michael loves BYU.

Michael loves the BYU.

So, just a quick caveat to this post before we move on. I don't want you getting dissapointed that this blog is just a photo journal with a bunch of 'stuff and flugg' (anyone still watch Winnie the Pooh?). We will give you life updates often, however, there will also be occasional posts that just might reach a level of art seen in certain sacrosanct spots elsewhere.

Back to the BYU. Michael is shown below as he arranges his cars. When in Michael's presense, please don't refer to them as 'cars' as I have just done. You will be quickly corrected. They are football players and the second picture will serve as your guide.


Notice which players are sports cars and which are more run down. This will give you an idea of which players are Michael's favorites. Dan Bates didn't make this list; however, when Michael and I play football in park near our home Dan Bates is the kicker.


The fantasy doesn't end with the cars. At dinner the other night, Michael announced that he was John Beck. We had been in a hurry to get him seated and begin dinner, so Amy humored him and asked Dad to help John Beck into his seat. Michael didn't budge and in dismay informed her that Dad was in fact 'just Hala Paongo'. Once we got that straightened out, things went smoothly as John Beck gave a blessing over dinner and Hala Paongo kissed the cook.

In the comments of our previous post (on which many members of the family have yet to comment--don't be shy), Peter asked about how to tell the girls apart. I will make an attempt to educate you.

Shown below are Bekah (on the left) and Abby (on the right). Amy's thought from a previous comment are as follows:

You asked how to tell the girls apart. Bekah's face is a little rounder, her eyes wider. Abby is a little smaller, and her eyes squint like her mom's when she smiles.

Does that help? Does Grandpa Frandsen still try to tell by the shape of their lips?

Truly, the biggest differences are in their mannerisms and personalities right now. If you could spend a day at our house, you'd be able to tell them apart easily.

That's an open invitation to anyone, you know!

Here they are in the 'mannerisms' poses. Abby getting ready to crawl around and Bekah strutting her stuff in the sitting position which she has mastered.


Below are two more pictures to help you get acquainted.
Bekah: She has really blossomed lately. Her face is much more expressive. She no longer rolls over when Abby crawls by to relive her of her binky. Her grip is quite strong and has won the majority of the binky battles of late. Oh, and this morning Bekah got so excited about the remote control in front of her that she dragged herself and kicked her feet and moved several inches to the previously out of reach item. She will be crawling within the week..?

Abby: She is so very expressive. When she is excited she shows it with every ounce of her being. The other day she saw something on the floor that she had to have. She start squirming and looking intently at the item. Before Amy had even set her down she was breathing rapidly as she readied for her flight to the item. Today during conference she dissapeared from our site. We found her in the corner of the room., where she had removed the outlet cover and was attempting to eat it.

This week was a nice one for us. We finally got our cars registered, so we are officially California residents. We enjoyed conference here at the house. We tried out the BYU TV streaming video. It was nice as we could pause if things got 'interesting' in the house. Highlights from conference? We both loved the power and feeling in Elder Holland's talk. On Saturday, my favorite was Elder Ballard's talk. His talk of loving members first and fulfilling a 'program' 2nd were much needed for me. There is a wide variety of commitment in our elder's quorum and love rather than guilt is the order of the day when working on home teaching.

Elder Eyring and Monson were both powerful talks during priesthood. People have different opinions on the lyrical style of Elder Monson, but I felt from him a power that emanates from his example. He is a man that spends most of his waking hours in service. The sheer volume of names and faces that he remembers is amazing. What is more amazing is that he goes one step further and goes into the homes of the people he knows on a seemingly daily basis to serve them.

What talks were your favorites and why. Was there anything that suprised you? How did President Hinckley look? He is inspiring as he carries on despite his grief over the loss of his wife and his recent surgery.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Hannah! Seventeen and writing to a missionary (how's that going by the way?)

Well, this weekend has been great--beginning with the BYU v. TCU game on Thursday. So from Michael's 'cars' and the rest of us here in California we say, "rah, rah, rah, rah, rah".