A week without

Howdy powdy!  Hope everyone is doing well.  I can hardly believe it's already been another week!  Last Sunday we were up at my brother's house watching their kids so they could attend the temple dedication.  I don't really remember what time this picture was taken relative to me writing my blog post, so I may have already shared this, but it never hurts to be thorough. Brooke got tired while we were there and needed to take a little rest on the floor with her blanket and thumb.

Monica and Brooke left on Tuesday to go out to Utah to see Michelle, Monica's sister's new baby!  So after Tuesday I was home alone... well maybe minus that home part.  Taking them to the airport left me at work last Tuesday night, and on Wednesday we had mutual and basketball at the church.  On Wednesday I also got a flu shot at work.

 Also on Wednesday when I woke up to go running it was a balmy 28 degrees!!!  I did NOT have my super cold running gear ready, and the result of that run was a change to my Christmas list!

 But after Wednesday things slowed down and I had much more time at home on Thursday and Friday.  Brooke had been missing me a whole bunch so we called each other!  She'd get so excited to see me and yell out "Dada! Dada!"  It was really cute, and she definitely missed me a lot!  Good thing we have technology so I could keep in touch.

I also took advantage of Monica and Brooke being away to work on my 3d printer some.  It's been a long time since I tinkered with it, but it didn't take much work to get it running again. You can see it in action in my blog video album here (sorry for the background chatter, Brooke called).  It was pretty exciting to get it up and running, and I hope to start using it a little more.  The only real problem is that at the current moment I'm not really comfortable just leaving it running, and as you start to print larger objects you start getting into multi-hour print times... so hopefully I get comfortable with it soon.  I also want to try to get finer detail with it, as I wasn't too fond of the rough quality of my print, but maybe I just had too high of expectations...  we'll see.

Monica and Brooke returned on Saturday morning, but I was able to squeeze a run in the morning before they got back.  They were exhausted from the trip, so I put Brooke down for a nap, and then the same for Monica!  I then proceeded to fall asleep watching a BYU Volleyball game on the couch, so I guess I can't really complain about everyone sleeping!

And I think that catches us all up!  I hope everyone is doing swell and has an exciting week!