Posted in Caleb, Emma, Hannah on Jan 26th, 2009 11 Comments »
Update from Caleb’s first meet 2 weeks ago: Caleb’s official scores were finally compared to those of the others from his level (if you remember, he got permission to compete Saturday instead of Sunday when his level was scheduled) – he was 1st All-Around. Way to go, Caleb! We’re still in shock! It would have [...]
Posted in Becca, Chris, Kids on Jan 26th, 2009 1 Comment »
Ever seen ‘Kung Fu Panda‘? I’ve only seen it once. My kids, however, have watched it a number of times. There is one part they can all recite verbatim and have found that no matter what mood I am in, I cannot help but laugh. It has now become their secret weapon. What line is [...]
Posted in Chris, Emma on Jan 20th, 2009 6 Comments »
When we went to Caleb’s meet last week Emma commented that one of the boys on his team looked REALLY familiar. A little while later she commented that she thought he had been in her acting camp last summer. Sure enough the name on the program matched up with what she remembered it to be! [...]
Posted in Caleb on Jan 18th, 2009 5 Comments »
You may have noticed that when our kids have birthdays we usually forgo the big friend parties for special family activities. This year Caleb really wanted to do something with his friends to celebrate, but one look at our calendar and there was only one Saturday open for the rest of the month! So, Caleb [...]
Posted in Hannah on Jan 15th, 2009 6 Comments »
We found out this week that the Tooth Fairy doesn’t like ‘Musical Beds.’ What?! Well, our kids all go to sleep in their own beds. In the morning we have no idea which beds they will be in. Emma is a good sleeper so this isn’t a problem for her. However, Caleb will crawl into [...]
Posted in Caleb on Jan 11th, 2009 11 Comments »
Caleb had his first gymnastics meet yesterday. I don’t know who was more nervous, Chris or Caleb. Caleb woke up in the morning, got dressed, and was ready for the day before anyone else was awake. He was so excited. When we got to the competition and he saw all of the other gymnasts I [...]
Posted in Emma, Family, Random Acts of Kindness on Jan 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
Whenever we do any acts of service, we always involve our children. We’ve always taught them that by serving those around us, we are really serving our Savior as we help Him serve our brothers and sisters. I know this principle has been ingrained but sometimes you wonder if they are really ‘getting’ it. This [...]
Posted in Emma, Hannah on Jan 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
We were extremely late in getting Emma’s and Hannah’s birthday pictures taken. We had a good excuse – there was a new studio opening up down the street from us and we were waiting for them to open instead of going to the mall (a bad four-letter word for me!) to our other favorite studio. [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on Jan 4th, 2009 No Comments »
We had a low-key New Years Eve at home. We picked out some fun movies and made some yummy treats. Cami fell asleep before 9:00 p.m., then Hannah konked out on the couch around 11:00 p.m. Chris timed our last movie just right so we could start watching the ‘ball drop’ ten minutes to midnight. [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on Jan 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
We had some friends over for Christmas Eve and it was great to share our traditions and talk about theirs as well. We did have our big ham meal with all the fixings. The kids were more excited about opening the English crackers before we ate, than the actual food. The crackers did have fun [...]