Good Things to Come

I loved this clip about Elder Jeffrey R. Holland as a young father off to graduate school.  He is one of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sharing Fridge Raiding Secrets

My kids' friend was over yesterday. During the day Shanna and Haley decided to show him the glory of fridge marauding. When I discovered what they had done (why else would there be empty lime and lemon juice bottles laying on the kitchen floor?!) their little friend walked by me and said, pointing to the empty bottles, "I don't like that stuff."

I had some trouble recently (from last Wednesday till yesterday) with some dental bills--which I did get figured out.  Clark picks up on a lot and without me thinking about it of course heard me talk about my dental bills for my four cavities.  Last night Clark was asking about my cavities and how I acquired them.  I really didn't have an answer. I basically responded with an I-don't-know.  (I am an excellent floss-er...ask Lee.) 

But Clark had more on his plate.  "Well, Mom, you shouldn't go on so many dates with Dad."

A very interesting comment.  "Why Clark?"

Clark apparently has come downstairs too many time after the kids were supposed to be in bed, asleep. "Because of all the treats you eat with Dad on your dates!" 

A great clip about successful "Mormons"--members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (of which I am a member.) It shows briefly the Missionary Training Center in Provo where I spent four weeks training for my 18-month mission to Los Angeles and to the Los Angeles Temple Visitors' Center. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Cal!

Our little Cal turned FIVE!  Even though we were away from home visiting the Heits, we still went all out (as much as we could ha ha).  I think it was a success.  The pictures will tell all!
Making fondant at about 10:30 or 11pm at night...as always.  I need to plan better and make the fondant during the daytime.  Clark's birthday is coming up and that will give me a chance to try my pre-planning preparation fondant plan.


We had to throw in a few decorations....


A Lego Space Police cake.  Great job Lee!





The next morning, or should I write a few hours later.  Why do I always go to bed late the eve of a birthday?



After church and ready for the party!







Haley slept through the party.  Haley and Shanna had fevers Saturday and Sunday morning, and Elden last week.


Elden enjoying a second lunch during the party.

Summer has arrived...

Summer is here!  Clark got out of school on the 21st of May.  Even though it's still offically spring, summer starts at our house when school ends. The Monday after school let out, we were off at 4:01 am (1 minute late) to visit Daniel and Amy.  Shanna's photo sums up our trip:


Yes, we had a WONDERFUL time!  It was great visiting and we didn't stay long enough.  Haley loved the birds!




Shanna loved Daniel's beard!



Clark loved playing the Wii with Anthon.


And we all loved swimming....I enjoyed  it all from the concrete.

We also stopped at a park and played for a little bit.  Anthon was still in school, but Amy took him out for a day to play with Clark.  I am so glad she did!  It's great being with family and Lee and I love talking with Daniel and Amy.  The one night we were there, we got to join in on their family home evening.  Daniel talked about coat of arms that are found in England, and most everybody made their own coat of arms, or started contributing to a family coat of arms. And for treat, ice cream...can't go wrong!

After our great trip, we ventured off on another adventure.  We headed up to Virginia and went....camping!!!  I am sure you probably just fell off your chair, but hopefully you didn't incur a concussion so you can keep reading and view some more pictures. Lee and I like doing things outside; though I'll admit, we're not very adventurous.  But may I add, having five small kids does deter me from doing things like....camping. Surprisingly Lee and I enjoyed it and I am sure we'll go camping again--at least once a year.

After our first night of camping we checked out downtown Charlottesville.  We loved the outside mall area.











We stayed at two different campgrounds while in VA...long story.  Well, not really, but I won't bore you with the details.  Our favorite part of camping is the campfire!




Shanna must be doing a marshmallow eating contest.  She should of had us all join in!


At the other campground the next day, it rained that evening.  We couldn't get the fire started (it didn't help that we couldn't find the matches.) Our "neighbor" let us use some lighter fluid. That got the fire started!


One of the reasons I am not too fond of camping: dirty kids.  But I took this picture anyway.  Elden loved crawling in the dirt!  Can you imagine twins crawling around in the dirt?  I can and that is probably why I stayed away from camping for a few years.


Elden will lie down occasionaly throughout the day and I think it's cute.  It seemed my other kids weren't as relaxed as Elden.  I loved seeing him lounge in our tent.

Thanks Daniel and Amy for a great visit!!!