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Living in this House Forever

Dustin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:17:02 +0000

Nolan: (in a very sad voice) Mommy said we have to live in this house forever.
Dad: You don’t like this house? Where do you want to move?
Nolan: I want to go to college… at BYU.
Dad: Mommy & Daddy will live in this house forever, but you can move out and go to BYU.
Nolan: No! I want you to move to BYU with me!

Perry the Platypus

Dustin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:34:53 +0000

(Watching General Conference)
Rachel: “That was Elder Perry.”
Nolan: “Perry?! The platypus?”

Easter, The Greatest Story Ever Told

Rachel — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:25:40 +0000

My sister Emily came up with this GREAT Easter lesson for the family. She even made it printable for anyone who’d like to use it! Here’s a link to her blog…

http://wanna-be-cowgirl.blogspot.com/p/printables.html

Enjoy Conference and Easter weekends!

Conference Spring Garden

Rachel — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:56:31 +0000

I was trying to find something a little different than the usual ‘conference packets’ to keep my kids interested/busy and found this website. She uses flowers with the apostles names on them and a line for what the talk was about. After each talk, you can tape them up to the wall or a large poster to create a garden by the time conference is over! You then, after conference, encourage family members to ‘pick’ a flower and do something related to that flowers topic. What a great idea! Putting into action the things we’ve learned!

http://foodstorageandbeyond.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/General-Conference-Spring-Garden-Activity.pdf

There were also some links for different aged children to make a conference packet for each child. Great ideas! I can wait to post pictures of our General Conference Spring Garden!

March Madness

Rachel — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:20:18 +0000

This was Gracie’s first year playing basketball. She LOVES it! She’s the Mark Eaton of 3rd grade girls basketball. She was at LEAST a foot taller than every girl on her team. She grew so fast, she still hasn’t quite lived up to her name! This was the only team they played against with girls as tall as her!

Wocket in my Pocket

Dustin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:07:08 +0000

Nolan’s new favorite book is There’s a Wocket in my Pocket. He makes me read it every night. Tonight Gehrig sat with us a we read. After we were done Gehrig innocently said, “Daddy, there’s a WEENS in my JEANS.”

Stupid Jerk?

Dustin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:09:05 +0000

As Gehrig was delivering his birthday invitations, he came back to the car after getting no answer at that door. I asked, “Did you ring the doorbell?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

He smiled and said, “Because I’m stupid.” He then got back out of the car to ring the doorbell.

Nolan was in the back seat listening. As soon as Gehrig got out of the car he said, “What a jerk!”

I think my kids are watching too much TV.

Dangerous Salami

Dustin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:58:20 +0000

While watching Tangled, after the damn broke, Gehrig said, “Those are actually real. They are dangerous. They are called salami.”

We then explained the difference between salami and tsunamis.

Money Making Idea

Dustin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:36:00 +0000

“Dad, you should get on Wipeout so we can get money for Disneyland and a dog.”

–Gehrig (6)

Nolan Learned to Talk

Dustin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:56:22 +0000

Our friends have a four year old in Nolan’s class. Last week when he got home his parents asked if he had fun in Primary. He said, “Yeah. And guess what?! Nolan is learning how to talk!”