I Love My Boys!

Scott and Bruce are two peas in a pod. When Scott comes home from school/work every day, Bruce will hear the door (usually we're in the kitchen making dinner) and will get all excited. When he sees Scott, he starts getting all breathy and wants to be held. Scott always goes straight to the bathroom to wash all the nasty public transportation germs off his hands, and Bruce usually starts crying until he comes back out and picks him up.

And I can see why Bruce loves him so much. Besides the fact that I think Scott is incredibly smart, handsome, and kind, he is definitely a fantastic dad. Scott usually gets up around 5 in the morning (when Bruce gets up) to watch him while I go running. By the time I get back, Bruce is most often sitting in his high chair smiling and eating eggs and toast with Scott. Scott always puts Bruce to sleep by wrapping him up in a blanket and laying down with him on the futon in his room. Bruce loves to be held real close (he's an affectionate kid - there's a picture of him trying to kiss Scott); he goes to sleep quickly that way.

Scott has been working all hours of the day and night trying to finish a poster for his advisor. The poster showcases all the work he's been doing in the lab so his advisor can go show it off to some big wigs somewhere (Canada? Madrid? Orlando? I can't remember anymore). I think everyone will breathe a little easier once that is done.

We went camping last weekend in Sharon, Vermont. We drove up Friday night and got there with just enough of the sunset to set up our tent. We threw our foil dinners on a fire and didn't get to eat them until about 10 pm. We were so hungry. Bruce stayed up with us until 11, then we all went to sleep. In the morning, we went for a ridiculously hilly run. The campground where we stayed was at the top of a steep 2-mile hill, so it was gorgeous. We could see the tops of hills poking out from the fog in the morning. Anyways, Scott insisted that he come running and bring the stroller, so off we went down the hill. Even going downhill with a stroller is hard because you sortof have to pull back to keep it from shooting off the side of the road into a ravine or something. Scott was definitely very sore from that four miles.

After our run, we went to the Joseph Smith birthplace and memorial. We took a tour and walked around the grounds. It was really cool to be in such a historical and spiritual place.