website updated!!

We have been working on redesigning craigs website and it's finally been published and live on the net. We are still working on the finishing touches but go check it out!! tell us what you think or if any link doesn't seem to work :)

Atkinson Law Office, PLLC

craig's office

For my family who doesn't live near us, this is Craig's new office building. Next time I go back I will take pictures of the inside, but for now here is the outside. It's located in the historic north end near downtown Boise. His name isn't out on the sign yet becuase the whole sign needs to be replaced in order to fit two more guys on it. You can see the capital behind.

...Also that brown carmel color building on the other side is actually where he used to work.

623 W Hays Street

Boise, Idaho 83702

Ivan Walking

Ivan has been pretty close to walking for the last few weeks now but just in the past 2 days he has really started getting good at it. He is much better with his pants off which is why he isn't wearing any in the video.

Kadence was 9.5 months when she started walking so Ivan took about the same as she, but if I remember correctly Soren took a little longer.

Old Boise Penitentiary

Craig has been working on his Law office website, so we drove around downtown Boise taking pictures of the court house, capital, supreme court and his office. We also took the kids up to the old Penitentiary. Pretty interesting history.

Atkinson Law Office, PLLC

Craig started his own Boise Criminal Defense Law firm. He has been involved in every aspect, start to finish, of running an office for the last 2 years so feels very confident in his ability to fly solo. Here are a few links to his website and facebook page if you want to check them out.

Atkinson Law Office, PLLC website

Atkinson Law Facebook Page

Craig's Idaho Criminal Law Blog

Turducken

BEEF is pretty much the only thing NOT for dinner :)

Craig has been drooling over this turducken thing for about a year now and finally decided to try it this christmas dinner. Turducken is a Turkey that is deboned and stuffed with a deboned duck and deboned chicken. Craig's aunt Lorreta was very sad she couldn't be with us to experience the turducken adventure and begged me to document the whole thing... So here you go :)

DECEMBER 24th

5:45 PM - Derek and Craig started preparing stuffing #1. Chopped the peppers and onions

6:00 - Seasoned with spices

6:10 - Combined Peper mixture w/ corn bread stuffing

(Stuffing #1)

6:15 - Cut up sausage for second Stuffing

6:45 - Mixed Second Stuffing

(Stuffing #2)

7:15 - Deboned the Duck

(derek had to take over deboning the duck due to injury... he sliced his finger)

***quick break for the christmas eve celebration***

9:30 - Deboned the Turkey

(washing the turkey)

DECEMBER 25th

7:00 AM - Layered the meats and stuffing and tied everything together

8:00 AM - Turducken in the oven at 225 degrees UNCOVERED

12:00 PM - Spread top with olive oil and COVERED with foil

3:30 PM - Increased oven temperature to 300 degrees (turkey temp was only 140 degrees)

4:30 - still not ready

5:30 - still not ready

6:30 - Still not ready

7:30 - Not quite ready but internal temp has reached a safe 170 degrees so we are EATING IT!!!!

Christmas Morning

It was rough getting the 3 kids to bed the night before because they were all on the floor in the living room together. But once they were asleep I quickly got all the gifts out of the car and put them under Connie's tree. I stuffed and hung the kids stockings as well. They were both very excited when they woke up. We have never played into the Santa being real story with the kids but this year for some reason Soren insists he is real...so I am trying not to discourage him...(he says his preschool teacher wouldn't lie to him, so Santa must be real)

After presents we had luscious scones with strawberries and whip cream... YUM!!!!

(this is a present I got from Kaydence, she made it at school)

FINALLY, I get silly bands!!!