Nightmares

A few of the kids told me their nightmares. Here is what I remember:

Adam's Nightmare
When I opened my eyes a monster was there. (Right in front of his face). I punched the monster and he ran into the road. A car hit the monster and killed him. The monster was squished.

Kate's Nightmare
1. I dreamt that I had to go potty and when I woke up it was the middle of the night and I did have to go. And THAT was a nightmare.

2.Everyone was running to get the shoes and when I got there the white shoes were taken and I could not get tall enough to go on all of the fun rides at Worlds of Fun.

Ruth's Nightmare
We went to Worlds of Fun and it was only as big as our house. The rides were all little and they weren't fun. The detonator was there, but it was closed.

My Nightmare
I heard crying at 5am and it was Rachel. I heard crying at 6am and it was Anya. I heard crying at 7am and it was Anya and Rachel. Oh yeah, this is a true story,not a nightmare.

Swimming Pool Stories

Yesterday, Ruth, Kate, and Johnny turned on the hose and made a mud puddle in the back yard. Then they went swimming in their mud puddle and jumped into our pool. Our pool is officially more like a lake than a swimming pool expect that it is chlorinated.

Today while I was in the pool with Ruth, Kate, and Rachel, Rachel said, "I have to go potty." I said "well, then go inside," and I lifted her out of the pool and her bottom was all warm. I then went and got some chlorine and added it to the muddy water. Rachel never went in to use the bathroom.

My Good Kids

At a stake girls achievement activity the girls had to pick a partner and write some things that they admired about that girl. Katherine Kitchen, my friends daughter, chose Ruth. Her mother told me that what Katherine admired most about Ruth was that Ruth always obeys her mother. That is true too. Ruth is very obedient. We are very blessed to have her for our daughter.

Johnny was anxiously saving his money for some time. When the girls asked him to spend his money he said that he could not. Then when Johnny had all of the money that he needed, he kept asking me to take him to Target. At Target, Johnny bought me a rather expensive slice of chocolate cake. I was very touched at his generosity. I offered to share it with him, but he said he wanted me to have it all because he loves me. Now Johnny has saved up some money to buy John some music from iTunes. He is just the most angelic little boy. I have been very blessed with all of my kids.

My Funny Husband

Two Funny John stories

1. We had a teenager knock on our door and ask for money to support a program to keep teenagers off of drugs. I politely turned him away. John then complained that teenagers should not be paid to stay off drugs, they should just choose to stay off drugs. Then John said he was going to go door and ask people for money to keep him embezzling money from his company or joining the mafia.
2. John played a six hour game of age of empires with Ruth, Kate, and Johnny today.

Baby Pictures

Slow Down

When I hold Anya I just love and adore her babiness. When she pulls up on her knees in the position to crawl I just think, "Oh, stay a baby a little longer-- just one more day. There is lots of time for you to grow up." But when Ruth was a baby, I would hold her and wonder what she would be like when she grew up. As soon as she got up on her knees I moved her toys across the room so she would have to move to get them. When she crawled, I got anxious for her to walk. When she walked, I got anxious for her to talk. When she could talk, I got anxious for her to learn her alphabet, and when she learned her alphabet, I got anxious for her to read. After having so many kids I have realized how fast babyhood and childhood go. Most of the time, I want it to go a little slower. When I cuddle my little baby Anya, I just want her to stay that size, and to keep cuddling me. I feel the same way about Ruth now too. I love the happy age she is at. I love that Johnny always wants to play with me, and that Kate loves to have me read her stories. I love it when Adam says, "my wuv you, mom. How was your day?", and when Rachel sits in the corner and sings to her dolls. Of course, I still rejoice with the new accomplishements of each of my children. I just know that soon Ruth and Kate won't want to help me in the kitchen or have me read them books, instead they will be off with their friends and busy with a lot of school work. And Johnny won't want me to play nintendo with him because his friends will be more interesting. Adam will start saying, "I love you," and Rachel will stop rocking her babies. Anya is going to start walking and talking and everything will be different. I used to want my kids to grow up so quickly. I still love to watch them grow and develop, and I even want them too. More than anything, I want them to become happy succesful adults. But I just don't want to miss my cuddles, and smiles and sunshiney kids while I have them surrounding me and wanting me.

The Spiderman Climb

At the zoo, watching the chimpanzees climbing around, Adam got very excited and declared, "They can do the Spiderman climb just like me!!"

French Bread Recipe

Most of the time I write my blogs as if I were writing a journal. I have found that blogging is a very convienant way of keeping track of all the cute, sweet, silly stuff my kids do, or to just say how I am feeling. This is not one of those blogs. I ran into a really great bread recipe. It is fast and easy to make and very good. So I am posting it here for any one who would like to try it out.

French Bread

mix together:
2 1/2 C of hot water
1 tbs yeast
1 tsp sugar or honey
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 C flour

After this is smooth kneed in:
3 C flour

The dough will be sticky, but that just makes a lighter bread-- it is good.
Let the dough rise about an hour.
Roll out the dough, and then roll it into a tight roll. Sprinkle a cookie sheet with corn meal, and place the bread on top. You can mix an egg with a tbs of water and rub onto the top for softer crust (I never bother with that part).
Let it rise another 10 to 20 minutes
Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until the loaves are a light brown.

This recipe is fat free and contains none of the expensive ingredients like milk and butter and eggs. I think that it would be good for food storage. I have not tried it with half wheat flour, but I plan to at some point. Anyway, my family loves it. I do not think it has lasted more than 2 hours after it comes out of the oven. Oh, and another great thing is that it takes me only about 10 minutes to mix the dough by hand. We really like the simplicity of it all.