More lunch fun. Cookie cutter are so fun. Sandwiches and biscuits are just better if a cookie cutter has attacked them.
Isaac loves helping in the garden. Here’s the tomato he picked for me. I love that he brought up one tomato in a bucket. We went back to look for more.
Jessie came home from her first debate tournament with a big smile. Tied for third place on her oratory about creating a lasting legacy. She talked about the importance of learning about your family and keeping a journal. She talked about one of our ancestors who grew up in the Mexico colony.
At one of Spencer's soccer games Mark was reading to Neil and a couple of other kids listened in too.
While Abbie did a great job entertaining Isaac….although I’m not quite certain how she squeezed herself under that chair.
Abbie’s birthday poster got strung across her bed, with enough room to squeeze out underneath it so the poster wouldn’t get ripped.
Her first present - a bunji chair, like the one Rachel has at her apartment, had been hid at Ken’s work for quite some time and instead of wrapping it she covered her eyes while we all sang Happy Birthday. Mom, Rachel and Becca were joining us for General Conference and this was the perfect thing to watch the sessions in.
Before the first session we had some creative kids build us some “cup temples.” Here is Spencer’s and Isaac’s and Neil was so proud he made his all on his own. Also right now he LOVES wearing dad’s shirts to bed even though he has plenty of pj’s of his own.
For Abbie’s party we had soup and breadsticks even though the day turned out to be fairly warm.
She choose lemon meringue pie for her cake and that was my first time making it….that I can remember. It looked a little flat on top, but it tasted really yummy. Presents and a birthday rap from Randy made the day special.
That night she was determined to sleep in her bunji chair…..my body would have been screaming at me the whole night…but somehow she managed. She did say that it was a lot colder in the chair than she thought it was going to be.
Emma and Grandma watching conference.
“If you’re happy and you know it” is one of our favorite songs. This is Isaac’s “then your face will surely show it.” Makes me laugh every time.
A Sunday evening game of Settlers. Jessie and Mark teamed up to not let Ken win.
Mark is taking care of our neighbor’s lawn since they have moved out and haven’t sold it yet. It was a sweet day when Isaac went over with the toy mower to help him.
A cute burrito baby. I love rocking Emma to sleep. And whoever thought of glow in the dark binkies was a genius!!
Rachel invited us up to have lunch with her at the MTC West. The boys were in heaven and we got one of my all time favorite pictures before we left.
Quinn and his Grandma joined us at the Corn Maze place this year. Isaac especially loved sticking he head in the animal cut outs and Neil loved looking at the pigs and goats in the cages. The hay mazes they had for the kids were really fun. The boys all ran off and hid in this dead end and waited there giggling for us to find them.
The shorter hay maze was really confusing to Neil and finally he just climbed on top of the hay to get out. We played in the corn pit until it was time to go. All Emma wanted to do with the corn was eat it, but Neil and Quinn decided they could be alligators swimming though it. And trying to get a picture of four small people is not easy….
Abbie tried sleeping in her bunji chair again the next weekend….but part way through the night decided to just get back in bed where it was warm and comfortable.
We went up to Lisa’s parents to celebrate her birthday. Carol even brought Grandma down to celebrate with us.
When my hair started to grow back in after having Emma it was all jagged with tons of split ends so I decided to go really short. Shortest cut yet. It was quite liberating to cut off my hair, but I’ve since decided I like it a little longer…right past my shoulder’s is where I think it will end up. While we were there Abbie decided to cut hers too.
Ken and Mark went to cut wood this year with our neighbor in the Manti National Forest. Mark loves this because he gets a day out of school and gets to be with dad. On the way there they had a bit of a traffic problem.
Mark actually got a few potatoes from his plant this year. He and Jessie’s favorite afterschool snack right now is a fried baked potato so he fried up his potatoes too for a before bed snack. He was a bit disappointed that they tasted just like the store potatoes.
Reading with Grandma. Not sure why I wasn’t good at taking pictures when my mom was out to visit after taking care of Grandma Woodward in SLC.
Jessie decided to scramble her eggs in the pan and got this fun smile when she poured the milk in.
Emma loves to be with the kids when they play the piano. And Waterfall by Jon Schmidt is her favorite song! She loves to direct the music whenever she hears some playing.
We made some blueberry yogurt pops with some “expired” yogurt from Rachel's work. The boys loved them. (And yes we did eventually take down the poster from helping the Activity Day girls learn to lead music.)
Sweet brother moment. Ken took this shot. “Brothers. It's not the greatest quality shot, but I didn't want them to see me and spoil the moment.” And Neil adores the blue dinosaur pants my mom made for him.
Isaac loves for me to make him cars from the Magformers.
I revamped our Afterschool Chore Lists to include not only putting way your school stuff when you got home, homework and preassigned chores but also a random act of kindness and it has been a really fun thing. Everyone at my house appreciated Abbie’s RAK this day.
