Sunday, April 26, 2009

Dear Deer



We woke up Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago seeing these deer in our back yard. It was a kind of rainy and overcast day. It was really neat to see them so close up. Erick said one looked like Elliot from the movie Open Season. He only had one antler.

General Conference


Can you tell I am trying to catch up. General Conference was a really fun weekend for our family. Our kids watched all 4 sessions! I couldn't believe it. Our kids were great missionaries. They invited Ethen our neighbor to watch Sunday morning Conference with us. They told him that is started at 9:00, and promptly at 9:00 the doorbell rang and he watched the whole 2 hours of Conference with us. Erick explained when President Monson spoke that this was the living modern day Prophet just like Moses and and all the Prophets in the Bible. It was really a neat experience. It made you watch Conference through new eyes. It helped me realize how blessed we are to be apart of the true church here on earth. The kids want to have him go to Primary with them. They have invited him but he hasn't made it yet, but I guess baby steps.

Clean your plate!



Sunday's are a "what ever day" at our house. I know that Mondays are cleaning days so isn't Sunday a day of rest? So my house isn't exactly clean on Sunday. Our kids decided to make their own farms. It kept them entertained most of the day. And this is Erick enjoying our homemade Spaghetti. Erick you can't get down from the table until you have eaten everything on your plate!

No more Cradle

This is Brooklyn sleeping in her crib! Kassidy was so excited to have her baby sister finally in her room. Kassidy cleaned and set up the crib all by herself. I took down the cradle that Brooklyn slept in, in our room and it kind of made me sad. I knew that I wouldn't have anymore babies to lay in that cradle. We have used the same cradle for all our kids. I guess that chapter is over in my life. It's good to know that all of my children are here, but it is sad to know that I won't have anymore precious new babies.

Spaghetti Playdough!



Spaghetti has become a tradition for our Sunday night dinner. Our kids enjoy watching it come out of the pasta maker. It reminds me of play dough. Whole wheat pasta is so yummy! We have to be quiet about where we aquired the pasta maker though, Uncle Brian you might be missing something!