mini reunion

So, yesterday Mae and I were able to meet up with 3 of my former mission companions in Salt Lake City for lunch! Sister(Julie) Nonu, Sister(Alayne) Berstler and Sister (Cammie)Rush (they all have new last names now). It was a lot of fun to see them all and get caught up on thier lives and hear what they know about life in Texas.

Mae's Blessing

I almost forgot, we also wanted to let everyone know that we will be blessing Mae in church next Sunday, May 4th. It is at 9:00 at the Heber East Stake Center. There is a google map here with directions from Salt Lake. All are welcome to attend.

More Pictures of Mae

Here are some more pictures of Mae. The first one is of her in a new sling that Becca got to carry her in. It has taken a little practice for both of them, but it looks like they have got it figured out. She is growing so fast. Its amazing.

I'm getting ready for my final exam (only one this semester) on Monday. It is always a relief to end a semester. I don't think I'll be taking classes this summer, but I will start doing research for a professor at the university. I'm really excited about that. The research project will be studying "computational plasticity." Sounds fun huh? I think so. Basically computational plasticity involves writing computer programs to model how a material will react (stretch, break...) when loaded under any conditions. We will be testing some of the assumptions traditionally used in such models, and if they are not valid (which they don't appear to be so far), we will try to correct them. This project will hopefully be part of my dissertation research.

On a somewhat less geeky note, yesterday my brothers in law Kirk and Jason, along with two of Jason's friends went fly fishing on the middle Provo here in Heber. Kirk caught three or four, Jason's friend John caught one or two, and the rest of us caught many rocks and trees. Sorry no pictures of them, as I let all of the trees and rocks go. Catch and release, that's what I always say.

I just wanted to add one more picture of Mae. This was taken yesterday. I think that worried look on her face when she is sleeping is cute. Anyways, thanks for reading.

Becca's observations

So, I thought I would finally add my own post to our blog.. It has been soo fun having Mae in our family! She is just awesome! As you see, we finally made a birth announcement. Falycia took the pictures, and Jeff put it together. A little FYI for the family- it has been so funny to see who Mae resembles each day. Last week, she reminded me of her cousin Weston, this week she looked like her cousin Josh to me. And in the picture of her sleeping below she looks like her cousin Nathan! ( don't ask me why they are all boys, she is much prettier than them all..) Amy told me she looks like her cousins Ellie and Abby. I do see a lot of her daddy in her though.: ) Mae is very observant lately and loves to look the toys that hang on her bouncy chair. She has a pretty good attention span for such a little girl! Oh yah- the picture of Mae smiling below, she is lying on the blanket Aunt Shanna sent her a few weeks ago. Thanks Shanna!! And one other great milestone to announce, Mae slept 6 hours the last 2 nights in a row! Yee haw! Keep it up Mae girl!

New Pictures of Mae

As promised, here are some cute new pictures of Mae. The pictures were taken a few weeks ago, but they are the most recent that we have available at the moment. Mae is doing really well, and smiling a lot as you can see in the picture. We took her in for her first round of shots this week, which wasn't very fun. She was unhappy for a few days, but she is doing well again. As of Wednesday she weighed 9 lb. 6 oz, and is 22.5" long. She is growing fast. Other than that not much is new with us. I'm getting excited to have this semester finished up soon. We have been enjoying the warm weather, when it's not snowing that is. I've started training for the MS 150 Bike Tour. After not riding a whole lot this winter, it's a little slow going, but we're making progress. I've also been tying flies and fishing on the Middle Provo a little bit, but don't have any good pictures at the moment. Maybe soon.

MS Bike Tour

Hello everyone. Don't worry, there will be new cute pictures of Mae soon. She is growing so fast. She is getting much more alert, and smiling and laughing. It's cute. I also want to let everyone know that I just registered for the MS Bike tour in June. This is a huge bike ride (lots of people, lots of miles) in Logan this June. The event is used to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. My brother's law firm has a team that I will be riding with. In order to ride in the event I need to raise at least $250 in donations. The team goal is $10,000. If you are interested in making a donation, click here.