The day has finally come that we no longer need to buy diapers. EVER! After much stress, Lincoln has finally unlocked the Potty Training achievement in the game of life. And I must say that he did it pretty impressively once he decided it actually needed to be done. Before you read any further, I should probably remind you that this is Jeremiah writing, not Holly. Therefore, you’re going to get my perspective on the whole thing....

This has been an exciting year for the Zohner family. Like most years, it started on January 1st and will end on December 31st since the so-called Mayan experts were wrong. Since I’ve received complaints that I haven’t been so good about blogging this year, I figured that it was time to dust off the blog and give everyone an update on how our year has gone. Let’s start with Lincoln… Read the rest......

Lately, our two-year-old son has developed a pretty impressive vocabulary.  He says “please”, loves to say “thank you”, addresses people by name, and many other things that cause me to marvel at this intelligence.  Of all of the words in his vocabulary though, the word “really” has got to be his favorite. For the longest time, whenever anybody would say something to him, his response would be...

Over the course of my life, I’ve learned a lot about cause and effect.  For those who are unfamiliar with this term, it refers to the philosophical concept of causality, in which an action or event will produce a certain response to the action in the form of another event.  In other words, if I do X, then Y will happen.  It’s pretty basic and we see it all of the time wherever we look. As parents, Holly and I have had some...

A few weeks ago, our family enjoyed the wonders of nature by hiking up Mount Timpanogos to take a tour of the caves.  This is something that none of us had ever done so we were all pretty excited. For those who have never had the pleasure of seeing the caves for themselves, the only access to the cave system is by walking a strenuous 1 1/2-mile long paved trail that rises 1,065 feet to an elevation of 6,730 feet above sea level. The...