A summer day in March

It was hot today. Hot enough to need to cool off outside.
There were waterfights and splashing.

Amd warming up in the sun afterwards!

This is what the kids did for several hours today.
They named all the cars and sent them down the track and kept track of how far they jumped.
They set up several different jumping scenarios.




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From Morgan

This is the winners circle where they are ranked by who went the furthest.

Coookies

These are the cookies. I ended up with 90 after I dropped 30 on the kitchen floor.
I also made about 6 dozen snickerdoodles and 6 dozen chocolate chip cookies. There were cookies all over the kitchen!
I was just about cookied out. I couldn't comprehend making another cookie in my whole life.
After a good sleep I was happy and ready to make more cookies. (I am a little insane).

Highway 79: Temecula to Borrego Springs, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Snapshot of Motherhood

This morning as I drove Corry to school he munched on his toasted bagel as he put on his shoes. He got to the last edge of the bagel and as usual he handed it to me.

This is not uncommon. I don't know why he won't eat the whole thing. Okay, so sometimes I burn one edge and he hands that over, but today it was a perfectly toasted bagel.

I always eat the crust. I don't know why, but I always eat it.

This morning as he handed the crust to me I just stared at it.

'Really. Am I really going to eat that?' I thought

After a breif second I took the toast... and ate it.

I hadn't had breakfast yet and it did look pretty yummy.

That is what I have been reduced to.

*Corry is being the art -UCLA statue garden last Saturday

Games

Today was our first day with our new theme.

Bryce came home from school talking about resolutions and they were good ones. He wants to do better at math, watch less tv, exercise more, and practice his skateboard. I told him I would help him. His determination had waned by the time dinner came. The tv is such an enticing time waster. To all of our credits we played a game of phase 10 after dinner. It wasn't entirely fun as it was peppered with some poor sportsmanship, but it is a start, and a very good one at that!

Great day! Hope tomorrow is as good!

Family Theme: MAKE MEMORIES! 2010

At FHE tonight we decided on a family theme or motto for the year! We decided on 'Make Memories'

To us this means that we want to spend time as a family doing things that will make memories. We want to take advantage of the time we have been given to do things! We want memories! We want to be together and be a team! We want to smile and laugh together! We want to experience life and see what is out there so that we don't miss anything! We want to make memories!

We are really excited for our theme. We are making lists of things we want to do together. Some of the things are really simple like take more walks and bike rides. Others are more involved like going on trips to see Matt, Mia and visit the Grand Canyon and other national parks. Our goal is to go and do and make memories with our family who we love!

Awesome! I am so excited!

Stephanie is going to make us a plaque that we can put up to remind us! Corry suggested that we put it up over the TV to remind us to make memories instead of lose our time in front of the TV. Great idea Corry!