Ryan and Debi

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  • Morgans et al in Florida – Day 1

    All of Debi’s family came to Florida for a week long vacation in late May and early June.  We started the trip in Orlando and ended in St. Petersburg.  Here’s a rundown of our activities day by day. The family was all scheduled to arrived in the evening on the 25th of May.  Debi, Toren,…

  • watch out corn on the cob

    Toren loves corn on the cob.  Here he is going down on a cob:

  • Toren pretending to be a wizard

    We were taking care of some stuff in the garage one day when it started to rain.  Toren had a stick and started pointing it at the rain.  I couldn’t help but think he was casting a “stop the rain spell”:

  • Toren and the TV

    Toren loves him some TV:

  • toddler in a bumbo

    We got our bumbo back to give to someone else with a newborn, but Toren hijacked it for a few days.  Think he still fits:

  • dinosaurs at the zoo

    The local zoo had a dinosaur exhibit recently.  We took Toren a couple of times, but he didn’t really seem to like it (despite liking Dinosaur Train); he was scared.  Here’s a picture of him by one of the dinosaurs: I, of course, had to get a picture of me taunting a dinosaur, since I’m…

  • chocolate lover

    While Toren still eats veggies (he loves corn, broccoli, carrots, and green beans), he has found his sweet tooth.  I made a chocolate dessert one night and let Toren and Debi lick the bowl.  This was the result:

  • Easter

    We spent most of Easter at the house of some friends where we had a delicious brunch and then went swimming (Toren’s favorite part, of course).  Our friends took a few pictures. Here I am getting Toren dressed after swimming: And here’s Toren kissing their dog, Chloe:

  • Zion Volunteering Trip – Day 7

    This was our last day in the Park.  We got up quite early, broke camp, then headed up to the trailhead of Angel’s Landing, which is one of the more famous hikes in the park.  It’s famous because it runs along a razorback for about 1/2 a mile to the top.  To help secure hikers,…

  • Zion Volunteering Trip – Day 6

    I think our volunteer coordinator, Jessica, felt bad after the previous day’s project as our project this day was quite lite – cleaning up tent caterpillars from the Visitor’s Center.  Tent caterpillars (which become brown moths) are particularly pervasive in the park this year.  The also are messy.  They spread their webbing everywhere, particularly on…