"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley


"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us."

--Sheri L. Dew

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Grace Learning Piano

To get Grace excited about practicing, I have been taping her play her song when she is good enough, leave a positive comment I can share with her!
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Sunday, August 3, 2014

July

July was busy!  We went camping with Grant's family in McCall, beautiful!  We biked and swam and ate yummy food, thanks Grandma!
 
 A hike my niece took us on.  The kids were troopers though!  They led the way.

 
 Someone carved a heart into this water tower just for us!
 
 
Grandma bought all of us patriotic shirts so we had to take pictures!

 
Madelyn fell in an old fire while camping that apparently still had very hot coals, yes, that is a huge blister on her pinky.  We sorta hoped it would remove her fingerprint so she could rob a bank for us, no such luck.  Her hand is fine now, almost no scars at all.


We discovered our local state park and with our state parks pass we can get in for free and enjoy the river whenever we want!!

 
Ephraim started to crawl, really crawl, not just army crawl or the famous move the arms and drag the legs :)  He has already begun his reign of terror on the kids' stuff ;)

 
We made mud with cornstarch and water.

 
Madelyn feared her hair would go blonde like Grace's in the sun so she decided to use the spray sunscreen to save her beautiful brunette locks... (1/2 cup of baby shampoo later, it finally came out)

 
I helped Ephraim discover the joy of the plastic-ware cupboard, now I can get things done in the kitchen...



I got some vacuuming done without him screaming, and he got a nap.

 
I found out I don't feed this child enough :)
 
And Madelyn potty trained, herself, with my guidance and direction :)  Down to just one in diapers again, my wallet thanks her!!
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