Wendy's First Talk

Wendy was recently asked to give a talk in primary on her favorite scripture story. This was her first talk so she was really excited. She chose to talk about Noah and how he obeyed Heavenly Father and built the ark. We practiced and practiced at home and she did great. I think she was a little nervous when the time came at church though. Instead of saying Noah, she pronounced it "no one".

........."no one" built the ark
........."no one" obeyed Heavenly Father
.........I hope I can be like "no one"

The other kids didn't notice but all the adults smiled. Other than that she did a great job. It is fun watching her learn and grow and try new things.

Surprise Lunch

I was sitting on my bed playing Angry Birds with Wendy on my phone when Emily came in and told me she had a surprise for me and if I wanted it I should follow the arrows. I looked on the floor and found a bunch of paper arrows guiding me into the dining room.


Wendy and I had fun following them to this note:

After the note we found this:


I was so excited. Emily has never made lunch before but she did this all by herself. She said she wanted to do something to show how much she appreciates all that I do for her. I couldn't believe it! So, we sat down and enjoyed the amazing lunch Emily made for all of us.

XOXOXO - Crash!

The morning of Valentine's Day I got up early and made German Pancakes in the shape of hearts, set the table nice, and laid out a couple surprises for the girls. They were so happy when they woke up. We were also able to Skype with LeeRoy for a bit and that put us all in a great mood for the rest of the day!


Right before Emily went to dance practice a delivery came for the girls. They were so excited to read that the flowers were from their dad. He is so sweet! For my present.....since I am so low maintenance......all I asked for was an iPhone and a letter. I got both!


Later in the day I was parked and a big SUV backed into me. Getting into an accident on Valentine's day is not so much fun but all in all it wasn't very bad. Wendy was in the car with me playing her video game and she didn't even notice when we got hit. The other driver admitted to the police that it was her fault so not a big deal I guess. Just paperwork now.


For dinner we headed over to my mom's where she made us a special Valentine's dinner. She went all out and we had a great time. I even got to play the whole "I was in a car accident today" card when it came time to clean up. SCORE!

By the time we got home that night it was pretty late but the girls and I stayed up a little longer to eat some delicious sugar cookies together. It was a great day!

Preschool Valentine

Wendy's preschool class took a field trip yesterday to the post office and the library. While at the post office they mailed out valentine's to their parents that they had made in class. I took Wendy with me to check the mail today and she was so excited to see that her card had made it home. It is so adorable! She is lucky to have such a great teacher who does such fun things.

The Gem State Guardian - Winter 2011 - Volume 17 No. 4

Renaissance Feast

Last night we attended the Renaissance Feast put on by the high school choirs. We had so much fun seeing Lacie all dressed up and waiting on us. The food was great, but Emily said her favorite part was the court jesters. They made her laugh quite a bit. They even made her stand up on her chair and sing Jingle Bells loudly to earn her silverware. I loved listening to the choirs sing us their songs while we ate. We had to be careful though, if anyone disobeyed the rules, they were put in the stocks!