Monday September 21st-Had to drive Rachel to school this morning and lucky for me Kaelen and I were both dressed so at 8:30 in the morning we went to target and Walmart. I found some backpacks for 75% off. I got some for Rachel and then for our 72 hour kits. So excited. Canned pickles today. Nothing seemed to go right. I ran out of dill. One jar came open while processing and I had dill and vinegar in the processing water and then when I went to do it over I ran out of vinegar. So what should have taken 1 hour took 5 hours. I only got 8 jars out of it too. Picked Rachel up from Robotics, took her to piano and then took her back to school for a jump rope class as well as a birthday party combined. Lots of driving. Enoch planted a bunch of shrubs for me. 7 in total. For FHE we got McDonald's hot fudge Sundays and then sat around the table eating them while I read a story from the friend. I fell asleep at 9PM. Oh i loved that.
Tuesday September 22- Wow it is amazing how long you can spend on the computer doing nothing. I felt like I didn't do much today while the kids were at school. Kaelen on;y took a 20 minute nap as well. When the kids got home from school we were all going to go on a bike ride. They were not very good and so that didn't happen. I was really sad. I started canning pears today and once again one of my jars bottoms burst off. I was so ticked off. I was happy that Enoch was home because he took care of the mess for me. I decided for about 10 minutes yesterday that I was never canning again. Ok not true but I still really don't get excited anymore. I know how much work it is. Kaelen went to bed at 7:00 last night. I thought that he would wake up an hour or more later. Nope never did. Spent the rest of the evening after canning getting stuff ready for Achievement Day Girls on Wednesday.
Tuesday September 22- Wow it is amazing how long you can spend on the computer doing nothing. I felt like I didn't do much today while the kids were at school. Kaelen on;y took a 20 minute nap as well. When the kids got home from school we were all going to go on a bike ride. They were not very good and so that didn't happen. I was really sad. I started canning pears today and once again one of my jars bottoms burst off. I was so ticked off. I was happy that Enoch was home because he took care of the mess for me. I decided for about 10 minutes yesterday that I was never canning again. Ok not true but I still really don't get excited anymore. I know how much work it is. Kaelen went to bed at 7:00 last night. I thought that he would wake up an hour or more later. Nope never did. Spent the rest of the evening after canning getting stuff ready for Achievement Day Girls on Wednesday.
Wednesday September 23rd-Kaelen slept 12 1/2 hours last night. That is amazing. I am hoping now that he will sleep better. We'll see. Just before I got into the shower this morning I got him a sippy cup. He went back to sleep and then after coming out of the bathroom and getting dressed I heard him laughing and talking with Jacob. What a lovely noise to hear first thing in the morning. I love happy kids in the morning. I don't get that very often so when I do it is like music to my ears. Canned the last of my pears. Yes I am done with pears. Spent two hours cleaning my sticky kitchen while Kaelen slept most of the time. Of course after everybody got home it was not very clean anymore. We all rode our bikes to activity days. WOW it is hard to pull two kids in the bike trailer. What a work out. Activity Days was fun. I came home with some fun book titles to read. By 7:30 in the evening I was exhausted and ready for bed. Too bad I didn't get to go to bed then. Oh well c'est la vie.
Thursday September 24th-Nope Kaelen was really bad last night. Oh well I got one good night of sleep this week at least. I spent an hour on Amazon and bought 4 books and 1 movie. Yahoo. I spent a lot of the day just getting things done around the house. I did get my bathrooms cleaned and was pretty ticked off when I walked in later in the day and Jacob and Kaelen had filled the sink with soapy water and then splashed it all over the mirrors, counter tops and wall. Kaelen as well was covered in water and soap. Jacob had decided that Kaelen needed his hair washed. A few words that I can't repeat came out of my mouth. The best part was that just as I said them Wendy answered the phone. Good thing it was Wendy and not the bishop.
Friday September 25th-I got up this morning before 6 AM and went running. It is so dark outside at this time in the morning. I ran with a friend. We ran just over 4 miles. My knee started to hurt during so a few times we had to walk. Stupid knee. I love running so it better not get worse. I haven't run for almost two months and so I think running over 4 was a little too much. I went and helped out in Jacob's class this morning. Jacob now sits in a desk near the wall instead of at a table because he talks all the time I guess. His teacher said that he is one of the smartest in the class but loves to talk and get distracted so he takes a long time getting any work done. When he is not distracted he does his work faster than most of the students. She said that she thinks he gets bored and so he talks. I am glad that she recognized that. I am sure he is. I love Jacob. Even while I was there a few times she had to ask Jacob if that is what he was supposed to be doing. So funny. That is Jacob though. He is so social as well as smart. In the evening Enoch went on a camp out for scouts and I went to the school with the kids to watch E.T projected on the school wall outside. It was so much fun. We wrapped ourselves up in sleeping bags and ate cotton candy and popcorn while we watched the movie. I loved it. Such a fun idea the school had.
Saturday September 26th- I went to a baby shower in the morning. Cleaned the house during the day. Went to Costco and bought a new camera. I thought that i had a memory card for it but found out after i got home that I didn't or I used to and now can't find it. I love my new Canon though. Rachel and I went to a baptism at 5 for a little girl in our ward who is 9 and wanted to be baptized. She was in my Achievement Day girls group last year and we actually taught her to pray at one of the activities. We asked who wanted to say the prayer and she said that she did but didn't know how. We told her what to say and then she ended up saying the most beautiful prayer that I had ever heard. I cried when she said it. From then on at every activity she wanted to say the prayer. She has been taking the missionary discussions and then on Saturday she was baptized. It was so wonderful for her family to be there to support her. She is an only child and lives with her Grandma. Her Mom attended the baptism and cried. I am sure that she will be a great instrument in bringing her family to the church. She is the sweetest little girl. After the baptism I went to the Relief Society broadcast. I loved it. During the broadcast I was a little sad that my sisters could not be there to watch it with me but then had the nice thought to know that even though they were not next to me watching it I knew that we were all watching it together at the same time but in different places. I did though have Rachael and Lindsay come with me. We after wards have a chocolate extravaganza. There is tables of all kinds of fudge, brownies, cakes, you name it they have it as long as it is chocolate. They also have a chocolate fountain with fruit and other fun things to dip into it. I love it. I ate three plates and went home after with a headache because of all the sugar. It was amazing.
Sunday September 27th-We went to church and once again I didn't get to go to Relief Society. Kaelen slept during Sunday school and then 5 minutes into RS he woke up and was screaming and crying. I took him out into the hall and when he calmed down I took him back in. Nope he screamed again so finally I took him to nursery. He wasn't sure what he thought and it took a long time for him to get off my lap. He is officially 18 months this next week. After church Boyd and Annelise came over for dinner and desert to celebrate Boyd's birthday. I made Cafe Rio's pulled pork for dinner with their lime rice and ranch and guacamole. It was amazing. I love that dinner even though it takes a little more prep and work than most meals. So worth it. Everybody loved it. For desert we had one of Boyd's favorites. I made chocolate banana cream pie with moraine on the top. It was really good and completely gluten free so Enoch could eat it. It was really yummy. Oh yes we also had real whipping cream on top. After we played a game of Bananagrams. Thanks again Noal and Wendy. We had a fun evening together and I think that Boyd enjoyed his birthday celebration. Oh yah after we ate Kaelen got on the tramp to jump and Enoch laid under the tramp and would kick the tramp from under neath. Kaelen would just sit and just fly in the air so high. When he got out of reach of Enoch he would move over till Enoch could bounce him in the air more. We all including Kaelen laughed so hard. Annelise took pictures and videos so I will have to get those back from her. It was so funny.
Friday September 25th-I got up this morning before 6 AM and went running. It is so dark outside at this time in the morning. I ran with a friend. We ran just over 4 miles. My knee started to hurt during so a few times we had to walk. Stupid knee. I love running so it better not get worse. I haven't run for almost two months and so I think running over 4 was a little too much. I went and helped out in Jacob's class this morning. Jacob now sits in a desk near the wall instead of at a table because he talks all the time I guess. His teacher said that he is one of the smartest in the class but loves to talk and get distracted so he takes a long time getting any work done. When he is not distracted he does his work faster than most of the students. She said that she thinks he gets bored and so he talks. I am glad that she recognized that. I am sure he is. I love Jacob. Even while I was there a few times she had to ask Jacob if that is what he was supposed to be doing. So funny. That is Jacob though. He is so social as well as smart. In the evening Enoch went on a camp out for scouts and I went to the school with the kids to watch E.T projected on the school wall outside. It was so much fun. We wrapped ourselves up in sleeping bags and ate cotton candy and popcorn while we watched the movie. I loved it. Such a fun idea the school had.
Saturday September 26th- I went to a baby shower in the morning. Cleaned the house during the day. Went to Costco and bought a new camera. I thought that i had a memory card for it but found out after i got home that I didn't or I used to and now can't find it. I love my new Canon though. Rachel and I went to a baptism at 5 for a little girl in our ward who is 9 and wanted to be baptized. She was in my Achievement Day girls group last year and we actually taught her to pray at one of the activities. We asked who wanted to say the prayer and she said that she did but didn't know how. We told her what to say and then she ended up saying the most beautiful prayer that I had ever heard. I cried when she said it. From then on at every activity she wanted to say the prayer. She has been taking the missionary discussions and then on Saturday she was baptized. It was so wonderful for her family to be there to support her. She is an only child and lives with her Grandma. Her Mom attended the baptism and cried. I am sure that she will be a great instrument in bringing her family to the church. She is the sweetest little girl. After the baptism I went to the Relief Society broadcast. I loved it. During the broadcast I was a little sad that my sisters could not be there to watch it with me but then had the nice thought to know that even though they were not next to me watching it I knew that we were all watching it together at the same time but in different places. I did though have Rachael and Lindsay come with me. We after wards have a chocolate extravaganza. There is tables of all kinds of fudge, brownies, cakes, you name it they have it as long as it is chocolate. They also have a chocolate fountain with fruit and other fun things to dip into it. I love it. I ate three plates and went home after with a headache because of all the sugar. It was amazing.
Sunday September 27th-We went to church and once again I didn't get to go to Relief Society. Kaelen slept during Sunday school and then 5 minutes into RS he woke up and was screaming and crying. I took him out into the hall and when he calmed down I took him back in. Nope he screamed again so finally I took him to nursery. He wasn't sure what he thought and it took a long time for him to get off my lap. He is officially 18 months this next week. After church Boyd and Annelise came over for dinner and desert to celebrate Boyd's birthday. I made Cafe Rio's pulled pork for dinner with their lime rice and ranch and guacamole. It was amazing. I love that dinner even though it takes a little more prep and work than most meals. So worth it. Everybody loved it. For desert we had one of Boyd's favorites. I made chocolate banana cream pie with moraine on the top. It was really good and completely gluten free so Enoch could eat it. It was really yummy. Oh yes we also had real whipping cream on top. After we played a game of Bananagrams. Thanks again Noal and Wendy. We had a fun evening together and I think that Boyd enjoyed his birthday celebration. Oh yah after we ate Kaelen got on the tramp to jump and Enoch laid under the tramp and would kick the tramp from under neath. Kaelen would just sit and just fly in the air so high. When he got out of reach of Enoch he would move over till Enoch could bounce him in the air more. We all including Kaelen laughed so hard. Annelise took pictures and videos so I will have to get those back from her. It was so funny.
2 comments:
Wow, I like that you are making this your journal. I thought about just doing mine like a photo album but, I think I should right more. Ok now, this is the begining for me to read all the posts I missed. I'm so glad that you e-mail updates ecspecially since your blog is private. I'm so used to the reading list (of the blogs that I follow). To bad yours can't be there cause I have to log in to get to it anyway. Ok, I need to comment on some other posts now.
if i move there will my life be as cool as yours? maybe reading about your doings isn't healthy for me. ;) very fun. sorry you keep missing Relief Society. I actually had a similar thought while I was watching the Relief Society broadcast. i was happy thinking i was doing the same thing at the same time as my family. costco is there now? cool. caleb still doesn't sleep well either. i feel your pain. sorry canning was so annoying. at least you do it! i have no clue... i did it once in 2002. i'd like to learn. i'd also like a garden that produces enough to have anything to can. thanks for all the entries. i enjoy hearing what you're up to.
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