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More Cute Anya Stuff

When we had the missionaries come give a lesson they asked the kids some questions after their presentation. Johnny, Ruth, and Kate were eagerly giving their answers and excited for the attention. Anya sat on my lap and watched attentively. She then spat out her pacifier and began cooing excitedly at the missionaries. I love how eager Anya is to be doing what the other kids are doing.

Johnny's Missionary Work

I forgot to write this, but we had the missionaries give us a presentation on Preach My Gospel the other day and I remembered that I wanted to write this. The second to last day of school, last Tuesday, Johnny had two of his friends over before school. After they played here some, I took them all to McDonald's Playplace for lunch and then to school. On the way to school Johnny said to his friends, "Do you know about the Book of Mormon?" They both said that they had heard of it, but that they had not read it. Johnny then said, "Well, if you don't read The Book of Mormon every day you can not go to Heaven." Then Johnny added, "My parents read the Book of Mormon to me everyday so that I can go to Heaven."

Tagged By Becca

I will do this because it cuts and pastes easily from Becca's Blog.

10 years ago today....

• I had been married just under a year, and Little Ruthy was almost 2 months old. We were still living with the Robertson's, but I was eagerly awaiting our move to Ann Arbor, MI. The time just after we moved to Ann Arbor and settled into our own place is just about my favorite time of my whole life. I loved the time I had to do whatever I wanted. Life was easy and free and uncomplicated.
  

5 things on my To DO list today....
1. Play trains with Adam
2.Do a lot of Laundry
3. Make a lot of food and do all of the clean up.
4. Family Home Evening
5. Buy a battery for the phone

Snacks I enjoy....

• Chocolate!!!! Nothing Else is worth the calories.
  

Things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire...

• Buy a house with cash for all of my family members, and put the rest in a trust fund for all of my kids for a college education.
  

3 Bad Habits:

• Yelling across the house
  
• Biting my finger when I am frustrated
  
• Saying whatever off the topic thing comes to my mind
  

Jobs I've had:

• Phone survey person
  
• Waitress and Chamber Maid
  
• Camp Counselor and Group Home Attendent
  

Five Things people don't know about me:

• I was a real dork in high school.
  
• John was afraid I would be a bad wife, so he had all of his family interview me to make sure they didn't think he was making a big mistake. I agreed with him that he is defini
  
• I used to sneak and buy and eat junk food when John and I were first married because John said we could not afford junk food. (Luckily it was a little enough that I neither gained weight nor made it possible for John to figure out by how much money was being spent. )
  
• I really like the song "Take me home, Country Roads"
  
• I pray that when we are resurrected John will be taller than me and that my nose will be smaller and without that hideous bump.
  

Some Things I've Learned From Being a Parent

1. Your kids will not tell any lies until they can talk.
2. Two year olds will try and hide their mistakes, but not very successfully.
   
3. It is really hard not to get mad over spilled milk especially when it is the third time that day, or you have just spent 40 minutes washing the floors.
4. All diapers leak, especially when you don't remember to change them until they do.
5. All parents will do things they thought they never would-- like smelling some one else's bottom on a regular basis.
6. Dinner conversations with your children will often involve feces and vomit. But that is okay, because parents are good at sneaking in more food and tastier food once the kids are in bed.
7. Mothers learn to eat things their kids don't like just so they don't have to share. Jalapeno peppers are good on almost anything.
8. There must be a rule given to children in Heaven that says: Whenever your parents have to get up extra early be sure to be more difficult about going to bed and wake up three or four times in the middle of the night.
9. Don't ever ask your kids where they want to go out to eat unless you already want to eat at McDonald's.
10. Kids will sleep in every day that they have to get up early, but they will have no problem getting up at 6:50 Saturday morning to make it in time for 7am cartoons.

Anya

Tonight I was laying in my bed with my legs propped up with Anya using my legs as a back rest. Kate was laying beside me reading to me. I was not paying any attention to Anya, because I was watching the words as Kate read. Anya kept falling off my legs. When I finally decided to look and see why, I noticed that she was staring at my pillow sham. So I laid her down on her stomach in front of the pillow so she could get a better look at the pattern. Anya stared at it for a while and then rolled over onto her back and began fussing. I was still trying to pay attention to Kate's reading so instead of leaning over to Anya's mouth I stayed in my same position and placed her pacifier in her hand. As soon as Anya felt it with her hand she started cooing. Then she lifted it up, looked at it, and cooed some more. Anya just talked to her pacifier for a few minutes before putting it up to her mouth. I never did see if she got it into her mouth, but I just loved hearing her talk so sweetly to her pacifier. She is just a sweet and pretty baby. I love my little Anya. I am really glad that she is here with us.

Bits About Adam

Adam loves cars. Whenever I go out with just Adam, I let him sit up in the front with me. Every time Adam sits in the front seat he watches me drive very carefully. Then he will ask me a bunch of questions like, "If you put your foot on that peddle, will that make the car go?" or "what is that button for?" "Why do you make that light go on and off?" Adam seems to understand about the gas and the brake peddles, and about steering the car. I don't think that Ruth and Kate even know there are foot peddles. He is also very fascinated with all of the buttons. Whenever he has an opportunity, Adam will get into the front of the car and push all the buttons and turn all of the knobs. We always have to remember to check the headlights after Adam has played in the car. Once the battery went dead from Adam's button pushing. Occasionally, and this is usually on temple trips, John or I will wonder why the other has the heat on in the car when it is 80 degrees outside or the air conditioning when it is 50 degrees outside. Sometimes we will be uncomfortable for some time until one of us speaks up and we discover that neither of us have that weird of preferences and that it was just Adam pushing buttons and turning knobs.

A few days ago Adam told me that he was hungry. I asked him what he wanted to eat, and Adam said, "Grasshoppers." I was rather taken back, but thinking that maybe he was remembering John the Baptist, I asked, "And honey too?" Adam said, "Sure." Then yesterday when I was writing the grocery list and thinking about what to buy, I realized that Adam probably meant the mint E.L. Fudge cookies called Grasshoppers. I just thought that this was pretty funny.

Adam loves his ears!! When Adam is tired he will suck his finger and hold his ear. When things get too loud for Adam, or he does not like what you are telling him, he will pull the top part of his ear into the hole to plug his ears. It is just the funniest thing. I love Adam's ears too. They are just so pointed and stick out so far. I think they are cute. Adam will also try to hold other people's ears. But most people will not let him.

Adam loves Rachel. he is always calling for her and asking her to play with him. When he does not know where Rachel is at, he will come and get me and tell me that he can not find Rachel. Adam also is really bad about taking away whatever Rachel is playing with. He has always seemed to think that whatever Rachel had or owned actually belonged to him and he had a right to it. Rachel does not agree to this anymore. So we get a lot of screaming. I am glad to know, though, that after all of the screams, they really do love each other and look after each other.

One more thing, Adam named one of the kittens, Boy. Adam loves boy, and he loves Meg, Boy's mother. I will often find Adam in the garage cuddling boy, or out on the grass holding Meg. I must say, I love my little Adam.