Where to I even begin? We all knew it was coming. I mean he was 97 years old. And yet somehow I thought he was immortal. I thought he'd be here forever! President Hinckley was so amazing. He had a way of touching your heart and helping you realize you needed to fix a few things, but he did it in such a way that you still felt good about yourself, and gave you the confidence to make those changes. He always praised women and reminded us not to feel guilty about not "measuring" up. We are all works in progress. He was also straight forward in defending the Church and explaining our beliefs to others. He never apologized for what he believed in, but stick his ground. He reminded all of us to "stand a little taller," "do a little better." We need to live on the moral high ground. We are a peculiar people for a reason, and we should never shrink away from that. They say every prophet has had his own "mantra." President Hinckley's was temples. He has overseen the literal fulfillment of the prophecy that temples will dot the earth. I love that. I cannot even begin to express my gratitude for President Hinckley and the life that he led. Because he was such a great example, he made me want to be better, and he helped me to realize that I could be better.
I know the next prophet will be just as wonderful, but there will always be a special place in my heart for President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Here is Glenn Beck's tribute from his show last night.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/200/5127/
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
New Background
Thanks to Ashley for her great work! Love her site!
http://cutestblogontheblock.blogspot.com/
http://cutestblogontheblock.blogspot.com/
Monday, January 21, 2008
What's New With The Kiddies
I thought it was time for a little (ahem) update.
Tyler is officially in Primary! He is now in Sunbeams and absolutely loves it! I was really worried about how he would do with me in singing time, but he is doing much better than I had anticipated based on his behavior in Nursery singing time. In fact, his class of Sunbeams behaves "china" better than the Sunbeam class last year! The best part for me is when I hear him sing little snippets of songs we've been learning in Primary at home. I hear parents all the time tell me that their little ones sing the songs at home, but to actually have evidence in my own home is heartwarming. So many Sundays in Jr. Primary are spent feeling like I'm the entertainment for the next 20 minutes; they just sit and stare. It's nice to have that reassurance every once in a while that I am getting something through to them.
Tyler has also been playing with his Thomas Trains non-stop! Just about every day we have a new track made. I'm so glad we opted for Santa NOT to give him the Thomas stuff, but gave it to him ourselves. We are SO cool! ;) However, as much as I love him to have a favorite toy...I'd like him to play with other toys as well. Develop imagination somewhere other than the Island of Sodor. I will wait until the end of February to start rotating his toys -- and Thomas will be the first thing rotated out. I'm waiting because his birthday is coming up, and I know all his friends' parents know he's into Thomas, so he'll probably get a few more things from friends and grandparents maybe, and I'd hate for him not to be able to play with his new toys right away. So, I'll just wait 3 weeks! LOL I've decided to do a 3 week rotation instead of a 3 month rotation like I was thinking before. That way he can still play with his favorite things fairly often.
Tyler also amazes us with his conversation skills. Often times I'll say to Tyler, "Here's the deal. If do such and such you'll be able to then do such and such that you want to do. Deal?" Most of the time, he says "deal." But every once in awhile he'll come up with his own little plan. More often than not his plans are fine, and I negotiate with him a little bit. Other times his ideas are SO in his favor that even he laughs at himself for proposing such a plan. LOL A few weeks ago we were sitting at the dinner table, and I was telling Tyler all the things we, as a family, needed to get done in order to do the fun we had planned. Tyler said, "Okay, Mom. Here's the deal. I will follow your instructions and do the silverware [He puts away the clean silverware from the dishwasher.], and then I can watch a movie." Huh?! Where did this kid come from? The best part was he actually did what he said he was going to do!
In our Primary we do a scripture count every Sunday. For each set of scriptures brought by a child or adult to Primary, we add a penny to our penny jar. When we reach $2.50 worth of pennies we earn a Book of Mormon to send to a missionary from our ward with a picture of the entire Primary and a testimony from one of the Primary classes. When they serve in a foreign speaking mission we send them a copy in that language, and when possible, have the testimony translated to that language. The new Sunbeams in the Primary for the most part don't bring any scriptures to Primary and so don't get to participate in the scripture count. Our wonderful Sunbeam teacher decided when we started this that she would get a Book of Mormon for each Sunbeam to have to hold up during scripture count. It is their own copy with their name on it and her testimony of the book inside. She also gives them little canvas totes that they decorate in class in which to carry the books. Tyler got his today, and we spent the entire afternoon reading verses from it. Just about every hour I heard, "Mom it's time to read scriptures." I'm not complaining by any means! I'm bragging! He keeps me in check all the time! I am so blessed.
Adeline is growing too quickly. With Tyler I couldn't wait until he was older, and with Adeline, I just want her to slow down! We've had difficulty getting her to eat solid (pureed) foods. I even started with the sweet stuff hoping to get her interest peaked even the slightest to no avail. She only showed interest in what I was eating. She would grab for it, and fuss when I took it out of her reach. So, I tried giving her parts of a banana I would mash between my fingers, and then give her my finger with the banana. She loved it! After a couple days of this, I thought, "Okay. Her interest is peaked. At least I know she likes bananas. I'll try giving her the pureed bananas again." Boy, was I wrong. She would not even open her mouth for the spoon at all! She would clamp down her jaw and move her head away -- or just reach for the spoon -- but never put it in her mouth even -- I had purposely left some food on the spoon once thinking she'd put it in her mouth, and the food would get in that way -- it worked once -- the food came out immediately, and she's never put the spoon in her mouth since! However, she will take more solid foods from the spoon -- but only after I give her some on my finger first to show her it's not the baby food. Last week she had super soft pieces of pear, and loved it. Tonight I boiled tiny pieces of apple and gave her some. She ate them up! She still can't chew very well, and the swallowing thing is hard for her if the pieces are too large. So I make everything mushy enough that it will melt in her mouth. So far so good. I go grocery shopping next week, and I'll have to pick up some more fresh veggies to soften for her. I also have to remember that she doesn't have to eat a lot of solids right now. This is the introductory phase.
She also rolls over like it's no big deal. She just flips right on over. She can still only roll from back to tummy, but the way she arches her back around she can do a 180 just by rolling over! It's amazing! She also gets frustrated when something she's reaching for is just out of reach -- or rolls out of reach as she's reaching for it. She also fusses when something is taken from her. Most of the time, lately, it's big brother trying to get a reaction from her -- darn those older siblings. She's also very attached to her mom. I mean, really, who could blame her? She cries if I put her down and walk away for a second. She has to be able to see me at all times -- unless distracted by a really great toy -- or Tyler taking such toy away. She throws fits the same way I did apparently. She arches her back and her arms go straight out to her sides, and she just stiffens up that way. It is very cute, actually, and I almost laugh her tantrums are just cute -- right now. It's just so adorable to see all this frustration and opinion given so strongly from such a little person!
She's also very cute when she sees someone she knows. Her excitement makes her entire body just wiggle! And she opens her mouth wide, and her eyes get HUGE! Sometimes she even shriek, for lack of a better word, at the person. Last Sunday, while the deacons were passing the Sacrament, she caught sight of Brian sitting behind the Sacrament table. We sit behind the deacons, so with their seats vacated, she had a clear view, and she gave Brian the whole works, the wiggling, the big eyes & mouth, and the shrieking. Ah yes, the shrieking! LOL Brian tried so hard to ignore her, but really it was hard. He smiled at her, and of course that set her off again! LOL Can you blame her, though? I mean he is her favorite 16 year old uncle!
Tyler is officially in Primary! He is now in Sunbeams and absolutely loves it! I was really worried about how he would do with me in singing time, but he is doing much better than I had anticipated based on his behavior in Nursery singing time. In fact, his class of Sunbeams behaves "china" better than the Sunbeam class last year! The best part for me is when I hear him sing little snippets of songs we've been learning in Primary at home. I hear parents all the time tell me that their little ones sing the songs at home, but to actually have evidence in my own home is heartwarming. So many Sundays in Jr. Primary are spent feeling like I'm the entertainment for the next 20 minutes; they just sit and stare. It's nice to have that reassurance every once in a while that I am getting something through to them.
Tyler has also been playing with his Thomas Trains non-stop! Just about every day we have a new track made. I'm so glad we opted for Santa NOT to give him the Thomas stuff, but gave it to him ourselves. We are SO cool! ;) However, as much as I love him to have a favorite toy...I'd like him to play with other toys as well. Develop imagination somewhere other than the Island of Sodor. I will wait until the end of February to start rotating his toys -- and Thomas will be the first thing rotated out. I'm waiting because his birthday is coming up, and I know all his friends' parents know he's into Thomas, so he'll probably get a few more things from friends and grandparents maybe, and I'd hate for him not to be able to play with his new toys right away. So, I'll just wait 3 weeks! LOL I've decided to do a 3 week rotation instead of a 3 month rotation like I was thinking before. That way he can still play with his favorite things fairly often.
Tyler also amazes us with his conversation skills. Often times I'll say to Tyler, "Here's the deal. If do such and such you'll be able to then do such and such that you want to do. Deal?" Most of the time, he says "deal." But every once in awhile he'll come up with his own little plan. More often than not his plans are fine, and I negotiate with him a little bit. Other times his ideas are SO in his favor that even he laughs at himself for proposing such a plan. LOL A few weeks ago we were sitting at the dinner table, and I was telling Tyler all the things we, as a family, needed to get done in order to do the fun we had planned. Tyler said, "Okay, Mom. Here's the deal. I will follow your instructions and do the silverware [He puts away the clean silverware from the dishwasher.], and then I can watch a movie." Huh?! Where did this kid come from? The best part was he actually did what he said he was going to do!
In our Primary we do a scripture count every Sunday. For each set of scriptures brought by a child or adult to Primary, we add a penny to our penny jar. When we reach $2.50 worth of pennies we earn a Book of Mormon to send to a missionary from our ward with a picture of the entire Primary and a testimony from one of the Primary classes. When they serve in a foreign speaking mission we send them a copy in that language, and when possible, have the testimony translated to that language. The new Sunbeams in the Primary for the most part don't bring any scriptures to Primary and so don't get to participate in the scripture count. Our wonderful Sunbeam teacher decided when we started this that she would get a Book of Mormon for each Sunbeam to have to hold up during scripture count. It is their own copy with their name on it and her testimony of the book inside. She also gives them little canvas totes that they decorate in class in which to carry the books. Tyler got his today, and we spent the entire afternoon reading verses from it. Just about every hour I heard, "Mom it's time to read scriptures." I'm not complaining by any means! I'm bragging! He keeps me in check all the time! I am so blessed.
Adeline is growing too quickly. With Tyler I couldn't wait until he was older, and with Adeline, I just want her to slow down! We've had difficulty getting her to eat solid (pureed) foods. I even started with the sweet stuff hoping to get her interest peaked even the slightest to no avail. She only showed interest in what I was eating. She would grab for it, and fuss when I took it out of her reach. So, I tried giving her parts of a banana I would mash between my fingers, and then give her my finger with the banana. She loved it! After a couple days of this, I thought, "Okay. Her interest is peaked. At least I know she likes bananas. I'll try giving her the pureed bananas again." Boy, was I wrong. She would not even open her mouth for the spoon at all! She would clamp down her jaw and move her head away -- or just reach for the spoon -- but never put it in her mouth even -- I had purposely left some food on the spoon once thinking she'd put it in her mouth, and the food would get in that way -- it worked once -- the food came out immediately, and she's never put the spoon in her mouth since! However, she will take more solid foods from the spoon -- but only after I give her some on my finger first to show her it's not the baby food. Last week she had super soft pieces of pear, and loved it. Tonight I boiled tiny pieces of apple and gave her some. She ate them up! She still can't chew very well, and the swallowing thing is hard for her if the pieces are too large. So I make everything mushy enough that it will melt in her mouth. So far so good. I go grocery shopping next week, and I'll have to pick up some more fresh veggies to soften for her. I also have to remember that she doesn't have to eat a lot of solids right now. This is the introductory phase.
She also rolls over like it's no big deal. She just flips right on over. She can still only roll from back to tummy, but the way she arches her back around she can do a 180 just by rolling over! It's amazing! She also gets frustrated when something she's reaching for is just out of reach -- or rolls out of reach as she's reaching for it. She also fusses when something is taken from her. Most of the time, lately, it's big brother trying to get a reaction from her -- darn those older siblings. She's also very attached to her mom. I mean, really, who could blame her? She cries if I put her down and walk away for a second. She has to be able to see me at all times -- unless distracted by a really great toy -- or Tyler taking such toy away. She throws fits the same way I did apparently. She arches her back and her arms go straight out to her sides, and she just stiffens up that way. It is very cute, actually, and I almost laugh her tantrums are just cute -- right now. It's just so adorable to see all this frustration and opinion given so strongly from such a little person!
She's also very cute when she sees someone she knows. Her excitement makes her entire body just wiggle! And she opens her mouth wide, and her eyes get HUGE! Sometimes she even shriek, for lack of a better word, at the person. Last Sunday, while the deacons were passing the Sacrament, she caught sight of Brian sitting behind the Sacrament table. We sit behind the deacons, so with their seats vacated, she had a clear view, and she gave Brian the whole works, the wiggling, the big eyes & mouth, and the shrieking. Ah yes, the shrieking! LOL Brian tried so hard to ignore her, but really it was hard. He smiled at her, and of course that set her off again! LOL Can you blame her, though? I mean he is her favorite 16 year old uncle!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Tom Cruise Ramblings Scrapbooking Style
Has everyone seen the Tom Cruise Scientology video making the rounds?
If not, you need to watch it first. Here is the link:
http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress
After you watch that, watch Cathy Z's parody here on You Tube. Cathy Z is a scrapbook "celebrity," and works for Simple Scrapbooks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvwh7uAVc2E
If not, you need to watch it first. Here is the link:
http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress
After you watch that, watch Cathy Z's parody here on You Tube. Cathy Z is a scrapbook "celebrity," and works for Simple Scrapbooks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvwh7uAVc2E
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Iowa Caucus
Dallin & I went to the Iowa Caucus Thursday. What an interesting experience! It felt really neat to be a part of it.
Within Dubuque county there are many precincts. They had a couple places for the Republican caucuses, and had the precincts divided among them. We met at one of the middle schools here. It was absolutely nuts! The traffic was incredible! We couldn't even park in the school parking lot -- we had to park at the strip mall across the street from the school. Some of our friends had to park down the street and hoof it 1/2 mile back to the school. And it was FREEZING outside that night! The parking lots were actually closed by the local police at one point because they were just too full. There was literally no where for anyone to park. It was insane.
Once we got inside, we signed in as though we would for any election. We had to find our names on the list of registered Republican voters, and initial next to our names. Next we went into the school's auditorium -- it holds about 800 people -- every seat was full, we had 3 rows in the back of the room of standing room only, people were lined along the side walls, and both doorways were jammed with people, and they streamed into the hallway just outside the auditorium. In the auditorium we heard short speeches on behalf of some of the candidates to help persuade the undecided votes, or to convince others to change their vote. Senator Sam Brownback was there and spoke to us about McCain. That was kind of neat. He's a lot shorter than I thought he'd be.
After the short speeches, we were sent to separate rooms based on our precincts. Once in the room, a temporary chairman -- put in charge by the county GOP -- conducted the meeting. His first order of business is to see if there are any nominations for another chairman or if the appointment chairman will remain as such. No one else wanted to be chairman, so he remained the one in charge. Then he asked for someone whose birthday was closest to October 8. That was me. Guess what I won?! A survey from the University of Iowa about my caucus experience. Yippee!! *eye roll* Slightly ironic since I think I've been polled on the phone from every Jane, Dick and Harry with a polling question! Anyway.
Once I got the survey, we marked on our ballot the candidate of our choice. It was really informal -- the ballots were hand made on the computer with check boxes on the left and the names on the right. (I saw one county on the news who just used pieces of paper from a note pad, and the people had to write the first & last name of their candidates.) Then we just handed over the ballots to the chairman, who then turned them over to whoever was counting them. Once your ballot is cast, you are free to leave. Dallin and I stuck around until the ballots were counted. In our precinct Romney had 40 votes, Huckebee 19, Thompson 7, Paul 4, and McCain, Guliani, & Hunter had a few votes a piece -- I don't remember exactly. So, we left after the ballots were counted. But those who remained voted for a delegate to represent the precinct at the county GOP convention.
At our caucus I believe Romney swept. As we walked out past all the other rooms, we heard little snippets here or there about Romney winning in their precincts. As we were walking to the car, a woman and fellow Mitt supporter, got a phone call from a friend who said they were already declaring Huckebee the winner -- we had just barely called in our votes!
Anyway. My mom told me about this website, and I thought I'd share it with you. It's from the NYTimes.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/IA.html
I thought it was rather interesting. Romney won in nearly every heavy populated county -- and a couple rural areas. That's interesting because that's where there are a large number of members of the Church. It seems as though in the more rural areas Huckebee won. We all know that Huckebee won because 60% of the voters were Evangelicals -- who don't like the Church. It could be that in those rural areas there just aren't enough members of the Church for people to really know what we are like. Anyway. Just my 2 cents.
Within Dubuque county there are many precincts. They had a couple places for the Republican caucuses, and had the precincts divided among them. We met at one of the middle schools here. It was absolutely nuts! The traffic was incredible! We couldn't even park in the school parking lot -- we had to park at the strip mall across the street from the school. Some of our friends had to park down the street and hoof it 1/2 mile back to the school. And it was FREEZING outside that night! The parking lots were actually closed by the local police at one point because they were just too full. There was literally no where for anyone to park. It was insane.
Once we got inside, we signed in as though we would for any election. We had to find our names on the list of registered Republican voters, and initial next to our names. Next we went into the school's auditorium -- it holds about 800 people -- every seat was full, we had 3 rows in the back of the room of standing room only, people were lined along the side walls, and both doorways were jammed with people, and they streamed into the hallway just outside the auditorium. In the auditorium we heard short speeches on behalf of some of the candidates to help persuade the undecided votes, or to convince others to change their vote. Senator Sam Brownback was there and spoke to us about McCain. That was kind of neat. He's a lot shorter than I thought he'd be.
After the short speeches, we were sent to separate rooms based on our precincts. Once in the room, a temporary chairman -- put in charge by the county GOP -- conducted the meeting. His first order of business is to see if there are any nominations for another chairman or if the appointment chairman will remain as such. No one else wanted to be chairman, so he remained the one in charge. Then he asked for someone whose birthday was closest to October 8. That was me. Guess what I won?! A survey from the University of Iowa about my caucus experience. Yippee!! *eye roll* Slightly ironic since I think I've been polled on the phone from every Jane, Dick and Harry with a polling question! Anyway.
Once I got the survey, we marked on our ballot the candidate of our choice. It was really informal -- the ballots were hand made on the computer with check boxes on the left and the names on the right. (I saw one county on the news who just used pieces of paper from a note pad, and the people had to write the first & last name of their candidates.) Then we just handed over the ballots to the chairman, who then turned them over to whoever was counting them. Once your ballot is cast, you are free to leave. Dallin and I stuck around until the ballots were counted. In our precinct Romney had 40 votes, Huckebee 19, Thompson 7, Paul 4, and McCain, Guliani, & Hunter had a few votes a piece -- I don't remember exactly. So, we left after the ballots were counted. But those who remained voted for a delegate to represent the precinct at the county GOP convention.
At our caucus I believe Romney swept. As we walked out past all the other rooms, we heard little snippets here or there about Romney winning in their precincts. As we were walking to the car, a woman and fellow Mitt supporter, got a phone call from a friend who said they were already declaring Huckebee the winner -- we had just barely called in our votes!
Anyway. My mom told me about this website, and I thought I'd share it with you. It's from the NYTimes.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/IA.html
I thought it was rather interesting. Romney won in nearly every heavy populated county -- and a couple rural areas. That's interesting because that's where there are a large number of members of the Church. It seems as though in the more rural areas Huckebee won. We all know that Huckebee won because 60% of the voters were Evangelicals -- who don't like the Church. It could be that in those rural areas there just aren't enough members of the Church for people to really know what we are like. Anyway. Just my 2 cents.
Christmas Eve
It's been a while since I posted last. Here are some pictures and video of our Christmas Eve.
It's a tradition in our family to sing Christmas songs around the piano. Our choir was a little sparse this year, but we still had fun -- and even sang some new songs.
It's a tradition in our family to sing Christmas songs around the piano. Our choir was a little sparse this year, but we still had fun -- and even sang some new songs.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Great Christmas Pictures
I just learned how to take these great pictures with my camera -- which we have owned for almost 4 years. :) So I played around a little with our Christmas tree and the ornaments the kids got this year. Thought I'd share!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Fun with the Kids
Tyler's favorite Christmas movie is the Polar Express. He likes to recreate a scene or two with his own trains. This is from when the Polar Express is sliding over the ice.
I don't think I need to give any explanation for this one! Just one question -- when was the last time you could do this? LOL
I don't think I need to give any explanation for this one! Just one question -- when was the last time you could do this? LOL
Breakfast with Santa
Every year our ward has a breakfast with Santa. It's so much fun to see the kids' excitement when he first comes in the room, and then have them shy away from him when he greets them!
Tyler asked for a "big train." He's been begging for these electric trains at Hobby Lobby. Sooo not going to happen this year -- just too expensive for what he would do to them -- but he asks anyway, and we go see them every time we go to that store. As we were in line, Tyler turned to me and said, "Mom, I'm going to say, 'Santa, may I please have the big trains?' And then he will say 'Yes, Tyler, you may.' And then we have to go to the store to buy them." That's when I informed him that even Santa has to ask Mom and Dad for permission to buy a toy!
Adeline fell asleep while we were in line, but I couldn't let her first Christmas pass without a picture with the big guy, so here she is sound asleep -- and notice playing with Santa's "hair." LOL LOL
Here's Dad flipping some pancakes with another member of the bishopric and Santa pre the big red suit -- umm..I mean Brother Hayes!
Tyler asked for a "big train." He's been begging for these electric trains at Hobby Lobby. Sooo not going to happen this year -- just too expensive for what he would do to them -- but he asks anyway, and we go see them every time we go to that store. As we were in line, Tyler turned to me and said, "Mom, I'm going to say, 'Santa, may I please have the big trains?' And then he will say 'Yes, Tyler, you may.' And then we have to go to the store to buy them." That's when I informed him that even Santa has to ask Mom and Dad for permission to buy a toy!
Adeline fell asleep while we were in line, but I couldn't let her first Christmas pass without a picture with the big guy, so here she is sound asleep -- and notice playing with Santa's "hair." LOL LOL
Here's Dad flipping some pancakes with another member of the bishopric and Santa pre the big red suit -- umm..I mean Brother Hayes!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Secret Talent?
According to our experts your secret talent is :
You are a karaoke champion
http://www.QuizTank.com/what-is-your-secret-talent-quiz.html
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Christmas Cards 2007
Here are our cards for the year. Some of you got a green card, and some of you got a red one! And for those who did not get one at all...send me your address, and I can add you to the list for next year! :)
Monday, December 3, 2007
Playing Santa
Okay, so I totally love playing Santa for my kids. I love to see their excitement when they get the Santa present. But I find it so stressful just deciding what to have Santa bring! It's even more complicated when I get my hubby's opinion! LOL Not that I don't want it -- love you, honey -- but, having too many Santas in this family is really hard! Plus, Tyler has a birthday in February. So, usually what we decide not to get him for Christmas we get him for his birthday -- or at least have it on the list for others. Oh my word. I had not idea it was this hard! And I haven't even begun to think about little Adeline! What in the word do I get a 5/6 month old?! So anyway. I am off to make lists and more lists. Wish me luck!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Kid Happenings
Tyler is growing up so fast! He is becoming more and more interested in reading and writing. Instead of drawing pictures -- which he never was really into -- he writes stories. I'll post one of his latest, but it'll have to wait until later. He's still such a great big brother. Oh, he has his moments, but honestly, I have it pretty easy with him.
Adeline has been growing like crazy! She tries to pull her knees under her while on her tummy, and she's figured out how to wiggle herself enough, while on her back, to go after something. I've already had to talk toTyler
We tried cereal for the first time last week. You can tell from the pictures that it wasn't her favorite thing!
Adeline has been growing like crazy! She tries to pull her knees under her while on her tummy, and she's figured out how to wiggle herself enough, while on her back, to go after something. I've already had to talk to
We tried cereal for the first time last week. You can tell from the pictures that it wasn't her favorite thing!
Putting up the Tree
We put up our tree last week, too. Today I'm getting the rest of the decorations up.
Here's Tyler and his ornament this year.
Here is Adeline putting up her first ornament.
Tyler was given a train last year. He calls it his Polar Express train.
Putting on the star.Thanksgiving
I'm a little slow this week getting things posted. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We went to my parents' with another family. It was small, but nice. I didn't pictures of people, however -- I was too busy dealing with children, I think.
Dad carving the bird.
Look at all that yummy food!
Adeline and her Uncle Alan.
Dad carving the bird.
Look at all that yummy food!
Adeline and her Uncle Alan.Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Shirley Jones
Mom and I went to see Shirley Jones last night! She had a small concert at one of the colleges. She sang a few medleys of songs from musicals she's done, and a few other classics. She has performed in every Roger & Hammerstein musical -- some on Broadway and some in films. She told us a little about herself. She's 74, has never had a face lift & will not retire until she falls off the stage!
It was amazing to be that close to someone so talented, and someone who had such an impact on me. Watching her in "Oklahoma" is what made me want to sing when I was little. I remember going around the house singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!" :) I hadn't realized it before, but in nearly every voice recital, and even for my senior solo in H.S., I sang a Roger & Hammerstein song! I knew all the words to a lot of the songs -- and wanted to break out and sing with her!
It was so nice to go to a concert like this where I didn't have to worry about lyrics or crude humor. She even made the comment that the songs today are terrible that way. She signed autographs after the show. Mom & I both got her autograph! I was within hugging distance from her -- and I wanted to so badly! LOL I walked away from that concert with such a good feeling. It was definitely one of those "praiseworthy or of good report" occasions. She is a real classy lady, and I'm so glad we went.
Oh, I was also one of the youngest in the audience! LOL
It was amazing to be that close to someone so talented, and someone who had such an impact on me. Watching her in "Oklahoma" is what made me want to sing when I was little. I remember going around the house singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!" :) I hadn't realized it before, but in nearly every voice recital, and even for my senior solo in H.S., I sang a Roger & Hammerstein song! I knew all the words to a lot of the songs -- and wanted to break out and sing with her!
It was so nice to go to a concert like this where I didn't have to worry about lyrics or crude humor. She even made the comment that the songs today are terrible that way. She signed autographs after the show. Mom & I both got her autograph! I was within hugging distance from her -- and I wanted to so badly! LOL I walked away from that concert with such a good feeling. It was definitely one of those "praiseworthy or of good report" occasions. She is a real classy lady, and I'm so glad we went.
Oh, I was also one of the youngest in the audience! LOL
Saturday, November 17, 2007
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