Musical Children

Every family home evening the kids always want to sing "I am a child of God". They have practiced many years.

Eating Lessons

We go out to eat to a sit down place about once every two months. I think it is important to teach our kids that there is a proper way to act while eating at a nice place. Our boys still climb under the table toward the end, but they are getting better. Last weekend we ate at this cute little steak house that my walking partner works at. Our kids did pretty good.
We went to this fun little local park after ward. Our kids love playing on new toys!

Lilly is growing up

It's crazy that Lilly is almost a year. It has been a challenging year. My back still hurts from the guy that messed up on my epidural, but it's not as bad as it was at first. Some days the burning in my back got so bad that I didn't know anything other to do than cry. I know that Heavenly Father has been there for me though. He has helped me through the pain. What has made it worse is when Lilly was screaming and I was trying to make dinner and my back was burning. Ohhhh.That was hard. But, it's getting better. Hopefully eventually it will heal. I just have to have faith. Right? Without faith where would any of us be.
We just love Lilly she is such a sweetie. She brings such great joy to our lives. I can't imagine life without her.
The other day in church Lilly saw the chorister conducting and she started conducting with her during each song. Now she does it each time we sing. It's so cute!

Whoopie Pies

I couldn't decide what to make for our ward picnic at the park. I decided the best thing would be to make something that was easy to pick up and just eat with your hands. I decided on whoopie pies. My sister Liz has made them before and hers tasted better than mine. But, what I did was just make chocolate cake mix, spoon it onto a pan and cook them like cookies, then (to make them more uniformly shaped) I cut them each with a biscuit cutter. I got two together and filled them with powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla. Yum. My sister has also filled them with mint filling. They are good, but rich.
Our kids loved licking the beaters and the bowl.

Anual Ward Party

Last night we had our ward party at the local park. It was fun. I feel like we are getting better friends with everyone as the years go on. The experiences I have had in life so far have helped me feel more comfortable socializing with all ages. The people in are ward are awesome! We ate dinner that consisted of sloppy Joes, salads, & dessert. Then we played Family Fued with the adults and the kids did other fun games. I was one of the ones at the end that had to answer the times question thing. It was fun! I love getting challenged like that. I think that's what I miss the most about school is the tests. Call me crazy?