Everyday Stuff

I haven't added much to our blog lately because I've felt that our normal everyday life wasn't much to "write home about." But, I've changed my mind. I LOVE hearing about normal everyday kind of things. It's normal! Plus, I want to record our normal stuff because someday it won't be our normal and I will want to remember. So, here goes. (Sorry there won't be any pictures this time, I'll try to take more pictures of our normal everyday so that you can see as well as read.)

We've all been sick with coughs that take a very long time to go away, but are finally relenting! All that coughing and not sleeping made us into some pretty grumpy people. I am so happy to report that we are happy and well once again.

Anne is turning 8 this year so she and I went to the "8 is Great" fireside on the 10th. We learned about how to plan for her baptism and what actually happens in the Bishop's interview and about fun things like Activity Days and earning the Faith in God award. Anne can hardly wait!

In the last week, Naomi has tripped and landed on her nose on pavement. It looks pretty sad. She is pretty upbeat about it, though. She has had lots of questions like, "Did you meet the sidewalk?"

Ellen has been practicing and practicing her letters. She knows them all quite well but likes to see how many she can acurately name in 1 minute. She is also sounding out words and writing them down or just spelling them to me quite a bit. Most of the time her spelling is way off, but she is doing great with phonetic spelling.

Stephen and Noah both got haircuts on Monday while the kids were off of school. They are both very handsome!

Speaking of handsome... some of you probably know that James quite often whistles at me and has since we first got married. You know the kind of whistle I mean. I like it. But I've never quite known how to respond. Until recently. Now when he whistles, I call out, "Hi, Handsome!" I think he likes it. The kids like it too. Naomi occasionally refers to James as "Handsome" instead of Daddy. Especially when she is talking to me. And the other day I asked Noah if he is handsome and he said, "Noooo! Daddy handsome!"

That's about it for now. I'll try to be back soon with more....

Scrambler

I know this is from quite awhile ago, but I came across these pictures the other day and realized that I never did post them on the blog.

In September we went to the County Fair and the bigger kids got to choose one ride to go on. Anne chose a mirror maze, but I somehow didn't get any pictures of her. Stephen and Ellen chose the Scrambler. I don't know if you can see it in the pictures or not, but they both had big smiles on their faces. The loved it!

The Pinewood Derby is coming up.

Stephen has done most of the work himself......

......with a little help from Dad.