Hello, Utah

Salt Lake has been treating us well, so far.  RB is well underway with his year long joints replacement fellowship at the University of Utah.  While he still pulls in some long days, the hours are a vast improvement from residency.  

The weather has been beautiful and I still can't get used to the amazing mountain backdrop.  

We took the boys up to Olympic Park in Park City a few weeks ago.  While the ropes course was a bit intense at times, they all survived.  Little Mal was the only one who managed to do it with a smile.  (Not that I blame them, I'm pretty sure I would've quit way before the end.)

 This shot captures the varying degrees of enthusiasm about the next activity.

So glad to now have time to hang out with this guy.

Saturdays

Now that central PA has finally thawed, our Saturdays are back to the all day sports-and-suckers fest we're used to.

All of Malcolm's off-season "tackle-wrestle" training in the basement has come in handy.  Not a bit afraid of getting a little physical:

(Post-goal fist-pump)

Suckers at half-time are now wholly expected.

Noah's still batting 1.000 in the coach pitch league.

(At this level, half the battle is beating your fellow in-fielders)

(obviously, Calvin has something to say...)

And here's what the field looks like at 9:30pm:

Lately

O*H*

*I*O

Good times at the Buckeye spring football game.

Mal turns 5

This crazy-eyed little guy turned 5 last month.  We sure love our car-racing, tower-building, violin-playing Malcolm.

Halloween '13

Well, lucky for me, the boys requested costume repeats this year.  I was more than happy to oblige. 

  As always, they managed to acquire an insane amount of candy.  So much so, it afforded them enough to allow for generous sentiments such as:

(little boy love letters are the best)

Theo enjoyed dressing up so much, he's decided it works year-round for him.  These are his puppy ears.  He wears them everywhere and, as "puppy", communicates only by barking and licking. 

shirts vs. skins

And this is what goes down at our house most nights:

The most recent battle/wrestling match last week may have left Malcolm with a broken foot.  

RB has chosen his field wisely.