This is Jack's first year of preschool. He is a little nervous but ready to go. He is shy in class but the teacher says that he is starting to talk a little bit more. Love Ya Bud!

As you can tell we have a camera again. Yeah. Thanks to our friends the Buckinghams and family. We were able to capture a few moments this summer. Enjoy!

Summer activites aka boredom busters

We finally got ourselves a porch swing which we love to sit on together as you can see. Grace thinks we are all a bunch of wackos. I'd have to agree.






We refinished our kitchen table. It was a bad finish to begin with so we took it upon ourselves to strip it and stain it again. It looks pretty good now. We have yet to take a picture of the finished product.






Making our kids do silly things is one of our greatest joys in life. They are usually very willing to comply. This is them all lined up looking cute and weird. That's the Faurschou Family for ya.











We were able to go camping once this summer so far. We had a good time until we had a bear scare in the middle of the night. No it wasn't Jack. He looks like he is pulling the bear face in the picture. We were dead asleep when a man from somewhere near our camp woke us up saying, "Sir, just want to let you know that we just had a bear come through our camp and he is on his way to you." Okay, so how were we to take that news. "Thanks sir, we're sure to sleep great now! Thanks for the heads up." NOOO. I couldn't sleep the rest of the night. But after listening for an hour or so for any sounds we eventually fell asleep. But about 2:30 I was woken up by chomping and sniffing sounds down at our campfire pit where we had spilled some popcorn and didn't clean it up very well. I hit Nate and told him to listen and as we did this a "thought to be a huge man hungry bear" came closer and closer to our tent sniffing all the while. I look down at the bottom of our door and find that we didn't zip it. A shadow of some nose poked and sniffed itself through our zipper and made me pretty much give myself away with my body shaking so much. Nate decided to the most manly thing, he snapped his fingers. Ooohhh! but it made the animal pull it's head out of our tent just to encourage it to sweep the perimeter of our tent, again sniffing all the while. After about a 20 minute jaunt around our tent it finally disappeared. We sat there shaking from cold and fear for another 45 minutes. Nate then proceeded to tell me that he needed to use nature's restroom and I told him he would have to hold it forever cause he wasn't going out there. But in time he did and nothing ate him. After not sleeping for the rest of the night, we waited until the sun was up and cars could be heared on the highway. We opened up the tent and looked at the footprints and discovered that it was a RACOOON! You wouldn't believe how mad I was. If I was going to be that scared it had better be a dang bear! But in the end all is well and you'll see us all in a camper.


And here is Morgan, holding a tin foil ball in between her toes, stuffed in our couch, in some position I don't know how she got in. It is our new Olympic sport. "Tin Foil ball positioning act" I give her a 9.3. Her toes are not pointed.

Hey everyone. Our pictures are not going to be current or updated for awhile because we have lost our camera. We don't know where it could have gone and we can't afford to get another. So if and when we post it probably will be old pics or none at all. Bummer huh? It's amazing how one little piece of technology can be so meaningful and missed so much.

Snakes, it always has to be snakes

We went to the library to see a show about reptiles and bugs. The girls were really brave and decided they wanted to hold the snake around their necks. Now they are asking to have one as a pet. I'm not raising typical girls that's for sure.

Summertime...

Finally...summer is here. At least you would think it should be here. It was 42 degrees a couple mornings ago, but I hope summer is actually here now. Dana and I are excited about continuing our improvements in our yard. We planted some things in our backyard and have loved the greenery and flowers. This late spring and early summer is my favorite time of year. It is not too hot and not too cold...I thnik it is pretty close to perfect weather. It is so close to perfect, and makes me want to sit and relax. That what this song you should be hearing right now brings to mind for me...Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Or for those of you born after 1990--this is Will Smith. Mmmm...Summertime. I love it!

Graduation Day....Yeah!!

So it finally happened. After multiple major changes, doubts, frustration, and over 8 years time, Nate graduated from the University of Utah yesterday (A lot of people go to school for 8 years--they're called doctors). It was a long road, a big hill for me, but a great sense of accomplishment and achievement.
My wife and kids haven't seen me much over the last few semesters. Work is a full time committment, and I took at least 9 credit hours the last 6 semesters. I have been in school for the last 10 semesters, taking anywhere from 6-15 credit hours. As well as 3-6 credit hours the previous couple of years on a hit and miss schedule This path does not come highly recommended. There is no regret about the path I chose, however, I would take a different path if in the same scenario again.
My plan now is for some extra sleep, more time with my wife and kids, maybe I will actually do something with my church calling, and I promise my yard will look better.
My amazing wife has been supportive from the beginning. Without her encouragement, I would still be making deliveries for $12 an hour. She is the best thing to ever happen to me.