Here are pictures of our newest addition:
Friday, June 26, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
It's a boy!
I know Dallin sent out an email, but he doesn't have email to everyone I know. I thought I'd get on and give you the baby update. We have another boy! His name is McKay Henry. He was 6 lbs. 1 1/2 oz. and 19 in. He had the cord around his neck 5 times -- which makes me very grateful that I opted for a repeat c-section with baby #2. We are doing well -- and am very tired. I will post pictures on our blog soon.
Monday, June 8, 2009
weekend in review
Dallin decided it was time he took charge and made an appointment for Addie to get her first hair cut. I've been dragging my feet about it because I was so afraid that if we cut off her curls they'd never come back. :( But it needed to be done because it was looking really thin and straggly on the bottom.
The wife of Dallin's principal works at the beauty college in town so on Thursday he called her and asked for a recommendation on who would do the best job on Addie's hair. Then we called and made an appointment with that girl. I thought she did a very nice job.
The wife of Dallin's principal works at the beauty college in town so on Thursday he called her and asked for a recommendation on who would do the best job on Addie's hair. Then we called and made an appointment with that girl. I thought she did a very nice job.
We took a trip to Dolliver Memorial State Park on Saturday. The kids thought it was great to throw rocks in this creek. The creek feeds right into the Des Moines river -- not too far from where we were here.
This is the best way to enjoy watering the lawn!
Monday, June 1, 2009
mark your calendars
It's official. My c-section date has been moved to June 18. That's only 2 1/2 weeks away! I can't believe it's already here. I feel like I've pregnant forever, but at the same time, it feels as if the months have just flown by! I'm nervous about wrestling with 3 children, but I am more than ready to see my toes again, bend down without feeling a baby in the way, roll over without having to swing my entire body over...you get the idea. I'm ready to have my body back!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
primary talent show, the last soccer game, memorial day, and preschool graduation
Last weekend we had our Primary Talent Show. Tyler did some "scooter tricks" and played "Pop Goes the Weasel" on the piano. I had a video of his piano, but it's too large to post here. Blast. I need a video camera.
Tyler had his last game last Saturday. It was our family's turn to help ref. so Dallin reffed the 1st half of the game.
Tyler & his participation medal.
After the game the team, coaches and parents went out for pizza.
But I'm wondering, why can I never get a "normal" smile from this kid? Maybe he's just grown up with a camera in his face too much.
But I'm wondering, why can I never get a "normal" smile from this kid? Maybe he's just grown up with a camera in his face too much.
For memorial day we had a bbq at some friends' home, and then played at the park behind their house. It was a lot of fun, and we actually had beautiful weather!
The park we played at had this slide. It was steep and very slick. Tyler loved it!
Adeline climbed the ladder by herself, but then wouldn't go down the slide. She hung like this forever, it seemed like, until we finally convinced her to let go. She did not like the slide -- at all!
Dallin decided to have a go. Anyone else thinking of a certain Tommy Boy scene right now?
What?!?! I was hungry!
Okay, really it was called their "Moving On Ceremony" because not all the kids are "graduating" from preschool.
I learned one of the disadvantages of having a child who is one of the taller kids in class -- I can never get a good picture of him! There was ALWAYS another kid in the way!
I learned one of the disadvantages of having a child who is one of the taller kids in class -- I can never get a good picture of him! There was ALWAYS another kid in the way!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
just your typical Sunday
Earlier this week I saw the Primary pianist at the grocery store, and she let me know that she would be out of town today. That was not a problem because I was not conducting or doing Sharing Time today so I could play the piano today -- and just for the record, the other people in the ward who can play the piano are, the R.S. Pres., the R.S. 1st Counselor, the YW Pres., and the YW 2nd Counselor.
This morning my 1st Counselor called and said she had had an allergic reaction and her eyes were swollen shut. She would not be there today. She was supposed to teach Sharing Time. She had everything prepared, fortunately, and she sent all of her lesson material with her husband. So, since I knew my 2nd Counselor would be completely uncomfortable winging it, I decided I would teach Sharing Time.
About 10 minutes before Sacrament Mtg. I was told that the Stk. Pres. would be visiting during the 2nd hour block today to do temple recommend interviews. When your Stake is 1 hour away, this is a big deal. Well, I still needed a Bishopric interview, and so talked to the 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric and told him I needed to meet with someone for my interview and that if I got someone else to play the piano during 2nd hour I would have 20 minutes at the beginning of the block to do both interviews. He told me that was possible.
Right after this conversation someone asked me if I knew who was playing for Sister Dillon today -- she is the ward organist, the R.S. 1st Counselor and wife of our Bishop -- both of whom were out of town today. I said I wasn't sure, but I had heard Sister Steele -- the YW Pres. & choir director -- practicing some hymns on the piano earlier (she doesn't play the organ, but plays the piano during the meeting) and so I said I thought maybe she was going to do it. Sister Steele was nowhere to be found so I asked her husband if he knew if she was playing. He said she wasn't. I then asked him if he could mention to her that I needed her to play during Primary 2nd hour. So then it was left to me to play the organ. I looked at the songs we were to sing today, and asked if it would be okay if I played them on the piano instead. I was not familiar with them on the organ enough to not butcher them to pieces. So I played the piano today for Sacrament Mtg. And Dallin had to help bless the Sacrament today as well -- he does this just about every week -- so our children were farmed out for the 1st 1/2 hour of the meeting.
After Sacrament Mtg. I had to make sure all the kids got to their classes. My Sunbeam teacher had let me know she was going to be out of town today, which wasn't a problem because her 1 Sunbeam was not there as well because his older sister had H.S. graduation today. However, my 5 & 6 yr old teacher was not there -- unexpectedly, so I put them with the 7 & 8 year olds, which turned out to be okay because only one of the 2 kids in that class was there today. So, we had 4 out of 9 active children in Jr. Primary today. Once I got that settled, I headed down to the Bishop's office, and Dallin met me 1/2 way and told me that they were letting me go first, and so everyone was waiting for me.
I passed my interview (phew!) with the Bishopric member and then waited a couple minutes for the Stake Pres. to get back from an assignment he had had. During our interview he sat and chatted with me for awhile, which I was okay with because I had just met the man. He also allowed me to keep my old recommend, which was totally awesome because Dad happened to be the Bishopric member who interviewed me for my last recommend. So his signature is on it. I thought that was cool. It will definitely be kept in a safe place.
After meeting with the Stake President I went into the Primary room, and singing time was running over -- completely okay by me -- and I ended up having only about 5 minutes for Sharing Time. I think we should have 5 minute Sharing Times more often. ;-)
After sending Jr. Primary to their class, we got ready for Sr. Primary. There were 7 of our 10 active kids in Sr. Primary -- 6 boys and 1 girl (she's the only girl in Sr. Primary). We have 2 boys who can be very defiant, and both of them were there today. Singing Time and Sharing Time went very well -- minus the 2 trouble makers.
The rest of Primary went well, and we had our ward 4th Sunday potluck after church -- yum! After getting home I crashed on the couch and had a much needed nap.
One of the things I have learned in this ward is to expect the unexpected, and how to just roll with the punches and not stress out so easily when things are thrown in my face!
This morning my 1st Counselor called and said she had had an allergic reaction and her eyes were swollen shut. She would not be there today. She was supposed to teach Sharing Time. She had everything prepared, fortunately, and she sent all of her lesson material with her husband. So, since I knew my 2nd Counselor would be completely uncomfortable winging it, I decided I would teach Sharing Time.
About 10 minutes before Sacrament Mtg. I was told that the Stk. Pres. would be visiting during the 2nd hour block today to do temple recommend interviews. When your Stake is 1 hour away, this is a big deal. Well, I still needed a Bishopric interview, and so talked to the 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric and told him I needed to meet with someone for my interview and that if I got someone else to play the piano during 2nd hour I would have 20 minutes at the beginning of the block to do both interviews. He told me that was possible.
Right after this conversation someone asked me if I knew who was playing for Sister Dillon today -- she is the ward organist, the R.S. 1st Counselor and wife of our Bishop -- both of whom were out of town today. I said I wasn't sure, but I had heard Sister Steele -- the YW Pres. & choir director -- practicing some hymns on the piano earlier (she doesn't play the organ, but plays the piano during the meeting) and so I said I thought maybe she was going to do it. Sister Steele was nowhere to be found so I asked her husband if he knew if she was playing. He said she wasn't. I then asked him if he could mention to her that I needed her to play during Primary 2nd hour. So then it was left to me to play the organ. I looked at the songs we were to sing today, and asked if it would be okay if I played them on the piano instead. I was not familiar with them on the organ enough to not butcher them to pieces. So I played the piano today for Sacrament Mtg. And Dallin had to help bless the Sacrament today as well -- he does this just about every week -- so our children were farmed out for the 1st 1/2 hour of the meeting.
After Sacrament Mtg. I had to make sure all the kids got to their classes. My Sunbeam teacher had let me know she was going to be out of town today, which wasn't a problem because her 1 Sunbeam was not there as well because his older sister had H.S. graduation today. However, my 5 & 6 yr old teacher was not there -- unexpectedly, so I put them with the 7 & 8 year olds, which turned out to be okay because only one of the 2 kids in that class was there today. So, we had 4 out of 9 active children in Jr. Primary today. Once I got that settled, I headed down to the Bishop's office, and Dallin met me 1/2 way and told me that they were letting me go first, and so everyone was waiting for me.
I passed my interview (phew!) with the Bishopric member and then waited a couple minutes for the Stake Pres. to get back from an assignment he had had. During our interview he sat and chatted with me for awhile, which I was okay with because I had just met the man. He also allowed me to keep my old recommend, which was totally awesome because Dad happened to be the Bishopric member who interviewed me for my last recommend. So his signature is on it. I thought that was cool. It will definitely be kept in a safe place.
After meeting with the Stake President I went into the Primary room, and singing time was running over -- completely okay by me -- and I ended up having only about 5 minutes for Sharing Time. I think we should have 5 minute Sharing Times more often. ;-)
After sending Jr. Primary to their class, we got ready for Sr. Primary. There were 7 of our 10 active kids in Sr. Primary -- 6 boys and 1 girl (she's the only girl in Sr. Primary). We have 2 boys who can be very defiant, and both of them were there today. Singing Time and Sharing Time went very well -- minus the 2 trouble makers.
The rest of Primary went well, and we had our ward 4th Sunday potluck after church -- yum! After getting home I crashed on the couch and had a much needed nap.
One of the things I have learned in this ward is to expect the unexpected, and how to just roll with the punches and not stress out so easily when things are thrown in my face!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
more yard pictures
Here's a shot of our yard now without the trees or the bushes. I transplanted all my hostas from the south side of the house to the north side, split a few of them, bought & planted a few shasta daisy plants, and a couple larger hostas. It looks barren now, but I'm hoping if I did everything correctly, it should fill out more next spring. Never mind the garden gnome in the foreground.
One of my larger hostas. I can't wait till these babies grow-up!
We have greenage! We are finally getting some grass growing in the space where the trees used to be.
One of my larger hostas. I can't wait till these babies grow-up!
We have greenage! We are finally getting some grass growing in the space where the trees used to be.
petting zoo
I went with Tyler's preschool to their last field trip of the year -- the local petting zoo. I don't remember what some of these animals are, but they were cool anyway.
While we waited for the bus to pick us up the kids played some parachute games. Am I bias to think my son is just as handsome as can be?
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