Posted in Emma on Oct 30th, 2007 4 Comments »
Yesterday Emma officially turned 9 years old. I say ‘officially’ because I feel we’ve been in the count down for it forever . . . before October even hit, actually. Then we celebrated with cake/ice cream and presents Sunday night so Chris could be here with us then had Emma’s chosen birthday meal last night. [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, Kids on Oct 28th, 2007 5 Comments »
We had our Branch Fall Festival last night. The kids were very excited to officially sport their costumes for the first time this Halloween. Astronaut, Princess, Robin Hood, Cinderella Since I’m not Activity Chairperson anymore I thought it would actually be fun to dress up and participate since I didn’t have to be running around [...]
Posted in Caleb, Holiday on Oct 25th, 2007 4 Comments »
I am the first to admit that Halloween is my least favorite holiday. I do not like the scary things related to it and am not one for people dressed in costumes, especially in masks. This has always been the case – growing up I never liked seeing the Easter Bunny or Santa. But with [...]
Posted in Church, Kids on Oct 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
My first memory of visiting teaching is when I was somewhere between 3rd and 6th grade (I remember we were living in upstate New York) and my mom’s visiting teacher came to visit her. She was young, newly married, and had hole-y jeans. I remember my mom telling her she would gladly make her some [...]
Posted in Kids on Oct 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
This last week I’ve learned one more joy of homeschooling – enjoying what your children come up with in their school work. Maybe my attitude has changed from ‘that answer is wrong/right’ to ‘that’s an interesting way to look at it.’ I’m not sure, but whatever has happened, I’m enjoying it. Last week Caleb was [...]
Posted in Kids on Oct 14th, 2007 3 Comments »
Emma saw an idea in one of our ‘kid cookbooks’ to make a menu. I think this had something to do with making leftovers fun. Well, Chris wasn’t here for dinner tonight and I decided we had enough of an assortment of leftovers in the refrigerator to please all of us so it was leftover [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on Oct 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
Yesterday Chris turned 33 years old. Leading up to this day he kept saying it was just another day and he had actually forgotten the big day was so close – it’s a good thing the kids were counting down since the beginning of the month! So, our mission: to make it an ABNORMAL day! [...]
Posted in Family on Oct 10th, 2007 No Comments »
We are thrilled that the kids have a new little BOY cousin as of yesterday! These have been in rare supply on the Stephenson side but are making a comeback. Caleb is SO excited! Welcome Liam! Congratulations to Haley, Donovan, and their family!
Posted in Family, Holiday, Random Acts of Kindness on Oct 8th, 2007 3 Comments »
We had fun doing this a number of years ago but somehow the tradition we started slipped away. This year I was motivated to start it up again after Kristi’s post. So for Family Home Evening this week we made up 3 plates of goodies and went ‘spooking.’ Basically we left a note on their [...]
Posted in Family, Recipes on Oct 7th, 2007 5 Comments »
I love this day and age with its technology that allows us to watch General Conference over the internet. I remember growing up going to the church to watch Conference in the dark chapel each session. It was good but a different experience. Now we can sit at home with our family, not worrying if [...]