What we’ve been up to: – Went into NYC to ‘play’ at the American Museum of Natural History. A few lessons learned that trip: o Don’t go into the city to ‘play’ between Thanksgiving and New Years. It’s WAY too
Pink Christmas 2007
This year I participated in Pink Christmas. I first heard about this ‘girlfriend gift exchange’ last year and waited all year long to sign up to do it myself. Basically you get to know someone you don’t necessarily know either
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
We had a full Christmas Eve day getting little projects done around the house and getting it cleaned up for Christmas. The sense of anticipation has been high all day as we continually tried to rein in the kids’ excitement
Hoagie Poagie
Now that it is winter time we love having soups. While we were at my mom’s house for Thanksgiving she served a soup called “Hoagie Poagie.” I have made it before but not too often. Caleb couldn’t stop talking about
Christmas for Others
We had the opportunity this year to gather some gifts for a family in our church branch who otherwise would not have had a Christmas. With the way things turned out I had to go to the store to purchase
Primary Christmas Activity
Phew! We made it through our first Primary Activity as a presidency. I am glad it’s over but I’m happy with how it turned out. We have 19 active kids in Primary (not saying they all come on the same
Gingerbread Merriment
[mygal=2007_gingerbread] Every year we try to do a gingerbread house. I love the Wilton kits because it makes this huge project with kids not seem so bad. The kids and I glued the house together last night for Family Home
Happy Birthday, Hannah!
Yesterday Hannah turned 5 years old. She has known it’s been coming but isn’t to the point of counting down days yet. She just knew it was before Christmas. So when I told her on Thursday that her birthday was
It’s the Little Things . . .
This is our first week out of school since we’re off for the month of December. I feel so rejuvenated being able to actually get things done. I mean, I have cleaned my house this week!!! I got Christmas presents
Tongue Troubles, Take Two
You may remember that this has happened before – this time Chris was home to experience how scary it is when it happens. We were getting ready for dinner. Not just getting dinner ready but actually having the kids get