Practicing the "Violin"
Natalie came out of her bedroom at 10:00 one night and was being goofy. She decided that she and I needed to have orange noses. So we got orange noses. She's a goof.
Pretty girl
All eyes
Such a big girl!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Why haven't I blogged in 6 weeks?
I know, I know... Finally an updated blog! Sorry. My life has been crazy, and I've realized that I waste too much time on the internet if I turn the computer on. I say I'm only going to take 5 minutes, but in the end its 5 hours. And my family suffers. So now it is almost 11 p.m. and I'm going to write a few things for all of you who have been DYING to know what is going on in our lives.
Halloween is such an interesting thing... does anyone else find it strange that we dress up in costumes--sometimes scarey costumes--and go to parties at the church? Or is it just me? Anyway. For preschool Natalie was Cinderella. Same dress as last year. But for our ward party she decided to be a cowgirl. Now, this little green outfit has gotten a lot of mileage... It was Chad's. He won it in a fishing pond thing at a ward party when he was about 5. Chad's cousin, Kent, who is significantly younger than Chad, wore it A LOT when he was that size. Caleb has used it for at least 2 Halloweens. And now Natalie has joined the club. She was such a cute little cowgirl. Caleb was Davey Crockett. He loves Davey Crockett and our friends had this totally cool outfit that Caleb borrowed. Claire was a marshmellow. (If you don't know the background of this, when I was expecting Claire our kids insisted her name was going to be marshmellow.) I did wear a witch hat. But it was fun. Candy, hooray. Much of it is still in a bowl on top of the fridge... out of sight out of mind, although I do allow them to imbibe on occasion.
November was busy. Thanksgiving was wonderful. We went to Idaho to visit my family. We were gone a week, drove almost 2000 miles, spent over 25 hours in the car, ate lots of food, and had a great time. For my birthday, my sister and her husband took Chad and me to dinner at The Melting Pot. I LOVE LOVE LOVE fondue. It was DELICIOUS. Thursday was Thanksgiving. Yummy food. Lots to be thankful for. Did a little shopping on Black Friday, but not until 10:00 so we didn't have to fight the crowds too much.
Saturday was my family's Christmas party in Pocatello, which was a great time. Thanks everyone for making it fun. We missed those who weren't there.
Monday we decided to take the long way home. We left Pocatello about 2 and drove to Salt Lake. I'd never seen Temple Square when it was all lit up for Christmas, so we decided to do it. It was so beautiful. And it was nice to just be together as a family and spend time with each other. We went into the Visitor's Center and saw the Christus statue and looked at some of the displays. Then we just walked around outside. By the time we left it was 7, so we got home at 2 a.m. It was totally worth it though. Tonight at FHE we were talking about the temple and Chad asked the kids their favorite part about going to the temple. Natalie said, "Going into the building and seeing the big statue of Jesus." Caleb said, "Seeing the Nativity outside." They felt the Spirit of the place and hopefully they will remember that. The extra time was worth it.
So it was a whirlwind of a week, but it was worth it. Memories were made. Good times were had by all.
Halloween is such an interesting thing... does anyone else find it strange that we dress up in costumes--sometimes scarey costumes--and go to parties at the church? Or is it just me? Anyway. For preschool Natalie was Cinderella. Same dress as last year. But for our ward party she decided to be a cowgirl. Now, this little green outfit has gotten a lot of mileage... It was Chad's. He won it in a fishing pond thing at a ward party when he was about 5. Chad's cousin, Kent, who is significantly younger than Chad, wore it A LOT when he was that size. Caleb has used it for at least 2 Halloweens. And now Natalie has joined the club. She was such a cute little cowgirl. Caleb was Davey Crockett. He loves Davey Crockett and our friends had this totally cool outfit that Caleb borrowed. Claire was a marshmellow. (If you don't know the background of this, when I was expecting Claire our kids insisted her name was going to be marshmellow.) I did wear a witch hat. But it was fun. Candy, hooray. Much of it is still in a bowl on top of the fridge... out of sight out of mind, although I do allow them to imbibe on occasion.
November was busy. Thanksgiving was wonderful. We went to Idaho to visit my family. We were gone a week, drove almost 2000 miles, spent over 25 hours in the car, ate lots of food, and had a great time. For my birthday, my sister and her husband took Chad and me to dinner at The Melting Pot. I LOVE LOVE LOVE fondue. It was DELICIOUS. Thursday was Thanksgiving. Yummy food. Lots to be thankful for. Did a little shopping on Black Friday, but not until 10:00 so we didn't have to fight the crowds too much.
Saturday was my family's Christmas party in Pocatello, which was a great time. Thanks everyone for making it fun. We missed those who weren't there.
Monday we decided to take the long way home. We left Pocatello about 2 and drove to Salt Lake. I'd never seen Temple Square when it was all lit up for Christmas, so we decided to do it. It was so beautiful. And it was nice to just be together as a family and spend time with each other. We went into the Visitor's Center and saw the Christus statue and looked at some of the displays. Then we just walked around outside. By the time we left it was 7, so we got home at 2 a.m. It was totally worth it though. Tonight at FHE we were talking about the temple and Chad asked the kids their favorite part about going to the temple. Natalie said, "Going into the building and seeing the big statue of Jesus." Caleb said, "Seeing the Nativity outside." They felt the Spirit of the place and hopefully they will remember that. The extra time was worth it.
So it was a whirlwind of a week, but it was worth it. Memories were made. Good times were had by all.
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