Out & About

We took a drive up in the mountains today. The kids had such a great time "exploring" everything. Today was the first time Andrew tried walking in shoes...not his favorite thing. But he got the hang of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guanella Pass ends in Georgetown where we decided to stop for dinner. While driving around looking for a resturant we found this awesome park. This is one of the best parks we've ever seen. When it was time to go eat dinner the kids kept saying, "We aren't hungry for dinner-we just want to keep playing."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had dinner at a little European restaurant. We're so glad we ate there. We had great schnitzel & szegidain goulash. We happy to learn Andrew loves red cabbage.

By the time we got home everyone was plum-tuckered out.

Are we feeding this kid enough?

Eating the door hinge. And the window sill.

 The filing cabinet.

 A favorite, hangers.

 The stroller is pretty tasty.

 It's a good thing I had just mopped this floor.

 Can I eat the couch? Wait, it's not so yummy.

 Yummy banister!

 Yep.

 Zippers! And a CPU! Score!

 

All of that eating has really worn me out!

Our Garden

For our half-time entertainment (Can you believe how incredible the BYU game was?) we pulled a few things out of our garden.

It's so much fun growing your own food. I wish we could do more of it. The kids had a great time harvesting also.

Got Joy?

At Joy School, Joseph has been learning about butterflies. He brought home his caterpillar in a cocoon (chrysalis) & he checked it everyday for 2 weeks.

Today when he checked on his caterpillar, it was a "beautiful, colorful butterfly". He was so excited & surprised to see it had worked!

Now they are learning about their bodies & all the awesome things they can do. Today he made a gingerbread man to look like him.

Miss Jen also sent him home with "scoops of ice cream" to help him learn sight words. They add new words each week or so.

He is doing a great job with sounding out words & has these (& some of Lexie's) sight words down.

Grandpa's Chair

I was going through pictures & organizing them for the last few months & saw these & decided I should record them somewhere. It may be kind of long, sorry. So, this is way back from August 4th. We were at my parents house & it was time for the kids to go to bed. Instead of going downstairs to get ready Lexie laid in Grandpa's chair & said she wanted to sleep there because she loves it & him & loves it when he reads her stories there. Joseph of course came over and wanted to sleep in the blue chair. Lexie pulled out her magna doodle & drew a picture for Grandpa on it & then started to sing an "I love my Grandpa" song. It was really cute. So, we sang that for her bedtime song but the the kids decided they really wanted to go see Grandpa to show him the pictures to help him feel better & sing for him. So, off we went to the hospital. In the car I told them that there were some parts of Grandpa that weren't working so well right now. But his ears do; they could hear everything they had to say; & his brain so he could understand everything he heard; & his heart could feel all the love we have for him & that it could give all the love he has for them. (They got really excited about this because he had some heart trouble a few months before.) Once we got to the hospital Lexie didn't want to sing anymore, but Joseph sang for her. It was cute! He sang, "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-hit it band. I love my Grandpa..." Then they showed him the different pictures they drew for him on the magna doodle. This is one picture.

On the way home we talked about the experience. I said something like, "Grandpa could hear everything you two had to say." Lexie replied, "Yes, his ears were working very well. Also his heart was working very well. I could feel it!" A little later I said "I'm so glad you wanted to go see Grandpa tonight. It makes me feel so happy inside." Then Lexie said, "Me too. I think I am the saddest about Grandpa. I really love him. And I love it when he reads stories to me." We got back to the house and the kids climbed into Grandpa's chairs and fell right to sleep.

They're So Cute When They Get Along

I love it when my kids get along. They have their moments of course, but today they played very well together. The light in Lexie's room burned out & she really wanted to play in there, but it was getting too dark. Joseph had found his dolphin key chain flashlight & offered to hold it open for her while she played so she could see. What a sweet brother. He even offered his newly prized nightlight given to him by Lieutenant Bob.

Lieutenant Bob is a local fireman who Joseph saw at Sam's Club. Joseph asked him if he wanted to sit & eat with us (yes, we periodically eat meals at Sam's Club), which just melted the fireman's heart. He ended up giving the kids a tour of the fire trucks, answering all types of questions, & gave them nightlights. Joseph thought it was so cool that Lt. Bob drove the back of the fire truck. Even today, Joseph sat on the back of a chair pretending to be Lt. Bob driving the back of the firetruck, while Lexie held a blanket pretending it was a hose putting out a fire.

Needless to say, I am grateful for good kids who sure love each other.

Lexie's 5th Birthday Party-Catch Up

We never got around to posting any pictures of Lexie's 1st Friend Birthday Party. She had a Flower Birthday. We played Don't Eat Flower Pete, had a relay race, did a puzzle, & played Pin the Bee on the Flower. It was a lot of fun. There are also some pictures from her birthday. We think one of her favorite present was from Dad--scotch tape.

"I Love Fall Saturdays"

Ward flag football games, college football on all day long,

children who love to watch the game just as much as Dad does,

children entertaining themselves,

and rollercoasters...


What's not to love?

There should be two Saturdays each week during the college football season.

(For the record, Andrew really did have fun.)

It was another good Saturday in college football. Yea BYU & KU!