Griff cleans up pretty well.

Easter Sunday.

Griffy and Uncle Bill sharing a special Easter moment.

There are two reasons behind Lily's overwhelming happiness in this picture. The first is her hat. She loves it and she puts it on just about every morning. The other is Good Things Utah. She loves that show, particularly the theme song.

Griff is doing his best, but can't seem to find any eggs.

"Um, I found a basket, but it's empty. Can someone go get me one that actually has some candy in it."

Ol' baskethead's comin'.

The kids are really good helpers. Melissa was working on some laundry and the kids really wanted to do their part.

Grandma Harker with the kids.

Lookin' like a million bucks.

A purple little lady.

The post-nap hangover is always tough on Griff. Here he is waiting for us to bail him out of the crib.

Lily looking lovely on a Sunday afternoon.

Every once in a while we get a picture of her without red eye and it's possible to see how blue her eyes really are.

The Jazz are number 1!

Little silly-faced Griff.

Griff sat in Lily's chair. He suffered the consequences.

Griff tries to run away and hide and always ends up running himself into a corner.

Maddie and Thatch Merrick: rock stars in training.

I think they look pretty old in this picture.

Lily and her little baby doll. She's quite a little doll herself.

Just a couple of baseball fans chewing on a couple of baseballs.

Lily and Griff went on a tour of the Sweets candy factory. As you can see, it was a dream come true for them.

Extreme close-up! Whooooooaaaaa!

Griff kisses stuffed animals like crazy. He is a teddy-bear Casanova.

Lily and Griffin sittin' in a tree...

I like this picture because Griff is so happy.

" Welcome to our room. This is our lovely fan." Lily and Griff are very hospitable. They invited us in for a little St. Paddy's get-together.

This was just a little St. Patrick's Day fun from Melissa. Clover rolls and green German pancake. Delicious.

Lily and Griff wanted to model some of their PJs. They get so excited to put them on. Lily starts talking about "jammuhs" right after dinner.

Well we have a new baby in our family. Okay not "our" family, but my brothers'. Here is cute little Taylor Noel. And I thought Lily had a lot of hair. She is so dang cute and sweet. Congrats Mark and Joy!

I have been tagged by Daiana Springer, so here goes. Jake will hopefully be back in a few weeks when this semester is over.

10 Years ago...



I was going to Snow College. I had a lot of fun that year. I can't believe it has been ten years.

5 Jobs that I've had:

-Bagger at Harmons
-Telemarketing at Unibase
-a few shifts at The Gap (it wasn't for me)
-Telemarketing at Teltrust
-Zions Bank

5 places I've visited:

-Idaho
-California
-Austria
-Germany
-Portugal

5 things on my to do list:

-Go to Hawaii
-Go on a cruise
-Potty train our kids (at some point)
-Paint our house
-Go back to Germany

5 things you may not know about me:

-I hate hot dogs (most people know these things)
-I've had stitches 4 times
-I lived in Denver for four years
-I was pregnant three separate times in one year
-I hold my pen wrong when I write (Jake loves to tease me about it)

5 things that I am so thankful for:

-Jake
-Lily & Griffin
-My family & Jake's Family
-The Church
-My Friends

I hope that wasn't too boring, but there you go.

I wanted to write a quick post to tell Jake thank-you for all he does. He was so nice and had these tulips delivered to me a few days before Easter. It was especially nice because tulips are my favorite flower, and he gave them to me for my birthday on one of our first dates. I had told him that I liked them and he remembered. He is such a great husband and so thoughtful.

Well, I decided that Griffin deserved to be on here either way. I used different pictures than last time though, so now he apparently looks more like Jake. Jake is busy studying at the library and hasn't had time to update the blog. I just have to learn how to do a few more things, like upload pictures from our camera and then I could do more. Somehow Jake gave me permission to add things, but I better be careful or I'm sure I'll get cut off.

Baldwin Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family search - Free family tree

This is Melissa writing so please don't expect this to be funny, but I stole this idea from Jared and Daiana Springer. I got a little carried away comparing everyone, but I'll just stick to these for now. I'm not sure how scientific it is considering it said that Griffin looked equally like us too, but it was fun anyway.

Baldwin Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Finding relatives - Geneology

Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

Baldwin Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebs - Collage - Morph

As many of you know, we get pretty excited about the Jazz at our house. We're pretty excited about the young team. And with the Jazz' success, there have been a lot of people comparing Deron Williams to John Stockton. Now, I don't want to disparage Deron Williams in any way. I'm a huge fan and I hope he stays here for a long time. At the same time, however, I can't help but think that if you're ready to compare him to Stockton it's been too long since you saw Stockton play. Thus, I'm posting this video to refresh your memory. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.