Born Last Sunday night, 10:46 PM, here is our new daughter. She calms easily, eats well, and is the new joy in our family.Outfits and hairbows by foxdenproductions.com
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Announcing Mae Nicole
Born Last Sunday night, 10:46 PM, here is our new daughter. She calms easily, eats well, and is the new joy in our family.Outfits and hairbows by foxdenproductions.com
Thursday, April 1, 2010
School
Elizabeth is in school.
Progress report: the last test is May 5, and I'm not due until May 8. So, I should be in the clear, right?
;-)
Also, I'm doing boastfully well, if I do say so myself. I am becoming an interpreter for the Deaf.
Progress report: the last test is May 5, and I'm not due until May 8. So, I should be in the clear, right?
;-)
Also, I'm doing boastfully well, if I do say so myself. I am becoming an interpreter for the Deaf.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Tooth Fairy Special
There's a sister in our ward who pulls teeth! She pays any kid who'll let her pull out a tooth $1. So, Grace decided to double up on Tooth Fairy profits and get $1 from Sister R and $1 from the tooth fairy.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
No More Training Wheels!
This is a long-awaited day for Mother! Grace can now ride a bike!!!
Three cheers for Grace! Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
An occasion!
Just wanted to share Jim's latest achievement! The long awaited for speech!
He has finally learned to clearly articulate "No!"
He has already followed up with the, "No, no, no, no, no!!"
That is about 50 percent of his current English vocabulary. (Knows at least 15 words in signed language.)
He has finally learned to clearly articulate "No!"
He has already followed up with the, "No, no, no, no, no!!"
That is about 50 percent of his current English vocabulary. (Knows at least 15 words in signed language.)
Friday, February 26, 2010
Letter to a friend
Here is an excerpt from a letter I wrote today:
Life is good and full. My mom lives with us now, and is constantly busy helping around the house. I took Royal on a Getaway to Nauvoo, IL, about 2 weeks ago. Thank you, Gma Gail! It was wonderful to get away for 2 days.
"I just started homeschooling Grace, and every day feels like a fresh puzzle to sort through. I like puzzles, don't get me wrong. Its just not so fun to do them with 3 little voices singing, “Mom! Mom! Mom!” etc. Okay, only 2 voices. Jimmy is just up to a mumbled growl or whine so far. He doesn't call me, yet.
The good news is that Grace is already much happier and less tired each day. She is kinder to everyone, especially Sienna, than she was at the time we unenrolled her from school.
I'm rounding out nicely. I even have some good news about that. I know I mentioned to you that one hard thing about this pregnancy has been gaining too much weight too fast. Well, I saw a dietician, and I've been recording what I eat. I was really- and I mean REALLY- dreading writing it all down. (Who wants to write down that she just ate 6 rice krispy treats?) But, the surprise is that I feel way more in control of my diet now. I actually love writing down what I eat. At the end of the day, I can look back and see how many carbs I have left for my evening treat. (I get to have dessert every night, but I'm supposed to aim for only 150 calories.) Sometimes, I can have cupcakes, and sometimes I have a fruit smoothie, depending on how many carb servings I'm “allowed” by day's end. So, since I started writing down what I eat, and being conscious of my servings, I haven't gained any weight over the last 3 weeks! That is a huge achievement. I only sometimes get cravings that I “shouldn't” have. And, I only sometimes indulge those cravings. :-)
I am really feeling “homemakey” lately. .. I am having urges to quilt (which I don't even know how to do), clean, garden, and organize the basement, and all this with basically 1 free hour a day. Well, the urges aren't painful, so who cares if I actually indulge them or not. "
Life is good and full. My mom lives with us now, and is constantly busy helping around the house. I took Royal on a Getaway to Nauvoo, IL, about 2 weeks ago. Thank you, Gma Gail! It was wonderful to get away for 2 days.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Bunny is a girl!
Well, we have a bun in the oven, and she is female!
I'm just announcing this excellent bit of news because we are not in communication with most of our loving extended family, and I'm hoping the news will reach them from here.
By the way, just in case we didn't call you on Christmas to say we love you, We Love You.
We called: No one. Ooops. One of those really socially unacceptable mistakes.
But, we love lots of people out there, and I actually got off 37 Christmas cards! I'm so proud! They were less than a week late, too!
I'm just announcing this excellent bit of news because we are not in communication with most of our loving extended family, and I'm hoping the news will reach them from here.
By the way, just in case we didn't call you on Christmas to say we love you, We Love You.
We called: No one. Ooops. One of those really socially unacceptable mistakes.
But, we love lots of people out there, and I actually got off 37 Christmas cards! I'm so proud! They were less than a week late, too!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Being a Wife
I'm glad I'm grown up, so I can be a wife.
Being a wife beats everything else.
I brag a LOT about how much work Royal and I have put into making our marriage awesome. (In fact, every chance I get to speak to a teenage young woman in the church, I gently preach about how happiness in marriage is simply a matter of working off your you-know-what; and since I have, well, I'm very happily married.)
I hope someday I write a book on marriage, just so I can get all my preaching about it off my chest.
But, for now, it is good just to be married. I love it. I love the fun times, the busy times, the intimate times, the working together times, the missing him while he's away times, the screaming-DADDY-and-running-to-the-door-when-he -gets-home times, the argument times, the thrill of going (alone) on a date after the struggle to get a cheap sitter times.
My marriage isn't always fun or easy, but it is the best part of my life, both presently and compared to everything I've ever had before this!
Being a wife beats everything else.
I brag a LOT about how much work Royal and I have put into making our marriage awesome. (In fact, every chance I get to speak to a teenage young woman in the church, I gently preach about how happiness in marriage is simply a matter of working off your you-know-what; and since I have, well, I'm very happily married.)
I hope someday I write a book on marriage, just so I can get all my preaching about it off my chest.
But, for now, it is good just to be married. I love it. I love the fun times, the busy times, the intimate times, the working together times, the missing him while he's away times, the screaming-DADDY-and-running-to-the-door-when-he -gets-home times, the argument times, the thrill of going (alone) on a date after the struggle to get a cheap sitter times.
My marriage isn't always fun or easy, but it is the best part of my life, both presently and compared to everything I've ever had before this!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Meet Frostina
We got two good snows over Christmas break! Now, you can't beat that!
Royal helped the girls build this beauty. The girls named her Frostina. She stands a little shorter than Sienna.
Birthday Fun
Back in November, Grace and I decorated her cake like the 2 evil geniuses that we are! She put a stencil of letters down, then we sprinkled purple sugar over top (from Grandma Lori). It turned out great! Pulling the paper off the frosting was tricky, but we sure are proud!
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