So this is child #2 baptized. Man it is making me feel old. Shawn messed up on the prayer and had to say it twice, but that made it memorable. We had lots of friends and family that came and helped us celebrate. It was a wonderful day. I am so proud of Shawntell, she has been so excited for this day. Next on the list of things to do: getting her ears pierced!
My sweet girl is growing up so fast. Here are the 8 great things about her.
1. She is so sensitive (usually a good thing, sometimes it is a bad thing).
2. She loves to make friends.
3. She loves to help around the house.
4. She loves saving her money.
5. She loves to draw.
6. She likes to play basketball.
7. She loves the color purple.
8. She loves to dance, and she is very good at it.
I love this girl so much. Our family would be so boring without her smile and laughter. LOVE YOU SHAWNTELL.
Here are 10 things about my wonderful 10 year old.
1. She has outgrown anything "Princess", all things with a princess on it are for "little girls" she says.
2. She loves to read, you will find her 1 hour after bed time with the light still on reading.
3. She loves to dance.
4. She loves to sing.
5. She loves, loves, loves, to eat shrimp.
6. She keeps her room very clean.
7. She is learning to play the piano.
8. She tells people she is a tomboy, but she still likes girlie things.
9. She likes being the oldest.
10. She has a wonderful testimony of the gospel.
If you have a little boy I am sure you have posed this question. Is it OK to let them play with toy guns, swords, and other toy weapons? Let me just say that even if I had tried to keep them away from our house it wouldn't have done any good. Austin can and does turn everything he touches into some kind of weapon. His latest was turning a ruler into a "flame thrower", he launched Legos from it and knocked things down.
So on Monday night Austin was in charge of the lesson for Family Home Evening. We try to let the kids do their own thing, but require that we have some kind of Gospel meaning in it. So when it came time for the lesson Austin made everyone go to the kitchen table with paper and pencils. We were suppose to draw pictures of guns. Then he says "We are drawing these pictures so we can appreciate that we have guns, because in Nephi's time they only had bows and arrows." At least he got a gospel message in there.
She turned 3!!!!! And doesn't she just look the part.
3 Wonderful things about my 3 year old.
1. She loves to give BIG hugs.
2. She is a girlie girl.
3. She loves to help do any kind of chore.
Before I know it she will be in school and leaving me at home all by my self. Where does the time go.
This past week my Grandmother passed away. (We all called her GG) Her funeral and viewing were up in Idaho. I was able to see so many of my cousins that I haven't seen in 4 years. Since the last funeral. So sad! But we are all kind of spread out and it makes it hard to get together just for fun. But I thought it would be fun to post a few things I remember most about my GG.
1) She taught me how to play Rummy, and how to win.
2) We had to walk to school, and our favorite thing to do was to stop and GG's and warm up by her fire. She always gave us candy.
3) She grew the biggest roses ever.
4) My earliest childhood memory was riding on her big tricycle/bike.
5) We would go over to her house on Sundays and watch Hee Haw and eat popcorn.
6) She had fun coloring books.
7) She loved to go to garage sales.
8) She always looked at my finger nails and compared them to hers. Hers were long and pointy, mine were short and stubby.
9) Her house is the best place to watch the Inkom 4Th of July parade.
10) I don't ever remember her NOT having gray/white hair.
I will miss her, but am glad she is with her sweetheart and my Dad.
1) You know your kids are growing up when their foot is almost the same size as yours (she is 7).
2) You know your kids are growing up when your 5 year old son puts his arm through yours and says you are his date.
3) You know your kids are growing up when your baby no longer wants to take naps.
4)You know your kids are growing up when your oldest needs a bra and deodorant (a must!).
5)You know your kids are growing up when you get a full 7 hours of sleep.
6) You know your kids are growing up when your child asks you to pick a zit for them.
7) You know your kids are growing up when your son asks for a pocket knife for his birthday(so he can get some carving skills, his words not mine).
8) You know your kids are growing up when you no longer have any desire to replace the cracked and broken sippy cups.
9) You know your kids are growing up when your husband does the laundry and can't tell if the jeans are yours or the kids.
10) And last but not least you know your GIRLS are growing up when they are excited to watch Knight Rider because the guy in it is HOT!
