We signed the boys up for baseball yesterday. That'll start in late February. And Rachel's tennis starts this Saturday. It's been nice to be relatively un-busy with only Danny's basketball, piano, scouts and activity days. But soon we'll be back in full swing with busy days every day again.
I'm having fun dressing Ruby. She let me pain her fingernails this week. Her hair is getting long enough do a couple of different styles. And I bought her some "ruby slippers" this week. Really, they are red glitter Toms shoes. But they are adorable on her. She seems to like it too when I dress her up.
We play with the Deans a lot when we're not so busy. I'm so thankful for such good, easy friends for my kids. And I love getting to hang out with Kata a little. I'm so thankful for that friendship too.
I took Danny to lunch on Friday. And I took Rachel and Aaron the last two weeks. That was one of my New Years Goals, not that I did a lot of formal goal setting, but one of the things I wanted to do better at was going to lunch more regularly. I really like having that time to spend with them and it's such an easy way to make them feel special.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
January 15, 2012
We are finally healthy. We spent the first 2 weeks of this year sick. We missed the last two Sundays. So it was nice to be at church today.
Seth started gymnastics this week. He loved it. The class is small so Ruby can even wander around and participate a little. We started the Cox-Dean basketball camp yesterday. We're going to do our own basketball practice on Saturdays until baseball starts. Just to expose them to basketball and have a little fun. I tried to put Aaron in a league, but there weren't enough boys his age who signed up so they cancelled it.
I got a few house projects done this week. We hung more pictures in our front room. It's feeling pretty close to done. I want my coffee table refinished--I asked Bob to do it for me for Valentines day. My mom got me an awesome lazy susan for my kitchen table for Christmas. I painted it blue to match our kitchen.
I had an amazing experience at sacrament meeting today. I was in a little bit of a bad mood as I sat down after fighting with kids to get everyone ready and on time to church. So I sat there and I prayed that I'd see people and things as Heavenly Father does. That prayer always helps me see needs and feel love. So I was feeling a little better. Then Tali Tuitama, one of the young women, sat down across the isle from me. I felt the spirit so strongly. I could feel how much Heavenly Father loves her and the divine heritage she has. She didn't actually look different, but I could feel a glow coming off her, like I could see or feel the love of Heavenly Father. I couldn't help the tears. It was that way for the whole meeting. I haven't felt the spirit that strongly in a while. It's amazing to think of that feeling and know that Heavenly Father loves each of us that much.
Seth started gymnastics this week. He loved it. The class is small so Ruby can even wander around and participate a little. We started the Cox-Dean basketball camp yesterday. We're going to do our own basketball practice on Saturdays until baseball starts. Just to expose them to basketball and have a little fun. I tried to put Aaron in a league, but there weren't enough boys his age who signed up so they cancelled it.
I got a few house projects done this week. We hung more pictures in our front room. It's feeling pretty close to done. I want my coffee table refinished--I asked Bob to do it for me for Valentines day. My mom got me an awesome lazy susan for my kitchen table for Christmas. I painted it blue to match our kitchen.
I had an amazing experience at sacrament meeting today. I was in a little bit of a bad mood as I sat down after fighting with kids to get everyone ready and on time to church. So I sat there and I prayed that I'd see people and things as Heavenly Father does. That prayer always helps me see needs and feel love. So I was feeling a little better. Then Tali Tuitama, one of the young women, sat down across the isle from me. I felt the spirit so strongly. I could feel how much Heavenly Father loves her and the divine heritage she has. She didn't actually look different, but I could feel a glow coming off her, like I could see or feel the love of Heavenly Father. I couldn't help the tears. It was that way for the whole meeting. I haven't felt the spirit that strongly in a while. It's amazing to think of that feeling and know that Heavenly Father loves each of us that much.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
January 1, 2012
Christmas break has been great. We had the first week to ourselves. We made fudge and truffles and delivered them to friends and neighbors. We slept under the Christmas tree. We watched Christmas movies and the kids played with the Deans a lot. Our favorite thing that week was going to the Springs Preserve for their Christmas party. They had a train ride and reindeer rides and a big blow-up slide. The weather was great. The kids all loved it. And we bought year passes so we'll be able to go check out other things there later in the year.
My mom and Grandparents came Thursday night. They helped me get the beds ready and do the grocery shopping. And then everyone got here Friday afternoon. Saturday we made a candy train and acted out the nativity. And we all opened one present.
Christmas was wonderful. The kids were all happy with what they got. Bob was very surprised to get his Ipad and he's loving it. And he got me a Kindle fire. That's been fun for me too. It's so handy to be able to read on it; especially if I want to read in bed and Bob is already asleep.
Monday we went to Valley of Fire and the lights at the Speedway. My mom bought us all matching clothes so we could take a family picture. So we did a big group shot and we also got our family and individuals of the kids to put on our wall.
We spent lots of time at Cram middle school across the street playing tennis, basketball, kickball, and bikes. The weather was great. We also went shopping a few times and watched movies at night. And we ate a ton!
Everyone left on Friday this week. Bob and I both worked for the whole afternoon to get the house cleaned and put back together after having 20 people living in our house for a week. Saturday we played with a lot of the new toys we got for christmas: tetherball, twister, uno roboto, snap circuits. We also had sparklers and popits and watched the Smurfs movie as part of our New Years eve festivities. And we held our first annual Polar Bear club. Bob, Rachel, Aaron and I all jumped in our 38 degree pool. It was pretty fun. Then we all got hot chocolates from Starbucks.
My mom and Grandparents came Thursday night. They helped me get the beds ready and do the grocery shopping. And then everyone got here Friday afternoon. Saturday we made a candy train and acted out the nativity. And we all opened one present.
Christmas was wonderful. The kids were all happy with what they got. Bob was very surprised to get his Ipad and he's loving it. And he got me a Kindle fire. That's been fun for me too. It's so handy to be able to read on it; especially if I want to read in bed and Bob is already asleep.
Monday we went to Valley of Fire and the lights at the Speedway. My mom bought us all matching clothes so we could take a family picture. So we did a big group shot and we also got our family and individuals of the kids to put on our wall.
We spent lots of time at Cram middle school across the street playing tennis, basketball, kickball, and bikes. The weather was great. We also went shopping a few times and watched movies at night. And we ate a ton!
Everyone left on Friday this week. Bob and I both worked for the whole afternoon to get the house cleaned and put back together after having 20 people living in our house for a week. Saturday we played with a lot of the new toys we got for christmas: tetherball, twister, uno roboto, snap circuits. We also had sparklers and popits and watched the Smurfs movie as part of our New Years eve festivities. And we held our first annual Polar Bear club. Bob, Rachel, Aaron and I all jumped in our 38 degree pool. It was pretty fun. Then we all got hot chocolates from Starbucks.
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