We are terrible parents.

First of all, I finally cleaned out Spencer's backpack from LAST school year the night before school started THIS year. Strike one.

Strike two? In the enormous pile of papers inside the backpack, I found this lovely note he'd written to Scott and I. (It was probably one of those assignments where the teacher gives them a beautiful piece of stationary to write a letter to someone they love.)

Here's what it said:

In case you can't read it, it says:

"Dear mom and dad I love you but you wouldn't give me a birthday party.

from Spencer."

As my boys would say, we've been duly "moted."

Karly's Wedding

The boys' latest craze ... Slack-Lining!

Alex bought this himself some slack-lining gear a few weeks ago, and the boys are actually getting pretty good at it! Here they are giving it a try over at the Stake Center parking lot.

It's nuts... it's essentially learning to walk a tight rope!

Sienna's Baptism!

Here's the cute Mud family after sweet Sienna's baptism.

Just for you, Chelsea!

As you can see, I have essentially given up on the blog for the past two years. Ahem.

But, I am posting today JUST FOR YOU Chelsea! I figure I'd better find a way to post some photos you'll want to see, so this is probably my best option!


First, some shots of our trip to San Francisco, and Alcatraz:

The view back into San Francisco.

Here's Dad, waiting to check in to his luxury cell.

And we even got to drive down the "crooked-est" street in the world, Lombard Street!

And we stopped by "Postcard Row" with all the fantastic Victorian painted houses behind us, and a great view of San Francisco.