A little recap from 2008

Since we have only had our family blog for a few months, I thought I would copy Mark and Alicia and put up some old pictures. This is just a little bit of what we did last year. One big trip to Utah and Wyoming, lots of playing outside at parks and in the sprinkler. Eating yummy food, watching fireworks, and of course sleeping. Enjoy.

If anyone is curious to know what the growth is I am sporting these days, well I am 28 weeks pregnant, and we should all consider ourselves lucky to see a full profile picture of myself. I will try and take more as we closer to the day.

I found this funny

Yesterday, while I was watching Obama become our new president, I told my kids, "Look, that man right there is the new president of our United States." Dasher looks over at me, and says, "no, mom, he's not, he got shot." I laughed for a second, remind you he's six, and then I said, "No, that was Martin Luther King, a very good man, that did not deserve to die so young and that way is who you are talking about." Again, he's learning stuff in school, it's just funny what they choose to remember. He also told me what regurtitate means. I hope that is how you spell it. It's how the daddy penguins feed the baby penguins.
Anyway, Emmah had a random funny thought day too. The Feb Ensign came yesterday, and I was reading an article about Joseph B. Wirthlin. Again, after Obama became president. Anway, there was a picture of Pres. Monson, and Emmah goes, "look mom our old president." Again, I laughed, and explained that he was still our prophet, and then tried to explain the differences. She lost interest. Last night for dinner, I made poor man soup. The kids were asking what was in it, so I told them. Meat, potatoes, carrots, onions, tomatoes. Immediately they both spoke up and said, we don't like onions. I told them that I put onions in a lot of things... meatloaf, lasagna, spaghetti, on and on, and Emmah looks up from her bowl, and says, "there's lasagna in this soup." I don't know who laughed harder, me or Nick.
Not only can I be random at times, but I guess it runs onto my kids. Have a random Day.

Family Night

I am so excited that we have been having Family Home Evening. So far, so good. I am enjoying this time together, but mostly enjoy that even after a few short weeks, my own kids are learning what Family Home Evening is all about. I only wished we would've started six years ago. Better late than never.
Last night, FHE was at our home. It made it easier on me, having had appointments all day in Portland, knowing that I could just come home, and had nowhere else to be. Jared and Julie did not come, but Candi and Andrew did. They brought yummy cookies and milk and that was great.
The lesson I prepared was on Treasures. Heavenly Father gave us our bodies as gifts and if we do what is right and use our "map" we will return to him and receive our ultimate treasure, which is Eternal Life. I was so happy to hear Dasher and Emmah say that their bodies were temples and that we needed to treat them right. NO tattoos, drugs, or bad things like that. We need to eat healthy foods, play outside, and take baths. Also, they knew to read scriptures, have prayers, listen to mom and dad, and be kind to one another. This made me so proud to be their mom. You never know if you're doing the right thing, but when your children can answer these questions on their own, you know. It was awesome.
The night ended with a treasure hunt. I made some clues and a map and the kids set out to find the treasure. They had fun figuring out the clues and using the map and in the end, the yummy cookies were our treasure. We then just visited with Candi and Andrew, and then called it a night. I started this whole FHE thing to help myself and my family, I just hope that it is working for the other families as well.
One last thing to share. I found this lesson from a website that is full of fun ideas for FHE, primary, YW and VT. They have lessons, handouts, cliparts, and even recipes. I know there are ton of these, but this is the newest one I found and I LOVE IT. heres' the address. www.sugardoodle.net. Check it out. Also, above is the picture of the map. I forgot to take pictures last night, but will try to get better.

Today is Today

This morning, we watched the Presidential Inaguration. It was interesting, and fascinating all at the same. He was not the man, I wanted, but I will support. His speech touched me almost to the point of tears. We, as a country, have come a long way to get to this point. I thank the thousands of men and women who helped, and sacrificed so we could get here today. Let us support him, and hope that his changes do come to pass.

A few things hit me today. First of all, Hello, I still can not believe that it is 2009. Do we all remember when we thought the world was going to end with the whole Y2K ordeal, and here we are still here, in 2009. Crazy. Also, today is the 9th, Nick's birthday is exactly one month from today, and just two months after that, we could be having this baby. That is totally wacko to me. I had to buy diapers today, and while I was at good ol Wal Mart, I noticed they already have some spring stuff out. THE SNOW JUST MELTED, and they have us thinking tropical. Anyway, I went ahead and bought this little sundress for Lucy. She will not need much, due to the fact that: one she is girl, and two she is Emmah's little sister. Emmah has practically her own Layette store in a tote in the garage. I am excited to get that stuff out and look at it.
Okay, this blog is totally random, but it is the end of the week, and I just felt like typing. Nick finally took the Christmas lights down from outside. To his defense it has rained a ton, and he goes to work in the dark, and comes home in the dark. He is a good man, and since today he didn't have to work, he took a little time to take them down. It is still weird to me that we are having a baby. If I get to it, I will post a pregnant picture of myself. Some people are wondering. I have managed to stay on the smaller side (so far) with this pregnancy. I am not complaining.With this being our last baby, a part of me is sad, but then I think about it longer, and this is truly our last baby. Anyway, again, totally random, but that is me.

Here was our Monday. Bosston asleep on his floor, and build your own pizza night for FHE. It was a good day.

One more day down

So, yes, Dasher had an awesome day at school. You know he had a good time, when he willingly talks about his. Usually I have to ask a million questions, and he stubbornly gives in and answers me. While he was at school, I was folding laundry, and thought Bosston was just playing in his room, when I realized it was much too quiet. That can not be a good thing right? I go in there, only to find that he had fallen asleep on his tummy, with his bum up in the air. It was so cute, I did not even move him to his bed, I just left him there. He slept great.
For Family night, we made our own pizzas. Emmah was totally into it, Dash, not so much. He only likes cheese anyway, so I did his. In the end dinner was great. We then went to the Taggarts for FHE. It was fun, and I think this whole new plan is going to work. We are helping each other do what we should be doing. Anyway, I took pictures of Bosston sleeping, and dinner. I want to blog with pics, and yesterday, I was desperate for anything. Enjoy.

Yes, school is in session

I know this is crazy, but I am so glad that school started up again today. We had an unexpected added week of Christmas break due to all of our snow, and let me tell you, it was a mad house. We get so used to our routines and schedules, and then someone or some weather throws us a curveball. I am just glad that all the craziness is done.
It started to snow last night, and I just prayed that the accumulation would be minimal, and that nothing would get cancelled. Poor Nick is starting to get burned out, because even he had the entire week of Christmas off because of the snow. So the following week, he was home long enough to eat, shower, and sleep. It was a quiet New Years' Eve, Nick was up with the youth at an activity, and the kids were asleep by 8:30. I told Nick that next year, it is going to be about us, and I want a fun night out. Who knows what 2009 will bring. I am just hoping to take the next few months day by day, and hopefully the weather will remember that we live in the Northwest, and it is only to rain, not snow.