Gather Round the Table.

Some of our favorite times are at the kitchen table. We do projects there, we color there, and perhaps most importantly, we eat there. I like to ask Julianna what she wants for breakfast. Usually it is omeal (oatmeal), seral (cereal), or milk. The other day, however, she wanted salad. Well I made her a spinach salad with sliced almonds, crunchy rice noodles, and a poppy seed dressing. She actually seemed to enjoy it, and ate at least 4 or 5 bites. I need to be more like this and rejoice in my veggies!
Don't you just love how kids say words differently? Julianna twirls her R's, and it makes for a quite a few laughs. She also calls the table a taber, and Ryan just loves to get her to say it for a quick chuckle. She has this book almost memorized, and when we read to her, joins in. She makes my day!

Em and Ju

While Daddy is at work, us girls get to spend fun times together. We got to dance and spin around the living room with an exercise band, do a small craft, and read the paper together. Ju ju loves her Disney books, and so tonight we read the story "The Sword in the Stone". She opens the storybook to the title page and picks her favorite, which is as of late Cinderella. A yummy dinner of goldfish crackers, fruit and milk rounded out our evening. Mommy loves to take a break from cooking. Julianna earned 2 stickers for her potty chart, and is getting back into the swing of things after being sick. She is such a funny little girl. When asked a question, such as, "are you hungry?" this is her reply "Yes, I do." Improper English? Perhaps. But it is oh so cute. She is also a good singer. Often I will hear her sweet little voice singing a song from church, or one she has made up while she is flipping through the pages of a book. Girls are so fun. Julianna is my best friend, and it is so fun watching her progress and grow. She sometimes likes to say the prayer with a little prompting, and then when we get to the end, Mommy or Daddy say "in the name of..." and by that time she has skipped that part and exclaims, "AMEN". She has become scared of monsters lately. Don't you wonder how children discover monsters? She will say something about monsters being scary and then immediately assure herself that monsters are "betend", and only in books and movies.

Here Comes Santa Clause

For our ward party, Julianna was introduced to Santa for the first time. I am not so sure that she was too impressed. After talking to Daddy about the whole affair of Jesus' birthday, I think that she is warming up to the idea of presents. She may even warm up to a fat jolly stranger in a red suit with a long flowing beard of white. I am grateful that at this time of year we focus on the important things in life (or at least we should). Happiness overflows as I think of Heavenly Father sending His only begotten Son to share with us, and to allow for the atonement to take place. I am so thankful for my family especially at this time of year. We had a lovely time with Ryan's side of the family tonight. We had great food and greater company. I am very full of good things, not only of yummy food, but of happy feelings at this time when we celebrate His birth. Merry Christmas.

This is the Place October 31, 2009

For Halloween this year, Jubean, Mommy, Laura, and Whitney went to This is the Place. We wore our costumes for the event. The place was all decked out for Halloween, with scary ghosts and goblins, witches, and plastic spiders. Our first activity was facepainting. Even Laura enjoyed herself. The gals all turned out really cute.

We Love USU

Memories

These pictures are from the Labor Day Parade. So fun, and lots of candy!Today I have been organizing and sorting about 1000 prints or more. As I was doing this, I had to look up some of the dates from the pictures stored on our computer. Playing on the computer I had my music from playlist.com, and the screensaver had a montage of pictures. While I was admiring the pictures with the cute melodies, suddenly a picture of Ryan's burnt foot came up. At first I thought it was amusing, then I felt overwhelmed with love for my sweetheart for saving us and our home and sacrificing a part of himself. He is such a wonderful man. I love you, baby.