Riding a tiger

 

There is an almost constant fight between the kids for the tiger and doggy backpacks. This time I found Meghan using the tiger backpack with her legs through the straps instead of her arms. It looked she was riding the tiger. She was so happy, she was bouncing all over the house. Maybe it was Tigger instead...

 

Sledding

We got some snow overnight, around 5 inches, so we decided to get bundled up and go sledding this morning. Meghan cried the whole way there. We got to the city sledding hill early, so there were only 2 other families there. It was fun, but really cold with the wind.

Meghan has a great little sled that we got at a garage sale when Jase was a baby, but he out grew it quickly. Meghan would cruise down the hill and go all the way to the end, and not move much from side to side.

Jase on the other hand had a newer type of sled that would steer crazy and he would spin around and then stop half way down (because he would pull on the rope). But, if he went down backwards, then he would go all the way down. So, most of the sledding was done backwards and if Jase did it backwards, then Meghan had to do it backwards as well.





And here is the work horse, Joe. I pulled them up part way sometimes and them he would take them the rest of the way up and send them back down.



And these are my new pink insulated Wellies that I got for 60% off! I love them...

Kids grow up so fast

I finally got around to getting Picasa back on the laptop after upgrading to Windows 7. As I was scrolling through the few hundred folders of pictures, I realized that I'm getting sad at how fast my kids are growing up. In some ways it is nice to have them older and mostly potty trained, as outings are easier and require less baggage. But then again I really miss the days of endless snuggling and baby smells. And my kids when they were like this:

8 good years

8 years ago yesterday marked the beginning of a new journey in my life. On January 13, 2002 I was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is crazy to think that 8 years have already passed by, but at the same time it feels as though I've been a member my whole life.

I have my conversion story written out and I hope to post it here in the next days to share with all my friends and family and anyone else who stumbles across here.

If you were a part of my conversion, please know how extremely grateful I am for you and for your willingness to follow the Spirit. My life and the life of my family will never be the same, and all for the better!

Does anybody still read this?

I'm trying to decide what to do with the blog. I don't, in reality, have the time I want to spend on it, so I'm wondering if anyone would actually miss it if it wasn't there anymore.

Let me know if you still read this and want periodic updates...

Hair

Meghan's hair has grown alot lately. It is really getting long and is still really fine and light light blonde. Now if only she would leave in her ponytail, pigtails, or hair clips...

Halloween

This year for Halloween we got together with our good friends and had dinner, let the kids play, and then went trick or treating.

Jase was super excited to be Iron man and Meghan was a scarecrow.

Here are some of the shots from the evening...