Regan Stuff

I've been meaning to mention all week that Regan had the opportunity to play the piano in church last Sunday. She played "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" out of the Hymn book. She practiced like crazy and did a really good job. She seems to enjoy playing the piano, but has recently started to whine about practicing.....darn, I thought she would be the exception but I guess not. Thankfully she's not as bad as I remember being (sorry mom). I am proud of her and I'm amazed at how well she plays for having only taken 3 years.

Also, I've had good intentions of posting pictures of Regan playing basketball for months now and just haven't done it and since tomorrow will be her last game, I guess now is a good time. It's been fun to watch her this season and see the big improvement she's made. She's tons more aggressive than last season and her ball handling skills have improved a lot. I'm having a hard time convincing Regan that she's doing well because they haven't won a game yet and she hasn't scored a basket but she has had a few really great assists so now I just have to convince her that an assist is just as good as making the basket herself.

The third picture shows how tiny she is compared to her team mates but what she lacks in height she makes up in speed. She's a little hustler!

Nothing is funny at 3:30 a.m.

maybe YOU will find this funny...... Last night we got one of those dreaded phone calls at 3:30 in the morning where you immediately think someone has died in the family or w/ DJ being Bishop, maybe something tragic with a ward member. Anyway, I grabbed the phone to see who it was and it was one of the sisters I go visiting teaching to. She calmly apologized for calling so late and (or early) as the case was and said she didn't think I'd have a phone right by my bed and planned on leaving me a message, oh, and she used the classic line, "I just thought I would call while I was thinking of it"..........she was calling to tell me she'd have to cancel our v.t. appointment scheduled for today at 11:00, WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's 3 a.m. could this not have waited??????? I so wish I would've had a video camera to catch DJ's response to that one, it was classic! He had been in a dead sleep, the kind where drool is running from both corners of your mouth, so it probably scared him the most. I don't sleep heavy anymore because of the little one's so I had a little advantage. Anyway, today I've actually been chuckling about the whole thing amidst my sleep deprivation headache. I just called DJ to tell him something, and he hasn't found the humor in it yet as he's fighting to stay awake sitting at his desk. Poor guy!

Note to self......don't call people at 3 a.m. to cancel an appointment just because you think you might forget to do it in the morning.

Jordyn's Funnies

Jordyn came running in to the kitchen yesterday asking me when we could buy popsicles...what, it's February and 20 degrees outside but whatever. She proceeded to tell me that really needs one of those "popsicle stick thingers to profile her finger nails with." Soooo funny! She keeps me laughing!!

Fun Skiing day!

We all went over to Burley on Sunday night and stayed the night with DJ's sister Ann so we could hit Pomerelle Ski Resort bright and early Monday morning. DJ stayed with the babies and Kaleb so I could ski with the 3 girls and then came up later in the day to watch us. . This was Jordyn's first time so Ann spent the day teaching her and I had fun skiing with Regan and Morgan. They are both good little skiiers for only having been a few times a piece. They were making their way in and out of the little paths in the trees trying to give me a heartattack. I'm not a great skiier but Regan convinced me to try some new runs and I really enjoyed myself.

I took this picture of Regan and I on the way up the ski lift, extreme close ups aren't good if you are trying to hide wrinkles!
It was such a stinking cold day but lots and lots of fun.. I'm kicking myself for not getting any pictures of Jordyn, she was frozen to the bone by the time DJ got there with the camera so you'll just have to imagine how cute she looked skiing down the hill attached with a harness to Aunt Ann.

Valentine's Day Fun

I decided to have a little Valentine's Day party with a bunch of the neighbor kids. We ended up having 13 little girls plus the babies and Kaleb. I found a couple of really cute games on the Internet that didn't take too much preparation and then we decorated Valentine's with lots of craft supplies and then decorated TONS of sugar cookies. I think the girls had a lot of fun, they were super creative and surprisingly not very messy! I can't stand cookie sprinkles, they are just plain messy but they are kids favorite so I couldn't disappoint. Anyway, they are a cute bunch of girls so the 2 hours went by pretty fast.

Crafty girls!

Heart Tic-Tac-Toe game, made with heart bean bags and a "Heart Healthy" exercise game. DJ was teasing me that the girls were really going to thrilled with that one, but it turned out to be one of the favorites. I love that other people are creative so I can just copy their ideas.

Cookie making and eating was probably the favorite. I don't love making sugar cookies but I LOVE eating them!

Life is precious

It's been an interesting week. On Monday one of my very best friends called me with some really bad news. She'd just been to the doctor where they discovered that she has cancer. Apparently she has a tumor the size of an orange on her kidney so yesterday they did surgery to remove that as well as the kidney. I've just been blown away by this news especially because of her sweet little family of 6 children, the oldest being 15 (I think) and youngest are 2 1/2 year old twins. It just seems so unfair that she should have to be going through such a trial at this time in her life but as she so bravely put it to me on the phone, "Heavenly Father will keep me on this earth as long as he wants me here, I'm not in charge." What a great example of complete Faith and courage she is to me! I can only hope that in times of adversity, my attitude would be similar but knowing myself, I tend to think it wouldn't be. Sooooooo, thank you Tisha for your example, I'm praying for you continually and hoping that things turn out as well as they can! I love you!

My new goal.....live everyday to its fullest because everyday is precious and, after all, we aren't in charge, Heavenly Father is.

Crazy babies!

Man, these little people are growing up way too fast! Kamryn, especially! She's decided to not only crawl everywhere but pull herself to standing and then let go, she actually stood for 5 seconds on her own a couple of days ago. Am I happy about this??? Absolutely not, though it is stinking cute to see the little "light-weight" cruising around all over the place but it presents a whole new set of problems. So far she's managed to bloody her nose, smash her fingers, bonk her head several times, and has almost fallen down the stairs a couple of times. Yikes!! This is by far the earliest any of our kids have been mobile so it's kind of rocking my world. Porter on the other hand is happy to sit and watch-and SMILE- as his sister cruises everywhere. He occasionally scoots himself backwards around the house but can generally be found in the same spot we put him in 1/2 hour earlier. I love that he is just happy and content to be a 7 month old. Hopefully he'll continue to be my squishy, loveable baby! Kamryn is my wirey, smiley, cute as a button, 7 month, going on 10 year old. I love the differences! Hope you enjoy the pictures!