We've been dying to get out on the lake but have had commitments every weekend this month, so today was our first day out! It was kind of a bummer Ethan couldn't go because he was scheduled to work. We also had 3 cousins for the weekend which means we didn't have enough room in the boat for everyone. So since we were down one "life gaurd" (or some one grown up enough to watch any extra kids on shore) we needed to enlist some help. Thankfully one of my former young women was able to come with us. We took Raechyl White with us to help out with kids. She also got lots of boat time to make it worth her day. Plus I try to feed people well when they are doing me a favor. We got to spend an entire day boating, eating, and swimming. Only a few minor sun burns and very tired kids. Totally worth it! Amelia is really looking good on the wake board. She is way better then me! (Although I'm not that good)
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Friday, June 24, 2016
Teddy Bear day
This week's Thursday theme day was teddy bear day. This time all 3 of the older kids were gone for youth conference. It's called "the path of the Savior" I hope to post about that later. But with just the 2 girls and a friend I aimed for one they would like and the older kids wouldn't be to disappointed that they missed. So we went with teddy bears. We had teddy bear pancakes, teddy bear picnic, with honey sandwiches, and ants on a log. We sewed a teddy bear, went on a bear hunt, made bear cookies, and listened to Elvis sing about being "your teddy bear". I even did Ruth's hair to look like bear ears. I think we all had a really fun day. Today my girls were still telling me they loved it. So I guess it was a hit. Oh they also read a bunch of Barenstien Bear books.
Fancy Nancy day
Thursday theme day is back for the summer. This week Brock and Amelia were gone camping and fishing with grandpa Davis so we went with a theme just for these 2 girls. We dressed fancy, talked fancy (Ruth now uses the work alfresco in a sentence properly.) We read fancy Nancy books, we ate fancy pancakes and ate in fancy dishes for dinner.
Families are forever
June 11th Sunny and Ashley were sealed in the temple. This was a big day and we are all so happy for them.
Brock's 8th grade graduation
June 10th Brock graduated the 8th grade. Which is code for your done with middle school and now you get to go to high school (big deal but good job). I am very proud of this kid! He struggled with school for years but something totally switched for him this year and he started to excel in almost all his classes! He's grown so much physically, emotionally, and educationaly. He has such a big heart. I love this boy. I know he's excited for high school but I'd like a little slow down....
Spring dance recital
Our spring dance recital was June 9th. Our theme was friendship. All our songs were about friendship. It was such a fun show and I was so proud of all our dancers! I love seeing their progress each session!
Thursday, June 2, 2016
President's choice award!
Today at school Amelia earned the president's award for educational excellence, academic excellence award and teachers choice award! That means she exceeded in all her classes all year! She works so hard and I'm so proud of her!
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Missionaries
We love missionaries! We feed them at least 2 times a month. I've fixed pants, and shirts, and cut hair. Some of our missionaries we still keep in touch with through Facebook. Elder Woody (the really tall guy) has been here over 7 months, spent Christmas with us and had blessed our home over and over with his amazing spirit. His testimony radiates and I feel like I'm sending one of my boys off. Elder Poch is one of the Spanish speaking elders. We have them over less often because we share then with the other ward. But we love him as well. He gets along with Ruth so well. He also spent Christmas with us. We will miss them but look forward to hearing about all the good they will do where ever they go!
Pink eye and mothers day
Ruth missed an entire week of school due to pink eye. Neither of these pictures shows it at its worst. It was so bad for a while there was no white in her eye only red. On Monday when I told her she wasn't going to school she said, "it's my lucky day! " only Ruth would think having pink eye was lucky. But after a week home with mom, getting drug to do my stuff. .. I think she may have a new appreciation for school. That, and she got to hear that her friends were learning about a lot of animals, as they are preparing for their field trip to the zoo. So I think she is excited to go to school Monday!
Today being mothers day, while I was preparing to go to church, Ethan made breakfast. We all sat down to eat and Brock passed out. I ran to catch him so he wouldn't fall off the bench. As I held him he started to jerk some. Larry and I thought he was having a seizure. He came to and we took him to the hospital. We spent the morning there instead of church. But everything came back ok. The Doctor told us that passing out like this is called Syncope. It can be caused by lots of different things and they didn't see anything abnormal in any of his tests. We are so glad everything is ok and he's well! We are truly blessed! When the kids came home from church (Ethan took them to church since he got his licence last week.) Ruth and Hayden gave me these mothers day fun facts about mom papers. I love it. Ruth said my favorite food was smokies, and my favorite store was costco. But I really love that both of them said the one thing I hear my mom day a lot is "I love you. "
