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Updated family image gallery

I’m sure everyone will want to see the new baby, but since there’s no new yet (but soon!), here are some updates to the gallery:

Making Donuts

Last night while Andrea, Andrew and Matthew carved a couple of pumpkins (pictures of that later), Julia and I made donut balls. I had a recipe around for a while that I wanted to try. Our first couple burned the second we put them in the oil. I guess it was too hot 🙂

We figured out the right temperature and went to work.

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For our first try, they weren’t too bad. They are sour cream-based, so they are a little heavy, and I probably should have cooked them slightly longer at a slightly lower temperature. But otherwise they were pretty good. We put icing sugar on them and it was just like being a a carnival!

Watching General Conference at home

This past weekend was General Conference time. In years past the Church had tried streaming video, but they didn’t have the bandwidth, so they stuck to basic audio. Then BYU teamed up with some company and started to offer streaming video of their TV station. It’s fantastic! I was working Saturday so I watched the first session of conference at work. I was then at the Church for the Saturday afternoon, Priesthood, and Sunday morning sessions. Then Sunday afternoon we decided to stay at home. I borrowed the projector from work and hooked it up to the laptop and Julia’s speakers, and we lounged around in our pajamas on the couch.

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Julia, Andrea, and Lisa before conference started

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You can see the laptop on the floor and the nice, large, clear picture of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on the wall.

No broken bones

On the last day that we were in Buckhorn, we went to the Peterborough Zoo. Matthew was walking and fell and hit his face hard (Andrea blames the Crocs). We were really concerned that he had broken his nose. Lisa took him to see Dr. Pallie the next day, and she sent him to get an x-ray. Well, Matthew was fine. And we also got the good news that his toy baby kangaroo also didn’t have any broken bones either.

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Buckhorn Pictures

We’ve been home for a couple of weeks now, and I had some time today to get all the pictures ready from Buckhorn. Other than Mom’s broken arm, everyone had an awesome time. I wish I was rich and could just stay up there on the lake!

Anyway, the main 20060809-14 Trip to Buckhorn gallery has been broken out into the 6 days that Lisa, Andrew, Matthew and I were there:

Day 01 – 20060809 Trip to Buckhorn
We got to the cottage just before dinner. Andrew wanted to go fishing, so there are some great pictures of Dad (Poppa), Andrew and Matthew fishing.

Day 02 – 20060810 Trip to Buckhorn
I got up early in the morning and saw 5 different herons. I got some good pictures of them. There are also pictures from when Lisa and Andrew went into Whitby for the afternoon to see Karen’s new baby Courtney.

Day 03 – 20060811 Trip to Buckhorn
We went swimming at the “Sandy Beach” with Nanny and Julia. This was the night we had our annual dinner at Swiss Chalet. And of course in the evening we had the Baby Shower for Alisa and Jason.

Day 04 – 20060812 Trip to Buckhorn
I got some more pictures of the herons. Dad had taken Nanny to meet Heather, so I fished with the boys. Later on we went mini-putting in Peterborough.

Day 05 – 20060813 Trip to Buckhorn
After going to Church in the morning, we stayed around the cottage. There are some pictures out on the boat, and of a campfire we had in the evening.
Day 06 – 20060814 Trip to Buckhorn
There are a few pictures from around the cottage, and then pictures from the Peterborough Zoo. There are a couple of pictures of Matthew after he fell.