Fisherman

Looks like someone had a good day on the water!

Homecoming Week

Every day this week the kids are dressing up for homecoming. Today's theme is seasons and the sophomores are autumn. Here's Hannah's interpretation.

Tomorrow is character day. She got all her Mary Poppins gear together tonight and took it for a test drive.

Today I got new tires for the flex. An activity that took many hours.

After school I took the girls out for some shopping torture. Grace needs new clothes. She shops as well as Sierra did as a little girl, which is not well at all. She refuses to try stuff on, cries, hates everything and is an all around pill. For the record Ethan is not much better but I can bring clothes home for him and he wears them. Conflict avoided. The other three like/liked shopping and always find stuff to buy.

when did conference weekend turn into a mormon eating holiday?

Conference weekend is going well.  Yesterday we watched the two sessions.  Grace and the Streeter girls were back and forth between the two houses.  They mostly watched though.  Grace and Arden are working on a world record for the longest crocheted chain.  They crocheted during conference and it got really long.

We had lots of treats.  Hannah made deep fried oreos that were really good.  We had a veggie tray and a meat and cheese tray.  In the evening I invited moms and daughters over to lift up our forks with the dessert of fellowship, while the men were being uplifted by the conference priesthood session.  Rob and Ethan actually chose not to go to the church to watch this time, a first, and instead watched the live broadcast up in our room.  We had a lot of ladies 10ish, some sister missionaries 4, some teens 5 ish, some kiddos 7-8 or 20 isn (lol) and a couple of babies.  It was lovely.  I made a hot chocolate bar and everyone brought treats.  We had everything from sliced apples with dip, to popcorn, to cheesecake, brownies, donuts, etc.  The best part was the visiting and the talking and laughing.  It was  really nice.  At one point Dixie asked about my arm, I was rubbing it I guess, and I told her it had been hurting.  Pretty sure I have a pinched nerve or something, it's been about a week and I expect it will be better soon but in the meantime we had many home therapies tried out last  night. Some felt great, others not so much.  It was really sweet, and a  little awkward because I am bad at being the center of attention.  At one point Jennifer laughingly said, "before long Rob will come down here and find Lana lying on the ground and all off us taking turns walking across her back!"  

Today we'll watch the last two sessions, eat chips and salsa and I will make soups for dinner and Hannah will make french bread.  This morning we had cinnamon roll pancakes.

And a couple more blessings!

count your blessings

too many to count

October fun

Halloween 2006

Last night we had the sisters over for dinner.  Unfortunately it was just Hannah and I.  I mean we had a great time but I was sorry the others missed out.  Grace had swimming and Rob and Ethan were at soccer.
Hannah and I made soup.  We made Thai carrot soup that was very tasty and a potato/corn chowder which was okay.

Tonight Hannah went to Chelsea's 16th birthday party.  They had it at the beach and the report I got was that it was so fun.  They had a fire and played and ate.  The water was so high it actually covered the dock, which is something I had never seen.  I wanted to run out and look closer because it was dark at 10pm and I couldn't see well but the kids nixed that with loud complaints.  They are always kind of tired on Friday night.

Ethan had a soccer game.  He played Eric's team, which was fun.  We took both boys which worked out nicely.  I've relied a lot on carpools and people driving kids here and there through the years and I have driven a lot of kids here and there.  I am always glad to do it, and grateful when I get a ride for one of the kids that I need.

Grace had two field trips this week.  One to Elms.  I think this is the first Elms trip one of the kids took that I didn't go on too.

Welcome Fall

Happy happy Fall!! I love the beginning of October. It hearlds in the start of the holiday season. Everything is crisp and exciting. This morning Grace and I got out the door early, 6:15, and walked the dogs. I enjoy our beautiful neighborhood so much. We were talking about how much fun it would be to trick or treat while we were walking. 

Right now we are particularly thrilled and looking forward to a new little boy!!! 

Lu and Ziva early this morning. She is an early riser.

In other exciting news I finally won this ridiculous game! Thank goodness. Now I can delete the app and be done with it!