A visit to the grandparents

We braved the winter weather and set off for Utah to celebrate New Years. We had a great time and the kids loved the snow. They tried sledding for the first time --I wish I had a picture:(...Dave took the camera but spent the whole time consoling Luke after a botched first run!

We always have such heavy hearts leaving our family in Utah...we just never know when it will be the last time we see some of our members. This is a picture of our Ence grandparents (great grandparents for my kids!)

Comments

ben bennett said…

isn't that the TRUTH?! i always HATE saying goodbye and wondering "is this the last time I'll see them in this lifetime?" THANK GOODNESS for the gospel...i'm sure i couldn't go on without it. glad you got home safely! lets get the kids together again SOON.

January 6, 2008 at 8:44 PM

Natallee said…

I love this picture of the kids- It makes me feel better about trying to get my to cooperate for a picture!! ;) I loved seeing you guys and cameron is seriously missing Luke! By the way- I love the pictures of the matching jammies- too cute! We should have taken a picture of Tuck and Luke in mathching jammies with Cam and Landon in matching jammies. ;)

January 6, 2008 at 9:02 PM

Let's just call this paybacks

Dave got the heads up this morning that we were going to have a couple of "special" talks on reverence today as the Stake Presidency was a little concerned about how loud our sacrament meetings have become. I thought ~ great, let's prep the kids ~ I told them that they were to be on their best behavior, no snacks, no toys, no talking, you get the idea... The meeting went pretty smooth until the Bishop got up. He very tenderly started talking about how important it is that we teach our children about the sacrament...it was at that moment that my family fell a part. Eden and Luke started fighting and Liza and Tucker started screaming---did I mention we were on the second row? I grabbed Luke and put him in a body hold and motioned for Dave to get Tuck and Liza out. Dave left with Liza and Tuck (so I thought...) and next thing you know, Tucker is up on the stand running back and forth behind the Bishop. My sweet friend sitting next to me jumped up to get Tuck, but he of cours...

Lesson Learned

Have you ever been in a grocery or Target type store with all your kiddos and had a lovely employee tell your children to "please sit down in the cart!"? Well I have...several times. Each time I politely smile and say sorry, but all the while my brain is filled with smart aleck comments like "hey, last time I checked, I was their mother," or, "lady it's either standing up in the cart or pulling product off your shelves-you choose!" I have been sufficiently humbled. This morning, like all mornings, I put Eliza in her high chair to get her out of my hair for a moment so that I could make breakfast. She immediately climbed out and was about to stand on the table when she lost her balance and fell to the floor. I raced over to pick her up and noticed that while she was trying to scream nothing was coming out of her mouth. I picked her up and she started seizing, her eyes rolled back into her head and then she went limp. No words can describe the thoughts...

Facelift

It is time this blog gets a facelift! I know it is not "in season" but I don't think I want to update my widgets for at least another year. Dave and I just got back from a weekend cruise with some friends on the NCL. We got a small taste of what a real cruise was like and that was all it took. We are already planning the next, much longer one. It might be 10 years before we do it, but it is fun to plan nontheless.

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