- Our pears finally ripened on Monday!! We decided dehydrating them would be fun. I found my Mom's dehydrator, highjacked it a while ago, and we went to work. It was so easy!! For some reason I thought it would be a lot of work, or messy or something. Guess that's just canning. I'll have to do that someday. We had a lot of fun working in the kitchen together, Nate and I, as we prepared the pears and the dinner for that night with Steve. The kids were SO disappointed when I told them Steve might not be coming, but when he walked through the kitchen door there were cheers of excitement for him! What an entrance that was. I love those kinds of welcomes. He even joined us for Family Night. Erika's lesson, we played Duck, Duck, Goose. It was fun to watch Noah run :). And to see how long it takes everyone to decide who the Goose is going to be. Erika had fun too, and actually did a round all by herself. The big kids were so good at taking turns and picking people who hadn't had a lot. Nate had the most turns by far!! Mr. Popular! :). 9-26-11
- Tuesday, when I was helping in Brad's class he wouldn't tell me the name of the cutest girl in his class. I wish I had a better memory!! He's so cute in there when I'm there. I love watching him in his element. 9-27-11
- I took Lukey on our date finally! He wanted to go to McDonald's for ice cream. Since it was lunch time though, and he was "STOHVING!" he decided to get a happy meal instead. But we had a lot of time together. My favorite part was whenever I would look down at him (with adoring eyes, I'm sure) he would yell, "STOP LOOKING AT ME!" in his goofy, embarrassed voice. So funny. It's hard not to look at the only person sitting across from you!! Try it, I'm serious! We had fun though :) He's a sweetheart. He played on the playground all by himself and didn't seem to have any less fun than when he's got a bunch of friends or family members there. That's Luke! 9-27-11
- The repair guy came by and fixed some of the things in our house that the homeowner seemed to feel were important... (wouldn't have been my first choice, but who cares what I want I guess... right?) But I"m happy to report we have new, non-cracked, light fixtures (still flourescent lighting with all it's ugliness, but new nonetheless!) in our Family room!! It's SO MUCH BRIGHTER!! I really like it. He fixed the water heater pipe as well, they think that might make the water not appear so rusted when it comes out at first, but I'll be surprised if it changes anything. Hopefully I'm wrong (and just really negative apparently). He is hopefully going to fix the screen door (he's still working on it), and the bathroom tiles which have fallen off.... gees, sounds like we live in a real piece :)... HA! Just kidding. It works. And they're starting to fix things, so that's good. I hope they paint the kitchen soon. 9-27-11
- Thursday we had "the Bakke's" over for BBQ. Good times. It's funny to watch Erika and Sophie pay no attention to each other. I wonder when they'll start to be friends. I kinda think that Erika is just so used to boys..... 9-29-11
- On Friday, Nate got off work early so that we could hurry down to PG and help Heidi move and then get back to Rocket Park for Alvin's birthday party. Such an insane day. We left Nate's work, went out to Murray to have a chat with the landlord, came back to pick up the big kids from school, then dithced all of our kids to head on down to the point of the mountain to meet up with Heidi's new roommate who had her key. We scrambled around construction sites looking for her friend for too long, then finally headed down to Heidi's old place. Grabbed a few pieces of furniture (it didn't all fit as well as I had imagined of course), then got completely lost looking for her new apartment. I don't know what happened or why it was so hard to find, but then after plugging the address into Nate's GPS and having it take us almost to American Fork (would have if we'd kept following it), an hour and a half later, thanks to traffic, we were at her new place, and not a moment too soon, her roommate had had to climb in a window since we had HER key. How annoying is it to me that we drove all over to find her and her work, only to have her beat us there!!!!!? VERY! By then Heidi was off work though, so she was able to help us with the next two loads. It took us about 2 hours longer than we had planned to help her move. We were WAY late for the party, and the kids had completely lost it at home! We were getting phone calls from Charity about every 10 minutes with a new problem. It was so sad! I had not intended on leaving them there for so long without any adults. Needless to say, we got to the party late. Missed out on watching Alvin open his presents, which I heard was really fun. The kids were bummed, and Nate and I were exhausted. It was nice to be able to help Heidi, and I wouldn't change that part. I'm glad we have a car that is at least USEFUL for helping her move. If nothing else :). I just wish we could make plans and not have traffic, or directions get in our way. Oh well. Better luck next time I guess. We did run into the Oaks at the park and got to talk with them for a while, that was nice. Miss them.
- Conference was AWESOME! Elder Anderson's talk was my favorite (if you hadn't already guessed). I loved it! I just love conference. And I love that we have a DVR and will be able to watch them, on the tv (not at the computer like usual), whenever we want! I had to keep reminding myself that even though I couldn't hear every word right then, I would be able to watch it later. The kids did alright. I would say this wasn't their best conference, but it was difficult with Nate working during Saturday's sessions. We played Conference Bingo the first session, then for the second I told the kids they just had to watch until the sustainings were over (since I was tired of shshing), then they do whatever they wanted, and surprisingly they all stayed in the room, basically listening (they seemed quieter during that session than th efirst for some reason), coloring, drawing, Noah and Erika were in and out of the toy room, playing with toys, but they really mostly stayed and watched, and that made me happy :). That they would make that choice! I like to give them options and see what they choose. They usually make the right choice! Then I get to reward them, and then they learn! It's a fun way to teach them. Guess it would be different if they chose the wrong..... But anyway. We went up to Nate's parents' house for the Priesthood Session, Nate always goes with his Dad and brothers. Unfortunately I forgot my camera this year. It was fun to play at the park with the cousins and to visit with Nate's sisters.
- The Sunday sessions went pretty well too. We did the Conference Bingo, but it seemed quieter that day, maybe because Nate was there. Then for the second session, Nate and Charity headed down to SL to see if they could get in the Conference Center. They didn't quite make it in. Kelly, the boys, Erika and I had a nice time, I think everyone was tired, so there was a little more noise, but like I said, I knew I was going to be able to watch the talks again, so it was okay. They did really well though, for the 4th session. And once again, they all stayed in the room and listened. Kinda cool to me. I just love conference! 10-1-11 and 10-2-11
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