A Couple of Kind Kids

Children are a blessing! I've always felt that I have GREAT kids. A few mornings ago we were rushing to get out the door and get to school and I hadn't seen the girls for awhile so I went to check on them and there was Lily combing through Amara's hair. "Amara just finished my hair, and now I'm helping her" was Lily's response. It was cute, Amara patiently standing on the toilet and Lily standing on the step stool. I think we were a little late getting to school, but my heart was warmed that morning.

Then, this morning as I was just waking up, Lily and Amara brought Steve and I breakfast in bed- toast, yogurt, water and a cough drop with a freshly colored picture on the side. What a sweet act of love!

Lily lost another tooth (Sept 16, 2012)

Lily likes to leave the toothfairy a little note whenever she looses a tooth.  Her note above says, "This is how I lost my tooth.  Well I put a string in my mouth.  My sister dident want it there so she pulled both ends.  And thats when it happened.  It flew out.  but i did not know it came out.  I just tasted blood.  It took a little while to find it but we found it."  The picture she drew is of herself witha bag from taco time draped over her shoulder and her hand holding the tooth up (her actual tooth was taped to the picture) and a speech bubble with her saying, "it's kindof yellow.".  Notice the smile- that's basically what her smile looked like at the time.  This was her 8th tooth lost.

The toothfairy took the tooth and left the money on the floor. 

Thanksgiving at Bev's

For Thanksgiving this year we traveled to Bev's house in Herriman, Utah and enjoyed a true feast with some of Steve's family and some of Beverli's friends.

Our pretty paper plates- so festive!

   

 

Ninja is growing up but still has plenty of puppy in her.

Eva beginning to set tables.

Making meal preparations

Tron peeling spuds

Steve sporting his fauxhawk.

James with his friend.

The girls playing with Ninja through the sliding glass door.

Talking history with Bev's neighbors.

Getting hungry.

 The feast was ready only an hour late and it was worth the wait.  Everyone prepared a little something to add to the massive spread of turkey, potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, yams, rolls, corn, peas, green salad, dixie fruit salad, christmas jello salad, fruit salad, veggie crossaint pizza, BBQ bacon-wrapped waterchestnuts, brussell sprouts, and pies of all kinds- pumpkin, sugarless pumpkin, cheesecakes, key lime yogurt, lemon meringue, apple, with maple whipped cream or traditional whipped cream.  I may be missing some items, but as you can tell, we were not short on food.

It was good times with our loving family.  I'm thankful for Thanksgiving!  God blessed us with so much bounty especially the opportunity to spend time with our loved ones.

Christmas Card and Family Newsletter

I know I still have a lot of  "catching up" to do on this blog, but it's fitting to post a Christmas Card during the Christmas season, so here that's what I'm doing.  I'll still work on getting more posted from the past few months, but until then, enjoy the smilebox I made.
  

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President Ron Paul... almost... sorta...

 Ron Paul, former presidential candidate, came to UVU and we made the trip to see him.  The election came and went, and no, he didn't win, and as I predicted from the get-go, Obama got reelected.  It is very rare in U.S. history that a president is not elected for a second term, especially a war-time president.  That's a tidbit of information that I retained from my honor's U.S. history class in high school.  Ron Paul may not be president of the U.S.of A., but he's still president in our hearts.  Okay, that sounds mega-cheesy, but who cares.  It was a fun rally and a nice change to be around other people who love his message of liberty.

 There was much clapping and support.

 We got to get pretty close as Ron Paul left the premises. 

 And yes, he waved directly at me.  No joke. See ya next election Dr. Paul~ what ya say~ third time's a charm?