Jan 21

I developed the film from an underwater camera we were playing around with last summer...here are a few pics.


The last few weeks have been so cold. It's been freezing almost every night here--we are still not sure if any of our plants will survive this. We had just planted our beautiful vegetable garden too and it's lost. It even snowed by our house today..of course it didn't stick but we've never had it snow at our house before.

The latest dilemma that consumes my time is choosing which ballet class to put the girls in. I wanted to have them in class at the same time but it looks like that's not going to work. There are so many activities to choose from.

Mathew started this new laugh that literally sounds like a donkey, I'm not quite sure what to think of it. I think he's still not feeling well because he's crying a lot and arching his back and pulling on his ears. I took him in to the doctor and the doctor said there was nothing though.

The girls are still enjoying Mathew but he's starting to fight back a little--he's become and expert hair puller. The girls aren't quite sure what to think now that they are realizing he is not a toy doll to play with on their terms.

Ellie has been dressed up as a princess probably 90% of her time at home. She's really wants to go everywhere in her dress ups but that's where I draw the line.

I gave my RS lesson today--it went OK. The topic was somber (Death and Tragedy) but relevant considering there was a triple shooting this weekend just 2 miles from here and lots of people knew them (a man killed himself and 2 kids).

First Sunday back from vacation

We had such a wonderful vacation in Utah. We are slowly trying to return to a normal routine. But we definitely miss being with the family. Here are some pictures from the Holidays (click on picture below to see album).

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Today was Ellie's first day in the Primary. It was so fun watching her actually sit in her chair and behave. She was very excited to be in with the big kids and Sophie was cheering her on the whole time. This morning she made up a song to the tune of the little mermaid's "part of your world" song saying "now your a big girl". Sophie gave a talk today too and did a superb job-- her sincerity was so compelling. I had a few people come up to me and say it was one of the best talks on faith they had heard. I put the ideas on paper but she came up with the ideas.

Mathew rolled over for the first time yesterday and now acts like he's been doing it for months. He's still not sleeping through the night. I've been in denial about it for a while so I'm starting to do battle. I started giving him a few solids--rice cereal, carrots, etc but it's not helping in the sleeping department.

They called me to be a teacher in the Relief Society. I'll be teaching on the 3rd Sundays from the Spencer W. Kimball book. It's a bit intimidating because the women are quite educated and articulate but I know this is not a competition. I'm grateful to have something that compels me to hit the books again though and it's only every 3 weeks so it shouldn't be too overwhelming.