So we apologize for not keeping up with our blog. I think the kids and our awesome jobs keep us going in so many directions that the blog gets overlooked some times. I will recount some things that are going on or have happened recently.

Reese has been potty training and doing an amazing job. Holly got her hands on a 3 day intensive potty training course through others in the Relief Society. It consists of 3 days where the child has no pants on and you follow them around waiting for them to tell you when they need to go. Reese was starting off on a good foot as she already had been telling us when she was going or had just gone and woke up in the mornings dry. So thanks to Holly's mom, Linda, who took Reese for the weekend and got things going. I won't lie, there were a few accidents, but not that many. She's in panties and loves it.

I have had some crazy things happen at work. I'm currently wearing a brace on my right ankle after I tore up a tendon after jumping out of a parking garage (10-12ft up) to the side walk in order to break up a domestic between a couple on the 16th of September. I'll be scheduling an MRI tomorrow as it's failed to get better in all this time.

Just after that I had a run in with two students after work. I mistakenly veered away from my normal route home early one morning and a student knocked my passenger side mirror off. When I got out and confronted him and his buddy they got a little physical. Even after identifying myself as a police officer and showing them my ID they attempted to flee the scene and fight me in the hall ways of their residence hall that I followed them into. they got away but I had an idea of who my offender was due to eye witnesses. When I came to work at 4pm I was mad and ready to get these guys. The offender happen to run into me in the hallway and now that I was in uniform he was promptly arrested. His buddy and him spent that night in jail and added to their criminal charges, they are being dismissed from the university.

This last Saturday we had a home football game. They are pretty big events with a stadium that holds 63,000. After the event a Sergeant and myself were questioning a guy and girl over some damaged property when the girl tried to walk off. The Sergeant told her to stop and when she didn't he went after her. Her brother (the male) reached out to stop the Sergeant and I quickly grabbed him and pulled him away to tell him laying hands on a police officer was a no no. He shoved me and the tussle was on. He spent the night in jail and if the pattern holds then I assume he'll be dismissed from the university as well.

We've gotten our projector up in the basement. We are no really utilizing this area and it's awesome. Watching Texas football on 100 inches of High Def DLP is like no other. We all watched the cartoon Monsters vs. Aliens last night for Family Home Evening and it was cool. I got to warn you though. Once you go projector....any flat screen seems small and you'll never go back. Just need some decent theater seats now. I'll put some pictures up soon.

She wears high heels, I wear T-Shirts...

Reese has a shoe fetish at such a young age :)
She points to my shoes and cries for me to take them off so she can wear them around the house. She walks pretty good in heels too!

Horses, Lizards, and Pools

It has been awhile since I have put any pictures up so I thought I'd get my camera out and give you all an update. Piper is 10 months old already and loves to do anything and everything her older sisters do. She is quite the eater unlike her sisters. She ate as much as I did tonight at the Olive Garden!

Alyssa loves preschool. Her speech teacher said she no longer needs help and talks a lot in the classroom. She also said she is a natural leader in the class. Alyssa is a great big sister too.

Reese...the problem with Reese is that she is so cute it is hard to punish her :)

She is the mischievous one always pushing the limits. She only weighs 3 lbs more than Piper baby (as she calls her) and the two of them like to wrestle.

Grandma Linda and smiling Piper

Our friends Jeff and Becky went swimming with us.

The 3 Rascals. Everyone accompanies Piper as she finishes her bottles on the couch.

Our neighbor Elaina has lizards and the girls love holding and petting them. The only problem is when Reese is finished with anything..cell phone, sippy cup, toy...she throws it. Shortly after the lizard got it too. She was ok though.

The Softer Side of SWAT Training

Bobby is in Missouri for the week doing SWAT training. I am usually the one traveling and this is his first time away for an extended period of time in awhile. You can tell he misses being a dad by the videos he has sent. Here are a few of my favorites :)

SORRY. THIS VIDEO WAS DELETED AS IT WAS TOO EMBARRASSING.

The girls know all the the lyrics to this song, You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift and apparently so does Bobby!




This is a favorite of Reese and Alyssa!

Piper Crawling

On my way to the gym the other day Holly sent me this video. Seems Piper was seen crawling for the first time after a Cheeto of all things. Enjoy.

Big Screen

2 big new additions in the basement were completed this last week. The hidden media center and the fixed frame screen. The oak bookshelf holds dvds and VHS and then opens up to reveal the swivel and pull out media rack. The screen is 100"x 42.6" and is meant for wide screen viewing. If you recall there are speakers behind it, just like a movie theater, and the screen material is acoustically transparent for that reason. I didn't add it, but you can see the carpet and base boards are in aswell. Now the seating, a projector, and some decor are all that's needed to complete the project.

Piper Laughing