.: January 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Words only

Sorry, I forgot to take pics this week. This week Paul and Claudia came to visit. They brought David and left him. He'll be checking into his dorm at LDSBC this next week. We went to the MOA at BYU---that's Museum of Art to all of you non college speaking peeps--Wes had to fill me in! We saw the Carl Bloch, "The Master's Hand" exhibit, we ate mongolian food, some of us skiied, others made cakeballs, some of stayed up late on New's Years Eve--at dances and parties, some of us just slept. Then they left on New Years Day--while we were still sleeping! Over this break, we played games, we watched movies, we read books, we played in the snow, we shopped, we talked, we laughed, we baked, we ate, we met family we didn't know, we enjoyed everyone being home. Today the Mullinax family was passing through on their way to BYUI so we met them in downtown SLC--had a great time catching up! We love being able to see so many of our friends and family as they pass through.

Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Wes' ordination

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Welcome to the World, Bella!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Words only

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