Sunday Wagon Walk

So now that we have morning church again, we have been able to enjoy the nice long sunday together. Today we decided to talk a walk around the neighborhood and Robyn let me choose which one I'd rather bring...the stroller or the wagon. We thought, which would we rather push, an empty stroller or an empty wagon? Cause the kids not going to sit down - they'll want to run around...



I thought for a minute, and decided I could probably fit more junk in the wagon - water bottles, sweaters (just in case), snacks, some binoculars, pinecones, sticks, etc., so we opted for the wagon.



Turns out the kids like being pulled in the wagon. A lot. Like for what seemed like a couple of miles and at least an hour and a half or so, and so much that one of them never got out. One of the others liked nothing more than to try and get in and out (over and over again) while I was pulling. And they always made sure that all three of them were riding at once (and dragging their feet) on all the uphill parts - are there brakes on this thing?



They are funny kids, and except for a minor disagreement about who got to lay down and whether that meant they could put their feet in the other one's space or not, we all had lots of fun. We definitely enjoyed the afternoon together and got a little exercise too (at least I did!).

Nice duck sister!

We had the sister missionaries over for dinner on Sunday. Before they arrived I gave the boys the usual rundown about table manners, not every body needs to know if you like the food or not, please, thankyou, stay in your chair, the ususal. Apparently I missed a couple because not 5 minutes in to the meal, J produces a burp loud enough and long enough that he decides he can say words while doing it. He does however semi redeem himself by saying excuse me immediatly upon completion. We finish the rest of our dinner in reletive peace and conversation. Just as I am bringing dessert to the table I see N winding up to throw his toys airplane right at one of the sisters head. She ducked just in time, the plane passed her, and N was made to apologise. After the missionaries left, I asked N why he did that.

N: I wasnt trying to hit her, I just wanted to see if I could get the plane to swerve around her head.

Me: Oh! (I dont get it.)

Happy (BIG BOY BIKE) Birthday

Happy 6th Birthday.
Here is to another growing year of doing his favorite things:
Family bike rides
Building legos
Writing notes
Highlighting scriptures
Lightsaber fighting a 1 year old
Wrestling a 3 year old
and swinging by the tree house

Here's to 2009!

In an effort to journal more consistantly, we have started our own blog. Here are my blogging resolutions for this year:
1. As kids we wrote in our journals after church on Sunday, I hope to do the same here.
2. Not let it take up too much time, as most people say this does.
3. Let my kids post. (Nathan does not use vowels, if you know that before, it actually makes it easier to read)
4. Keep an adequate level of privacy so we dont have to go private.
5. Get a better family picture to send out with the christmas cards I made this year but didn't get sent.