Monday, April 30
Thursday, April 19
BFFs
After a rough night with some disobedience, anger, remorse, and apologies we finished the evening with snuggles in bed. I asked Amy, "Can we be friends again?" She got really sincere and said, "Forever? I want to be friends forever." Melted my heart. I want to be friends with Amy forever too. I am so glad we can reconnect even after some rough spots in a day. (At one point today she also told me that she was feeling bad because she knows she made bad choices.) I'm pretty impressed with that sweet girl who just wants to be good.)
Tuesday, April 17
I've Been Vindicated
A week ago I locked myself (and kids) out of my house because I lost my keys. I felt a little silly about having lost keys (again) and for not thinking ahead to be able to get in my house. Everything turned out fine. Today I found my keys. In a bag full of toys. The girls have been packing lately and carrying around bags of random items. Sometimes they just carry them around for no apparent purpose. Other times they go on trips or field trips. So we had a talk about whether those things were keys or toys. I wasn't mad because I was just glad it wasn't my fault.
Monday, April 9
Wednesday, April 4
Free Cone Day 2012
We had a fun Free Cone day. Bonnie let me sleep in but then it was pretty late so we started to hustle a bit... but not too much! We met Burns and did a kid swap for the rest of the ride up. When we arrived there was hardly a line - it didn't even go out the door of the small shop.
We decided to do this in rounds to hopefully maximize our capacity of ice cream intake. I ate 6 scoops the first round, Bonnie ate 4, and I think the kids had two or three. As Burns had to go pick up other kids from school we said goodbye and, for a break, we walked up to the new City Creek Center mall for lunch. We may have gotten distracted by some water on the way. :)
Our lunch break took a few hours and was wonderful. It was so nice not to feel rushed for anything. When we got back it was getting a bit chilly and we would often stand in the sun to eat our ice creams. I ate 6 more scoops for a total of 12 and Bonnie ate two more for a total of 6. The kids each had a couple more as well.
We had a wonderful fun family time. I love B&J Free cone day!
We decided to do this in rounds to hopefully maximize our capacity of ice cream intake. I ate 6 scoops the first round, Bonnie ate 4, and I think the kids had two or three. As Burns had to go pick up other kids from school we said goodbye and, for a break, we walked up to the new City Creek Center mall for lunch. We may have gotten distracted by some water on the way. :)
Our lunch break took a few hours and was wonderful. It was so nice not to feel rushed for anything. When we got back it was getting a bit chilly and we would often stand in the sun to eat our ice creams. I ate 6 more scoops for a total of 12 and Bonnie ate two more for a total of 6. The kids each had a couple more as well.
We had a wonderful fun family time. I love B&J Free cone day!
P.S. This one is of my cups, Bonnies cups, and some of the kids' cups just before tossing it all. A pretty impressive pile!
Monday, April 2
We have funny kids
I wish I was better at recording the funny things our girls say -- they crack us up.
Today for FHE we went to the cemetery by our house where Grandma Amy Armstrong (Amy Parks' name sake) is buried. We went to her grave and spoke about how our bodies are buried and later our spirits will come back into our bodies and that Grandma Amy and Grandpa Ned's bodies would come back to life. Amy was very smart about knowing the word resurrection and Noel knew that all of the people whose bodies were in all of the cemetery would be resurrected. Our girls know such important stuff; we're very proud of them.
In the car on the way home, Amy and Noel had the greatest conversation which I don't remember word for word, but which I will try to give you a feel for nonethless. The Orem cemetery is located up on a hill at the corner of the city and has a wonderful view of Orem. We mentioned this. Noel then started saying that we have an Orem in our house. Then I think Amy said something like "is it Kansas?" and Noel answered "No, it's a Trafal-a-ga. We have a Trafal-a-ga in our house." (Trafalga is a family fun center we've gone to with them.) And they went on and on about this idea of having these things "in our house."
At home we had a song and prayer and show and tell. Noel for some reason has had a fascination with Amy's underwear lately and always chooses a pair of them for her show and tell. During General Conference this weekend, she and Amy got a bit carried away, watch!
Anyway, after show and tell, Amy performed a special musical number. She sang "Latter-day Prophets" while holding the "Gospel Art Book" and she pointed to each one of the Prophets correctly as she sang their names. We were so impressed with her! (Hmm, gotta get that one on video too.)
After that we had activity. Now Bonnie and I openly admit that we are pretty poor at celebrating holidays. In fact, we're really quite bad at it. So while for many the following activity is typical and fun, for us this was totally awesome! We dyed Easter Eggs!
Good family times.
Today for FHE we went to the cemetery by our house where Grandma Amy Armstrong (Amy Parks' name sake) is buried. We went to her grave and spoke about how our bodies are buried and later our spirits will come back into our bodies and that Grandma Amy and Grandpa Ned's bodies would come back to life. Amy was very smart about knowing the word resurrection and Noel knew that all of the people whose bodies were in all of the cemetery would be resurrected. Our girls know such important stuff; we're very proud of them.
In the car on the way home, Amy and Noel had the greatest conversation which I don't remember word for word, but which I will try to give you a feel for nonethless. The Orem cemetery is located up on a hill at the corner of the city and has a wonderful view of Orem. We mentioned this. Noel then started saying that we have an Orem in our house. Then I think Amy said something like "is it Kansas?" and Noel answered "No, it's a Trafal-a-ga. We have a Trafal-a-ga in our house." (Trafalga is a family fun center we've gone to with them.) And they went on and on about this idea of having these things "in our house."
At home we had a song and prayer and show and tell. Noel for some reason has had a fascination with Amy's underwear lately and always chooses a pair of them for her show and tell. During General Conference this weekend, she and Amy got a bit carried away, watch!
Anyway, after show and tell, Amy performed a special musical number. She sang "Latter-day Prophets" while holding the "Gospel Art Book" and she pointed to each one of the Prophets correctly as she sang their names. We were so impressed with her! (Hmm, gotta get that one on video too.)
After that we had activity. Now Bonnie and I openly admit that we are pretty poor at celebrating holidays. In fact, we're really quite bad at it. So while for many the following activity is typical and fun, for us this was totally awesome! We dyed Easter Eggs!
L.O.V.E. this picture of Noel!
And the final result!
From Left to Right: Daddy's, Mommy's, Amy's, Noel's, Eliza's
Good family times.
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