So Sleepy...but...oh..so Hungry...

Dissclaimer: This is not child abuse because I, his mother, did try to take the food away to take him to bed and he was very upset...he wanted to continue eating while falling asleep :)

YARD SALE AND MINI VACATION

A couple weeks ago we had a Yard Sale, our first. Wymount has community yard sales on the first Saturday of every month. I actually had a lot of fun doing it..Jorden watched the kids while I did the sale and I got to meet and talk with lots of people. Also, we earned a little over $100 and went to the ZOO with some of our earnings.
Katy came to visit for a friend's wedding and stayed at our house Thursday night. We played settlers and Katy read some books to Maren and Celiese. It was fun to see her eventhough it was only a short while

Hogle Zoo
Salt Lake City, Utah
After we dropped Katy off at the airport made our way to the Zoo! Jorden and I were feeling quite brave considering that the kids had gone to bed a couple of hours later than usual...there were a few times we thought we'd leave, but we were able to overcome cranky obstacles and had a great time afterall.

They had an incredible bird show and at the end the kids were allowed to hand a donation to a bird. Celiese dropped it the first time because she was startled and Maren held the money right out to the bird. Celiese kept holding her arm out hoping a bird would stand on it! It was really cute.

One of the animal statues at the zoo..a rhino

The favorite of the day seemed to be the Giraffes Luke tried to put his leg over the fence and his shoe fell off! Luckily a brave little boy found a stick and retrieved it for us!Yeah

After the zoo we drove to Brigham City, Utah to visit my cousin Michayle and her family. She had a birthday party for her daughter Ginny (Virginia) who turned 1 year. My Aunt Liz, who lives in Arizona, was also visiting and it was fun to see her as well. Michayle had a hotel stay for free voucher that she kindly gave to us and we stayed in a hotel nearby. We went swimming Friday night, had a free breakfast Saturday morning and went swimming again! It was a really nice, enjoyable mini vacation

This is Ginny; she is such a sweet little girl!

I helped make a toss game for the kids out of cardboard and wrapping paper...turned out to be a cute picture as well as fun game! Can you find the Marble girls?

Scripture Power

Maren came home from church today, sat down and started "reading" Jorden's scriptures. When a page was accidently torn we decided to give Maren her first Book of Mormon and she wrote her name in it (Just had to add that in for grandparents--she can write her own name now!) Here she is quoting her first memorized scripture she gave several months ago in primary (from the bible). As I blog she is in the living room conducting her own Primary with a song, prayer, talk, and scripture. She is asking Celiese to "come sit down please" and telling "now it's your turn." Sometime I will post Celiese singing "I Love to See the Temple"-which seems to be her favorite song right now. What a joy as a parent to see my children growing in the gospel.

For those of you who don't know...there is a song in the Primary called "Scripture Power" and sometimes we sing it when we have scriptures at night...I don't know all the words...hmm...maybe that's why Maren doesn't either :)

Happy Birthday Maren!

Maren turned 4 years old on May 26th! This year she really wanted a bike...a big two-wheeler and she was so excited to wake up on her birthday to find one in the living room! She learned to ride with training wheels on a neighbor's bike and she enjoys it so much. Maren is such a blessing in our life; a great helper, contagious laugh, and always quick to think of others. I was watching her 2 year old birthday video and she was handing out her birthday presents to others! She is still the same Maren and we love her so much.

I had debated on having a friend party because here at Wymount the parties consist of "meet at the park for cake and ice cream, no presents please" and it's really fun...but Ididn't want to have one until she turned 5. We decided to let her invite one friend, Naomi, one of Maren and Celiese's favorite friends, to play outside with us. They love her imagination and always look for her at church. Sadly, she moved to Salt Lake yesterday and we will miss her.
....I really didn't need to send out invitations or plan a party because most of the Wymount kids were out playing anyway...I think Maren thought it was her party! The kids played with sidewalk chalk...although it's not aloud here (shhhhhh, don't tell!)
Oh the joys of riding a bike- Fresh air and songs to sing as she rides along.

I don't have any pictures of her with her Pony Cake because I dropped my camera for the hundereth time and broke it for good....But, luckily my sister- in -law Jenn gave me her old one! Yeah! I feel so blessed, Thanks Jenn!