Benefit Concert in SLC

This concert in a few weeks sounds awesome--I wish I could go! Click on the poster above if you'd like to learn more about it. I don't know Paul Cardall very well, but I do love his beautiful piano music. And I am inspired by the courage and grace with which he battles his heart disease. His condition is almost identical to our Abby's, so Luke and I have looked to him and his family as a source of comfort and enouragement in our own journey with heart disease over these past few years. I wish Paul and his family all the best and hope the concert is a huge success!

The Butterfly House

On Saturday we visited The Butterfly House at a park on the other side of the city. It was really neat to walk into the conservatory and see hundreds of butterflies flying around! As soon as we walked in, a butterfly landed right on Katie's cheek and startled her. After that, she was a little apprehensive about the whole experience and wanted me to hold her. She perked up when we got out to the playground and found a green slide just her size. Abby loved learning about the butterflies' whole metaphorphosis process and was quite fascinated. And Alex . . . well, he slept peacefully through the whole thing!

We've been homebound with icky viruses for the past two weeks (which Baby Alex and I are still recovering from), so it was nice to get out and about!

Giggly Baby Alex

Alex found it hilarious the other night when Abby was being silly with his binky. Enjoy the video clip!

Luke's B-Day

Happy Big 3-0, Luke! Here are some pictures of the celebration. They don't include the "day-before" festivities, when Luke celebrated by staying home ALL DAY in his pajamas, hanging out with the family and watching cool BMX biking clips online, followed by Chinese take-out for dinner. His fears about becoming an old fogie at the dawn of this new decade were confirmed when the fortune in his cookie read: "Use temperance in all pursuits of pleasure. Don't fatigue." Quite a blow to the old ego . . . at least he has his even fogi-er wife to commiserate with!

Momma's boy

A photo tribute to Carrie and Alex