Happy birthday, Talmage! Here is all about our T-bone during his elementary school years--isn't he cute?
German lederhosen--Talmage wasn't so excited about this outfit which we got from our German friend:
Talmage loved to build. He built Bionicles, with any kind of blocks including Legos, and K'nex.
Turning 7:
Our vegetable costumes year--maybe he was a cucumber?
Talmage was baptized by his father in July 2010:
We toured the Conference Center in Salt Lake City afterwards:
Talmage was pretty social and would frequently arrange his play dates himself. Once he arranged to hang out with Sam Heath who lived a little ways away. He went to pick up Sam on his bike and bring him back to our house, then he took him back home again.
The Black-eyed Pea costume:
Swim team at the SCERA:
Yellowstone 2012:
History fair with Daniel Hemmert:
U.S. Capitol 2013 (Everett seems to specialize in creepy looks for pictures):
Joseph Smith home in New York 2013:
I think this was the T-shirt that Talmage designed for the Foothill 3-K which won the school contest:
Niagara Falls 2013:
Turning 11:
Fall 2013:
He has been a good big brother to his little sisters.
Talmage was our only child to suck his thumb and he did it quite faithfully for many years. I kept trying to get him to stop but nothing worked. Once I bought a bunch of little prizes to encourage him to stop but when the prizes ran out, the thumb went back in. I tried putting gloves on his hands at night. I tried painting his thumb with something that made it taste bad but he just kept sucking until it all came off and his thumb tasted normal again. Finally I told him he would just have to decide to stop on his own. He decided to stop by the time he turned 8 and he did it.
Susanna and Talmage have been good friends for a lot of years. Dead Horse Point State Park:
Turning 9:
Mormon Battalion Visitor Center in San Diego in December 2011:
Turning 10 years old:
I've never thought Talmage looks like Lincoln, but in this slightly blurry picture, Talmage wearing his glasses reminds me of Lincoln:
Happy birthday, Talmage! We're happy to have you in our family!
Cutest of the cute!
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