sweet...rain, katie, cocco

tonight was interesting and as we were serenaded by rain drops pounding and the sight of steam from coffee cups dancing the night of a storm in SLC seemed more palatable than a thousand summer nights before. if this were a dreamworld it would hold true forever that rain trumps the warm sun but as it is for just tonight the rain has surfaced as the dark horse winner. all our windows are open even though the temperature is dropping to the predicted 42. the cold feels as good as the people that cut themselves to feel alive, without the gross blood. my hand feels so warm to my nose right now and i actually got my stomach dropping at the thought of sweater weather. the night has meant something more though and i feel calm with the cold, enough that i feel the spirit of taking katie by the hand. i got to fulfill one of the age old tradtions of a man by being the one to warm the fingers and toes of my wife...sweet.

kelly's life is our vacation

here is my cute niece. the weekend was full of amazing views and beautiful weather but a storm was a brewing. the storm and furry of temper tantrums. these quickly burst my bubble as to what a cute kid experience was supposed to be. don't get me wrong i still love kids and especially my nieces and nephews but this was the first time i kinda had my fill. dylan, my niece, was great untill her parents got home. it was like with me and katie she didn't have defined boundaries and so took our impromto rules as law and lived by them. as soon as the parents were back she new exactly what to do to get what she wanted and did it. dylan has some lungs i'll tell you what. so overall the time with my family was amazing but i left a little scared. i mean think about it everytime you hold a baby the moment it starts crying we all hand it right back to mom...this is a system of highs with no lows. fools the mind. obviously though there is the joy of parenting with all the lows and highs, triumphs and defeats. i just got scared. but here's my cute neice.