Preschool

This week it was Hayden's turn to host preschool. We had letter Q. We colored pictures of a queen, and practiced writing Q. We also made queen hats, well the boys made King hats. The kids had a great time, and didn't want to go home. Hayden has a crush on Bella (she's on the left of the table), well actually he likes any girl who will say that they will marry him! What will we do on Thursday?? Q is a hard one.

Sick: Wonderful or Awful

So I know its been awhile since I've written...Sorry about that. We were all sick. First Hayden on Sunday, then I woke up sick Monday, then I picked up Ethan at school Tuesday because he had a temperature. It was awful, but kinda great at the same time. I had a legitimate excuse for lounging around all day. Except for at the time I was feeling like I'd rather die (or even pay bills) then feel so awful. But now that I am better I am grateful for all that extra sleep. It's funny how you can't (or me at least) can't be grateful for something until it's taken away. I have been feeling so rushed and busy lately, and just really wishing that for one week I could have nothing that needed to be done. You know just a week to myself. Of cousre when I got my week to myself all I wanted to do was to busy myself with my endless to do lists that have been piling up...like scrapbooking and such; But after last week I was so bored I was grateful that I have things to do. I like babysitting Payson, even though I get none of my stuff done, I like taking Ethan to Tae Kwon Do, even though it takes forever and it's far. So you know what life is good. And I am grateful for my endless to do lists. Because the latter is really boring.

I read an article called It takes a novel (By Nell Casey) last week in the Cookie magazine that I thought was dead on. It said:

"The hours pass slowly," a friend once remarked about staying home with a newborn, "but the days go quickly." This shifting quality of time persists, mainly because the sacred and the mundane are forever commingling. Over the days, your life moves dutifully from one errand to the next, and yet over the years, it takes on an epic quality. "Is life fascinating or boring?" a mother asks in Diane Johnson's woonderful and eccentric novel The Shadow Knows (Plume). Is everything clear and decided, or are there possiblities for wonder unbounded?" The answer of course is: both.

Sr. Brown Belt

Ethan did an amazing job on his Tae Kwon Do test Saturday. He studied so hard on his Poom Se, kicks, and questions. He even had to sparr and break a board, it took a couple tries but after everyone cheered him on he snapped the board in half. They will have the belt ceremony on Tuesday where they will put his new belt on him. The next belt that he is now working for is red. Ethan really enjoys his classes, and he has made some nice friends. He is making great improvements as he gets more into it. We can see the difference it has made already. It really boosts his self esteem when he feels like he does a good job, and it has taught him to work harder when it gets tough and to not give up. His questions that he had to have memorized had a lot of really hard words, but the one that I know he'll remember is ambitition, because Ethan does have ambition. He has set a goal to get his black belt and he is working so hard to get it. I am so proud of him.

60th Birthday

We celebrated Terry's 60th birthday this weekend at our house. (Our first big party in the new house, Candy said we had to break it in!) We had a full house, about 20 people came. We had a great time hanging out. Everyone had to try our latest game: guitar hero, and of course Terry was a natural. The men played fusball, while the ladies played rumikub, and the kids ran wild, everyone was happy. We also played a couple of 1948 trivia games, where they had to guess the name of the pictured famous people also born in 1948 like Samuel L Jackson, and Ozzy Osbourne, to name a few. Our 2nd trivia game was "What did it cost in 1948?" Then on Sunday we continued the festivities by celebrating Zachery's 1st birthday and mine! Thank's for all the wonderful gifts! It was the perfect weekend, except everyone was sick, and then Hayden started to feel sick around lunch time, you know he's sick when he denies chocolate cake.
Happy Birthday, Terry, we love you.

Happy Valentine's Day

I love you all. I hope you all got mad love'n today...If not I am sending it your way!! Wish I could have been at your party Amb, with cupcakes and cookies, oh my! I bet it was a hit! Next party I'll be there! (Just plan it for spring break, kay) XOXOXOXOXO

Dinner is served!!

So there's a chance that my family might actually get dinner this next week. I'm part of a dinner group. Our plan is that we each make 5 of the same dinners, becasue there is 5 of us, then we get together and trade the dinners. The idea is we each go home with 5 main courses. Pretty cool, right! Today was our first time, and I think it worked out pretty well. I am excited to try out all the meals. I made lasagna, but stupid me I didn't start until last night, at 9:30. (I had to go to a work function...Heidi had a pampered chef party...I had to go. JK) So needless to say I was up late, hence the picture of Hayden wearing his pjs at 5:30pm. He didnt want to change, and I was too tired to care. So tonight was lasagna (I had to try out my meal to make sure it was safe...it was, and very cheesy!), tomorrow marinated chicken breasts, thanks Allison, I am excited! Happy Dinners!

Ties

Taryn bought Ethan this tie awhile back. Ethan was so excited to get a tie like Daddy's. But we are always in such a rush to get to church, that he hasn't had a chance to learn to tie it. Yesterday we got an early start on getting dressed for church (for once), and Shawn seized the moment and tried to teach him how to tie it. I think it's going to take a couple more times, but he almost got it. Ethan you look so handsome...just like your Daddy!