March 2013 Continued

We celebrated Saint Patrick's Day by having a fun breakfast, Green Eggs and Ham with Green Milk. Kaylie was less than thrilled, thinking the eggs and milk tasted different with the Food Coloring. We had to wait an extra day as I attended an LDS Young Widows/Widowers conference that is held annually in Utah. It was a great learning experience and reassuring to be in company with many others going through a similar situation to me.
 

As we will be gone on Cam's upcoming 12th Bday, we celebrated on Friday night with his friends. We had pizza and fruit (of course) and then the boys watched the newly released Hobbit (3 plus hours, wow!) He wanted donuts instead of cake. But they all had a blast.

 

Saturday night, along with some good friends, we went and watched some good friends in our Ward, the original Wrights, perform in a local theaters production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was a lot of fun and the Wrights did fantastic. Reminded me of Cam's performance in the same play last May shortly after Heidi's departure.

 

Fun Center

A week or so ago we spent a few hours on a Saturday having fun at a Fun Center nearby, roller blading/skootering, playing on bouncy houses, laser tag and arcade games. It was a lot of fun.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Snowburnt

If you look closely enough at the cute faces below, especially Cam, Kyler and Kaylie, you'll notice some extra red in those cheeks. That is thanks to snow skiing all day Saturday at Wolf Mountain resort. It was a beautiful day for it too, near 50 degrees and sunny. The kids did great and we had a blast. They all got right into it and within a few hours were doing jumps, steep runs and going super fast.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Skiing Photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austin Texas

For the first time since Heidi's passing I had to go on a business trip this past week. I spent 3 days in Austin, TX. Grandma Postonia spent the time with the kids. Here I am below looking over downtown Austin from my hotel balcony, outside Texas Longhorn Stadium, and then in front of the Texas State Capital. It was a good trip.

 

 

 

February 24th

Another full and fun week in the Wright home.

Kyler's class celebrated the 100th day of school by all dressing up like older people. Does Kyler make a pretty cute "old man".


DJ's grade held a performance on American history, highlighting the American Indians.

 

 

Dad did a fun early morning run with some friends up the Centerville hills, yes in a few feet of snow. It was fun and well worth the view.

As the kids were off School on Monday we went ice skating. What a great time.

 

 

 

 

 

February 17 - Orapup and Valentines

Though not meaningful to many, my Company crossed a major hurdle this week in the beginning of production of our next big product, the Orapup, a tongue cleaner for dogs. I know what all of you are saying right now, really, a tongue cleaner for dogs, is this a joke? It is true, and we have over 40,000 pre-orders for the product that we will ship out next week. It is very exciting. Here are a few photos as we started production, you can learn more at Orapup.com.
 

 

This week was Valentines Day. The kids had parties at school and got tons of candy, of course. We were very surprised to have an amazing friend prepare, bring and set-up a candle light dinner for us to enjoy as a family. It was great food and a lot of fun. I think it was the first candle light dinner the kids have had and they thought that was pretty cool.

After dinner we decided to do something fun as a family and we went swimming at the local Rec Center. Dallyn and Kyler both got up their courage and decided it was a great day to conquer their fears of going off the high drive. After some shaky legs and a little encouragement, they both made the leap. They thought it was so much fun they begged to go back again Friday night, which we did. They are now experts at the high dive, doing 360 tricks, backwards jumps and even the occasional (not on purpose) belly flop. For Dad and Cam, that meant swimming at the Rec Center 4 times in 2 days between fun family trips and workouts, really fun but they both feel a bit water logged.