Rachel's Food Prayer

Rachel can now say a prayer when she is told what to say. This morning, she was asked to say the breakfast prayer. I said, "Say, Heavenly Father." Rachel said, "Hey Fa". I said, "Thank thee." Rachel said, "Tane ee" I said, " for food." Rachel said, "Foo." I said "Bless." Rachel said, "Bess." I said "Food." Rachel said, "Baby." I said, "And food." Rachel said, "And babies." I said, "and bless the food too." Rachel said, "and bess babies too." I then had her close the prayer, and we all laughed and laughed. She is so funny and stubborn!!!! Our breakfast didn't exactly get blessed, but all of you out there with babies, Rachel has blessed them today.

My Beauty

Isn't Ruth just absolutely beautiful? And I am sure that I am not bragging, because she does not look a thing like me.

Afternoon Thunderstorm

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.