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Guitar Hero!  Carter has finally figured out that you need to hold the guitar to play it.  He is still working on his technique.  "Where did the buttons go?"  (He does have a good rock star face though!)

Mommy and Carter built a fort this week.  Carter had a good time with it, but it took him a while to figure out  how it worked.  He had more fun walking on top of the sheets.  

King of the castle...and he knows it.

Found you mommy!  Carter and mommy were playing tag in the fort.  

Taco Night!  I'm stuffed....and all messy

Going swimming in the leaves.  Carter found a huge pile of leaves this week and decided to dive right in.

Trip to the zoo.   All of the animals wanted to pose, except for Carter.
Okay this is actually at Cabela's (the coolest sporting goods store on the planet).  We took Carter to see the animals.  He was quite fascinated with them.

A trip to the Grand Canyon...okay this is still Cabela's.

Driving to school with Arthur.
"I really underestimated the creepiness."  

Carter and mommy came to visit daddy at school.  Carter was not interested in daddy.  He decided to go play basketball instead.

Carter observing the game of volleyball.  About 2 seconds later he decided he'd seen enough and was ready to play.  Daddy vetoed the idea.  

Fixing the Bike...Yes, Again

Carter loves the wind blowing through his hair.

Dad:  "Enjoy it while you can Buddy"

Daddy teaching Carter to brush his teeth.

Daddy's silly

Mom and Dad were busy playing guitar and not paying attention to Carter. So he put this blanket on his head and walked right in front of them as if to say "Look how cute I am.  Don't you want to play with me?"

After a week of waiting for parts, we finally were able to tear the bike apart and replace the crank unit. Here is the bike before we started putting the new parts on.  This is right before we had to head to Home Depot to pick up nuts.  They sent an axle that required nuts, but they provided us with bolts.  Epic Fail.  We were pretty frustrated by this point, especially since this bike has been a constant repair project.  Now they are sending us the wrong parts.  On the way back from Home Depot, we checked the mail that had come while we were gone...MORE PARTS.  They sent the correct axle/nut combination.  We now have an extra crank set, extra axle, and extra nuts.  At least it works now.

Redneck Tool Bench.  Hopefully Craig doesn't knock anything off as somebody walks by.  A ratchet to the head from the second floor would probably leave a mark. 

We thought it might be fun to show what Craig was doing this week.  This is an EKG.  We have been learning all about how to read these in school this week.  This is actually an example of a STEMI (ST segment elevation-Myocardial Infarction,aka Heart attack)

We also had a cute video of Carter, but we can't get it to upload today.  Hopefully we can get it on the blog next week.

Finally Fall

Many of you in Utah may not know this, but we do have fall in Arizona. But not until January. We are guessing that by February all the leaves will have grown back.

I thought snow was supposed to be cold and white. I put my winter coat on for nothing.

It's just a broken spoon, but we thought it was cute.

Having lunch with Daddy.....Or rather, having Daddy's lunch.

Gimme your lunch money!

Just a little bit closer.....

Bucket Head (Paige)

Bucket Head, the Second Generation (Carter)
It's got to be genetic.

How to Void the Warranty

Dear Apple,

I hate your stinkin' guts.  You make me vomit.  You are scum between my toes.

Love, Alfalfa---or, Craig

(after dropping the ipad a few weeks ago, we consulted Apple.  They said it would be $250 to fix the glass on a $400 ipad.  Craig decided to take it into his own hands for a nominal fee of $39.20)

The Before Picture

"I'll get you my pretty."

Is it too late to pay the $250?

Victory!  Total working time: 2 hours ($100 an hour, not bad)

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A Fun Week with Dad before school starts again.

Carter is getting really good and climbing on the chairs and table.

But sometimes he gets stuck.

Baking Cookies!

Daddy trying to teach Carter how to lick the beaters.

"I think I'll have yours Dad"

Carter enjoying his Abominable Snowman sucker.

Carter likes pushing buttons with his feet....

....and his face.

Playing with Dad and the "Ultimate Hero Wagon"

Running across a bridge.
Carter:  "Are you positive this isn't London Bridge? Cause Scout says it's falling down"

Enjoying one of our favorite shows.