And so it begins……

Saturday was the first of 11 baptisms this year for Lea’s primary class – 11! Lea and I attended Laura’s baptism and were surprised to be able to see another friend from the Gila River ward (previous ward before the ward split) – Brianna. She and Lea were in the same Kindergarten class – fun for them to see each other again and be apart of that special day.

Amazing kids and excellent primary teachers – Brother & Sister Winn who bravely teach all 11 of them. Although Lea says Brother Winn is there to help Sister Winn and doesn’t spend much time in the classroom. :0) The have a baby he takes care of in/out of class. He really does more than just take care of the baby.

oh boy…

“AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH-UH!!!!” Lucas was frustrated trying to hang up his new church shirt and vest.

He came out of his room with an empty hanger and whining about his situation. I being so caring and concerned, refused to help until I could understand him without  the whining.

“What’s wrong?” I , of course, already knew the answer because I speak ‘Whine’. But I asked anyway.

“I’m trying to hang up my shirt and vest, but it keeps falling off the hooker.” (look of complete frustration as he swung the HANGER in his hand)

“Oh yeah?”

“Yeah, they won’t stay on the hooker-thing.”

(using all my will power to not crack up) “Bring the clothes here and I can help you.”

 

Who called it a hanger anyway?? It does have a ‘hook’ and not a ‘hang’.

Growing pains

Not the old TV sitcom, but the pains and woes of getting older and things changing. We have one very, VERY sad little teething baby. His first bottom tooth poked through and the second is not far behind – I can feel it beneath the gums. Poor baby. He tries to soothe himself, but those fingers just aren’t working. Ora-jel to the rescue, along with the thumb sucking.

Christmas at Grandpa & Grandma Reynolds beach house - Washington Coast. The fingers have been in his mouth long before the tooth ever arrived.

Growing up

Going to sign my 4-year old up for Kindergarten this next school year (graduating class of 2024!!!)…..when did he go from this:

 

 

to this:

Tips and Tricks

I found a new way to post instead of using blogger. I don’t like blogger because adding pictures takes forever, but without an alternative way to post, what do you do?? I came across another blog with some really great tips.

1. Download and use Window Live Writer 2011 - IT'S FREE. I haven’t figured it all out yet, but the pictures are much bigger and easier to insert. It’s like using Word, then hitting publish and away it goes to the blog. It’s that simple. There’s also some cool picture features and a photo editor to use too.

2. She would sort her kids pictures somehow, then make each of them a blog book for the year. She commented that her kids rarely saw any of the pictures she took, so it was always a surprise for them to see most of the photos – cute!

There may have been a couple other points and I don’t remember the link either, but those were the two I remembered.  Happy blogging!

My sweet Ammon – 4 months.

LOVE frames–upcoming project

I absolutely love this idea! I have a long hallway from the front door and an large empty space on the wall. My “happy birthday” sign is up for 6 months of the year since we all have our own birthday months, but this would be perfect for Valentine’s day. Added bonus, I’ll actually use my scrapbook paper I’ve purchased over the last couple years. I found the project here at The Baeza Blog. Some random blog I happened to find.