These are the moments when you feel like maybe what you are doing as parents is working! I hope you can hear their conversation underneath the foose ball table. I tried to get as close as possible without being noticed.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Funny Pics
Look what I get to enjoy every day? These two kids keep me laughing and on my toes! I love my kids!BLUE MAN GROUP
Our friends, Debby and Toby Piquet, from Utah State came to Las Vegas and we were able to hook up with them and go to the show Blue Man Group on the Strip. We were in the third row and had a blast. It was fun to catch up with them and hear how their cute little family is doing. Debby is Primary President in her ward as well so we were able to swap ideas. Love that family!
What is wrong with my body???
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Visit from Grandma Moon
WE LOVE GRANDMA!
In February, we were so lucky to have a visit from Grandma Moon! We spent most of the time sewing and making Demarie a dress for her baptism day (which turned out amazing!), but we also found time to spend an afternoon at The Springs Preserve and enjoy a fun backyard BBQ!Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SUPER CTR!!!
This year the theme in Primary is CTR. I was so excited to hear that this is the theme because it is something so important to instill in our children. In our Primary, we have come up with a few different ways for the children to practice choosing the right every day. Each week, we pick two children from Jr. and Sr. Primary to be the Super CTR. They get a card to take home with them and during the week they try to do something to choose the right and then write it on the card. The next Sunday, they come back to Primary and share what they did with their friends during Opening Exercises. We then take their picture and display their picture and their card on this display board out in the hall so that the parents can walk by and read what their children are doing in primary to choose the right!
We also have given each child a sheet of paper that looks similar to a BINGO board only in each space is a CTR shield. The instructions on the paper are that at the end of the day, the child shares with a parent, sibling, or other person (Heavenly Father if they want to pray), and tell them one thing they did that day to choose the right. Then, they can color in one shield on their paper. When their paper is completely filled they can bring it back to Primary to pick a prize from the CTR Prize Box (pcitured above). It is filled with CTR stickers, CTR pencils, CTR bracelets, and CTR gum, and CTR candy. Then they can get another chart to take home so they can have the opportunity to pick another prize! The idea is that the children start making conscience decisions every day to choose the right. Already I have noticed a difference in my own children. Preslyn will come up to me and tell me something she did and say, "That was choosing the right, right?"
CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR! CTR!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
A friend close by!
A few months ago one of my really good friends that I met at Utah State, Rachel "Roach" McIff, moved from Indiana to St. George with her husband and four kids! He finished medical school and took a job in St. George. It has been so fun having them live closer so we can visit more often. In December, Roach and her kids came to visit us and spent the night at our house. Our kids had a great time getting to know each other and we had a great time catching up on old times. In January, we stopped in St. George and spent the night on our way home from Aaron's brother's wedding in Manti. Roach and her family were so hospitable. We ate amazing food, the kids had a blast playing together, and we went to visit their horse. Can you tell how much Preslyn LOVED the horse? We are so excited to have our friends close by!
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