Cougar Football & Stair Surfing

Let us first announce that we should be able to do more emailing and blogging because we finally have DSL at home. In fact, right now Jamie and Kent are writing this from their couch while Kent watches the World Series. Isn't modern technology truly amazing.

Kent is enjoying his new job and is getting to feel at home in his new office. Surprisingly, he doesn't even mind the commute all that much as he has listened to a few good books on tape. School is also going fairly well for him, although his current class is a little heavy on theory and not so much on application.

Jamie is anxious to get little Bohonkus' feet out from under her ribs. She is a real trooper, most days, but is a little apprehensive about life with 2 kids while Kent is still in school. Its a case of "ready or not here he comes."

Tyler continues to be a joy to all who spend time around him. He has a few new favorite games, but his favorite toy is still his daddy. Tyler LOVES to play what he calls COUGAR FOOTBALL. Basically, Tyler throws the ball off of his dad's head and then they both scramble after it. It usually results in a lot of tickling, wrestling and laughing. Tyler adores his cougar T-shirt and even though it is short sleeved, we came up with a way for him to wear it year round (as seen in these pictures).

Another favorite game was discovered when Kent and Jamie were cleaning the carpets. The only dry carpeted area was the stairs. Morgan was visiting and she and Tyler figured out how to "Body Surf" down them. They would then climb back up the stairs repeating, "Almost to the Top, Almost to the Top." Then when they reached the top, body surf back down saying "Whee" the whole way down. When Kent was recruited to join the "fun" the result was a couple of pretty nasty carpet burns.

As funny as this game may sound to this point, this is only the tip of the iceberg. That night when Tyler said his prayer (which he no longer accepts help from his parents to do) he said, "Thank you I learned to play almost to the top almost to the top, WHEEEE!" It took a lot of effort for his parents not to laugh too hard in the middle of the prayer.

Another funny story that came from the newfound "stair surfing" skill was when our hometeachers came to visit the next day. Tyler has been slowly coming out of his shell and is not as shy towards adults as he was just a month or so back. When the hometeachers were here he had one cornered and reading stories and playing lightsabers. Then, he pulled him away to make sure that he showed him how he played "almost to the top!"

Tyler is definately a real Ham and we love him for it. I guess its another case of like father like son.

We love you all and look forward to more blogging from us and everyone else.