Tayden

I just have a couple of pictures of him that I wanted to post. The first is of him in his suit. It's a good thing I took this picture before we left for church because both the coat and tie came off before the meeting even started!


















These are some from when we went to the library. There are these backpacks with activities in them. His favorite is one with an animal puzzle. This last time the backpack had little play animals in as well as the puzzle. He played for some time with it, but not using the puzzle pieces. Instead, he matched up all the animals in the right holes that the puzzle pieces were supposed to go in. The last one shows his obsessiveness with "lining things up". I find all his toys, cars, animals, you name it, all lined up in a row all over the house. Maybe he'll be an engineer like his Dad!

Easter!

Okay, so this is way late, but I still wanted to post some of our pictures. For Easter we went to a party done by Mary Corder in our ward. She puts this on every year and does a wonderful job. The kids just love it!

Tags!

I haven't posted in a while because we've been going through some nasty flu stuff and admittedly there hasn't been a whole lot going on, so I guess I should finally get to these tags from a while back!

Tag #1 I was tagged by Alicia
Grab the book nearest you...flip to page 123 and post the first three sentences on the page.
" The function which does this is passthru. The format is:
passthru (command to run);
Passthru will run the function and any output returned will be displayed on the browser."

Sorry, but you asked for it. I'm obviously sitting at my computer and the nearest book is "Create Dynamic Web Pages Using PHP and MySQL". Not much for interesting reading, but it certainly has helped a little in getting my new web page up and running!


Tag #2, also by Alicia

5 places to visit before I die:
Jamaica (taking care of that one next week!), Philippines, South Africa, England, and Australia

5 salad toppings:
Peas, Cheese, Bacon, Ranch, and Almonds

5 Fiction Books:
Wuthering Heights, DaVinci Code, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse

5 Favorite shoes:
My black boots, black dress shoes, fuzzy pink slippers (do those count?), black high heeled sandals, and no shoes at all!

5 Hobbies:
Sewing, Video Creating, Blogging, Learning anything new on the computer, Basketball/Volleyball

For both of these I tag:
Anyone who reads this blog, hasn't done it already, and wants to!

Wheat, Anyone?

So, for family home evening last night we had a wheat grinding contest. Our lesson, obviously, was on Food Storage. We decided we better know what to do with all that wheat we are storing. All I have right now is a hand grinder, so we had to grind our own wheat and then made "Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies". Mmmmmm. They really weren't bad but the kids thought they were a little better with butter spread on them! Anyway, when we were grinding the wheat the kids got a kick out of seeing how much they could do so everyone got 1 minute to grind as much as they could. These are the results:
Tayden: 1/8 cup
Kaylee: a little over 1/8 cup
Tyler: 1/4 cup
Karyna: 1/4 cup
Mom: 1/2 cup
Dad: about 3/4 cup.
Congrats Dad! I would have never guessed you'd win this one! Here's a video I put together of the kids. Can you believe how fast they are?

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

So, yesterday morning Kaylee was acting bored and said she wanted to go to that really fun museum with the water. After a few minutes of trying to figure out what she was talking about, we decided that was a pretty good idea. I'm sure she was shocked when I said "yes!" Anyway, that's what we did! Seth actually came with me and we got to hang out all day and the kids got to play. It was a great day!

Tyler's Card

This is long overdue, but I have really wanted to post this so I don't ever forget it. The first one is a card that Tyler wrote for me after we went to the Mother/Son Dance. It really touched me. He is such a sweetheart. On the same day, he also brought this other card home from church. I couldn't have been more proud of him! Thank you, Tyler!

Karyna's Hair Cut

Karyna wore her new birthday outfit and new hair for church on Sunday. She got layers and just loves them. She looked so pretty we just had to take some pictures. I can't believe how old she is getting.

Me From A to Z

A:Attached or single: Attached for 10 years and couldn't be happier.

B:Best friend(s): Seth. My sisters and mom are a close second.

C:Cake or Pie: Chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream!

D:Day of choice: Probably Friday.

E:Essential Item: My new Heated Mattress Pad. This will change when the weather is warmer.

F:Favorite Color: Red?

G:Gummi Bears or Worms: Definitely worms.

H:Hometown: Born in Farmington, Massachusetts, but lived all over. Home is where the heart is!

I:Indulgence(s): Chocolate, chocolate, and chocolate.

J:January or July: Not even a close call, July all the way, Baby!

K:Kids: Karyna, 9, Tyler, 7, Kaylee, 4.5, Tayden, 2.5

L:Life is incomplete without: My family.

M:Marriage Date: December 20th, 1997

N:Number of siblings: 5 sisters and 1 brother

O:Oranges or Apples: I like apples, when they are crispy.

P:Phobias or fears: Losing my children.

Q:Quote(s): We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

R:Reason To Smile: When everyone is happy, healthy, and playing together!

S:Season: By far, Summer! Gotta love the sun!

T:Tag: I tag Karyna and anyone else who wants to do it.

U:Unknown Fact about Me: I'm pretty much an open book. I can't think of anything I haven't ever told anyone!

V:Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Mmmmm....Steak....

W:Worst Habit: Too much time on the computer.

X:X-rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds are great, especially when everything is alive inside! :)

Y:Your favorite Food: Anything with chocolate.

Z:Zodiac: Libra?