It Has been almost seven months, Maybe it is time to update this!

Well, A lot has happened in the preceding seven months. I finished my first year of law school, started my clerkship with Liberty Mutual, had a beautiful little girl (Madelyn Claire Hamisch), and have started my second year of law school.

I thought things might get easier my second year. What they don't tell you, is it does not get any easier. I have lots of reading to do, along with my job, and my extracurricular activities. The best part of being in my second year though, is that I get to see my wife and kids a whole lot more.

Today, before General Conference, we went for a walk. I thought I would put up some pictures from the walk. I will try to get better at this posting thing.

Vacation

I am in school a lot. When I am not in class, I am studying, and when I am not studying, I am generally sleeping (or at least trying to sleep). So when ever we have a vacation I try to enjoy it. We had a few days off for Easter so we went to Cabela's. The boys had a lot of fun because of all the animals that were on display throughout the store. When we were leaving, we asked Logan which animal was his favorite. He responded, "phewwww" (that is my attempt at spelling the way he says elephant [or a the sound the make, I guess]).

Also, Austin is getting so good at drawing and writing. Everyday he goes through massive amounts of paper coloring and drawing pictures. His most recent was this one of the Easter Bunny. Now, He just turned 4, but I think he does an amazing job. He's a lot better than me, that is at the skill level i am now.

Today, the boys were so excited to get dressed up for church. Austin asked if he could dress like that every sunday.

I am sure there is plenty more for me to write, but since no one really reads this blog, oh well.

School starts back up tomorrow after a week off for spring break. It has been a fun time spending the week with my family, other than the last couple of days I spent writing a paper and reading. It's always difficult to go back to a rigorous routine after a break.

So.....In this picture, We kept hearing Logan say, "uh-oh, uh-oh" This is a new favorite phrase of his. When we looked to see what he was saying "uh-oh" about, we noticed something coming out of his pant leg.....Yep, his diaper. He was crying until he got it out. I could pass up the opportunity to take this picture though.

Also, Mandi lost her cell phone the other day. It was extremely difficult because she gets phone calls all the time and my phone rarely gets any one on the other end. Anyways, Mandi offered a dollar to whomever could find it followed up by a bigger offer of taking the finder to McDonald's. Well, we had a friend over for dinner last night and we had pretty much given up the search and had consigned ourselves to having to go to t mobile to get a new one, when we heard a faint beep. The beep was Mandi's phone signaling the death of her battery. Looking everywhere for the beep we pulled out the fridge and...nothing. Mandi's friend found it on the floor after pushing the fridge back. It turns out that the space under the fridge is a favorite storage place for Logan.

After finding the phone, mandi was obviously excited, Austin started to cry. We asked him what was wrong. He was sad that he didn't find the phone because he wanted to go to McDonald's. He'll probably get to go this week at some point.

Just a side note to add to the ordeal of Mandi's lost phone (In addition to this, Mandi dropped her hairdryer into the toilet, which added to the stress:

We tend to lose a lot of things in our home, usually through the help of our kids. We say a lot of prayers to help us find things and the Lord, always answers our prayers. When we first moved here, we lost our remote control. We waited a few days and ended up buying a new one. We found it this week under our bed. We always question why the Lord takes so long to answer prayers.

It seems to be the same answer each time to this question: He will always answer!!!! We just need to be patient and trust Him.

My First Posting

Mandi has been blogging for a number of months now. I felt a little left out so I thought I would also take a crack at this. While I consider myself somewhat of an absentee father sometimes, I do have some wonderful moments when I am home that I will always cherish.I have been a father for 4 years now and it has been an amazing experience so far. Austin and Logan have taught me so much about myself and who I am. Mandi and are soon to be born little girl have and are teaching me who I want to be. I decided to set up this blog to share my little moments with my family and a little bit about my life and what we're doing. In a way, this may mirror Mandi's blog. If it does, oh well. This will be from my point of view. Stay tuned for more posts from me and see life through the eyes of a father.