"If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will -- to your surprise -- miss them profoundly."

--Thomas S. Monson, 2009







Saturday, November 27, 2010

O Christmas Tree 2010

We got our tree and all of the other decorations up a few days early this year. The weather has been quite a bit warmer these past couple of days (above zero!) and so we figured we would get the outdoor lights up now. Since we had to dig them out, we just brought it all up. The girls kept asking if it was Christmas tomorrow. Olivia really loves all of the lights and decorations, the balls especially. She was only about 4 months old last Christmas, so this is all quite new to her!


Chloe Loves The Scriptures

Chloe found this old Book Of Mormon in our house a couple of weeks ago and she has been carrying it around with her ever since. Every night when she goes to bed she says, "Mom, I need my scriptures, where are my scriptures?" She loves to "read" them, but mostly look at the pictures in them. I asked her what picture was her favourite, and she said, "The one with Samuel on the wall with the bad guys trying to shoot him with their guns." It is pretty cute.





Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Oh Summer, how we miss you already....


A couple of weeks ago, we woke up to this:

It has been snowy and cold for many days now. Today the temperature was -30 degrees, and the news said it felt like -40 with the windchill! The girls are embracing it, though. Bundling up, and playing outside for as long as they can stand it!


Chloe has really started printing her name out a lot. She does such a good job, and does it all on her own. The older girls were a bit older before they learned to print their names. I also included some photos of some great pictures she has drawn lately:











It was the girls' primary presentation on Sunday. They did such a great job. They all looked so good before church, I tried to get some pictures of them. It is really hard to get one of all of them looking. Here is the best I could do:


This silly girl can not sit still for half a second! Here are some shots I got of her:


You can see her two big molars that have come through. They have been the cause of many sleepless nights, poor girl. (And poor parents!)

Finally I get one of her looking, and of course, the flash is too bright. Oh well....


Izzy and her "fancy" hair, she wanted me to take a picture of it:


And here are Chloe and Lily:


It's definitely beginning to feel more like Christmas!