his favorite toys has been a pen or pencil. I'd always thought, well if he ever ends up being an artist or author I can tell him how he loved the pen even as baby. Then, the other day I noticed that when I handed the pencil to his right hand, he would hold it awkwardly until finally switching it to his left hand, in which he held it almost perfectly. So... I guess he is probably left-handed and thus more likely to be more creative than both his mom and dad. He seems to really enjoy watching the pencil make its mark on paper. I suppose that means I'll have to lock the office door now since it houses all my permanent markers, crayons, markers, pens etc. that I have left over in abundance from my teaching days. I can just see him being so fascinated with the effect of these drawing utensils on all mediums (walls, floors, couch cushions, etc.) It's just fun to see this little personality emerge.

Future Music?

This past week, one of our friends in the ward brought a box of musical hand instruments to us for use in the primary. Lincoln loves the triangles, tamborines, and most of all crash cymbals. This reminds us of when I (ZACH) was in High School.











Notice Lincoln is starting to stand up on his own now...just no steps yet. Every time he stands, I call him to me...hoping he will walk. Typically he gets down on his knees and crawls. At that point, I start balking(sp?) at him like a chicken. He thinks that is pretty funny. Little does he understand I am teasing him.

Seeing him play with the crash cymbals and piano, makes both Nikki and I hopeful.

Bag Tag

This is awful- but I was kind-of putting this off until a time when my bag would be a little cleaner-but that just didn't happen so here it is anyway.
P.S. this was just after we got back from vacation so there are a couple things that actually belong to Zach, but since he doesn't carry a purse- those items get to weigh down my bag.

The Rules:

1. Show your bag


2. Show ALL of the contents of your bag... NO cleaning it out first!


Items in bag: wallet(that should be a whole different tag), inhaler in box, Zach's pocket knife (good thing we didn't have to get on an airplane:)), church pass along cards, car keys, truck keys, various gift cards, hand sanitizer, expired teaching id, yellow bug change purse, tissues, lotion, wal-mart pharmacy card, lip gloss, calendar, pens, checkbook, facial tissue blotters, scripture case shoulder strap, glasses, floss, cough drops.

People I tag: Teresa, Adrianne, Amy, and Kali

Vacation!

Last night we returned from our family vacation. We spent the last six days in Newport Beach. It was great to spend time together as a family in that beautiful weather. We stayed with Mom and Dad Shamo in one of their time share villas. Saturday and Sunday we watched conference on the internet that Dad Shamo hooked up to the TV. We also toured the villa complex and visited Laguna Beach. At Laguna we walked along the beach, explored some tide pools and watched some people playing beach volleyball. Monday we took Lincoln out to Crystal Cove Beach to let him explore just what beach sand is. He, of course, had to taste it and consumed quite a bit. At one point he shoved his face into the sand and came up with a mouthful of sand. He decided at this point that he didn't like the sand anymore.
Then Tuesday we visited Laguna Beach and just enjoyed the sand and the sound of the waves crashing on the beach. It was very relaxing. Tuesday night Rick came down to spend some time with us since Janae and Wyatt were still up in Utah- it was good to see him.
Wednesday was the day we left, but not without visiting one of the homes Zach lived in, in Brea. Zach was sure his old neighborhood would be run down and ghetto-ish, but it turned out to be a very nice neighborhood.
All in all, it was so nice to get out of town- it's definitely something we should do more often.

view from the living room of the villa
At Crystal Cove Beach


The Brea House