The Many Faces of Max!

Mom and Dad say that I have lots of different smiles.

Here are a few of them;

"Oh, Wow!" smile & "I'm Content" smile

"You're Silly, Mom!" smile

"I'm laughing" smile & "Pfft" smile

"Sckrinkle" smile

(A scrunched and krinkled nose smile)

Well, I can't wait to give you all one of my smiles personally!

Have a great day!

Let's try this again!

Mom and Dad thought that it would be fun to discover snow today. As you may remember, I approached my last experience with a little uncertainty.

"What is this stuff on my mittens?" I asked. "Snow my son!" said Mom and Dad with great excitement. "Wow!" I exclamed "This is very cool!" (no pun intended). Mom and Dad chuckled and we all had fun in the snow!

I had fun sledding with Grandma W. We took a few rides down the drive. Since I was bundled up, I also did a little swinging.

Dad took this picture of us right before he pulled us up and down the street with the four wheeler. All of this excitment really wore me out, but it sure was a lot of fun!

Happy New Year!

I was planning to help ring in the 2006, but I just couldn't stay up that long!

We had an adventurous New Years Eve!

We took a trip to Zion National Park.

We took a hike (2miles) along the Virgin River in Zion Canyon.

There was a light rain, and we only had a little time, but we really enjoyed it.

(Mom forgot the memory card for the camera, or I would post some pictures of us there.)

People say that you are supposed to make something called a 'resolution' for the new year.

I'm not sure what that means, but I plan to learn a lot, have a lot of fun,

and grow big and strong in 2006.

I hope that you make some great resolutions, too!

Have a prosperous, and milestone filled, new year!

Milestones

Date: December 31st, 2005

Time: 10:30am

I, Maxon Alexander Aasen, took my first steps.

It was one (actually two) small step for me, but one giant milestone for babykind.

Adventures with my G-ma!

Time with Grandma W. has been flying by! We have been so busy!

We have been spending lots of time playing!

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Here we are goofing around in my Buddy Tent. (Isn't she a hoot!)

Yesterday we took Grandma to Cottonwood Canyon.

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It's a slot canyon with a pretty easy entrance, so she could do it with only one arm!

(She's still recovering from shoulder surgery.)

We had fun hiking, looking at animal tracks,

and making our voices echo between the narrow canyon walls.

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It was a good day...

except for the fact that Grandma got a little queasy on the windy, dirt, mountain road!

Holy Balls!

Hello folks! Call me Mr. Crazy, but this new ball of mine is super-fun!

As you my have noticed, the alphabet (with illustrations) is now at my finger tips for easy learning. I suppose I should learn how to talk first!

Well, I hope you like the pictures. I thought I would leave you with a new look I call "I'm learning how to be a little sneaky mom and dad"

The Barefoot Santa Claus

Wow! What an overwhelming day Christmas was!
There were a lot of presents to open.

(I loved ripping off the paper! The curling ribbons and bows were super-fun!)

Thank you so much, everybody, for all of the terrific gifts!

I also had fun playing with my new toys, eating sweet potatoes, and meeting people.

It was hard to know what to do next!

This is me and my new Tricycle! It's pretty tricked out.

I'm sure to be the coolest kid in Tropic!

All in all, I would definitely call my first Christmas a success!

I hope that you all had a great Holiday and that you received more than you wished for!

Joy to the world, and to you!

Merry Christmoose Eve!

This is me and Grandma's special Christmoose.

He dances and sings 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'.

I like to bop to his groovy rhythm! It gets me into the Christmoose spirit!

I decided that we should crawl on over to Escalante to celebrate Christmas Eve by playing around in Devil's Garden. We had lots of fun!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

Well, I hope that you are all ready for the Holidays! I know I sure am!

I am starting to get really, really excited.

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Yesterday, Mom and Dad and Grandma and I went to see Bryce Canyon.

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It was Grandma's first time.

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We had a lot of fun wearing our Santa hats and taking pictures and looking at Hoodoos.

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We are kind of a goofy family, huh?

Well, take care everybody! Have a safe and happy season!

She's Here!

My Grandma W. arrived yesterday for a Holiday visit and we are all really excited.

She is our first visitor to Utah!

We have a lot to do and see, so we will keep you posted of our adventures.

Hopefully, it will make you all want to come and see us!