Donut for breakfast in bed. Happy half birthday to our big 4 1/2 year old!
We went to Wisconsin for a long weekend. Lauren was supposed to be napping. Vance found her like this. She was awake, happy, and had reached over and grabbed a book from the bookshelf. Hebrew Dictionary. So proud of her. Such as desire for knowledge:)
My brother Joe, his wife Carrie and their kids were in Wisconsin as well and our trip overlapped. I thought we had more pictures from the trip but this is all I could find. Ah man! Here is Lincoln playing with Hunter.
Lauren participated in gymnastics. She cried and cried the first week, and each successive week was more enjoyable for her. She was most upset that she had to take her socks off. This girl went through a phase of having to have socks on 24/7.
So I went to pick up a mini trampoline for the kids and was buying it from someone else. Both of the kids were in the backseat. As soon as I pulled up next to the curb, I hit it, and apparently a little too hard! Whoops a daisy! You can see the laceration in the tire. When we hit the curb, Lincoln said, "Oh no, is the car ok?" I assured him that it was JUST FINE! But of course when I got out of the car to inspect the damage, a total flat. The lady who we were going to buy the trampoline from let us use her AAA card. She offered and that was so kind. It paid for the towing!! She was so sweet. It was a cold, very windy day and we waited in this lady's garage until my friend Katie picked us up. Vance left work and met us at Katie's house, but went back to the car to meet the towing guy. I was so frustrated with myself that I wasn't more careful. Expensive mistake. Oh well. I am still grateful for the lady that helped us with the towing, Vance, and my friend Katie who picked us up from where we were stranded!!
Playset--we got this for free from someone in the Twin Cities. It needed a little love, and now it looks brand new. It has been great to have a play set of our own.
Vance dressed up as Joseph Smith! He helped me with one of my sharing time lessons. It was awesome. He did such a great job playing the part.
The little lady playing t-ball. This must have been a picture from March---brown grass...
Our laundry room needed a little makeover. I'd love to put tile in this room. Anyway, I wanted some more counter space and somewhere to put diapers, wipes, and laundry baskets. This base cabinet houses all of those. It has been so nice. We painted it white, put in hardware, and Vance wanted to do a wood top. I love the way it looks. We put in a cute chalkboard/hook area in that room as well. This way Lincoln and Lauren can put away their own jackets (instead of the floor:)
So we have "magic sand." The kids were playing with it for a long time. Lincoln left to play with something else. I then found Lauren in the bin like this! What a cutie. With no socks, shoes, filthy pants and hair, she looks like a homeless child!! But that's just how a two year old playing in sand looks at our house:)
On our way back from Wisconsin, sharing a kids meal. They don't eat much, so they usually share! Lauren chose to wear her Frozen nightgown over her clothes that day.
My sweet visiting teacher, Deanna Kerr usually brings little gifts for the kids when she comes each month. She has been my visiting teacher for over two years. She was assigned as my visiting teacher when we moved into this ward. Last month she brought new books for the kids. As soon as she left, I found Lincoln like this on the arm of the sofa. He loves to read. Most days I have to tell him to stop so he can go to bed.
Our Nissan hit 111,111 miles! I remember buying this car from the Nissan dealership in Orem back in February of 2006. It had 9,160 miles on it. Not sure how I remember that!! It has been a GREAT car and we have put very little money into it. Just regular oil changes. Hopefully it last another 100,000 miles. Don't worry, as you can see, the speedometer was 0 and the car was parked when this photo was taken:)
