Thankfully this past month has not been filled with clouds and rain entirely and we have been able to get out for sunshine and exercise when there hasn’t been a sick child in the house (which was rare). One day I noticed the wind was picking up so we headed outside to try out our [...]
In the Bible we read about how the people of Israel escaped from slavery in Egypt. Their former rulers valued the Israelites lives so little that the Egyptian Pharaoh ordered the massacre of all the male children born. When this tidy plan didn’t work it was decided to work the Israelites into the ground making [...]
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We had a very quiet Valentines Day this year. I was sick all weekend and just started to recover that day. Shane made a great breakfast of waffles and blueberry sauce. I contemplated staying home with the kids, but decided to go to church instead. Maybe it was those waffles, or the fact that Marie [...]
This is Peter’s smiling face. It makes me laugh every time I look at it.
How to make your Mom feel happy: “Mom, I am trying to choose the right every day because I love you!” (courtesy of Marie)
How to make your Mom feel like an evil witch: “Mom I love your cooking but I hate your screaming and yelling.” (courtesy of Oliver)
How to make your Mom go crazy: Refuse [...]
Peter has become quite a character lately. When he wants something he yells for it at the top of his lungs like, “COOOOOKIE DOOOOOOOUGH PLEEEEEEEESE!” or he lowers his voice to a growl at the end of his request. He has also taken a fascination with small cars and trains, especially crashing them together. He [...]
We took advantage of a kind offer from one of Shane’s co-workers this weekend and ferried/drove out to Port Townsend and Discovery Bay for a family overnighter. We took Kingston Ferry to Port Townsend. The kids love ferry rides and I realized on this trip how unique it is to take ferries places since there [...]
Recently we have started “school” at our house. Besides our reading lessons we mainly do fun activities making things that can teach ideas to children. The mask activity was for imagination play and they had lots of fun anticipating scaring Shane when he got home. Peter was dubbed “Speed” by Marie and Oliver, but [...]
Morning consists of breakfast and then yelling “Goodbye!” out the window to Daddy as he leaves in the car. Then it’s reading scriptures together. There is the usual tussle about who goes first and if we can have a, “family” scripture reading i.e. I don’t want to wait for my turn with Mom. Peter usually [...]
After a quiet day going to the Temple and relaxing we spent the next day playing with a hot wheels stunt set and then drove to Salt Lake to visit my Grandparents and see the lights at Temple Square. Our visit was very pleasant and the lights were beautiful especially as they sparkled in the [...]
After a relatively dry and safe ride to Utah we have been having some fun times out here. On the kids “A list” of things to do was play with cousins, make a gingerbread house and go to the dinosaur museum, which we were able to cover in the last few days. I think today [...]
Last week we went tree hunting at our usual place…Farmer Browns. This year there wasn’t 8 inches of snow on the trees so it was way easier to see what the trees looked like, but not as picturesque. There was a nice frost out and it was sunny so the trees sparkled for a while [...]
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