Best week ever!

Here is a little recap of our week.
We got a little drywalling done on one of the bedrooms downstairs (just when I thought I was done working on the basement for awhile, Molly asked me to finish another room in the basement before the baby comes). Luke was helping me fill the screw holes.


We played a little DDR (yes Luke is wearing his princess outfit again). The kids are starting to get pretty good at this and can now even make it through most of the songs without failing.


Me and the girls went bowling on President's day. They have been begging me for months and I always just tell them to play Wii bowling. But Monday seemed like a good day to go out. It was a good time. Zoe beat all of us with a high score of 103.


I got my new glasses from Zennioptical.com and they work great. I got everything you see here plus a glasses case and lint-free cleaning cloth for the low-low price of $26 (including titanium frames, lenses, anti-glare, scratch resistance, uv protection, clip-on sunglasses, and shipping). I was very excited to find a cheap place to buy glasses. At standard optical they quoted me a price of $180 for the same lenses (not including the frame). I couldn't believe it. I told them to just give me the prescription so I could buy my glasses somewhere else. And I am glad I did.

Where does he get that confidence?

Luke is a pretty rough and tumble guy in most respects, but he also really loves to wear girl clothes. Mostly dresses and nightgowns. And tights. And tu-tus and leotards. Not normal everyday girls wear. Just the really fun stuff. Here are a few pictures of him in action.

Here he is in a nice skirt and knee-highs.

And here, he is wearing a fun pink dress with a lace skirt, crocheted shawl, and sparkly visor.

This Arial nightgown is one of his favorites (really, who doesn't love Arial?)

And here we have a nice leotard with lacy pants.

I don't know where he gets the idea that he can just wear whatever he wants without caring if it is meant to be worn by a boy or a girl. I don't think I will worry about it much though. I am sure he will figure out that boys don't wear those sorts of things when he gets a little older. Or maybe not...

My lovely valentine

I don't remember exactly when this was taken. Sometime in high school. I guess I would have been a senior and Molly would have been a sophomore. So that would make this in 1994 or 1995. I don't think I ever asked her to a school dance, so I think that this must have been a girl's choice. We dated for a few short months. Actually I don't remember how long we dated because I was in denial that we were dating for most of it. But I did like her a lot. More than I wanted to. And I still like her a lot. I am glad she was still available when I got home from my mission. And that she was able to forgive me for breaking her heart when I broke up with her in high school. I wasn't trying to be mean. Just practical. I knew that I was going on a mission in the next year or so and I didn't need to be distracted by an infatuation with a beautiful girl. I think Molly might say that being practical is one of my flaws. It seems girls don't find that very comforting most of the time. I think they would prefer a completely unpractical guy with nothing but lovely sentiments ruling his heart. But if they got their wish, they would have a hard life I think. So I try to strike a balance and not be as practical as I feel I should be. She seems happier that way.

Oh, and no, that is not a wig I am wearing. It's my real hair. Or it was anyway.