Today in sacrament meeting it was announced that there would be a youth fireside this evening at the stake center featuring David Archuletta of American Idol fame. Although I had never watched American Idol, I did recognize the name from the news.
This evening I had a Relief Society meeting at the church and who should show up at the church to warm up before travelling to the stake center? Well, you can guess. The RS president wanted to see him so she could brag to her daughter so we went out in the hallway as a group of guys … Read the rest
All of my previous attempts at making rolls left me with NO motivation to try again. Little bricks are no fun to eat no matter how much butter you slather on them.
Well, in a moment of deep humility, I turned to Peter and asked him to teach me. I wrote down the instructions in detail to help me in the future. The result: the rolls turned out quite nicely! I love my bread baking husband!
Sydney – She has had fun making some outrageous head pieces out of paper that she has been attaching to her headbands to wear (i.e. a crown, a large bow, cat ears, etc). Pictures to follow. Right now she is learning to play the Minuet in G by Bach (for her Spring recital piece) and I am a Child of God (she is going to accompany us at our next Family Home Evening!).
We are in the process of figuring out how to post MP3’s to our blog so you (mostly meaning Grandma) can hear Sydney’s last few recital and … Read the rest
Here is Isaac’s very colorful picture. I didn’t have time to ask him what the picture is about, but you can see he wrote his name on it! لعبة بوكر
We are reading The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (from the Chronicles of Narnia series) right now so Sydney drew a picture of Jadis, the queen of Charn who later becomes the White Witch. In her left hand, she is holding the lamp post that later becomes planted in the ground in Narnia.
Sydney is pouting in this picture (even though you can’t tell) because we told the kids
we were not going to play at the beach. I didn’t feel like cleaning up beach mess that day and we were 1 1/2 hours away from home.
This is what the beach looked like before all of the resorts and condos on the beach. I always wondered…
Taking a “hike.” I just laugh when I look at all the “hiking” paths in Florida. It’s a joke. What I really need is a week in the mountains.
Go to the following link to read Sydney’s Christmas book. She would like you to know that the pictures are simple on purpose because it is a book for preschoolers. http://www.scribd.com/doc/9616787/In-the-Stable
