Daddy works for Cosmo

We have had a good week. Emily and Peter Gordon came up to campus on Tuesday to eat lunch with me and it was great to hang out with them. We sat out on some grass by the Talmage Building and enjoyed a little picnic lunch. Peter Gordon and Emily played with a little ball. They thought it was great to eat lunch with Dad. Dad thought it was pretty cool as well. I have been working on an exhibit at work that will talk about the history of Brigham Young University and one of the panels that I have put together is on the BYU Experience. It features images of athletics, mentored learning, and students enjoying the campus scene. It also has an image of Cosmo and, as you all know, Peter Gordon is obsessed with Cosmo. He saw the picture when he and Emily picked me up for lunch and spent most of his visit with me talking about Cosmo. He informed me that I work for Cosmo and that when he gets big he is going to work for Cosmo as well. My colleagues got a kick out of that. He is a pretty funny kid. Hannah is doing awesome at the piano. This week she is learning how to play with both hands. Part of her piano practice is singing along to some songs that will help her learn proper pitch and tone. The whole family joins in the singing--maybe we'll get lucky and it will help me learn how to sing as well. Becca is enjoying soccer but doesn't like chasing the ball all that much. She can really boot it though and so makes a pretty good defender. She is memorizing a piece to play in a recital on Saturday and is excited about it. She is more like her Uncle Brad than her Dad in the fact that she enjoys being on the stage. Chantel is trying to stay sane and was up until the wee hours of the night last night finishing the final installment of Harry Potter. I am having loads of fun with my digital camera and have been playing around with an electronic book that I checked out from the library. I've decided that I like the physical book better than the e-book. There is something about holding something tangible in your hands. Besides I like to skip around in a book. Yesterday we went to the Springville Art Museum after the soccer games and participated in a scavenger hunt. They had a list of clues and we had to find the right painting or sculpture. It was pretty fun. The kids also got to do an art project. A couple of the pictures are of the kids at work on their projects.