This has been an eventful week! First, we had Dennis and Robyn come through on their way to Idaho. It was fun spending time with them on Wednesday and Thursday. We also made a visit to This is the Place Heritage Park and managed to avoid the rain. The monument above will probably look familiar to you. Brigham Young is one of the three men at the top, and that's all I really know....

We had a good time looking around the pioneer village. Here is a man shearing a sheep. We were surprised the sheep was so mellow. We didn't dare ask if it was sedated.

This is one of the old houses that has been relocated to the pioneer village. It used to house a family with 9 kids! Some of the houses were re-creations, but most of them were actually historic.

This is the interior of a fancier home. I don't remember the name of the family that lived in it, but it was moved all of the way from Payson. Brigham Young used to lodge in it when traveling through Payson.

It was "baby animal day" at the park, and this is a not-so-baby goat checking out the stroller.Evelyn liked the animals as long as they didn't get too invasive. She did not appreciate this goaty kiss!
This little black and white lamb was particularly endearing. Too bad that we have already reached the pet limit at our apartment....

I didn't know what to think of the hairy cow. I assume it has eyes under there, but I couldn't find any.

Here we are enjoying a fuzzy bunny. Mom, I am expecting a disparaging comment about the moustache. I like the way the stroller reflectors are "glowing" in this shot.

Even though Evelyn was pretty tired by this point, she worked up a smile for our fluffy friend.

This slide depicts my new career plan. Forget chemistry--I'm going to strike it rich panning for gold!

Hi everyone! Just some Evelyn updates.... She likes to sit up now but needs a pillow for support in order to stay up very long. Sitting makes it easier for her to play with her toys.

Here she is helping to fold the laundry (or trying to).She has learned to suck her thumb too, and she has a cute way of looping her index finger over her nose!

Oh, and we got an expansion to one of our favorite games, Carcassone. The game is a little more intense now that there is a ferocious dragon roaming the board (the red thing). We had a fun time playing with Grandma Marie last week. Thanks for being a good sport, Grandma!

Hi everyone! As you can see, Evelyn is doing well. She likes being read to as long as the words have a fun rhythm. It seems like she is more entertained by the words than the pictures.

She has added some new foods to her diet recently. After cereal, we tried sweet potatoes which she liked very much. She also likes squash and carrots and is getting use to bananas (all of these are mashed up baby foods passed on from Allen and Giovanna).

As you can see, she's getting chubbier! She's about 14 and a half pounds now. She can't sit up or scoot around yet, but she shows signs of being close to both of those milestones.

I an just taking one class right now in school, but I can't say that I'm devoting much attention to it. I've been more involved in research lately. I'm working on a few different projects, and it will be a while before I develop a more focused area of research for my PhD. Here's a fun picture of my research group that was put together in photoshop. The guy at the bottom is my boss, Dr. Ilya Zharov.Speaking of research, my mom picked up a shirt for me at Daniel's science fair that has a vary accurate quote from Albert Einstein....

("If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research" --A. Einstein)