Look at that cute little toothy, just popping up!
This is when Kevin brought Bradley like 5 boxes of donuts!
The article with Luke's and Bradley's pictures.
Monday, May 9, 2016
A tooth, some cavities, and Kaysville Kids Finalists
This is when Kevin brought Bradley like 5 boxes of donuts!
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Things to Remember Week of 4-24-16
BOOK OF MORMON
I assigned out parts of the lesson to the Beehives and had them teach (since none of them want to teach the whole lesson themselves) :). They did a great job! Made my job a little easier. Hopefully they all learned something. 4-24-16
FRIENDS
When Jack woke up really late this morning, after all the kids had left for school, he was in a bit of a funk. I had been down rocking Molly in total silence, so he couldn't find me right away and worried about that and then once he did find me he was confused about where everyone was. It was so cute how he asked about each one, "Where Brad?" "He's at school." "Where Erika?" "She's at school." "Luke???" "Yep, school too." .... and he seriously went through all the kids before coming to grips with the reality that they were gone. It was pretty sad (and really cute). He told me that they are his "friends"! And he doesn't like it when his friends are gone. So sweet. I love watching these sibs. 4-25-16
CAFE RIO TO MCD'S
Went to lunch with my mom. We had a nice time. Felt good to get out. Jack loved playing basketball with her and Erika talked about her kindergarten program. 4-25-16
FHE
I let Bradley and Noah teach Molly's lesson this week since they are both trying to earn their Faith in God awards. It's cute how motivated Noah is by all of it :). Bradley is getting there. He's only got six more months, so hopefully Noah can help me help him :). They did a great job talking about the sacrament and how we renew our baptismal covenants. I especially loved their testimonies at the end. We all made lists of what we can do to maintain our faith. I loved seeing that Luke wrote "work on faith in God" on his list. Good boys. We played dad's cup game with the dots inside the cups and we passed them "To the right, to the right, to the right". It was funny that Nate got out first both times and Bradley was second both times! I think the best part of the night was letting Jack be the caller and how proud he was of himself (as he should be, he did so good! The kid can keep a beat!), "I good at that game!" I loved his enthusiasm and boost of self esteem! He had fun even! So then we went to Taco Time for churros for the treat :). My idea of course :). 4-25-16
STEVIE-POO
I got to go to lunch with my cute little brother on Tuesday! *yep, out to lunch two days in a row! Anything for Steve :) ) I was so happy we got to get together today!! Steve is one of the few people I feel completely myself with and like he actually likes me for who I am and not just bears with me in spite of who I am. He's just a really good friend! We sat and talked while the kids played at CJ's for a good hour!!! Just like the good ol' days. I'm happy for him to feel so good right now, I hope things keep looking up for him. 4-26-16
GO PIRATES!
Noah's first baseball game today! He did great! Got an out on 2nd base, just like a pro! We were so proud of his hits and all his hard work! This really looks like his sport. I hope he's enjoying it as much as we enjoy watching him. I'm really excited for this season! 4-26-16
FAMILY PICTURE
Everyone came, stood on our front porch for a picture in the rain and then left :). It was fun to see Brent and Sarah and their kids. It was fun that Luke, Noah and Erika wanted to go to Heidi's with them for dinner and hang out some more. I'm glad they got to do that. Kelly had Lacrosse and the rest of us had our ward ice cream social, so we had to opt out of Heidi's dinner. When they all left, it felt so empty, I thought- with so few people, we gotta go to dinner :). So off to Zupas we went :). It's fun to do things when there's only a few of us. We had a lot of fun at the ice cream social as well. I'm glad I indexed, made the ice cream taste better :). hahaha! Just kidding. I actually didn't even get any ice cream.... weird... 4-27-16
MOVIE NIGHT
Since the Hatches cancelled on us to go hang out with Heidi and Grandma again, we carried out our plan B for the evening. For the past six or so months, the kids have had to earn their movie nights by keeping the house clean. They were only 6 points away this Friday so they worked real hard to get their six points and then after seeing a trailer for it, consented to watch Little Rascals! One of my favorite movies as a kid. I was so happy to hear their little chuckles during and then all the quoting that's gone on since... they liked it :). It's fun to share those things with them. Although, I must say I'm slightly disappointed in the movie- there are some things in there that are not really appropriate! How can they do that in a kid movie for kids, with kids!!!? 4-29-16
PARK CITY
Kelly's Lacrosse game was in Park City this week. We had our home teachers come at 9:00 am and then we bolted it out the door to be up there by 10:30! Amazing really. Unfortunately, right as we got there, these crazy gray clouds came closing in. It was FREEZING COLD the whole game!! I was so mad because I had failed to look at the weather thinking I could go off of Kaysville weather! Duh. So everyone was frozen again. Lame. We had blankets in the car still from last week, and we managed to stay alive, but it was slightly less enjoyable. It was fun to have Nate's parents show up during half time and such a fun intense game! Unfortunately we lost by two points. Kelly played Middie this time for the first time. She liked it. She's still not really sure what to do on Attack I think, so we'll have to work on that. He played her on Attack again too. So anyway. Good times. We got home and crashed probably wore ourselves out shivering. 4-30-16
I assigned out parts of the lesson to the Beehives and had them teach (since none of them want to teach the whole lesson themselves) :). They did a great job! Made my job a little easier. Hopefully they all learned something. 4-24-16
FRIENDS
When Jack woke up really late this morning, after all the kids had left for school, he was in a bit of a funk. I had been down rocking Molly in total silence, so he couldn't find me right away and worried about that and then once he did find me he was confused about where everyone was. It was so cute how he asked about each one, "Where Brad?" "He's at school." "Where Erika?" "She's at school." "Luke???" "Yep, school too." .... and he seriously went through all the kids before coming to grips with the reality that they were gone. It was pretty sad (and really cute). He told me that they are his "friends"! And he doesn't like it when his friends are gone. So sweet. I love watching these sibs. 4-25-16
CAFE RIO TO MCD'S
Went to lunch with my mom. We had a nice time. Felt good to get out. Jack loved playing basketball with her and Erika talked about her kindergarten program. 4-25-16
FHE
I let Bradley and Noah teach Molly's lesson this week since they are both trying to earn their Faith in God awards. It's cute how motivated Noah is by all of it :). Bradley is getting there. He's only got six more months, so hopefully Noah can help me help him :). They did a great job talking about the sacrament and how we renew our baptismal covenants. I especially loved their testimonies at the end. We all made lists of what we can do to maintain our faith. I loved seeing that Luke wrote "work on faith in God" on his list. Good boys. We played dad's cup game with the dots inside the cups and we passed them "To the right, to the right, to the right". It was funny that Nate got out first both times and Bradley was second both times! I think the best part of the night was letting Jack be the caller and how proud he was of himself (as he should be, he did so good! The kid can keep a beat!), "I good at that game!" I loved his enthusiasm and boost of self esteem! He had fun even! So then we went to Taco Time for churros for the treat :). My idea of course :). 4-25-16
STEVIE-POO
I got to go to lunch with my cute little brother on Tuesday! *yep, out to lunch two days in a row! Anything for Steve :) ) I was so happy we got to get together today!! Steve is one of the few people I feel completely myself with and like he actually likes me for who I am and not just bears with me in spite of who I am. He's just a really good friend! We sat and talked while the kids played at CJ's for a good hour!!! Just like the good ol' days. I'm happy for him to feel so good right now, I hope things keep looking up for him. 4-26-16
GO PIRATES!
Noah's first baseball game today! He did great! Got an out on 2nd base, just like a pro! We were so proud of his hits and all his hard work! This really looks like his sport. I hope he's enjoying it as much as we enjoy watching him. I'm really excited for this season! 4-26-16
FAMILY PICTURE
Everyone came, stood on our front porch for a picture in the rain and then left :). It was fun to see Brent and Sarah and their kids. It was fun that Luke, Noah and Erika wanted to go to Heidi's with them for dinner and hang out some more. I'm glad they got to do that. Kelly had Lacrosse and the rest of us had our ward ice cream social, so we had to opt out of Heidi's dinner. When they all left, it felt so empty, I thought- with so few people, we gotta go to dinner :). So off to Zupas we went :). It's fun to do things when there's only a few of us. We had a lot of fun at the ice cream social as well. I'm glad I indexed, made the ice cream taste better :). hahaha! Just kidding. I actually didn't even get any ice cream.... weird... 4-27-16
MOVIE NIGHT
Since the Hatches cancelled on us to go hang out with Heidi and Grandma again, we carried out our plan B for the evening. For the past six or so months, the kids have had to earn their movie nights by keeping the house clean. They were only 6 points away this Friday so they worked real hard to get their six points and then after seeing a trailer for it, consented to watch Little Rascals! One of my favorite movies as a kid. I was so happy to hear their little chuckles during and then all the quoting that's gone on since... they liked it :). It's fun to share those things with them. Although, I must say I'm slightly disappointed in the movie- there are some things in there that are not really appropriate! How can they do that in a kid movie for kids, with kids!!!? 4-29-16
PARK CITY
Kelly's Lacrosse game was in Park City this week. We had our home teachers come at 9:00 am and then we bolted it out the door to be up there by 10:30! Amazing really. Unfortunately, right as we got there, these crazy gray clouds came closing in. It was FREEZING COLD the whole game!! I was so mad because I had failed to look at the weather thinking I could go off of Kaysville weather! Duh. So everyone was frozen again. Lame. We had blankets in the car still from last week, and we managed to stay alive, but it was slightly less enjoyable. It was fun to have Nate's parents show up during half time and such a fun intense game! Unfortunately we lost by two points. Kelly played Middie this time for the first time. She liked it. She's still not really sure what to do on Attack I think, so we'll have to work on that. He played her on Attack again too. So anyway. Good times. We got home and crashed probably wore ourselves out shivering. 4-30-16
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Things to Remember Week of 4-17-16
QUESTIONS
Our Bishopric came and did a special Q&A lesson for all the Young Women. It's so interesting to me what kinds of questions the girls ask. I am so impressed really. They really have a desire to be good and to learn and grow their testimonies and Spirits. It's so amazing! I'm so proud of them. I was grateful for all the things that were taught and learned and for the Spirit that was there. We have a good Bishop. 4-17-16
HONEY WALNUT SHRIMP
Charity made the most amazing dinner on Sunday!! If only I'd bought more shrimp!! She's really getting good. This had to be recorded. 4-17-16
BOOK OF MORMON
I finished the Book of Mormon again. Feels so good to be reading so well, for like the fourth year in a row! I probably shouldn't brag about this and I don't really feel like I'm bragging, but it really is cool to me. It has made a huge difference in my life. I feel so much more familiar with everything and so much more equipped to teach my kids. Such a great book. 4-18-16
MEETINGS
This was the week of meetings. It felt like too much, but I made it! And I'm still here to tell about it :). Monday I had my visiting teachers come. Tuesday was meet with Michelle in the morning, then meet with Kara in the afternoon and then meet for Visiting teaching conference in the evening. That was a pretty good meeting. I enjoyed the reminder to show more love and care to the sisters we visit. I needed that. I liked the social part of it too, although I made the mistake of thinking of myself when Molly was at home making everything crazy with her screaming, so bummer. Timing is everything. Wednesday was Pack meeting, YW and our board meeting that night. Thursday I went and did my visiting teaching. So nothing too spectacular really, just proud of myself for surviving it all. 4-22-16
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WILL!
We got invited to go to Carls Jr. and celebrate Will's birthday with Emily, Kate and Will. We had such a good time! It was such a nice break from life. I love one on one time with friends. Funny things to remember: ants swarming all of Molly's fry stumps (after picking up her piece of Emily's Graham cracker and letting her eat it off the ground), and Molly drinking from a straw!! It was Powerade, just for all you judgers out there! I didn't let her drink soda. Yet. Good times though. I love friends. 4-19-16
TUESDAYS/THURSDAYS
Lacrosse has really clogged up my Tuesday and Thursday evenings. I feel like I can't catch a break those days. I'm seriously running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I will be glad when lacrosse season is over. Although, I will say that I wouldn't trade Lacrosse for anything! I feel like it's completely changed Kelly's life! She is so much more confident, less pain, less complaining, less tiredness even, which seems backwards! Even her feet hurt less!! It makes me so happy :). 4-21-16
MINE
I learned something about myself this week. Something that kept coming up ALL WEEK! I really dislike hearing other people talk about my kids. To me, or to anyone else, it just IRKS me. I still haven't quite figured out why, but it just grates on my nerves. I think this goes for Nate as well, and maybe that explains a lot. I wish it didn't. I will have to work on it, because I really think people mean well. And it is bound to happen!! I just need to watch myself. But good to know either way. 4-21-16
FRIDAY
Today was an unusual Friday. Nate ended up switching his overtime shift that was going to ruin our Friday for a mid shift that ruined it much less :). I'm sure he was exhausted, but it was nice to have him home. We got all the flowers planted out front- wahoo!
The kids and I spoiled ourselves with some Cherry Berry that night as "something fun" to do. 4-22-16
FIRST SCOUT CAMPOUT!
Bradley and Nate are out on their first scout campout together! Very momentous occasion! Bradley had to plan his own meal and ended up making salmon tin foil dinners.... mmmmmm. I hope they're having a good time and not getting too cold or wet! Erika, tonight, said, "Oh, Bubba will be home tomorrow, I'm so glad!" Cute girl misses her big brother. 4-22-16
They had a great time! Bradley loved hanging out with the boys and not sleeping in the tent with them. He told us some fun stories about how the boys took down the tent in the morning with a few boys still in there. They played flies up and cooked their own dinners. Bradley wowed everyone with his salmon tin foil dinner :). I love that he chose that... so funny. They said the wind was so bad the tent was folded in half! Pretty awesome tent if I do say so myself :). Go Nana. THey got to go to Crystal Springs for some fun swimming in the hot springs. Bradley loved the warm water with freezing cold waterfall. That does sound cool. And all the talk about how many minerals that water is filled with. Sounds like a bad thing to me, but I guess it's good. They didn't want to use the Olympic size pool because it was salty. Other than being up all night listening to preteen boys talking, sounded like a lot of fun :). 4-23-16
DARN IT
Kelly's Lacrosse game this Saturday was... not our favorite. It was clear out in Herriman, FREEZING cold wind AND we lost :(. BUT Kelly played great! She played defense for the first half of the game and then got to try attack again during the last half. Which is really impressive considering she's not usually on attack and we were losing- means they thought she did a good job last game and wanted to try her out again while they were a little desperate. So cool for Kelly, but 3-8 is kind of a bummer. 4-24-16
Our Bishopric came and did a special Q&A lesson for all the Young Women. It's so interesting to me what kinds of questions the girls ask. I am so impressed really. They really have a desire to be good and to learn and grow their testimonies and Spirits. It's so amazing! I'm so proud of them. I was grateful for all the things that were taught and learned and for the Spirit that was there. We have a good Bishop. 4-17-16
HONEY WALNUT SHRIMP
Charity made the most amazing dinner on Sunday!! If only I'd bought more shrimp!! She's really getting good. This had to be recorded. 4-17-16
BOOK OF MORMON
I finished the Book of Mormon again. Feels so good to be reading so well, for like the fourth year in a row! I probably shouldn't brag about this and I don't really feel like I'm bragging, but it really is cool to me. It has made a huge difference in my life. I feel so much more familiar with everything and so much more equipped to teach my kids. Such a great book. 4-18-16
MEETINGS
This was the week of meetings. It felt like too much, but I made it! And I'm still here to tell about it :). Monday I had my visiting teachers come. Tuesday was meet with Michelle in the morning, then meet with Kara in the afternoon and then meet for Visiting teaching conference in the evening. That was a pretty good meeting. I enjoyed the reminder to show more love and care to the sisters we visit. I needed that. I liked the social part of it too, although I made the mistake of thinking of myself when Molly was at home making everything crazy with her screaming, so bummer. Timing is everything. Wednesday was Pack meeting, YW and our board meeting that night. Thursday I went and did my visiting teaching. So nothing too spectacular really, just proud of myself for surviving it all. 4-22-16
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WILL!
We got invited to go to Carls Jr. and celebrate Will's birthday with Emily, Kate and Will. We had such a good time! It was such a nice break from life. I love one on one time with friends. Funny things to remember: ants swarming all of Molly's fry stumps (after picking up her piece of Emily's Graham cracker and letting her eat it off the ground), and Molly drinking from a straw!! It was Powerade, just for all you judgers out there! I didn't let her drink soda. Yet. Good times though. I love friends. 4-19-16
TUESDAYS/THURSDAYS
Lacrosse has really clogged up my Tuesday and Thursday evenings. I feel like I can't catch a break those days. I'm seriously running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I will be glad when lacrosse season is over. Although, I will say that I wouldn't trade Lacrosse for anything! I feel like it's completely changed Kelly's life! She is so much more confident, less pain, less complaining, less tiredness even, which seems backwards! Even her feet hurt less!! It makes me so happy :). 4-21-16
MINE
I learned something about myself this week. Something that kept coming up ALL WEEK! I really dislike hearing other people talk about my kids. To me, or to anyone else, it just IRKS me. I still haven't quite figured out why, but it just grates on my nerves. I think this goes for Nate as well, and maybe that explains a lot. I wish it didn't. I will have to work on it, because I really think people mean well. And it is bound to happen!! I just need to watch myself. But good to know either way. 4-21-16
FRIDAY
Today was an unusual Friday. Nate ended up switching his overtime shift that was going to ruin our Friday for a mid shift that ruined it much less :). I'm sure he was exhausted, but it was nice to have him home. We got all the flowers planted out front- wahoo!
The kids and I spoiled ourselves with some Cherry Berry that night as "something fun" to do. 4-22-16
FIRST SCOUT CAMPOUT!
Bradley and Nate are out on their first scout campout together! Very momentous occasion! Bradley had to plan his own meal and ended up making salmon tin foil dinners.... mmmmmm. I hope they're having a good time and not getting too cold or wet! Erika, tonight, said, "Oh, Bubba will be home tomorrow, I'm so glad!" Cute girl misses her big brother. 4-22-16
They had a great time! Bradley loved hanging out with the boys and not sleeping in the tent with them. He told us some fun stories about how the boys took down the tent in the morning with a few boys still in there. They played flies up and cooked their own dinners. Bradley wowed everyone with his salmon tin foil dinner :). I love that he chose that... so funny. They said the wind was so bad the tent was folded in half! Pretty awesome tent if I do say so myself :). Go Nana. THey got to go to Crystal Springs for some fun swimming in the hot springs. Bradley loved the warm water with freezing cold waterfall. That does sound cool. And all the talk about how many minerals that water is filled with. Sounds like a bad thing to me, but I guess it's good. They didn't want to use the Olympic size pool because it was salty. Other than being up all night listening to preteen boys talking, sounded like a lot of fun :). 4-23-16
DARN IT
Kelly's Lacrosse game this Saturday was... not our favorite. It was clear out in Herriman, FREEZING cold wind AND we lost :(. BUT Kelly played great! She played defense for the first half of the game and then got to try attack again during the last half. Which is really impressive considering she's not usually on attack and we were losing- means they thought she did a good job last game and wanted to try her out again while they were a little desperate. So cool for Kelly, but 3-8 is kind of a bummer. 4-24-16
Saturday, April 23, 2016
UPDATE
I think I forgot to do one of these for my book for 2016 at the beginning of the year, so this will have to do- this is what everyone's up to right now!
MOLLY:
Sitting up, wishing she could get around, but loving every bit of attention she can get from whoever is within smile range :).
She loves to eat, even new things, except for anything pureed! She will however, eat ice cream we've learned. hmmmmm. Not sure how that works :). I think her favorite thing to eat is whatever I am eating :). She feels like a big girl. And Graham crackers. We all love the cute little crunch she makes with her new little tooth!
We can see another little tooth finally starting to come through. Hopefully that is what is to blame for all the crying the last couple nights. Poor baby girl.
She is so patient, so easygoing, such a good baby! She really wins the prize! Best baby award. She is such a pleasure to have around. I know that it's partly because we have so many awesome helpers around here keeping her happy and helping her to feel at home. I love that.
Bradley and Luke almost got her crawling with some fishy crackers on the floor the other day. She did figure out how to maneuver herself toward the crackers, but not without a lot of frustration, although crawling doesn't seem far.
JACK:
Jack is such a fun little boy these days.
He's so talkative, so inquisitive, and SO smart! He surprises me all the time with questions and abilities. He really does listen so well and is so obedient for the most part.
He's very stubborn on some things which makes him hard to persuade at times, but I kind of like that about him.
He is very particular, needs things to be just so.
He just learned how to ride his training wheel bike, and rides that around a ton.
Loves to play basketball with the little one and enjoys having an audience.
He's loving his new friends Will and Liam and being able to spend time with them like a big boy.
Jack loves to snack. He's been doing better at not snacking too much and we've removed chips from his diet completely. He doesn't love mealtime and the food served then. We've got some work to do there.
Jack has really been loving Primary so far! I'm so relieved because there are a lot of kids in his class that took a long time to adjust and still have struggles. I'm glad he was able to adjust and enjoy it regardless. Could have gone completely the opposite direction.
I love how he loves me and Nate. He is very affectionate when one of us is leaving and so sweet at night to say, "Sweep Whew" (sleep well). I love it!
ERIKA
Reading new big words everyday! I can't believe how quickly she is progressing with her reading. Well, maybe I can, because it seems to be a common trend around here, but she is doing so well!! It's so impressive! She loves it too, which is great! I need to be better at nurturing that side of her.
Erika stays pretty busy most of the time. In fact, she doesn't slow down anymore until her eyes are hurting (which I'm starting to think is tiredness). She loves to roller blade, ride her bike, jump on the tramp, play in the creek, pretty much anything that Kate wants to do too :). She LOVES Kate and spending time with her. I loved what she said the other day about riding their bikes home from school, "I have to make sure I ride behind Kate so that if something happens to her or her bike, I can see it and I can stop and help her, instead of just riding off, not knowing if she stopped." Pretty cool little friend, I think.
She loves helping out in the kitchen and loves her dinner cooking day. It's cute that she's gotten into it.
She decided the other day that she would like to sign up for basketball this fall. She played with the boys and made a few shots and realized that she's, "really good at shooting!" Awesome!
She still lets me cuddle with her every once in a while.
Still likes to go running with her big brothers in the mornings.
And she still likes to sleep in :).
Erika is probably out best fruits and veggies eater. she loves them all! It's awesome.
NOAH
Noah just earned his Bobcat in Cub Scouts.
He is thriving in 2nd grade. I love hearing the stories about his class and his friends. This is the first year school has been more about friends than just academics. I love it :).
His really good friend that he talks about most is McKay. They do so many fun things together at school, They sound so imaginative, making up new languages, secret handshakes, secret clubs, magic tricks, you name it. Sounds so fun. I'm glad he has a friend like that in his class.
He still hangs out with Josh and Corbin almost everyday once his jobs and homework are done :).
He is pretty busy drawing and creating new things when he's not outside shootin' hoops or getting into trouble.
He's one of the sweetest boys on the planet and still loves his mom very much! I love that.
He just told me he might be the President of The United States someday. I like that idea. He'd be great. He said the first thing he's going to change is the laws that allow boys to marry boys and girls to marry girls. Good idea!
He is getting really good at baseball and will play his first game of the season next week. I can't wait!
Noah has really been loving having the Holy Ghost ever since he got baptized. He's so sweet and in tune to the Spirit. I love his spirituality.
I am so intrigued by his stories and imagination.
LUKE
Luke just won top in the Nation on TTM this past month. We were so proud of him and his success in all of that. He seriously carried the school. In fact, we figured out that Luke got more points than all of the 42 students at Naches Elementary combined! Way more actually :). So that's pretty awesome. Mr. Flynn has been pretty proud/thankful for Luke. That's been a lot of fun.
He is such a fun kid to have around. If you ask him a question, you can expect an answer like, "CHIPS!" or "CHEDDAR" or "I LIKE CHIPS!" in his squeaky little boy voice :). Not to mention the cute smile that accompanies those answers. I love it. It's annoying, but I totally love it.
He's got a lot of drive. When he wants something he makes sure he gets it. Even if it's just a bowl of Ramen instead of broccoli or Miracle Whip toast instead of mashed potatoes. It's cool what this kid can accomplish and achieve.
He is a sweetheart. Very sensitive. He is basically friends with everyone but I love that he has become closer friends with some of the boys in his class. Ruben and Clint. Even Drake and Preston. It's fun to see him branching out finally.
He loves basketball and is usually out in the street shooting hoops with his brothers. Although, he has found playing tag with the neighbor girl who is 2 years older than him quite enjoyable as well :). Makes me laugh.
He just barely missed the decathalon qualifications, by 2 jumps with the jump rope he said. Kind of a bummer, but he's looking on the bright side and is excited to just be able to go even if he can't compete. I think that's cool.
Luke is such a good sport and is genuinely happy for others' successes. It's so awesome! I'll never forget how happy he was for Ruben winning the Kindle in the TTM drawing. "It's so awesome that he won, he did so good! He did 400 just like me! He deserves it!" Such a cool kid.
BRADLEY
Might be going to the Decathalon as well! So that's been pretty huge!
I've been really proud of the things Bradley's teacher has said about him and his behavior in the class and with his classmates. He is a leader and is choosing to be a good leader. Helping to stand for what is right and fight off the bullying and negative behavior that he could otherwise be sucked into by the "popular kids". I'm so glad he is setting a good example and being someone the kids can look up to.
He loves to play basketball 24/7. And tag with the girls on our street. He's got two now. It's funny to watch.
He is itching to go fishing as well. I love that he's bought everyone a fishing pole for their birthdays :). Minus a couple of us of course :).
He's such a sweet boy with his younger siblings. Erika, Jack and Molly in particular. He's very sweet and understanding with them and always helps out with them when I need it. Especially with Molly. It's so fun to see how much she loves him and is comfortable with him. He really knows how to take care of her. I think he's changed more of her diapers than anyone else in the house besides me of course. Such a good boy.
Bradley also wowed us all with his TTMing abilities. He of course was at the top of his class too. He was so thrilled to get over 600 green tickets. The auction was a much anticipated event with so much to spend :).
He is looking forward to getting the Priesthood this year! I can't believe he is going to be 12!! Blows my mind. I'm excited for him.
He still takes the garbage out for me every time I ask. Such a good boy.
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KELLY
Playing Lacrosse of course. I've been loving that. She's been benefiting from it for sure!
She is really getting the hang of Jr. High bringing her grades up probably over a whole point!! Pretty awesome. I feel like she's adjusting to it quickly and has had little to no girly friend drama which I had previously anticipated. I'm really proud of how hard she is working.
Kelly is still such a big help around the house. She is one of my go-to kids.
I love texting her and the texts I get in return during the day. She is a sweet girl always expressing gratitude for even the smallest of things. Means a lot to me.
She is enjoying Young Women's of course. And flying right through all of her Personal Progress stuff! I can't believe how much she's done! She's really going to reach her goal to finish while she is still a Beehive.
She's still serving as the First Counselor. Different President, but same calling. She does a great job at serving her class and is always willing to volunteer for assignments. I love that about her.
She has learned she doesn't love choir, but still loves to sing. She just tried out for Kaysville/Fruit Heights Idol! Which amazes me! So much courage! And she did great, I won't be surprised if she makes it!
She loves to be off in her room by herself and her phone... typical I guess. But knows how to limit her phone time, which I have found to be quite a blessing! I don't have to nag her. She even leaves her phone at home on no-screen days! Good girl.
Kelly just got nominated to be on the Hope Squad for next year. The group of kids that help other kids with problems. I'm anxious to see how that goes. She'll be perfect at that.
She is loving the church sports, dodgeball right now, and is really good at it!
CHARITY
Just moved into the Mia Maid class and is learning that she can demonstrate obedience by going even when it's not her favorite thing to do right now. I've been really proud of her endurance. She's a tough girl.
She really gets into the church sports as well. It's fun to listen to her calling all the young women to round up enough to go.
She's been the key to getting a couple of our non-member/inactive young women out to activities! I'm so proud of her for having the courage to do that. That can be difficult. She makes it look easy though.
She pulled out her first 4.0 this last quarter! Pretty impressive. She's really worked hard and also learned that when you communicate with your teachers you can get far.
She is a big help at home of course. Always babysitting for me and carrying a heavier load than she probably should. She never complains about that either, that's been priceless. She's always been one I could tell was meant for her position in the family. No doubt about that.
Charity just tried out for Kasyville/Fruit Heights Idol as well, did fantastic. I can't wait to hear back on that!
She has recently found a great deal of pleasure in the Stake Dances. She has demonstrated such high standards. I am so proud of how she is able to keep herself morally clean and maintain such high standards for herself. She is such a good girl and makes such good choices.
She's loving her dance class and looking forward to not being in choir in 9th grade.
Charity is another one of our basketball players. She loves the game, loves the Jazz in particular and was one of their biggest fans all through this season. She was so sad when they didn't make it to the playoffs.
There. That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure I missed stuff.
MOLLY:
Sitting up, wishing she could get around, but loving every bit of attention she can get from whoever is within smile range :).
She loves to eat, even new things, except for anything pureed! She will however, eat ice cream we've learned. hmmmmm. Not sure how that works :). I think her favorite thing to eat is whatever I am eating :). She feels like a big girl. And Graham crackers. We all love the cute little crunch she makes with her new little tooth!
We can see another little tooth finally starting to come through. Hopefully that is what is to blame for all the crying the last couple nights. Poor baby girl.
She is so patient, so easygoing, such a good baby! She really wins the prize! Best baby award. She is such a pleasure to have around. I know that it's partly because we have so many awesome helpers around here keeping her happy and helping her to feel at home. I love that.
Bradley and Luke almost got her crawling with some fishy crackers on the floor the other day. She did figure out how to maneuver herself toward the crackers, but not without a lot of frustration, although crawling doesn't seem far.
JACK:
Jack is such a fun little boy these days.
He's so talkative, so inquisitive, and SO smart! He surprises me all the time with questions and abilities. He really does listen so well and is so obedient for the most part.
He's very stubborn on some things which makes him hard to persuade at times, but I kind of like that about him.
He is very particular, needs things to be just so.
He just learned how to ride his training wheel bike, and rides that around a ton.
Loves to play basketball with the little one and enjoys having an audience.
He's loving his new friends Will and Liam and being able to spend time with them like a big boy.
Jack loves to snack. He's been doing better at not snacking too much and we've removed chips from his diet completely. He doesn't love mealtime and the food served then. We've got some work to do there.
Jack has really been loving Primary so far! I'm so relieved because there are a lot of kids in his class that took a long time to adjust and still have struggles. I'm glad he was able to adjust and enjoy it regardless. Could have gone completely the opposite direction.
I love how he loves me and Nate. He is very affectionate when one of us is leaving and so sweet at night to say, "Sweep Whew" (sleep well). I love it!
ERIKA
Reading new big words everyday! I can't believe how quickly she is progressing with her reading. Well, maybe I can, because it seems to be a common trend around here, but she is doing so well!! It's so impressive! She loves it too, which is great! I need to be better at nurturing that side of her.
Erika stays pretty busy most of the time. In fact, she doesn't slow down anymore until her eyes are hurting (which I'm starting to think is tiredness). She loves to roller blade, ride her bike, jump on the tramp, play in the creek, pretty much anything that Kate wants to do too :). She LOVES Kate and spending time with her. I loved what she said the other day about riding their bikes home from school, "I have to make sure I ride behind Kate so that if something happens to her or her bike, I can see it and I can stop and help her, instead of just riding off, not knowing if she stopped." Pretty cool little friend, I think.
She loves helping out in the kitchen and loves her dinner cooking day. It's cute that she's gotten into it.
She decided the other day that she would like to sign up for basketball this fall. She played with the boys and made a few shots and realized that she's, "really good at shooting!" Awesome!
She still lets me cuddle with her every once in a while.
Still likes to go running with her big brothers in the mornings.
And she still likes to sleep in :).
Erika is probably out best fruits and veggies eater. she loves them all! It's awesome.
NOAH
Noah just earned his Bobcat in Cub Scouts.
He is thriving in 2nd grade. I love hearing the stories about his class and his friends. This is the first year school has been more about friends than just academics. I love it :).
His really good friend that he talks about most is McKay. They do so many fun things together at school, They sound so imaginative, making up new languages, secret handshakes, secret clubs, magic tricks, you name it. Sounds so fun. I'm glad he has a friend like that in his class.
He still hangs out with Josh and Corbin almost everyday once his jobs and homework are done :).
He is pretty busy drawing and creating new things when he's not outside shootin' hoops or getting into trouble.
He's one of the sweetest boys on the planet and still loves his mom very much! I love that.
He just told me he might be the President of The United States someday. I like that idea. He'd be great. He said the first thing he's going to change is the laws that allow boys to marry boys and girls to marry girls. Good idea!
He is getting really good at baseball and will play his first game of the season next week. I can't wait!
Noah has really been loving having the Holy Ghost ever since he got baptized. He's so sweet and in tune to the Spirit. I love his spirituality.
I am so intrigued by his stories and imagination.
LUKE
Luke just won top in the Nation on TTM this past month. We were so proud of him and his success in all of that. He seriously carried the school. In fact, we figured out that Luke got more points than all of the 42 students at Naches Elementary combined! Way more actually :). So that's pretty awesome. Mr. Flynn has been pretty proud/thankful for Luke. That's been a lot of fun.
He is such a fun kid to have around. If you ask him a question, you can expect an answer like, "CHIPS!" or "CHEDDAR" or "I LIKE CHIPS!" in his squeaky little boy voice :). Not to mention the cute smile that accompanies those answers. I love it. It's annoying, but I totally love it.
He's got a lot of drive. When he wants something he makes sure he gets it. Even if it's just a bowl of Ramen instead of broccoli or Miracle Whip toast instead of mashed potatoes. It's cool what this kid can accomplish and achieve.
He is a sweetheart. Very sensitive. He is basically friends with everyone but I love that he has become closer friends with some of the boys in his class. Ruben and Clint. Even Drake and Preston. It's fun to see him branching out finally.
He loves basketball and is usually out in the street shooting hoops with his brothers. Although, he has found playing tag with the neighbor girl who is 2 years older than him quite enjoyable as well :). Makes me laugh.
He just barely missed the decathalon qualifications, by 2 jumps with the jump rope he said. Kind of a bummer, but he's looking on the bright side and is excited to just be able to go even if he can't compete. I think that's cool.
Luke is such a good sport and is genuinely happy for others' successes. It's so awesome! I'll never forget how happy he was for Ruben winning the Kindle in the TTM drawing. "It's so awesome that he won, he did so good! He did 400 just like me! He deserves it!" Such a cool kid.
BRADLEY
Might be going to the Decathalon as well! So that's been pretty huge!
I've been really proud of the things Bradley's teacher has said about him and his behavior in the class and with his classmates. He is a leader and is choosing to be a good leader. Helping to stand for what is right and fight off the bullying and negative behavior that he could otherwise be sucked into by the "popular kids". I'm so glad he is setting a good example and being someone the kids can look up to.
He loves to play basketball 24/7. And tag with the girls on our street. He's got two now. It's funny to watch.
He is itching to go fishing as well. I love that he's bought everyone a fishing pole for their birthdays :). Minus a couple of us of course :).
He's such a sweet boy with his younger siblings. Erika, Jack and Molly in particular. He's very sweet and understanding with them and always helps out with them when I need it. Especially with Molly. It's so fun to see how much she loves him and is comfortable with him. He really knows how to take care of her. I think he's changed more of her diapers than anyone else in the house besides me of course. Such a good boy.
Bradley also wowed us all with his TTMing abilities. He of course was at the top of his class too. He was so thrilled to get over 600 green tickets. The auction was a much anticipated event with so much to spend :).
He is looking forward to getting the Priesthood this year! I can't believe he is going to be 12!! Blows my mind. I'm excited for him.
He still takes the garbage out for me every time I ask. Such a good boy.
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KELLY
Playing Lacrosse of course. I've been loving that. She's been benefiting from it for sure!
She is really getting the hang of Jr. High bringing her grades up probably over a whole point!! Pretty awesome. I feel like she's adjusting to it quickly and has had little to no girly friend drama which I had previously anticipated. I'm really proud of how hard she is working.
Kelly is still such a big help around the house. She is one of my go-to kids.
I love texting her and the texts I get in return during the day. She is a sweet girl always expressing gratitude for even the smallest of things. Means a lot to me.
She is enjoying Young Women's of course. And flying right through all of her Personal Progress stuff! I can't believe how much she's done! She's really going to reach her goal to finish while she is still a Beehive.
She's still serving as the First Counselor. Different President, but same calling. She does a great job at serving her class and is always willing to volunteer for assignments. I love that about her.
She has learned she doesn't love choir, but still loves to sing. She just tried out for Kaysville/Fruit Heights Idol! Which amazes me! So much courage! And she did great, I won't be surprised if she makes it!
She loves to be off in her room by herself and her phone... typical I guess. But knows how to limit her phone time, which I have found to be quite a blessing! I don't have to nag her. She even leaves her phone at home on no-screen days! Good girl.
Kelly just got nominated to be on the Hope Squad for next year. The group of kids that help other kids with problems. I'm anxious to see how that goes. She'll be perfect at that.
She is loving the church sports, dodgeball right now, and is really good at it!
CHARITY
Just moved into the Mia Maid class and is learning that she can demonstrate obedience by going even when it's not her favorite thing to do right now. I've been really proud of her endurance. She's a tough girl.
She really gets into the church sports as well. It's fun to listen to her calling all the young women to round up enough to go.
She's been the key to getting a couple of our non-member/inactive young women out to activities! I'm so proud of her for having the courage to do that. That can be difficult. She makes it look easy though.
She pulled out her first 4.0 this last quarter! Pretty impressive. She's really worked hard and also learned that when you communicate with your teachers you can get far.
She is a big help at home of course. Always babysitting for me and carrying a heavier load than she probably should. She never complains about that either, that's been priceless. She's always been one I could tell was meant for her position in the family. No doubt about that.
Charity just tried out for Kasyville/Fruit Heights Idol as well, did fantastic. I can't wait to hear back on that!
She has recently found a great deal of pleasure in the Stake Dances. She has demonstrated such high standards. I am so proud of how she is able to keep herself morally clean and maintain such high standards for herself. She is such a good girl and makes such good choices.
She's loving her dance class and looking forward to not being in choir in 9th grade.
Charity is another one of our basketball players. She loves the game, loves the Jazz in particular and was one of their biggest fans all through this season. She was so sad when they didn't make it to the playoffs.
There. That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure I missed stuff.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Phone Pics
These pictures are all in weird order, but I'm too lazy to fix it and too lazy to put them in separate posts. I will fix it when they go in the book. Aunt Becky got Erika and I all into the new braids that she finds for us on Pinterest and Facebook. It's been fun to do some of them and then send the pics to Becky every morning :).
Nate fixing our brakes all by himself! He really is saving us so much money learning how to do these kinds of things online. Well, I guess technically it was my Dad that taught him how to do this, but he got a quick refresher on YouTube I think.
One of the MANY domino towers of Luke's.
Charity and Nate at her birthday present :). Jazz vs. Cavs
Luke's Utah County report project :). What better to represent Utah county than the Y on the mountain!!
In line for the Women's conference
I think this was supposed to be me and Kelly but Charity photobombed us and then the ones I took of Charity and me didn't work out! So good thing she stuck her cute little face in there.
My traditional I heart Nate egg :)
This is just adorable.
Which carrot should I eat first?
Both of them!
THis was during General conference... I loved how sweet Erika was being with her little sister.
Brad and Molly quality time during conference.
I thought this was cool- Luke made it during conference.
New toothy!!
She totally looks like she's posing for these... not so. But great shots!!
This is how Noah watched conference :)
Everyone took a turn bonding with Molly during conference.
Sleeping beauty
Bradley's Constitution bowl team :).
Jazz vs. Clippers- Merry Christmas to Nate, from Grandpa Hatch- too bad we LOST!! UGH!
Molly konked out about 3rd quarter.
It was so funny when she woke up though... looked around like, "What happened? Did we win?? What did I miss? I kind of dozed off."
THis was one of the only pics that turned out after spilling Erika's water all over the table and herself for this one, I decided it would do. Sorry Nate. And Noah. Celebrating our good grades!
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