Anyway, I’m in St. Louis right now on business. Sitting in bed getting ready to go to sleep, and didn’t have much to do. So I thought I’d update the site a bit. Actually, not much has changed since I wrote last. Maddie is smack-dab in the middle of the potty-training war. I believe that she is winning. She loses a battle here and there, but for the most part, troops are advancing and she will be queen of the porcelain throne before long.

So that’s it. Check out the brain cell bucket, I just added a cute video of a 3-year-old giving her rendition of Star Wars. Check it out. Later!

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Well, Ryan is growing like a weed. We’re pretty sure he’s going to catch up to Maddie’s size in less than a year. He’s getting big, and he’s oh so cute! Here’s the only picture of him I’ve got handy:

But anyway, Christmas was great. Maddie was so excited, but the great part about it was that she still slept in till after 9:00! We had time to get up and get showered before she woke up. We had our own little Christmas at home, and spent most of the rest of Christmas day with the Langs and the extended Lang family. It was great to see everyone! I’m not even going to begin naming any names as to who was there, because I KNOW I’ll forget someone. We also made a short visit to the Packers, who were busy getting ready to head to Cedar City for Jaron’s wedding reception.

Speaking of Jaron, he got married! Congratulations Jaron! We would like to officially welcome Vanessa into the family. They were married on December 28th. They also had a reception here in Layton so those of us that were too lazy to drive to Cedar City could attend. It was beautiful. Thanks to Camille who took charge of most of the arrangements. The week of Christmas, we spent most of our time either playing games at the Lang’s, or doing wedding stuff with the Packers. It was lots of fun.

The kids were a bit sick on New Year’s eve, so we actually left the Lang’s around 9:30. We were in bed by around 11:00. I think that’s the first time in a long time that I haven’t stayed up to bring in the New Year!

But we’re doing great. We’re all going through a bit of a cold right now, but slowly getting over it. It’s back to work and regular life. After such a nice long holiday, going back to work is never fun. And I got FAT. Honestly, I have got to get back to working out. I’m positive that I’m going to break 200 pounds before spring comes if I don’t do something soon. I was riding my bike to work for the last couple weeks of fall, but it just got too cold to keep going.

Anyway, I hope this satisfies anyone who has been looking for the down-low on the packers. That’s all I got for now. We just had some family pictures done, so I’ll try to get those up soon.

By the way, SEASON 4 OF LOST IS STARTING ON JANUARY 31ST!!!! If you can’t tell, we’re big Lost fans.

Maddie has started going to my mom’s singing class, Positive Notes, and is absolutely loving it. We tried to start potty training, but she didn’t do so well at first, so we kind of eased off a bit and are trying to let her get into it at her own pace.

I started riding my bike to work, mostly to get rid of this gut hanging over my belt, but it also helps to save a little on gas. Sadly I didn’t get started earlier in the summer, and it’s now getting pretty cold. But I’m still going currently, and we’ll see how far into the Winter I can go before I decide it’s too freaking cold to ride at 6 o’clock in the morning. My commute is about 14 miles round trip, so that’s a fair amount of exercise coming from a guy who was getting absolutely none prior to this.

Dixie has got her hands full with the two kids, who seem like four. Dont’ know how she does it, but somehow she manages. She spends all her time taking care of them, and cleaning up after them. Seems like the only time we get to really spend together is when we sit in front of the TV to catch a show here and there.

Well that’s about it. I don’t have any pictures on me right now, but as soon as I get a few more minutes, I’ll put some pictures of Ryan up. I’ll leave you with a quote of the day:

“The problem with ignorance is, it picks up confidence as it goes along.”