January 2014

Since arriving back in Provo after the busy holidays we have led a much slower paced lifestyle. 

Probably the biggest highlight was Ben starting his first semester of teaching at BYU.

He is teaching two sections of "Economics of Strategy" in the business school. 

He has learned 90% of the students names 

(about 120 total) and says he is enjoying it even more than he thought. 

He has since seen a couple of his students around the town
and I'm sure it will continue to be like this for awhile.

The same day Ben began teaching, I was volunteered to stand in line at 5:45 a.m.
to sign up for an intramural co-ed soccer team. 

We have had two games so far which have been a lot of fun.

Our team consists of my brother, Michael, and his wife Annika, Ben's brother CJ and his wife Taryn, Ben's best friend Aaron, his cousin Landon and some of CJ's friends.
It's quite hilarious.

William and I went on campus a few weeks ago to get an i.d. card.

He enjoyed running around in the open areas and we even saw my old religion professor, Matthew Richardson. He mentioned how William looked "little but busy," and he definitely nailed him spot on. 

The winter weather has not been bad since we've been back. 

We still occassionally go in our backyard for a short slide or swing push. 

We've also taken Will for walks around the block in his new trike.

William has started to enjoy playing with legos and stacking blocks. 

His other favorite "toy" is a photo album of our wedding pictures. 

He loves pointing out dad (of course), as well as "Papa," my grandpa. 

William had a really unlucky week recently. 

His first accident was at the Provo Rec Center pool. 

We had a fun play date with a friend and her three boys. 

One of the boys was playing with Will in the bathroom and accidentally
pinched William's fingers in the fold out changing table. 

I stayed fairly calm but tried holding his bloody finger together.  

That did not go over very well with him.

Luckily there was a lifeguard room right around the corner 

so they helped us get wiped down and bandaged.  

It took about a week to heal but it's almost back to normal.  

Round two was minor but he still has the scar today.

William slipped on a book and fell, 

hitting his cheek on the corner of our coffee table. 

The third involved a toddler girl at the mall playground scratching William's face and eye.

We hope to have a calmer time this week. 

Lastly, we finally hung things in William's room. 

His room is probably the fanciest in the whole house... we're hopefully working on the rest this spring!