A Mormon Dad

Missing Mom

2011-10-30T17:33:00.001-07:00

Today is my moms birthday. It is strange not having her here I find myself still reaching for the phone to give her a call to tell her about my day or something that the kids have done or just to chat. Then I realize that she is not there. It hurts, more than I ever thought it would. I keep thinking that it is going to get easier and that the empty feeling would go away, but I am not sure if it going to go away, and I am wondering if it really should. Maybe that is how we hold on to our loved ones. I love you mom, and happy birthday

Chicken pox

2011-08-31T19:49:00.001-07:00

Poor little griffen has chicken pox. We had him immunized and everything. He just had an oatmeal bath and is now covered in calamine lotion.

Griff & Me

2011-02-19T17:52:00.000-08:00

Well it is now Sat. Evening. I have played basketball with both friends and family. I have been to the Dry pack cannery - feeling very mormon in the process. Helped clean the house, and now I am home with Griffen. We are watching Barney-Farm. I don' t know how many times I have watched this video (thank you netflix). I almost miss the Wiggles - Almost. Shea has taken the two older kids to a family thing and I stayed home to keep Griff Company, and to see that he gets to bed on time, otherwise church becomes a real problem.
It is fun to be with him. We have eaten fish crackers and Coke (Caffeine free of course), wrestled, and now Barney.
I am trying to avoid watching it so I did some web browsing and found an Epilepsy run on the 26th of March. I guess I need to get running. I want to run the Leprechaun Lope the week before. I need to get him to bed, he is tired, and I want to watch anything but Barney. Bye.

I Can't Sleep

2011-02-19T05:44:00.000-08:00

Well, you know those nights when no one seems to be able to go to sleep no matter how hard you force them. That was out night last night. I was in trying to get Griffen to bed. He needs help to stay in his room, or he gets out of his 'big boy bed' and wanders around. Shea was working on getting Ella in bed and neither of us were having any luck. I finally had Griffen down and I came out to 'assist' Shea. We though we had achieved success, when who should come wandering in but Griffen. He usually goes to bed about 7:30. yeah, right. Last night he was in bed at 9:30 and I don't think he was asleep until later. It is at times like this that the words of my great mission president come to mind. "Don't worry Elder Hamilton, you will get enough sleep when you're dead." I hope he's right.

Awesome Day Off

2011-02-15T17:24:00.000-08:00

Well, I took the day off today and it was awesome. I thought it would be nice just to stay home on such an awesome day and I was not let down. Today the weather was perfect and I had a blast. We all got up and Cameron and Ella were off to school. Shea helped out at the school today and Griff and I caught up with a good friend Barney.
Shea came home and we ran errands and took care of some chores, but the highlight of the day was when Shea and I and Griff went for a 3 mile walk. It was so wonderful to just be together and talk. Griff loved picking up rocks, of course, and we made it on time to pick up Cameron and Ella from school.
Cameron and I played a little one-on-one after Ella went to dance.
I love being a husband and father.

Sunday Evening

2011-02-13T18:45:00.000-08:00

Well the day is almost over. Church today. I love Sundays. We had a busy day at church today, we set apart a couple of class presidencies, it was wonderful. I love our ward.

Antelope Island

2011-02-12T12:52:00.000-08:00

We went out to Antelope Island today for a little outing. It was so nice to be outside. We went for a couple of short hikes and then down to Fielding Garr Ranch.
Every where we went Griffen was living up to his middle name. He would stop and look down and then pick up a rock and put it in his pocket. His grandpa Harvey I'm sure was very proud. It was such a nice day, we saw so many animals and just enjoyed being outside after this winter.
When we were on one of our hikes, we passed a family from China. When we walked past them the mother just started to squeal with delight. She then knelt down and in broken English said how cute Griffen was. As you can see he is not the only cute one in the family.

He's destructive but so cute

2011-02-12T09:05:00.000-08:00

So after my last entry, I thought I would highlight how Griffen is so cute. So here is a little video of him in his Bob the Builder glory.

Griffen the Destroyer

2011-02-12T07:00:00.001-08:00

I could have an entire blog about our little Griffen. He is such a great little boy but wow is he destructive. It doesn't matter how much time he has, if is gets a second to himself he will find something to destroy. Just this week, he found a can of boot waterproof spray and coated our pantry. (At least our food is waterproof now) Later in the week he ran upstairs and before any of us could get to him, he had found a can of spray cleaner with bleach and doused our couches. It is a good thing that we can turn the couches over. I keep thinking that one day he will slow down and just be a little quiet boy. But I am not thinking that will ever happen. Between his amazing activity and penchant for destruction, his epilepsy, and his learning disabilities, he is definitely keeping us, especially my amazing wife, very busy.

EFY California - Redlands

2010-07-18T20:17:00.000-07:00

So I am at EFY in Redlands CA this week. Shea couldn't come so I am flying solo. It is a pretty little city. There is even a temple here.

EFY

2008-07-09T13:27:00.001-07:00

So I am directing a session of EFY this week in Logan, It has been a fun week, great kids. For those who don't know EFY (Especially for Youth) is a week long youth church camp. It is a great program and a lot of fun, you can get more info at efy.byu.edu,

Meet the Hamiltons

2008-06-27T10:00:00.001-07:00

Well, I know it has been a while, but I am new to this whole, blog experience. I am trying out different things and trying to figure out how to do all of this, I would like to be an accomplished blogger, but I am not there, yet. Here is a picture of my family and the fact that I could get this on, is pretty cool.

First Blog - Wow

2007-12-22T16:20:00.000-08:00

Hard to believe this is my first blog ever. I feel so techo-savy, I don't know who, if anyone, will read this but for me this is a great way to publish my feelings, and experiences as an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and father of 3.