Fort Building 101

So last week I got to spend the weekend with Bella. I had a blast seeing her again. I took the weekend off of work so I could head up to Orem. Krissy dropped Bella off on Friday night at my dad's house, where we stayed all weekend.

One of our funnest* activities was the fort building that we got to do in the living room. As you can see...here's the little goofball sticking her head out the door to the fort.



While inside the fort we decided to take some pictures. Well Pam had this light-up toys that Bella had fun with so we got a little creative with our photos. :) Here they are. Starting with her trucking down a bunch of toys to put in the fort.



Here she is inside the fort:



Here's where we get a little silly with the photos.













One last picture (She's such a poser):



We ended up moving that fort up into her bedroom, so she could sleep the night in it. :) She had a great time building forts. It made me think back to all the Super Forts that Bryan and I used to build in dad's basement back in the day. We were pros at those things.

As for what I've been up to this last week after seeing Bella...My life has been consumed by a video game (shocker I know). This game is called Fable II. It is a game of choices. These choices affect how the world around you changes. I played through once as a "good" character and I am now playing as an "evil" character. It's amazing what happens in the game with all the small decisions. Whole sections of the main town are completely different. In the "good" version...the section where you grow up will become a pretty decent living area with nice houses and nice people. Same place in the "evil" version...is a slum with beggars, call girls, and thieves. The buildings are rundown and everything. They definitely improved on the "decision=consequence" gameplay that they tried to get in the first one (which I was also a major fan of. I recommend this game to anyone who has a xbox 360. I think my brothers would both like it a lot, but neither of them are in possession of said xbox. :( Anyway, I guess I should go to bed now. It IS 1am.

Much love,
Chad

*For those who don't think "funnest" should be a word. LOL!
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/is-funnest-a-word.aspx

Myka's Blessing

I know my post is a little later than it should be, but I figured I would post two pics from Myka's blessing day. (For more photos visit Mike and Erin's photo page)

Here is one of Bella and I. She looks so pretty in this picture. I love it. :)



Here is the whole family. It was good to get everyone together again. It has been awhile since that has happened. Myka is a great addition to "The Girls" as they are called. She looked very cute in her blessing dress.



Hope all is well with everyone.
Much Love,
Chad

Quick Update

Well not much has been going on since my last update. I've mainly just been working.
Bella has started kindergarten and she loves it. I haven't talked to her in awhile so I will have to put more on here once I hear from her.

Sorry about this one being so short, but when nothing is happening...nothing is happening.

Much Love,
Chad

Best Week Ever!

I took some time off work this week so I could spend some time with Bella before she starts kindergarten. I headed up to my mom's on Sunday night after work and Krissy sent Bella down to Holden with her friend Terrell(sp?). I was very happy to see her. We spent a few days at my mom's house. This trip was mainly focused on Bella getting to spend some time with her grandparents before school. Bella spent most of her time in Holden digging out in the garden or playing on the Wii or even running through the sprinkler.



She didn't care much for the cold water as seen in this photo:



On Wednesday we headed up to Orem to see Papa Strong and Grandma Pam. We had a great time there. Here we are heading up to Orem (Bella is watching a movie in the background):



We, once again, ended up playing the Wii quite a bit. Bella was having fun showing Papa and Pam how good she was at all the WiiSports and WiiPlay games. It was very cute. We went to the city park near Papa's house where Bella played on the playground and had quite a few little friends to play with. She had a great time there. Here's a pic of her at the park (didn't get any with her and her little friends though):



Dad challenged me to another game of Cashflow. He has been determined to beat me ever since we started playing that game. :) This first game didn't quite go his way. Bella was helping me out quite a bit and I ended up winning (even after losing MILLIONS of dollars due to "DIVORCE" and "TAX AUDITS"). We also went for a drive up Provo Canyon. It was beautiful. I haven't driven up there for years so it was weird to see all the changes that have occurred. Here's some adorable pictures of Bella sitting in the back of the convertible:





This is her in front of Bridal Veil Falls in the canyon:



We ended up taking what I believe is called the Alpine Scenic Loop past Sundance and Cascade Springs. We had fun looking for the fish in the water here. I would like to go back someday and explore this place more thoroughly, but let's just say I came away from this little jaunt with quite a sunburn on my leg and arms. I was in a hurry to get some food and shade so we hurried out of there. Thanks to Papa and Pam for taking us here though. Here are some pics of Bella at Cascade Springs:







Friday was the day that I had to take Bella back up to Krissy, but before we left Papa and Pam took us to the University Mall and we went to Build-A-Bear. Bella was excited when she saw where we were heading. So, everyone, say hello to Rosie the Pink Leopard. (Bella named her after my friend Rosie who we spent some time with a few weeks ago)



Here is a picture that I took up in Ogden when Bella was able to get Kitty and Rosie together:



Bella was extremely excited to see her little sister Sophie again. She was screaming and smiling for about 15 minutes after we got there. It was cute. I waited at Krissy's house for a little bit waiting to hear from my friend up in Logan who I was supposed to go and see, but she had to cancel our plans right at the last minute, so I hung out with Bella, Krissy, Aaron and Sophie for a bit. We ended up playing Guitar Hero. We were attempting "Medium" which I've only done a few times. It was rough on a few of those songs. Around 930pm, I said my goodbyes to Bella and got on the road again (heading back to Dad's). Dad was happy to have me come back and spend some more time with him and Pam. He saw the opportunity to challenge me again at Cashflow. I was a "Lawyer" and he was the "Truck Driver"....I admit this with much chagrin....but he WON. :( (Only by a few turns though...I was right on his heels. Wasn't I, Dad?) haha

We ended up playing Split Second and Scattergories too. It's always fun to play games up there. (Yes...even when I lose) I decided to come home today (Sunday) but stopped off at Target to buy my mom a wireless router (not a modem, mom) so I could set up her home network. She's been wanting to be able to use her laptop without having to connect the phone cord to it and now that she has high speed internet we were able to make that dream come true. For more on that story, go over to her blog.

So, I'm back home now. I just want to say thanks to my mom and dad for putting up with me for the week. I know my plans were kinda up in the air, so thanks for giving me a place to crash when I needed it. Love you guys.

Much Love,
Chad and Bella.

p.s. Everyone send Bella your good wishes...she starts kindergarten tomorrow. :)

The Time Has Come...

In about two weeks, Bella will be starting Kindergarten. I can't believe it has come to be that time already. Next thing I know...she'll be graduating college. lol
I am excited that I get her for all next week. I'm taking some days off of work to be able to spend more time with her now since I'm not sure how I'll be able to work out seeing her during school. We'll be trying to come and see the grandparents mainly while I have her. So expect a phone call.

That's really all that is new with me so I will sign out now.

Much love,
Chad