Max's Blessing

We will be blessing Max this coming Sunday (aug 31st) at 7:00 PM. You are all of course invited, and I would love to see you if you can make it! I relaize that's Labor Day weekend and I apologize. But Matt (Curtis's twin brother) will be blessing Max for us and that happened to be the best weekend for him to come to SLC. Hope to see you!

Book for Grandma and Grandpa

I guess I am committing to doing this, and I can't believe that I am actually thinking about Christmas already, but I did a memoir-type book a few years ago for my Grandma Shaffer's 80th Birthday, and I am going to do one for Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas.  Several years ago, when I took a Biographical Writing Class, I interviewed Grandma and Grandpa quite extensively about their childhood.  I know I still have all my notes, and I'm pretty sure I have a couple of the tapes of our conversations.  (Now, if I can only find a tape player!)  Anyway, I think I have quite a few memories from before Grandma's memory started slipping.  

But, I do need a few things from each of you: 

• Any memories of Grandma and/or Grandpa or our "family traditions."  I know we did this before, but I wanted to put a few tidbits in this book as well.  I thought it would be fun if you had some specific, more detailed stories.   But, anything you have, even if you already wrote it, I would greatly appreciate it.  
  
• Any pictures you have of Grandma and/or Grandpa or us as a family.  You can scan them in and email me (gremily2@aol.com) or send them to me if you don't have a scanner.  I probably won't be able to use EVERYTHING, but it would be so great to have quite a few to choose from.
• An updated family picture if you have one. 
• "Family Genealogy" Info: Full names, birth dates, marriage dates, and please include all of your children/grandchildren
• Jeri, Linda, and Jan (and maybe your husbands): Any memories you have from your childhood.  Any memories you have of your grandparents and/or extended family.  Any pictures from your childhood.
• Any ideas of anything I may have missed!!!

When it's done, it will be hard-bound with color pictures.  I don't know how much it will cost yet, but everyone will have the opportunity to get a copy if you want.  I know the cost will go down the more we purchase.  But, I'm not exactly sure what the breakdown will be yet.  I'll let you know as soon as I know.

My Plan:  Have it ready to go so that as soon as Sarah and Christin have their babies, and we get that info (and hopefully a picture) into the book, I'll send it to the press.  I think we can get it in time for Christmas.  By the way, what are those due dates?  I know they are both November, but I don't know exact dates.  

What do you think?  PLEASE let me know your thoughts.  This really is a huge project, so I need all of you to help.  Also, I'm not sure who reads this blog, so could you please leave a comment so I know who knows.  Pass the word along.  Thanks!  - Emily

More Con Pics

Here is a slide show of Comic Con. Enjoy!

Comic Con

Well I know it has been a while since I posted anything on any of the family blogs, so I guess it is time for an update. This is going to be mostly pics since I think that is what most people are interested in seeing. I'll let Sarah post a longer description of the coming and goings of our little family when she gets a few minutes free from the chaos that is Aiden.

So, where do I begin? Well I guess at the beginning. The biggest news for me this summer has been attending Comic Con in San Diego. I was really excited about this opportunity because I was able to both attend and present. Earlier this year I submitted a portion of my thesis to a conference that was being held in correlation to Con. I was one of the lucky individuals who were accepted into the conference and I spent the next 4 months working on pulling out the key arguments in my thesis and distilling them down to about 20 minuted worth of lecture. Not an easy task, but one that I felt I had done sufficiently by the time Con rolled around. I presented on the first day of Con, and then had four days to walk around the convention, attend other panels, and meet people working in the industry, and stare at the crazy people who dressed up for the event. Here are some of the pictures documenting the experience:




These are blurry pictures of the audience durring my presentation at Con! It was a new camera and I was still getting used to using it at this point!


This is me with Marv Wolfman, he is a writer for DC and he wrote some of the best Teen Titan stories ever! He also created the character Blade as well as Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven. This guy is a legend!


This is me with Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy. I love his stuff and to meet him was awesome. He even did a quick Hellboy sketch for me. It was sweet!


Here I am hanging out with Batman and Wonder Woman at one of the DC booths.


This was perhaps the best Bat Woman costume at Con. There were a lot of costumes that were just no good, train wreaks as my cousin Mark referred to them, but this was a good one.


This one was for Aiden. I had to get a picture with Superman and this kid had a pretty good costume.


Killer Tomatoes are making their return apparently.


This is one of the many Starfire costumes worn at Con. I stood in line with this girl's boyfriend when I was waiting to get Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale to sign some books for me. And the Elvis Storm Trooper was a classic must have pic.


I though that this was pretty classic, all the classic hero costumes. The George Reeves Superman, Adam West Batman, Lynda Carter Wonder Woman,and Burt Ward Robin. Although seeing a 40+ year-old man dressed as Robin was a bit disturbing.


These are the Mighty Muggs that I picked up at Con. The Iron Man and the Gold Fertility Idol were Con exclusives. I got the Indiana Jones because if I had the Idol from Temple of Doom I had to have Indy too.


The Peter Parker/Spider-Man was an exclusive as well. Captain America and Hulk were just two figures that I picked up as well. The Guy on the end is Tofu the Vegan Zombie. I am going through a Zombie kick right now and this guy was pretty cool.


This was the best Joker costume at Con. Most of the people who dressed up as the Joker were imitating Heath Ledger. None of those costumes were very good and most of them were terrible, but this one was very well done.


Wolf from American Gladiators. This guy was huge!


This is Buddy Jesus from the movie Dogma.

And that is pretty much Con in a nut shell. It was four and a half days of pure pandemonium and I loved every minute of it!

You know what, I'm gonna let Sarah fill you in on all the rest of what is happening around our place.

Cheers,
Price

Logan & Henry

This was taken back in April, but I've just figured out how to share it. Sorry it's sideways!

Escalante

This is Sagebrush Mary's organ

Of course, we went to Calf Creek Falls

This is the dress that Grandma wore for the 1947 Days of 47 Centennial Celebration, made by the DUP


The float with the band

Dale, Tyler, Rachel, Grandma Jean and Grandpa Jack and I went to Escalante last weekend. It was a great trip and I wanted to post a couple of pictures for you to see. We sure wish more of you would have come--there were not even any spiders or cock roaches in the house and it was remarkably clean.

Pictures of Our Max

One week old, today.

Here are a few pictures, as promised. See Lisa's Blog for more- she was there are the birth and has posted her pictures from the session Emily and she did for me on Thursday.

MAX is here!

Maxwell Kent Baugh

Born June 28, 2008

7 lbs 8 oz

20.5 inches long

Lisa came to witness the birth and take pictures, but I don't have any yet. I will have to have her post a few, but until then you can see my blog or Emily's for quick look at our new little baby boy. Thanks for the visits and especially my family for their help with Abby.

Mad Hatters

My family came to visit me and the World last week!  I think they had a blast and it was great to see them :) . They had a little too much fun with the hats in my store though!

Just to let you know...

We are having a girl! I don't know how many of you check the blog, but there you go!
Love, Price and Sarah

A New Post

I keep checking this thing to see if anyone has updated it and decided I might as well be the one. We are currently in Sacramento, CA, selling security systems. Theron is doing really well and is enjoying the guys in the office. I get to stay home and play with Logan all day which is a nice change. Iwas planning to get caught up on my scrapbooking, but I accidently left it in Idaho. Happily, I will be returning in a couple weeks to attend my cousin's wedding. I am hoping that, even with all the new baggage restrictions, I will be able to get it here. Hope everyone is having a good summer!

Random request: It seems like there has to be a better way to feed Logan than 4-6 jars of baby food every day. He doesn't really like a ton of texture yet, but we're willing to try. Any suggestions/ideas?

two kilts and a skirt plus one

We are soon to be adding a kilt or skirt to our family tree-- we'll know sometime in June what BABY #2 is! It is due the first week in November, making me about 15 weeks, and we're all very excited! Sorry it took so long to break the news, I wanted Price to do something cute, but it is the end of the school year, so you know how it is. Plus, I put two announcements on my blog and none on the family blogs. Pregnancy? Anyway, that's all the news for now!
love Sarah, Price, Aiden and baby Hamilton

Emily and Lisa, could you please send me an(other) invitation to your blogs? Thanks. Aunt Jan

Linz in DisneyWorld

Well, Lindsay has been in Florida for almost a week now. She has sent us a couple of photos. She is working in the largest Disney store in the world. I think she might be having a good time. (Those are Legos in the first picture)

Theron's graduation

Theron graduated from the Brigham Young University-Idaho Nursing Program this weekend. Thursday night was his 'pinning' - a program tradition, and Friday was his commencement and convocation where Elder Ballard presided. He thought that would be lame, but as the graduates marched into the auditorium Elder Ballard and the entire faculty cheered them on. Theron felt pretty special. Now he has time to relax and study for the ATI and NCLEX, two exams he has to pass to actually become an R.N.

Some Pictures of Paige - 1 Year Old (Already!)

Last Call

So no takers for the Maui deal? going once, going twice...

To Heidi

This is really just a comment about one of Heidi's posts on her personal blog. I tried to leave a comment, but it wouldn't let me so here you are:

Heidi, he is so cute! I found a some all natural drops that helped with Abby's tummy and digestion. Ity looks like molasses (or thick prune juice if you're being positive) but I think it's called Little Tummies. It always helps and I can just add a few drops to her bottles or squirt it in her mouth and I like that it's natural so I don't feel so bad. Also, we learned at Apple Juice is not so good for constipation, because of the pectan or something, but White Grape Juice does the trick!
-Lex

PS- Those of you without kids, i'm sorry. But our life does now revelove around sleeping, pooping, and eating. :o)

Slice of Paradise for Sale

I wanted to put this out there - not sure if there'll be any takers but it's worth a shot. On April 17th, Christin and Steve and Potato are moving back to the mainland. I'm also visiting that same time for about 2 or 3 weeks. So from April 17th to about May 8th our house will be empty. If anyone would like to stay on Maui for $50/night let us know. We'll have a car here for your use, too. Plus use of my surfboard, Steve's bodyboard, any snorkel gear here have lying around, free internet... you get the point. Anyway, I think it's a great opportunity for anyone who hasn't seen Maui (not to mention I can recoup some of my rent while I'm away).

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines day to all the ones we love, and even to those we only like a little.