I Felt the Love

Tonight I went to a meeting for the Young Scholars program in our school. I got home excited to see my family and excited to talk with Wayne as I haven't seen him much today. I talked with S. about the program and then Wayne and I talked. I glanced over at the TV and realized that a show that I very much enjoy was just finishing and I hadn't recorded it! At first I was bummed, but then I thought, "Oh well, it's just a TV show."

I went downstairs and as I'm talking with the girls, I found out that they (or one of them - I'm not sure which) recorded it for me without me even mentioning it.

Please keep in mind that I normally watch this show alone, so they are not invested in it at all.

They taped it just for me because they knew I liked it. Awww... I think that they showed their love for me in an act of kindness that would not benefit them at all. I love my kiddos. :)

Christmas time 2009

I haven't blogged since the middle of December, so this is a picture catch up post.

S. with her cello, Wayne


J.


K., J. and S.


Wayne works outside a considerable amount. Wayne's parents bought him this mask so he can be warmer. They did tell him not to wear it inside a bank though!


J. putting his feet behind his head. How's that for flexibility?

The morning we had our Christmas (as opposed to Christmas morning, which we spent at my parents' house).

The quilt that I made for J. It finally is finished and is now on his bed.

Mom and Claire

Sledding K., Jocelyn and S.

Sledding on a later date. J., S., Jocelyn and K.

The second pic is J., Wendy and Jocelyn.


Sandy taught K. how to make pumpkin roll. They had a great time making it and I had a great time eating it!

My mom bought a gingerbread house for my kids to decorate. The awesome thing is this one came assembled! That means they could immediately decorate.

One night Dad made a fire and he and S. sat and watched it for a while. I thought it was very sweet.

Megan and S.

Dad smiling!

A sweet Claire face and a funny Claire face.

Chris, Sandy, Claire, Dad, Mom and Grandma and Grandpa

S. Wayne, me, Dad, Mom, K., J. and Grandma and Grandpa.

One morning while at my Mom and Dad's house, we woke up to find beautiful designs on the car. To me it looks like the Tree of Life. Beautiful!

Achievement Days Fashion Show

Our Achievement Day's leader is Awesome! She works so hard to do great activities.

They spent a bunch of time on not only modesty, but how to make current fashions modest.

Each girl wrote a synopsis for each outfit and they sounded so well written. In addition, they wrote a brief talk about different topics and then read them to the parents and family that was in attendance. They did a great job with those as well.

Here are a few pictures.

J. waiting before it started.

K. in her casual outfit.

S. in her casual outfit.


K. in her dressy outfit.


S. in her dressy outfit.

S. and J. Decorating Cupcakes

On April 19th after church, S. and J. wanted to decorate cupcakes with lots of different colored frosting. I made some cupcakes and they picked the color of the frosting.

They had such a good time.

J. and His Teeth

J. lost his first tooth on March 27th! He was so excited!

Wayne pulled it right out.

Since then another tooth has fallen out.

He's growing up so fast!

In the days preceding the event, his teeth began to shift. The first picture is of him after his teeth shifted, but before his teeth came out.



After 2 teeth came out:
They grow up so fast!

Fat Cakes

Last week when Wayne went shopping, he came home with Twinkies. (For all of those who don't know, Wayne does all of the grocery shopping! I must be the luckiest person ever!)

We have never had Twinkies in the house as I think they are very gross and horrible for you as well.

J. was home last Friday due to a Dr.'s appt. When we were unloading the groceries, I explained to him that Twinkies aren't good for you. I may have said that too many might make you fat (I don't remember.)

Anyway, later the entire family was together and J. was telling his sisters about the Fat Cakes!

They had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, but I told them that he must mean Twinkies and why J. must have started to call them that.

Now we often call Twinkies "Fat Cakes".

Dining at Chuck-E-Cheese

During winter break, we had a small get together at Chuck-E-Cheese. We had lots of fun. We set up a buddy system. K. and Jocelyn hung out together (and they had others along too sometimes).

S. was fantastic and was J.'s buddy. They stayed together and had a great time. I am so glad that my kids get a long!


Here J. is in the tube that you have to climb up to get into.

Snowman/Snowwoman?

On the 19th, S. and J. went outside to make a snowman. They did a great job.



Later when discussing the snowperson, they had a conversation that went something like this:

S. - Mom, do you know what the snowman's name is?

Mom - No. What did you name it?

S. - Susan. It's a girl.

J. No, it's not. It's a boy.

So...whether it's a boy or a girl, I'm just happy that they had fun (and didn't make it obvious which gender they wanted it!).

J.'s Sweetness

The other day J. came up to me and gave me a great big hug and said, "Mom, I love you as much as the birds love the sky."

I asked him where he got that and he said, "I thought it up in my head."

Awwww...... so sweet.

J.'s vocubulary

While playing a game with Wayne, J. said, "I'm being mischievous."

When I was amazed that he knew that word, he then proceeded to define it! Wow.

My Boy

So within the last month, my boy has been so sick. He has had bronchitis, sinusitus, asthma and other problems. We took him to an allergist and after several hours and 17 needles, he has 6 allergies. Now we are working on controlling his environment to the extent that we can.

This morning I took him to the Dr. He now has pink eye in both eyes and ear infections in both ears!

Good thing he's tough!