Sunday Dress

These pictures are at least a week old, but they are cute and we wanted to share.

Now that Claire has turned one, we have been working with her on feeding herself. This is one of our first attempts, and they almost all still end with her needing a bath.

Last week we finally had a beautiful sunny weekend after a dreary winter full of rain and cold and four snow storms! We celebrated by dressing Claire up in a nice new dress and taking her outside for some pictures before we left for Church. Unfortunately, there was something more interesting going on off to the side.

These next two are classic Claire faces.

Claire's Weekend

We finally had a nice weather weekend around here. Saturday was blue skies, sunny and decently warm (mid-60s). So we took advantage and went for a walk. We wound up at a park where Claire tried out the swing.

She was not sure what to think of the whole swinging thing.

Then on the car ride back, Claire munch on her new favorite treat, Goldfish!

She ate nearly half the bag!

Then when we got home, she decided it was time to play in the tupperware cupboard.

Arizona Trip

I had a great time in Tucson visiting my family. The only downside was that Casey was not able to come. Hopefully he will be there next time! We spent a lot of time playing with kids, eating, playing Wii and board games and just having fun.

Claire really enjoyed playing with her cousins. She love little kids. Here they are helping her walk. She is getting much better and yesterday walked across the whole bedroom on her own.
I tried to get a picture with all the kids, but as you can imagine, its a little tricky. 5 yr old is holding 18 month old's head still and I'm trying, unsuccessfully, to keep Claire still.
Claire and her buddy cousin enjoying a meal together. If they sit too close, they will steal each others food.
Another attempt at a group shot.
I also got to see an old mission companion who lives in Tucson now. Her little boy is super cute and just a few months younger than Claire.

I thought this was a funny shot. She is just going to rip the keys away in one second.
The weather wasn't perfect, but it was so fun to see all the kids and my parents, and my brothers and their wives. I wish we all lived closer, but I guess we'll just have to enjoy the moments when we have them.

Need Your Help!

Okay, so I need all of our reader's help with an experiment I want to try to test the viral spread of websites...

But first, let me give you a little background. As many of you probably already know, my dad is an artist. A really good artist. Over the past few months I have been helping him in his job search by building him a website.

The website, minus a little tweaking here and there, is done.

The website has been helpful to him as he has searched for work, but it really hasn't been noticed by many or been found by many people. Now here is my experiment.

I want all of you to visit his website here, but not yet! Finish reading the instructions first.

Then, if you like his work, I want to ask you to blog about it, post it on facebook, tweet about it, email the site to friends, and generally spread the word about his new website.

When you blog, tweet, email, or facebook it, please ask your friends to do the same if they like the art.

I promise that I will constantly update my blog here about the progress of our "experiment."

My goal is to get at least 1,000 new visitors to the website by the end of March. Please help with this, I know my father will be appreciative.

The website can be found at www.ksean.com.

To wet your appetite for his talent, here is a sample of what you will find...

Funny Video of Claire!

Suzy and Claire recently returned from a trip to Tucson, AZ to visit family. Pics from Suzy will be coming shortly, but in the mean time I want to direct you to two blog posts about the trip so you don't miss them. The first here, from Suzy's brother, Ryan's blog, is a really amusing video of Claire and a Tigger toy (scroll to the end of the post). The second, here is from Suzy's mom's blog.

And just as a bonus... a complementary picture of Claire folding herself in-half.