Saturday, March 29, 2014
Karate Chop
ATA Manchester earned $900 towards Cancer research by breaking 1000 boards. It was a smash hit! Jacob broke about 30 by himself and learned a lot about not giving up.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Grandpa's Funeral and My Birthday
Emmy and I had the opportunity to fly back home to Utah, this month, to attend my grandfather's funeral. He had been living with my mom for the last few months of his life and passed away peacefully with his loving family cheering him on. We know he was really looking forward to being with my grandma again and we were excited for him. He is loved by so many and we will all miss him. There is definitely a difference here on earth without the both of them. It was amazing to see, however, the enormous legacy they left behind. With a posterity of over 200, we filled the church and basically made a scene wherever we went. We should have made a movie called my Big, Fat, Mormon Funeral. I love my family! The funeral was a true celebration of my grandpa's life. From his intellectual contributions to his spiritual strength, my grandfather was a truly brilliant man. Thanks so much to all the family members that helped us come out there and took care of Emmy so that I could attend the funeral.
My favorite part was when all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, ages 8 and up, stood on the stand and sang We'll Bring the World His Truth, or Army of Helaman. There was not a dry eye in the place and it was so special. We sang the same song for their missionary farewell when they went to London and I will never forget it.
I love this photo of my grandparents! It is unique in the fact that it is one of the only pictures I have seen that shows my grandmother pregnant. This is significant in the fact that she had 11 children!
I was particularly excited to go to Utah to see the progress on the building of the Payson Temple. David is hoping to apply for the Grounds Supervisor job when it becomes available and we having been following it closely. IT IS GORGEOUS! All LDS temples are beautiful but I think this one is one of my favorites already. It will be hard to wait until January to apply. I miss those mountains something fierce. I practically share a birthday with my cousin Donna, and she kindly sent me a book of Willie Holdman's photographs of Timpanogos Mountain for my birthday. I cried. :) There is nothing quite like getting mountains in the mail for your birthday!
So speaking of my birthday, I turned 32 while in Utah. I was sad not to be with my boys but David sent me flowers and my family got me a "Bruce Bogtrotter" cake (Mathilda reference) and took me out to dinner. That night was my grandpa's viewing so I was able to see all my extended family and visit with my lovely cousins. We were able to celebrate with David's family a bit too and then added the excitement of David's sister, Nicole's, engagement to Juan. We are incredibly excited for the wedding this summer!!!
Well, after all the excitement of returning home and getting life back to normal, the kids went on Spring Break. We didn't do a whole lot but we were able to relax in the mornings and go to the zoo. The sunshine was a welcome rarity and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. The hippos were a hit!
Things are finally starting to warm up here and Caleb and David have started running again. We signed Caleb up with the St. Louis Blazers, a city track club. He is really excited to start that next week. Tonight, Jacob's Karate is supporting a local fundraising effort for Cancer by doing a Board-break-athon. It should be fun!
I did another post for the Projectsconnect2014 blog. Read it. Be inspired. Haa!
My favorite part was when all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, ages 8 and up, stood on the stand and sang We'll Bring the World His Truth, or Army of Helaman. There was not a dry eye in the place and it was so special. We sang the same song for their missionary farewell when they went to London and I will never forget it.
I love this photo of my grandparents! It is unique in the fact that it is one of the only pictures I have seen that shows my grandmother pregnant. This is significant in the fact that she had 11 children!
I was particularly excited to go to Utah to see the progress on the building of the Payson Temple. David is hoping to apply for the Grounds Supervisor job when it becomes available and we having been following it closely. IT IS GORGEOUS! All LDS temples are beautiful but I think this one is one of my favorites already. It will be hard to wait until January to apply. I miss those mountains something fierce. I practically share a birthday with my cousin Donna, and she kindly sent me a book of Willie Holdman's photographs of Timpanogos Mountain for my birthday. I cried. :) There is nothing quite like getting mountains in the mail for your birthday!
So speaking of my birthday, I turned 32 while in Utah. I was sad not to be with my boys but David sent me flowers and my family got me a "Bruce Bogtrotter" cake (Mathilda reference) and took me out to dinner. That night was my grandpa's viewing so I was able to see all my extended family and visit with my lovely cousins. We were able to celebrate with David's family a bit too and then added the excitement of David's sister, Nicole's, engagement to Juan. We are incredibly excited for the wedding this summer!!!
Well, after all the excitement of returning home and getting life back to normal, the kids went on Spring Break. We didn't do a whole lot but we were able to relax in the mornings and go to the zoo. The sunshine was a welcome rarity and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. The hippos were a hit!
Things are finally starting to warm up here and Caleb and David have started running again. We signed Caleb up with the St. Louis Blazers, a city track club. He is really excited to start that next week. Tonight, Jacob's Karate is supporting a local fundraising effort for Cancer by doing a Board-break-athon. It should be fun!
I did another post for the Projectsconnect2014 blog. Read it. Be inspired. Haa!
Monday, March 3, 2014
March comes in like a lion, what else...
I feel like this weather is the norm and any weather above freezing is something for the record books. I keep telling David that it feels like right before you have a baby, that space of time when you know that you really ARE going to deliver a baby by a certain date but it feels like you are going to be pregnant forever. The baby can't stay in there forever, right? This is how I feel about the winter this year. It can't be freezing and dead forever, right? I feel like I am reliving the book, The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I am suffering from a bit of depression and could really do with some sunny blue skies and warmer weather. Soon!
Well they cancelled church meetings again yesterday and school again this morning. I figured since we had no where to go that I would bake some bread for us and the neighbors. There is nothing like fresh bread to cheer people up.
The boys decided to play their own version of Curling. It was very entertaining! They were very serious about it.
Caleb wrote a talk for our own family sacrament meeting. I was so impressed by his beautiful testimony. He is such an amazing son.
Valentine's Day came and went. I made the kids these pancakes that I found on Pinterest. They liked them, but Emmy LOVED the box of Sweetarts even more. David brought me home some mini daffodils and I made him a delectable chicken dinner. He got called back into work for snow removal, right before dinner, and I was a bit ornery about it. Thankfully, he only had to stay about an hour and made it home in time to eat with us.
I love him! We usually look like this first picture below because of Emmy's sleeping issues. He is the best husband ever and gets up with her 90% of the time. I couldn't do this parenting thing without him.
I found Emmy down on my pile of clean clothes the other day. She gets so worn out because she is awake so much at night. It's a hard balance between helping her get enough total sleep and trying to encourage her to sleep at night and not so much during the day. I think we are all just plain tired!
I woke up to this sunrise a few weeks ago. I love all the colors! It was a nice reward for getting out of bed and helped me to feel Heavenly Father's love for me.
The Olympics also came a went. We love watching the events and like to have at least one authentic dish from the host country. This time I made a Russian cake called Bird's Milk Cake. Super random name and it tasted OK but I don't think I will be making it again. Ü
I took Emmy to a playgroup at a neat, nature center. She had fun with her little friends Emily and Peter. It was so nice to get out and socialize a bit. Emmy is a little social butterfly.
I just joined a project that my cousin is heading up, called Projectsconnect2014. It is an amazing idea and I was so excited to be a part of it. Here is the link to the blog:
Projectsconnect2014
I report on the 23rd of each month. I have really enjoyed reading about women accomplishing goals and having a positive influence on those around them. It is incredibly inspiring and I hope to improve myself a bit and be inspiring to my own little family.
Well they cancelled church meetings again yesterday and school again this morning. I figured since we had no where to go that I would bake some bread for us and the neighbors. There is nothing like fresh bread to cheer people up.
The boys decided to play their own version of Curling. It was very entertaining! They were very serious about it.
Caleb wrote a talk for our own family sacrament meeting. I was so impressed by his beautiful testimony. He is such an amazing son.
Valentine's Day came and went. I made the kids these pancakes that I found on Pinterest. They liked them, but Emmy LOVED the box of Sweetarts even more. David brought me home some mini daffodils and I made him a delectable chicken dinner. He got called back into work for snow removal, right before dinner, and I was a bit ornery about it. Thankfully, he only had to stay about an hour and made it home in time to eat with us.
I love him! We usually look like this first picture below because of Emmy's sleeping issues. He is the best husband ever and gets up with her 90% of the time. I couldn't do this parenting thing without him.
I found Emmy down on my pile of clean clothes the other day. She gets so worn out because she is awake so much at night. It's a hard balance between helping her get enough total sleep and trying to encourage her to sleep at night and not so much during the day. I think we are all just plain tired!
I woke up to this sunrise a few weeks ago. I love all the colors! It was a nice reward for getting out of bed and helped me to feel Heavenly Father's love for me.
The Olympics also came a went. We love watching the events and like to have at least one authentic dish from the host country. This time I made a Russian cake called Bird's Milk Cake. Super random name and it tasted OK but I don't think I will be making it again. Ü
I took Emmy to a playgroup at a neat, nature center. She had fun with her little friends Emily and Peter. It was so nice to get out and socialize a bit. Emmy is a little social butterfly.
I just joined a project that my cousin is heading up, called Projectsconnect2014. It is an amazing idea and I was so excited to be a part of it. Here is the link to the blog:
Projectsconnect2014
I report on the 23rd of each month. I have really enjoyed reading about women accomplishing goals and having a positive influence on those around them. It is incredibly inspiring and I hope to improve myself a bit and be inspiring to my own little family.
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