Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Photatoes

Hello! It's time for another heaping helping of photatoes! Let's begin with some random pictures of Addie :
Addie's first ponytail, naturally made by the careful withdraw from ordinary bathtub water.

Addie is a declared Outdoorist. If she had her druthers, she would be outside all the time.

Deep thoughts often lead to deep sleep.

For someone with no words, she often has a lot to say.


She proudly sits in her new highchair and oversees the goings-on in the kitchen. She likes to have an array of items on her tray to examine and discard at will.
You may look at this moustache and say, "it looks so easy!" but you would be quite wrong. Much care and maintenance goes into this twisted little beauty.

The complete family photo. Even our beloved motorcycle (that Jason refuses to let me name for masculine reasons) is in this one!

This is the beginning of our pumpkin's transformation into a jack-o-lantern. Ours is the one closest to little Faye. Our pumpkin was born in a liitle patch in Paradise, Utah. One day a group of strangers showed up and paid $2 to take him home. (Faye, Abbey, baby Mangus, and Crystal).
He got in a car and left with the above two people...
...who took him home, punched out his soul, and gave him a permanent friendly expression.

The End! (This is part of the "Escape to Logan" post)
This is the little larva costume that I made for Addie. I know, you wanted to say "oh, a mummy" when you saw it, and you also thought, "why did they dress her up in something so gross and weird?" Well, let me just remind you of the purpose of Halloween: to be as scary and icky as you dare. Addie may be little, but she's quite daring. And she didn't have a choice because we are bigger than she is.

Buffalo are the single most awesome mammalian species on this rotating rock we call Earth.
The Great Salt Lake may be smelly and gross, but the photos always turn out fabulous. It really is a pretty place if you don't look too close.

The water was only about two feet deep at this particular location, but flotation is at it's peak. Some theorize that its the salt, and some say its the brine shrimp (for more on that theory contact Zach). Addie's first dip in the Great Salt Lake...or any lake, for that matter.

One can't help but wonder what caused the salty demise of this feather friend.

We had a fabulous time. In fact, the fabulous content was so high that it caused Addie's awake functions to fail. She recovered on the way home. For a more detailed account of this trip please visit the post entitled, "Salt, Snot, and Dirty Bloodsuckers".

5 comments:

Robyn said...

Great pictures! I was just wondering when you might post again and lo and behold! Addie is super cute. I really want to see her in person. I love the great salt lake pictures too, those are way cool. I noticed Lincoln and Addie have the same high chair except that his is white because they were out of red, but we did get the legs with the red ends. I also like the little larva and I think Jason's mustache is pretty cool too. I hope we can work out a time that we'll be in the same town for Christmas!

Julie said...

I just can't believe Addie is so big already. How could she be sitting in a high chair. How time flies. She's adorable. Looks like you guys are having lots of fun! That's an amazing mustache Jas.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Zach said...

"Baseries" is the word verification for this comment. I think baseries are like factories where they make baser. Or process it, at least.
Those are some mighty fine photos. I always love a good shot of a wild pacoderm. And a waxed moustache. And a baby. And an Utley family.
Thanks for commenting on my Blog. You have no idea how much that does to make me feel like it is even worth it.

Melenie said...

I read this a while ago on Google Reader and forgot to comment....
Addie looks like a big girl in her high chair! That one of her smiling is really cute.

I bought Spumoni ice cream (Dreyer's), or whatever it is they have at Spaghetti Factory. It's delicious. We'll have to get it sometime.

val said...

Yikes on the kidney stone. Good luck. Hope the asparagus works. Sounds like a tasty route.
Love the 4th grade memory.
Love the little larva costume.
AND LOVE LOVE LOVE that sunset photo. I'm feeling like an idiot never having experienced the great salt lake up close like that.
*Adding visit the great salt lake summer 2009 to my to-do list*
Addie is darling. Hope you guys have a happy holiday.