New calling

So...I was asked to go visit with Bishop May this morning. When I went in, he said "I could put you in the hot seat and ask you why you are here." I told him I had a few ideas of why. He asked what and I said either it's about the Singles Ward or a calling. He said it was about a calling. Then he started going into how sometimes we get callings where we aren't always the most confortable. Then it hit me. I said that I now have an idea of which calling. He asked what I thought and I said Relief Society teacher. He said, "Yes." Then asked how I felt about it. To be honest, I'm perfectly fine with it. In fact, I'm excited to teach. They announced it in Sacrament this afternoon, and I've had so many people come up to me and tell me how excited they are that I'll be teaching. That just makes it that much easier for me to teach. To know that I've got so many people behind me.
I was thinking this afternoon about all the callings that I've had. And now with this one, I will have held a calling in every auxillary that I am able to have a calling in. Lucky me. :)

Luke Loves to Learn

Luke is really enjoying preschool and learning so much. I volunteered a couple of times this week and his teachers couldn't stop telling stories and pointing out how smart he is and quick to respond to all the questions.

I agree - he is a smart cookie!

Emeline is growing up!

It's hard to believe that she's nearly 4 months already. She is awake more during the day and sleeps less. She is trying to figure out what to do when she's awake. I'm trying to help her be happy on her own. Luckily for her, all 3 of her brothers like to play with and entertain her :-)

I just had to share this cute picture of her learning to like the exersaucer.

New Years Eve Celebration!

Thank you again to Dan & Brenda for hosting a great New Years Eve celebration. Good food, good movies, good games, and great family!

We enjoyed sleeping over again this year. This time Christa and Liam stayed too. We had waffles for breakfast, followed by games, pizza for lunch and more games. We had a lot of fun!

Christmas & Sick Children

It seems that about half the time we have at least 1 sick child for Christmas and this year was no exception. Alex was sick on Christmas Eve, so Quint stayed home with him and Emeline while I took Corwin & Luke to Mom & Dad's for our traditional celebration. We had planned for Quint to take them for a short visit on Christmas day while I stayed home with the sick. Fortunately Alex's fever broke and he was much better before going to bed on Christmas Eve and we were all able to go celebrate.

Other than spending a few hours with Quint's family, our own little family spent the day together. It was relaxing and an enjoyable day. Corwin & Luke were sick the next day though - I'm glad it was just a 24 hour bug.

Fun video

Inception

We are go for Inception... The movie that is. Next Saturday, the 18th, I think. 7pm. Date night. You should know the drill by now. Smiley face.

First Day of School

I realized that I never posted pictures from Wyatt's first day of school! Here they are:

Right before leaving:

And pickup:



AH HAH! I finally remembered my password.

It has been ages since I was able to get on the blog (I am adding it to my "morning coffee" -- a Firefox add-on -- so that I'll get to read it weekly). I found the note where I wrote down my password, so all is well again.

We got our new windows today! They worked very quickly, and all of the old were out and the new in within 2 1/2 hours. They cleaned up after themselves, and we got the "bonus" of having our back porch shoveled for us (until the storm tonight, that is).

Just a bit before Thanksgiving, Liam fell and hit his head on a wood chair. He split his head open, and required 6 staples to get it closed up again. I would post a picture, but I know that there are those who are squeamish that read this blog. He bounced back quite quickly, and claimed that it didn't hurt a bit when they pulled the staples back out. He can be such a brave boy!

We took Liam in to be tested by the Utah Department of Child Development, and the diagnosis is Asperger's Syndrome. We were told that if we get him into a therapy group, there is a good chance that he can learn the social skills that he is currently lacking. The psychiatrist said that while it will never come naturally to him, he can come to recognize the social cues that he otherwise misses and his social life will be only minimally impacted. I was so relieved to hear that. It is apparently a good sign that Liam enjoys being social and has no problem with meeting new people. There are many Asperger's kids that would be content to be pretty much solo all of the time, and are uncomfortable with approaching someone new.

I thought I would have a LOT of news to pass along here, but it seems that this is it (for now). I will be adding pictures of the new windows when my camera battery is recharged and I have light outside. The sun is going down now, and my camera is still charging.

Spaghetti Dinner

Brendan & Katie had a sleep over at our house on November 19th. We had spaghetti for dinner. I only got pictures of Luke & Katie though. The others only stopped playing for a few minutes to eat and I didn't have my camera right then.

The pictures of Alex and Corwin were taken the next time we had spaghetti (Dec. 1). Corwin doesn't like spaghetti sauce, so he eats his noodles plain and this is as red faced as he gets.