An Award Party?

Conversation with MK last night:
MK: Can I have some watermelon? Will you cut it?
Me: Not yet. It's for the ward party tomorrow night.

Conversation with MK this morning:
MK: *giddy with excitement* Tonight is your award party.
Me: *blank stare wondering what she is talking about--then it hits me* Um, no. Mommy's not getting an award. We are going to a party with our church ward.
MK: *sobers* Oh.
Me: But you're right--Mom does deserve an award.

S' Baptism

Saturday, S was baptized.

It's great to be eight.

S being silly for pictures before we started the service.

It was a nice, small family affair. Uncle Brandon gave a great talk about baptism. C then did a wonderful job on a talk about the Holy Ghost. S was then baptized and confirmed by R.

After the baptism, we went home for dinner and socializing. Grandma Great came with Great Aunt Julie. We were so excited to have them here with us. Grandma and Boppi were there. And Grammie, Grandpa, and Uncle Brandon made the trip to be with us. We had dinner, visited, then played games. We had a great time together.

I'm so proud of S and his choices. He may be silly, but he knows his mind. He knows what he wants to do and knows what is right. 

Getting Dressed

I sent S down to his room to get dressed for church this morning, and he came back up 10 minutes later looking like this:

S dressed himself

I couldn't help it: I laughed. He REALLY didn't see it until I pointed it out to him that his shirt wasn't buttoned up properly. Of course, I had to take a picture before helping him fix it. 

My Handsome Men

We recently bought C and S new Sunday clothes. C is getting tall enough that clip-on ties are too small for him, so he got to get his first REAL ties.  Here are R showing C how to tie his tie. 

C and R

C and R

Here are my three men before church. 

Handsome, aren't they?

C, R, S

Where have I been?

Between being sick and then having to actually work, I haven't gotten much work done on my projects and very little done around the house. I could feel myself getting sick: I put up a valiant fight, but succumbed in the end. The worst part was I pretty much lost my voice...the week I had to work 4 days in a row. Did I mention that I talk on the phone for a living? Basically, I whispered as loud as I could and kept the mic RIGHT next to my mouth. 

For my FRACTURED FLOWER project, I have a pile waiting to be pressed. The seam needs to be pressed open, which tends to take a bit more time.

Fractured Flower Quilt

As for my SUPER SECRET HUSH-HUSH project, I am VERY excited. 

I just finished a significant milestone with the project and am now working on the final part of this project.

 

When talking to a friend who was helping me with a part of this project, she was amazed that I'm keeping this a secret. She said she would never be able to keep it a secret for as long as I'm planning.

I said I love this sort of thing. Then, I told her about when I got my Mission Call in 1997.

In Fall of 1997, I didn't go back to school. I was living with my sister in CA and working. I only told my two sisters and absolutely no one else I was planning on going on an LDS Mission. I wanted to make the decision myself without everybody weighing in with their opinion. So, I sent in my papers and received a nice BIG FAT envelope about 1/1-2 weeks before Christmas. I knew what it was. Instead of opening it, I put it in a big box, wrapped it up, and stuck it under the Christmas Tree. On Christmas morning, my entire family was gathered for the normal Christmas festivities. We opened tons of presents. Soon, my mom noticed a big box with my name on it from "Santa." She was a bit confused as this wasn't with all the Santa gifts. I opened it up to the surprise of all my family. I was going to Paris, France and I only ad 6 more weeks to get ready.

I can totally keep this SUPER SECRET HUSH-HUSH project under wraps until it's time to reveal.

Peanut Butter is made from Peanuts

At church last week, the primary kids earned cookies for bringing their scriptures to church. Each Sunday, a M&M was added to a jar for every person who brought their scriptures. Once the jar was full, the leaders brought M&M cookies. MK seeing that food is being offered to her asked loudly if it had peanuts in it. A leader heard MK asking about peanuts and came to ask if MK was allergic. I informed her that MK and S were both allergic to peanuts. She then asked me if they could have peanut butter. Um, no. Peanut butter is made from peanuts.

Nursury Bound

Can you believe that MK will be 18 months this coming week? It doesn't seem possible, but it's true. We took her to Nursery at Church today: She did great! I got tired of wrestling with her during Sacrament Meeting. She has made friends in our other meetings, especially an older couple that she's taken a shining to. It was so cute because the husband started bringing small toys to church just for her. MK used to walk and walk and walk around the room stopping by people she's made friends with.

MK wasn't too sure about Nursery at first, but she warmed up and soon was giggling and playing with all the toys and other kids. I left her to toys, friends, snacks, and puzzles to go to my meetings sans kids. It was nice to go to my meetings without chasing kids and being able to focus on the teacher/speaker.

MK had fun at Nursery and Mom and Dad had fun with her there.