I haven't done a High - Low post in a while and it seems like a fun, quick idea for tonight.
Roman
High - Walking and trying to run everywhere, but that is a tie for nightly wrestling with Dad.
Low - Mom is such a downer with all her rules, veggies, and gates to keep me out of stuff!
Kate
High - First round of trick-or-treating was Saturday at the church and I made out like a bandit!
Low - I HATE Mondays because I don't have school and I get BORED at home. :(
Allie
High - I'm going w/ Kate on this one. Definitely trick-or-treating, I LOVE my Raggedy Ann costume!
Low - I don't have lows.
Darin
High - I don't have highs.
Low - Buckeyes. :(
Sarah -
High(s) - Allie and Kate are learning to jump rope and it makes me smile, every morning they rush to get ready and run downstairs to practice. The kids looked darling in their costumes (pics coming this weekend).
The ultimate high was today's Sacrament Meeting....yes, it was the Primary Program. For those not familiar, in the LDS church the children and their teachers put together a wonderful program once a year. The children sing, share special messages, and make us all smile! So this year both Allie and Kate were participants. They did a wonderful job! Kate sang, "I am a Child of God" with her Sunbeam classmates. Allie got to say, "My mom and dad taught me to pray when I was little and now we say family prayers every night before bed." She got to "write" her part on her own. awwwww. Yes, I did tear up!
My final high is that Laurie A. is in town! We had TOFL (Time Out For Laurie) Friday night and into Saturday. It consisted of lots of laughing, good food, and very little sleep. I've missed her SOOOO much and don't know what I'll do when she has to leave again. Today she took some pictures of us in our Buckeye gear, can't wait to see them. She's such a great friend and someone I aspire to be like!
Low - Roman was sick so I didn't get much sleep!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
WARNING: Lots of Pictures Ahead
When Allie was born I made a "plan" for taking family/kid pictures. Each kid would have their pictures taken as a newborn, 3 months old, 6 months, 9, months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 years, and then annually. Why a plan? Because Darin and I come from big families and saw how the oldest kids had lots of pictures taken of them but the younger ones not so much. I understand why....poor Roman will turn one in a couple of weeks and we've ONLY taken his newborn pictures and 3 month pictures. So we had to make up for that AND get our first REAL family picture all together. Our AWESOME Home Teacher (Mormon Lingo), Ross Storey offered to take some pictures for us and when we realized that Allie's two FRONT teeth were wiggly we quickly scheduled a day. Anyway, we decided to go between sessions on Conference Sunday (more Mormon Lingo) and it couldn't have turned out better. Ross and his darling wife Katie (9 months prego at the time) did such a great job. Thank you guys for making us look good ;)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Ohio Tradition
There are certain times of year that it is very apparent that we don't live by family; birthdays, holidays, and Conference. I miss my family so much during this time, knowing they are getting together makes the distance seem even farther. I don't think I've ever attended Women's Conference w/ my mom and sisters. Sad.
I do love this little tradition though....almost every year that I've lived in Ohio I've gotten together w/ friends to make Cinnamon Rolls. It's so fun to just visit and eat yummy treats. This year the Johnson's invited us over. While Ben and Darin went to the Priesthood session, Emily and I made these yummy rolls. Emily really takes all the credit, it was her first time and they turned out PERFECT! Thanks guys for having us over, it was super fun!
I do love this little tradition though....almost every year that I've lived in Ohio I've gotten together w/ friends to make Cinnamon Rolls. It's so fun to just visit and eat yummy treats. This year the Johnson's invited us over. While Ben and Darin went to the Priesthood session, Emily and I made these yummy rolls. Emily really takes all the credit, it was her first time and they turned out PERFECT! Thanks guys for having us over, it was super fun!
It's Come To This...
See what I'm up against?! We had no choice but to cage him in. Now that he's walking (started last week) his goal to divide and conquer our house is quickly coming to a reality....but he's just sooo cute that we don't really care.
You Gotta Watch this! (well, not the whole thing.)
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Are America’s Greatest Days Ahead or Behind?
When I saw the title of this article I had to read it. I've been looking for some 'realistic optimism' in all of this mess. Rather than pointing the finger we can look at the opportunity that lies ahead of us....
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/08/rmiller_1008/ - Entire Article by By Richard Miller.
My favorite words:
But before pointing any fingers, we would be wise to take a good long look in the mirror. After all, it was we the people who voted for any politician who promised easy jobs and credit, tax cuts regardless of the economic situation, and endless prosperity. It was we the people who converted what used to be called a “home” into the Church of Perpetual Refinancings, who used plastic to buy what we couldn’t pay for and then used more plastic to pay it off. In these and a thousand other ways, we’ve enabled the Barney Franks and the other snake oil salesmen who told us what we wanted to hear in exchange for the power and perks of their offices. The people could tumble this rotten edifice any time at the ballot box, but based on the “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately?” nature of some questions at last night’s debate, it’s not likely that we will.
However, for those Americans who believe that their country’s greatest days involved the establishment of constitutional government, the ending of slavery, surviving the Great Depression, the defeat of fascism and Soviet Communism, and the success of racial integration and gender equality, hope for America remains. After all, the generations that accomplished these Herculean tasks enjoyed a standard of living so far below our own as to represent an ongoing embarrassment to us for having so much and accomplishing so little.
So here’s my answer to the question about America’s greatest days: if the objective is to win the Global War on Terror, cure cancer, end oil dependence on decadent Middle Eastern sheiks and crazed South American caudillos, mount a Manhattan Project for alternative energy, and try to make this country an engine of production rather than consumption, our best days may lie ahead.
But if, after gazing in that mirror, you’re still obsessed with that third car garage, you might as well stick fork in your face, because you–and the country–are done. And whoever votes for McBama because of some lie that you won’t have to pay taxes or mortgage payments or that health care will be “free” then you deserve to be done.
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/08/rmiller_1008/ - Entire Article by By Richard Miller.
My favorite words:
But before pointing any fingers, we would be wise to take a good long look in the mirror. After all, it was we the people who voted for any politician who promised easy jobs and credit, tax cuts regardless of the economic situation, and endless prosperity. It was we the people who converted what used to be called a “home” into the Church of Perpetual Refinancings, who used plastic to buy what we couldn’t pay for and then used more plastic to pay it off. In these and a thousand other ways, we’ve enabled the Barney Franks and the other snake oil salesmen who told us what we wanted to hear in exchange for the power and perks of their offices. The people could tumble this rotten edifice any time at the ballot box, but based on the “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately?” nature of some questions at last night’s debate, it’s not likely that we will.
However, for those Americans who believe that their country’s greatest days involved the establishment of constitutional government, the ending of slavery, surviving the Great Depression, the defeat of fascism and Soviet Communism, and the success of racial integration and gender equality, hope for America remains. After all, the generations that accomplished these Herculean tasks enjoyed a standard of living so far below our own as to represent an ongoing embarrassment to us for having so much and accomplishing so little.
So here’s my answer to the question about America’s greatest days: if the objective is to win the Global War on Terror, cure cancer, end oil dependence on decadent Middle Eastern sheiks and crazed South American caudillos, mount a Manhattan Project for alternative energy, and try to make this country an engine of production rather than consumption, our best days may lie ahead.
But if, after gazing in that mirror, you’re still obsessed with that third car garage, you might as well stick fork in your face, because you–and the country–are done. And whoever votes for McBama because of some lie that you won’t have to pay taxes or mortgage payments or that health care will be “free” then you deserve to be done.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Crazy World, Happy Family
The current economic situation has definitely caused me some stress lately and I find myself having to turn off CSpan and CNBC so that I can focus on what I can control. So when Kate came home from school and I cleaned out her backpack I found this....
I needed that today! I had slipped a note in Allie's lunch a few weeks ago and she loved it. So she returned the favor without my knowing, she put this little treasure in Kate's bag. Good to know things aren't 'so' bad!
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