from the mouth of babes

So I've been thinking alot about things I need to blog about and these two experiences are some that NEED to be recorded down!!

The first one is a conversation that Sara had with Gpa Nolan. She was being babysat by my parents on the last sat conference back in April, some of you have heard this, and their conversation went something like this:

gpa: Sara do you know what happens when you turn 8?

s: I don't have to sit in a car seat anymore!

gpa: yes, but you also get to be baptized

s: oh I'm not going to be baptized until I know which church is true

gpa: I can tell you which church is true

s: no Gpa, I'm going to pray like Joseph did and find out which church is true!

Sara is one determined girl!! We love her and her personality! She is one that keeps us on our toes and doesn't take your word for it. If she wants something she will do almost anything to get it. I just have to tell myself daily that her devotion to getting what she wants will be SO beneficial for her when she gets older. Meaning if Matt and I can keep her on the right path, as she gets older she will use that for the good! As you can tell she acts years older than she really is...that is most of the time. She will also act like the youngest child in the room in order to get some attention. There has been many times that I have thought that she was meant to be Heathers daughter, but I am SO glad shes mine! I love her to pieces!

The next experience is again a conversation that Zack had with his Gma B. My mom was keeping Zack and Curtis for us one weekend this last summer, while Matt, Sara and I went to Seattle for a family reunion. My mom and Zack were reading a book, I think, and the conversation went something like this:

z: gma can you help me find a bush?

gma: Why do you need a bush?

z: cause I need to go pee in it

gma: honey, we don't go pee in the bushes, we go in the potty.

Explanation: On behalf of my child I would like to do a little explaining. This past summer was his first summer being potty trained, which means that when we went camping, which we did about 4 different times, he learned that he being a boy could go pee in a bush rather than go into gma and gpa's trailer. He thought he was such a big boy being able to do this!

Now there are probably a million more funny things that my kids have said over the summer, but those are some classics that I just had to write down! And I am sure we are in for some real big laughs from Curtis just as soon as he starts talking better!

inspired

So a couple of weeks ago I went to a R.S. enrichment activity, and was inspired to do lots of things.

One: make homemade wheat bread, which I did. After a couple of months of whining from my husband to use our new wheat grinder, I finally got it out and used it. However I learned at the enrichment activity that practice makes perfect when making bread. Mine didn't raise like it was suppose to, but it tasted fine, so we have 4 flat loafs of wheat bread. Matt is in heaven though! My only complaint is that if practice makes perfect can someone come up with a recipe to make only 1 loaf of bread instead of 4!

Two: buy a better camera. I haven't got the cash to do so, but I am going to start learning all about the SLR cameras while saving my pennies, and I do mean pennies! I get so frustrated with taking pictures and not having the lighting right or not being able to zoom like I want. I do promise to start taking more pictures with the one I have and playing around with it more so that I become familiar with all the modes it has. That should help me better prepare myself too. OH and I want photo shop. I know that is loads of money too, I'll just start saving for that too and maybe by the time I have grand kids I will have a nice camera and program! So really my inspiration from this class was to take more pictures!

Three: blog more for myself and my children. I learned that for like $40 you can get your blog printed and bound. A whole yrs worth of blogs in one book! What a keepsake for my kids! So I will try to be better at recording my families daily happenings. I have such a hard time blogging, because I worry my inability in expressing my thoughts and feelings, but NO MORE. I vow to blog even if i can't express my thoughts and feelings as I would like to.

Four: food storage....need I say more. Matt and I really have been trying hard this summer to build up our food storage, so this was kind of like an up lifter class, if you know what I mean. I got lots of information at this class in pamphlets, which is nice to actually have things in writing. Now all i need is Alli to come and organize me;)

So I had 4 big inspiring classes at this activity, I am so thankful for activities like this that keep me on my toes, and inspire me. (Don't be suprise to see more posts of summer events that need documenting for my kids!)

2 in 1

2 in 1, meaning 2 posts in one! First of all Sara got a hair cut!! (If you don't remember how long her hair was before, look at the last post!) I took of about 2 1/2 inches off. We weren't necessarily going for that much off, but being the wiggle worm that she is, it became straight at that length. We love the new cut, even though it makes her look older. She loves it too! Mom is happy that it is still long enough to curl! Here is the end product soon after the cut.

The 2 of "2 in 1" is that today is picture day at school, and Sara wanted to pick her outfit herself and being the wonderful mom that I am I let her wear it. Okay I'll be honest I wanted her to wear a different color shirt than she picked out, and I fought her as hard as I could, but she won in the end. Usually the background in our school photos is blue so I didn't really want her to wear blue. But she wanted to wear her blue shirt.

Here is her entire outfit that she picked out. I also fought her on wearing her shoes without socks, "but mom they gave me a blister that one time", so hence the socks with shoes.
And of course, we can't take a picture of Sara without taking one of the boys! Every morning Curtis takes his shirt off, because he has to be "strong guy". He got that from Zack earlier this summer. Zack one day decided that in order to be a strong guy he needed to take off his shirt! We have lots of "strong guy" pictures of the two of them. They really are my strong guys though, they help me laugh through the day, which in turn helps me get through my day!