These next 4-5 months are going to be busy and hectic, so I'm just going to drop a few words on the amazing things happening lately.
Evelyn loves doing diamond dot art. Since it's not a daycare approved activity, she exiled herself to my craft room (which is currently half daycare napping area and half storage area). The cat thought that she'd help keep her company.
Sam has been asking Jack to play pokemon with him. He's so sweet.
Officially accepted to three colleges and had one official scholarship offer for $3,500/year for 4 years. We'll wait on pins and needles to see what's next. She's still waiting for one more college to respond and another couple months to see if she qualified for any other scholarships, then the hard part.... making a decision. I think she'll know by April what she's going to do next.
On Sunday, Jer and the kids played marbles. It was emotional and cute.
Helping me with the laundry.
Evelyn and I went to the parking lot and took her first driving lesson. She was so hesitant, but now she's pretty excited. I think I'll just have to jump in with her and not wait for her to ask me.
The youth went to the temple for their activity this week. (Payson temple) Jer went with them to help Seth with his first time. It was a good experience.
I was the "treat" parent for Seth's play practice last week. It was fun to watch all these kids (especially my own) to have so much fun singing and dancing.
Evelyn's class is being evaluated for pointe shoes. It's time to do some serious consideration on whether its's what she wants to do or not.
The kids' charter school was inviting alumni to come and introduce themself to the current student body. It was fun. Sam had AP Stats that he couldn't miss.... but we'll miss this school. 13 years here and we love them.
I trapped the cats in my room while the electrician was climbing in the roof. They kept eyeing the hole in the ceiling.
I woke up from my nap and had another napper on me.
On Friday, we got to go to the Orem Temple together as a whole family. My heart was so happy. It was one of the truly joyful experiences of my life. Watching everyone being witnesses, being the baptizers and the baptizees. All three of us girls went to wrong way in to the dressing rooms. The temple has theirs on opposite sides than the ones that we usually go to. I loved seeing Seth's happy face surrounded by his family and doing service for past family.
Ada cleaned the microwave in preparation for our chocolate party.
We held our neighborhood chocolate party in Jan instead of December. It was nice to get some space for festivities during Christmas. We got to visit with our nephew, James. He's a delightful man and it's fun to hear about all the things he's planning and wants to do someday.
Seth has been wanting snow all winter. There was a tiny patch in front of McKay's house. He was thrilled.
This last Sunday was a day to appreciate and celebrate. Our beloved, Devin, is now an officially missionary. He's the first in his mom's line for 3 generations. He's kind and compassionate. He'll work hard and grow amazingly. We drove up to hear him speak and then sat in the parking lot and listened to our amazing nephew, Henry, give his welcome home talk. You can tell that he his Christ centered and that he has the love of God emanating from him.
Jer bought a new fencing jacket. Him, Ada and Sam decided to try it out in the front yard. It was fun to watch. Especially with the daycare. They were fairly excited to see swords. Sam and Jer also went to the park to play pickleball.
The kids went with me grocery shopping. They went to help me. I usually go by myself or with Jer. Seth almost didn't know how to handle it. He was very impressed with the receipt, and the kids had fun trying to guess how much money I'd be spending. I did spend more with them there, but it was fun to have their input.
Magic game break.
Emma, Evelyn, Maddie, Rose
