Caught in the act

For all of you who haven't been around little Nathan recently, he is mischeivous and loves attention. He pulls over his toy basket, loves electrical cords/wires/and strings of all kinds, and is now slapping his hand on his dinner tray and other objects just to make noise. I'm pretty sure that he knows he's been caught in the act in this picture.

Books

Nathan loves to read (or be read to at least). He has a plethera (and yes, I DO know what a plethera is) of books to choose from. He has Dr. Seuss's ABC book, The Foot Book, and a new favorite - Go, Dog, Go! (Grandpa reads that one the best). So with many more books to choose from, our little Nathan is soon going to be a literature genius.

The Work Load

Living in Georgia has its upsides and downsides. Seth is still waiting to hear back from the CDC about the internship and no one else does winter internships that he's checked with, so we're waiting for the summer to roll around. Being around family is great too, and they take good care of us. Honorable mention goes to the warm weather and sunny skies while it can be equally bad with the wind and rain that keeps us inside. We of course miss all our friends that we've made and are trying to make new ones here, though with everyone having "real jobs and lives" it makes it a little more difficult. Katrina was extended a job position at the hospital she's working at since a nurse is quitting and she has been doing such a great job. If worst comes to worst at least she can work there for a bit before we head back to Rexburg. We hope Seth will hear from the CDC soon and we can have a better plan for the future.

The Latest

So the big news around here is the flu that is going around. Seth got it first and was out of commision for at least three days. He then got better and the rest of the family got sick. Poor little Nathan didn't get what Dad had, but he got a stuffy nose and couldn't breathe while sleeping or eating and had a terrible fit of it all. And now Mom is sick and exhausted from having to watch after everyone else.

The Family Update

I know we have tons more pictures that we need to put on the blog, but that will have to wait. I'm going to give an undate at least for those people who occassionally or rarely check our blog. We went to Georgia to Grandpa and Grammy Lash's for Thanksgiving where Seth played in the Turkey-bowl and Kate and Nathan watched. We then flew back to Idaho to finish the semester at BYU-I and then hit the road (Jack) and drove the whole 27 hours to Illinois to be with Seth's family for Christmas. It was fun to have the whole family together, but Preston and Amy didn't get to visit for long, unfortunately. Seth got to fulfill his life-long dream of playing one of the new games he got off of E-Bay with his brothers---Samurai Swords. He says its easier than Axis and Allies but harder than Risk, for those of you who play strategy board games. It did not stop snowing the entire time we were there and I'm pretty sure we spent at least half of each day bringing in wood for the stove or shoveling the walkway outside. Actually, it wasn't that bad, and it was nice being in a house instead of a cramped apartment. Our drive to Georgia after the Johnson's was fairly pleasant, with Nathan sleeping 80% of the time. We plan to stay until at least after New Year's, but if we don't get an internship for Seth soon, we may be headed for a long-cold winter in Rexburg, ID. Don't worry, there are prospects on the horizon, we just have to wait out the storm. We'll put more pictures on soon as well, which will each share 1000+ words.
Seth, Kate, and Nathan

Playing with my Favorite Auntie Natty

Christmas in the SNOW!

Nathan was dreaming of it being a white Christmas. We finally had to tell him to stop sleeping so he would stop dreaming. We got a foot of snow in one night and the forcast kept calling for more.