The Grand America and the moon--these are a few of my favorite things.

Contrary to popular belief, the Grand America did not have ginger-bread houses on display this weekend.

Asher the shepherd

Every child should look so happy at this time of the year.

Worth pulling out again.

I used plenty of caffeine to get me through finals, and I decided I really don't like colas.

What more could a father want?

This is a hard sight to see when you're leaving the house before the rest of the family is even awake. It was one cold week!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Some pictures don't jump out to you as much until a few years after you've taken them. I just stumbled across this one in my archives. I like it a lot.

These discs contain every picture I've ever taken, and I just threw them all away. Now I have four external hard drives. I'm sure I'll throw those away in a few years and transfer all the data to my keychain. Ooooh, I love technology . . . but not, as much as you, you see.

My nieces

Ah . . . Thanksgiving

All kids look cuter in black and white.

After nearly 8 days of confinement, Talmage may be starting to lose it.

How do you get your owner's attention?

Laura thinks I let Talmage eat too much sugar. I disagree.

This is Talmage . . . on the swine flu. Any questions?

I think Laura is trying to initiate a "Who Wore It Better?" segment in our family. I think the lion outfit is a toss up between Talmage and Asher. But, just wait until I wear the outfit next year.

Sure, the ball is no where in sight, but he certainly looks good.

A pitcher

Davis--Scary!

His head is too small, but he looks pretty cute.

The complicated being-in-the-team-huddle-with-players-wearing-the-same-color-jersey-as-you concept still kind of eludes Talmage.

Talmage has a very difficult time keeping his shirt on during a game.

Asher

I'm a lucky man!

This picture came a fraction of a second after Talmage knocked over the tower of pumpkins he was posing on.

Laura has finally embraced my philosophy that she gut and carve the pumpkins each year.

My pregnant sister-in-law

Stockton--among my most handsome of nephews.

One day after I took this picture, every one of these leaves was on my lawn.

Itty bitty.

Asher's thigh is bigger than either of these two girls.

Light Bright . . . The 80s are never as far away as you think.

I can't even imagine the board meeting where it was decided these spinning rides were a good idea.

Nothing beats Bear Lake in October!

Jett

Bear Lake in October

There's something about placing all the subjects equidistant from each other that really makes a photograph.

The way I see it, it's never too early to start working on the cover of your future boy band's first album.

Handsome

Sure--she thinks it's funny to steal my son's innocence!

That girl up the street is a fast mover!

Kudos to Colter for another fabulous family portrait.

What? You'd look this grumpy too if your mom dressed you the way his mom dresses him.

Spiderman turns four.

Pure happiness

This is Talmage's reaction each time he touches the ball. Unfortunately, he fails to remember that he needs to continue kicking the ball for it to do any good.

Keep your eye on the ball. Talmage's first-ever soccer game demonstrated to me that four-year olds do not entirely understand the objective in soccer. My question is, what exactly are these kids pursuing with such enthusiasm? It appears to be Talmage's #9 jersey.