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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Day 235




January 28th, 2012
Saturday

Jadon likes to pick out his own clothes and dress himself.

Day 233




January 26th, 2012
Thursday

Tonight was a scout pack meet.  The bears (Hayden, Jaren, Henry and Benji (with Jaren F. playing the piano) sang to us.

Day 230





January 23nd, 2012
Monday

The boys love to warm themselves by the oven after I'm done baking.

Day 236


January 29th, 2012
Sunday

Our crazy cat Mia loves to ride around the house on Paul's shoulders.

Day 234


January 27th, 2012
Friday

I drove for Jaren's field trip today, Jenea came along.  We visited the National Wildlife Federation in Molalla.  We learned about many kinds of owls and saw all kinds of animals that reside here because they were wounded (mostly shot or hit by cars) and can no longer live in the wild.  Here is Jenea next to a racoon's home.

Day 232


January 25th, 2012
Wednesday

The best thing about going to get haircuts at the Fosters - the tree swing.

Day 231


January 24th, 2012
Tuesday

Lately Jolie has taken an interest in learning to diaper Jadon and get him dressed.  She's such a good little mommy.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Day 229


January 22nd, 2012
Sunday

I love my snowmen kitchen.  I don't like real snowmen though.

Day 228




January 21th, 2012
Saturday

Today  we just stayed at home and did nothing.  I love days like this!

Day 227


January 20th, 2012
Friday

I caught Jadon stealing Gluten again.  Look at that guilty face!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Day 226


January 19th, 2012
Thursday

Jaren had Scouts today.  He carved a polar bear out of Ivory soap.

Day 225


January 18th, 2012
Wednesday

Tonight Jenea and I went to New Beginnings.  The purpose was to introduce her to the Young Women program, which she'll be a part of when she turns 12 in October.  I can't believe how fast she's growing up.  

Day 224


January 17th, 2012
Tuesday

Today I told my secrete to Jenea.  I figured I need to tell someone besides Paul and my friend Lucinda.  She was so excited.  I told her by taking her out with me to visit a home birth midwife.  I was hoping we could hear the heartbeat tonight, but I guess I'm not far enough along.  Another couple of weeks. 

I'm glad Jenea is excited.  I am too (between all the nausea and weakness).  We pray it's a girl, we'd love to balance out the equation in our family.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Day 223


January 16th, 2012
Monday

Today it snowed....for a few minutes.  The kids got out to enjoy it while they could.  Jolie enjoys tasting the snow.  

Day 222


January 15th, 2012
Sunday

Caaaat.  The girls put her up here to keep her out of Jude and Jadon's grasp.

Day 221


January 14th, 2012
Saturday

A family just moved into our ward that has NO furniture, nor household goods whatsoever.  We have too much so we thought we'd give them some of ours.  The girls were so happy to finally get this loveseat out of their room.  Now they have MORE room to make a mess on the floor, or as they say, make their set-ups.

Day 220


January 13th, 2012
Friday

Jenea trying out daddys new exercise equipment.

Day 219


January 12th, 2012
Thursday

Tonight we were sitting around a nice toasty fire when we heard a boom and watched glass shatter all over.  Somehow a pane of tempered glass on the fireplace cover bust. I guess it was one of those freak things?

Day 218


January 11th, 2012
Wednesday

I kept smelling Vicks Vapor Rub upstairs and downstairs.  Then I noticed that Jadons shirt was wet.  It was him.  He got into the Vicks Jolie left in her room and he was quite proud of himself.  He rubbed it all over his face, neck and shirt.

Day 217


January 10th, 2012
Tuesday

It's Tuesday.  The van didn't start.  Uncle David rescued me today. The van didn't start last Tuesday either, nor the Tuesday before.  We got it figured out, somehow the battery drained so we had to buy a new one.  Now it starts beautifully.

Day 216


January 9th, 2012
Monday

Jude LOVES to vacuum.

Day 215


January 8th, 2012
Sunday

Jenea spends hours each week drawing.  This is her self portrait.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Day 214


January 7th, 2012
Saturday

This is our crazy cat Mia.  She's been driving us crazy with her constant moaning these last few days.  She's in heat.  I sure hope it ends soon.  We do want to breed her with another siamese cat eventually.  I hope we can all live that long (sigh).

Day 213


January 6th, 2012
Friday

The children enjoying their lunch together.  I'm SO grateful the children are such good friends and I'm able to stay at home with them and homeschool them.

Day 212


January 5th, 2012
Thursday

The boys thought it was warm outside (50 F) so Jude got on his swimsuit and the boys played in the water.  They asked me if they could run through the sprinkler. I said, "yes, when it is spring or summer".  So they settled for their water toy.