11/9/18

I found some old ones on my phone. I may have already sent these but just in case I didn't ;) 

Back from Nov 2015

Russell said pick your favorite color. I said blue. He said no that's a boy color. Pick pink. OK pink. That is correct!

These were from October 2018

We saw a homeless woman on the side of the road. We talked about it. Then Evalyn said, "when I'm a teenager I will have money and pay her."

Russell was somewhat arguing with Evalyn in the car about one of their friends. Russell was saying to Evalyn that Lila is his friend. Evalyn was insistent that Lila was her friend (because her and Lila are the same age). Then Russell said, "well Lila is my friend because she is room mates with my girlfriend"

What?!? (Amelia is a little girl Russell likes who is sisters with Lila) 

Russell- at stake conference, "who died?" I was confused, I said no one had... he then pointed out the beautiful flower arrangements. "See the pretty flowers... someone must have died"

 Then today Nov 9 2018

 While I was cleaning house we were listening to some Christmas music. The song by Mariah Carey called 'all I want for Christmas is you' was playing. Evalyn asked what does that mean? I explained all that she wants for Christmas is her family. We listen to the rest of the song then at the very end Evalyn perked up and said, "oh I understand all she wants for Christmas  is her family....because her family are the ones who will wrap her presents." 🤣

 Last Saturday Eden had a party that she was attending. It was most of the afternoon and into the evening. Ella at one point came running downstairs saying, "oh is Eden home? Where is she? I reminded her, "No, she's not getting home until 730." She got a sad look on her face and said, "oh I thought I heard her voice... I just miss her so much"

5/19/18

I have not written anything down throughout the week...still trying to
get back into the habit ;) But I will still write down some happenings
from this week.

Ellanor had her violin concert. And she did so well. This has been a
great beginning course for her, but I feel like she is for sure ready
for the next level. She will come home and decide she wants to learn a
new song. She goes up to her room and figures out what the notes are
and practices it. She really is enjoying it and it makes me happy :)

I can't believe that another school year is going to be finishing this
week. This year went by so quickly!!! Next year we will have 4 kiddos
at school ALL day now! That is crazy to me! And then the following
year Evalyn will start!?!?! Wasn't she just born? How does this
happen?!?

I took down Henry's crib this week. We have had both the crib and
toddler bed set up in the room for several weeks now and have given
him the choice of where he wanted to sleep. He kept choosing the crib,
but was continuing to climb out....and then a few nights in a row he
chose the bed...so I took that opportunity and took down the crib so I
wouldn't need to worry about him climbing out anymore....however, now
I think he gets up at night and plays in his room. It is a transition
that hopefully we get through soon. Poor kiddo is so exhausted these
days :)

Ellanor and Eden went to the orthodontist this past week to be
assessed, per the dentist's recommendation....and this week they both
go in for their first visit to begin the braces process!! Both girls
will get an expander and then Eden will only have partial braces for
now, and Ella gets the full deal :) We might have three in braces for
just a little while....and then Gordon's come off.

Russell is having his Kindergarten graduation this week. He has grown
so much this year! He has down so well in school. I was a little
worried at the beginning of the year about how he would do, but he has
done nothing but shine and excel.

Gordon had another project due this week. He needed to build a
medieval castle. Luckily we had lots of cardboard left over from
building the London Bridge for Prom so he had lots of supplies. He had
a lot of fun creating, but the best part was hearing how his day went
yesterday after turning it in at school. He felt really proud of his
hard work and enjoyed sharing his and admiring other classmates work.

Gordon had been called to be the secretary in the Deacons quorum. It
brings joy to a parent being able to watch your children become
responsibly independent little humans :) He informs me of meetings he
needs to be at, and he calls to check in with different quorum members
before mutual to make sure everyone is going to follow through with
their commitments. He is such a great example to everyone!

The other morning, early, I heard Henry fussing. Usually he will be
calling "Mommy,Mommy" but this time I heard him saying, "Eden! Eden!"
I went in and he kept calling for Eden. It was just about time to wake
everyone to get ready for school anyway, so we went in together to
wake up Eden. Once she opened her eyes I told her that Henry was
wanting her. Henry lit right up. And Eden put out her arms, still
laying down in her bed, since she was still waking up. Henry dove
right into her arms out of mine and just snuggled with her for a few
minutes. It completely melted my heart!

We love you all so very much! Hope you have a very happy week!!

11/30/17

Just a few for now :) 

This is a copy of Eden's talk that Taylor texted the video of last week. The really cool thing is that she sat down at the computer and wrote this all by herself. Every now and then she would yell out, "Mom, how do you spell ____". She is such a cutie! 

Today I was asked to talk about teaching my friends about the gospel. One time at school my friend asked me who Jesus Christ was. I told him Jesus was our creator. He then wanted to know more.So that recess I spent time talking to my friend about Jesus. I wasn't mad that I didn't get to play and my friend wasn't either.He thanked me for talking to him.I was probably the person who mades him join the church.Even though your friends might not jojyjjyuigkku5iujin the church when you talk to them about the gospel doesn't mean your not doing what Jesus wants.All he wants is you to just tell them about it.You may not make someone join the church, but you can still do something.And by doing this we can prepare to be missionaries. I liked to leave this with my testimony that I know this church is true and that if we tell our friends about the gospel good things can happen. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ ,amen. 

I gave Henry some pieces of candy corn as soon as I handed them to him he ran was as fast as he could I think so I wouldn't change my mind and take them back...made me chuckle. 

The other morning Henry was eating cereal. I looked over and noticed he was throwing all the Cheerios outside of his bowl and he had made quite a mess. I grabbed a paper towel and wiped up all the Cheerios with one swipe. Henry looked at me with a big wide-open mouth and a gasp. He reacted like it was the best magic trick he had ever seen. :) 

Ella has been practicing the violin and will have her first concert in a couple weeks...she can play twinkle twinkle little star. So fun!! 

Henry usually says "No" to everything...but just this week he has started nodding his head for yes...well..for yes when it includes food :) Baby steps ;) 

Evalyn is so sweet with Henry. They play together really well. Just today they were playing together. Evalyn was pretending to paint Henry's face with a pretend face painting kit. Adorable! 

And it has cooled off finally and the kids are constantly outside on the trampoline. Some of their favorite games as 'the witch' (where one person is a witch and the other people are in the middle of the tramp and the witch picks a category and everyone things of an object in that category and if the witch guesses your item you have to run around the tramp 5 times then go back to the middle. BUT if the witch catches you then you become the witch). Another favorite is 'Earthquake' (they bounce each other). 'Zoo' (everyone is an animal and one is the zookeeper...they do things to earn snacks). They all have so much fun playing together. Many nights I have looked out the window at them on the trampoline while fixing dinner and grin ear to ear. It is one of the best feelings to see your children enjoying one another and building lasting relationships. 

December 1st is tomorrow and that means we will be starting our 12 Days of Christmas Service and the 25 days in 25 ways to Light the World. This is the best time of year! We will keep you posted on what our 12 service projects will be :) Merry Christmas!! 

10/18/17

We were leaving to take the kids to school and as we were backing out of the driveway I asked the kids to check their homework folders to make sure I had signed their homework slips. Both Gordon and Ella were missing theirs.... I said, "good thing I asked".... then Gordon replied, "um... the spirit!?!" 

Listening to the radio and they said something about Gilbert. Evalyn lit up and said,"Hey they said Gilbert!!" Her beanie boo giraffes name is Gilbert.

Driving to pick up kids from school and a fire truck passed us. Evalyn said, "Look they are going to go help someone." And I replied, "Yes they are." She said, "Yep I think they're going to go help someone out of a tree."

When I go to get Henry out of his crib from his nap or in the morning he sees me walk in the door and immediately turns around to point at his blanket in his crib. I pick him up then I have to pick up the blanket to come with us. Every time

Waiting at the dentist office Evalyn was doing some dance moves (imagine a three year olds version of break dancing) I commented on how nice her dance moves where and she quickly said, "Grandma taught me how." ;) so which one of you have been holding out on the rest of us with your break dancing moves :) ??? 

We got several new books and the kids were looking at them today and noticed one the back it lists the US price and also the Canadian price. Eden read how much a book cost in each location and quickly noticed that every book cost more in Canada. Ella said quickly with out missing a beat, "That's because people have more money in Canada."

We love you all!! Hope you are enjoying your sabbath day :) 

9/19/17

This is me attempting to get better at this again ;) love you all!! 

Evalyn said while I was getting ready Sunday morning.. "mom I love your elbows."

We were waiting for Gordon to be done with football and Evalyn was playing in the front seat. Gordon came to the car dripping sweat and after a few minutes said, "Man this seat is so hot it's like burning my back." Then we realized the seat warmer was on... Evalyn was having fun pushing buttons while she was hanging out in the front. 

Henry loves to dance. I'm not quite sure who he got his dancing inspiration from because his move is ....having an angry face and pumping his fist up and down. So serious when he is feeling the rhythm 

When I hold up my phone like I'm going to take a picture Henry will stop whatever he is doing and look right at the camera with a big cheesey grin :)

Russell said, "I know video games are not most important anymore." With a happy feeling I asked him what was. He replied, "Hands...... Because you can't play video games without your hands." Almost there... 

I was getting Henry out of the car the other day and as soon as I started to unbuckle his seat he closed his eyes and flipped his head to the side like he was asleep. I played along and said to the other kids, "oh, shhh Henry is sleeping... everyone be quite please" and then a little smile broke through and he popped his head up with eyes wide open and a giggle. We all gasped and said he is awake!! And as quickly as he had woke he pretended he was back to sleep again. This happened several times and never got old. Everyone was loving it :) 

All the kids are doing wonderful in school and getting good grades. They are enjoying being back to school. 

Evalyn had an idea today that she wanted to make her nursery teacher some cookies. So we did ;) love my sweet girl and glad she found a way for us to serve today! 

I needed to run a white shirt over to the church building for Taylor and we dropped it off and Taylor was making his way into the church house as we watched from the car and Evalyn started to cry and said..... "I want to keep him!" ️ She was sad but we were able to FaceTime daddy real quick before his appointment came, and that cheered her right up :) 

Gordon had his first football game on Saturday. Their team did very well... it was 40 something to 0. And one of those touchdowns belonged to Gordon. He ran it in after running and faking out a few opponents from about half way down the field. Proud momma moment!! :) 

Many days I am tired and exhausted but I do love being able to be home with these amazing little people that call me mom. :) 

4/11/17

Not sure if I already sent these???? Sorry if it is a double ;) just found them in my notes. 

Russell looked out the window and saw it raining. He then asked what day is it? I replied Tuesday.... he said back with a little disgust, it can rain on Tuesday? 

Russell just said "you know in cars (the movie) they can't open their doors"  I asked him why he said "if they open their doors their brains will fall out" 

Gordon was explaining how is friends had taken an item from his lunch and he needed to figure out which of his friends had it. He then explained to me how he figured out through different clues and asking questions that he was able to figure it out. He then said, "I love having the blood of a lawyer!" 

We were getting in the car and I handed Henry a car as well as a little stuffed mini mouse. He got excited and grabbed them both but then quickly through the mini mouse over the side of his car seat. He was very content with the car. He is a boy!

Totally out of the blue we were driving to pick up kids from school and Russell says from the backseat "you know mom I am really sad grandpa Thompson had to die." I don't know if the kids have been talking about him lately but I thought it was really sweet.

4/11/17

We were getting kids from school and Russell said from the backseat holding up two pieces of a paper towel and asked,  "Which one do you think is more aerodynamic like a race car?" As they were blowing from the air coming from the AC vent.

Taylor started saying to the kids, "give me some sugar" (meaning to give him a kiss on his cheek). So the other day I said it to Evalyn "Evalyn give me some sugar," as I was pointing to my cheek. So she came over and pushed her finger into my cheek.

We were having hamburgers and fries for dinner and Evalyn wanted more fries. I noticed she had only eaten her fries so I said, "Evalyn you haven't even touched your hamburger". She looked and me and quickly poked her hamburger with her finger saying with a big smile, "Now I've touched it!"

Today Henry was in the boys room looking at the lightning McQueen night light. This night light turns on by light sensor. He kept pointing at it and he was at the perfect angle so every time he touched the it the light would come on.  He thought he was pretty amazing.

Henry loves to dance with me in the kitchen. He has started to grab my hand and sway his arm around with me it may be my favorite thing ever. 

We went to go see Tim Timmerman: Hope of America the other night with the kids. The kids were having a good time and enjoying the movie. But the best part was when Taylor came on full screen as the DJ and Evalyn turned to Daddy in amazement exclaiming, "Daddy....that is YOU!"

We love you all and hope you are having a great week!!