Life is rushing by faster than ever. I can’t believe we are winding down the last month of the year. Days and weeks go by in a blink of an eye it seems. Here is a snapshot of our lives the last few weeks.
I fell in love with this calendar Kaiden made and hung on the fridge. I’m not sure if that is a ghost or a turkey but I love it all the same.
Isn’t it amazing what comes out of a boys pockets? These two pictures are from my 6 year old’s jeans, but I find that the same sort of stuff come in my13 year old and 37 year old’s pockets as well!! Boys never really grow up.
The kids found a few hours of entertainment making a fort out of blankets and empty Christmas decoration boxes, which then turned into a game with Kylie being a tiger in a cage.
Kelsey had Young Women in Excellence this month. This is an evening where the girls show off the different goals and projects they have completed from their personal progress (a program encouraging the girls to set goals in areas of faith, virtue, knowledge, good works, etc.) There is a girl in the young women’s program named Siarra. She is mentally handicapped and unable to set these goals and finish them herself. The young women decided to complete Siarra’s personal progress by proxy and each girl chose several goals to pass off on behalf of Siarra. But in order for them to count for Siarra, they could not count these goals for their own progress. It was touching to listen as the girls shared their testimony of service and selflessness. The girls made a scrapbook page for each goal they passed off and put them in a book for Siarra to keep. I am so proud of Kelsey and love to watch her kindness towards Siarra. There are many days in the week when I over hear Kelsey on the phone with Siarra. Siarra loves Kelsey and calls her often to come over and play. I don’t know many 15 year old girls who would spend their Saturday afternoon on a play date with a teenage girl who has the mental capacity of a child… Kelsey did this without hesitation. She is amazing and I love her sweet spirit.
I look forward to Friday nights each week. Kenny and I have set this night aside for date night and have been pretty good about getting out each week. I cherish these evening spent with my best friend and favorite person in the whole world.
Kelsey has been extremely busy with her Trouvere’s choir. They have had a performance almost every night. Here is Kelsey with her dance partner at Wal-Mart. They spent one evening walking around Wal-Mart singing and dancing. It was hilarious.
While Kelsey was singing at Wal-Mart, the kids and I walked up and down the toy aisle. Here is a picture of Kaiden’s face after I told him I bought all those princess dresses for him for Christmas. HA HA HA!
Later in the week I was Christmas shopping for the younger two kids and had the teenagers with me. On our way home we stopped at Arby’s for dinner. I was feeling a little silly and was having fun embarrassing Kelsey by dancing in my seat. But believe me, these pictures are NOTHING compared to the dance routine I did on the way out. As we were walking out, I busted out some dance moves. Kelsey ran full speed out the door and stood by the car. I danced my way to the window and impressed everyone with some sweet moves like the running man, cabbage patch kid and raise the roof. I made sure the Kelsey could see me through the window as she stood freezing by the car. Kendall was behind me cheering me on hiding until I was done. I am sure the employees will never forget our visit to their restaurant. I have to say embarrassing your teenagers is a lot of fun and good exercise too.
I enjoyed a lunch date with Kaiden before he went to school. Love that kid.
I was really digging these bike helmets. A gorilla, unicorn and kitten.
Our ward Christmas party was great this year. I love listening to the little ones sing.
During the Christmas dinner, Kaiden took it upon himself to educate the older folks sitting at our table all about Angry Birds. First up is some guy I don’t know and next to him are my grandparents. He just made his way around the table.
I am still loving Bountiful Baskets. This weeks basket was really good. All this for $15 plus I picked up a box of oranges for $14. Check it out at www.bountifulbaskets.org.
And lastly, nothing beats sitting in church and looking down to see what shoes your daughter put on as you were rushing out the door.
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