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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Field Trip to the Fire Station

FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Ashlyn and Corbin had a preschool field trip to the fire station, organized by the moms in our preschool group. Here are the pictures.

I LOVE THIS KID

I have been making these cute super hero capes. Corbin loves to run around in them. He's pretty much the cutest ever.

More Snowshoeing

Went snowshoeing with friends--Sarah and Terri

FEB. 05, 2011
Everyone is turning 8 and getting baptized this year! Trevor's 8th birthday is in July and he is so excited to get baptized and to start scouts. Here is a picture of Trevor's friend Jaxson at his baptism--

Party Central

Have you ever had all of your kids sleep in the same room? Was it a disaster? I mean, it probably was fun, the kids probably laughed and talked and played in their beds and had a jolly good time, right? But did they ever fall asleep?....before 10?!! Not in my house. The boys really wanted us to put the bunk beds together so they could sleep in the same room. All three of my kids have their own room and usually sleep in their own rooms, but we decided a change would be good so we put the beds together. And then Ashlyn wanted to join, so all three were sleeping in the same room. This little experiment lasted 2 weeks and every night it was PARTY CENTRAL until 10 pm! So, the bunk beds got taken down. The boys started crying hysterically and I got a really funny video of it. They were rolling around on the beds crying (over-dramatic, yes?:)). I busted out the video camera and Corbin immediately stopped crying and started smiling at the camera. It was so funny. If I turned the camera off he would cry again. Here is the bunk bed to be saved for another time when they are a little older and can go to bed on time...

Dave made this bunk bed when Trevor was 3. A teacher from school had all of the tools and he and Dave worked hard drawing the plans, buying the wood and building it.

FANCY NANCY PARTY!!!

FEB. 02, 2011
For all of you who have girls, you've probably heard of the Fancy Nancy book series. Our local library put on a Fancy Nancy party for anyone who wanted to come. Everyone wore Fancy clothes, ate fancy food (sprinkle cookies and juice boxes), and made fancy crafts (wands, fans, bead bracelets) and played fancy games (bean bag toss). The kids even got to parade around the library in their fancy clothes and then the librarian read a Fancy Nancy book to the kids. It was SO CUTE!! Dave was at work so the boys (reluctantly) had to come along. I'm sure they enjoyed the story but I think everything else was a little too fancy for them. Every time we have another library event to go to Trevor asks, "It's not going to be like that fancy party is it?!" :) Ashlyn loved it by the way. Here are some pics.

Ashlyn picked out her own fancy outfit to wear.

Trevor's balloon experiment

JAN. 2011
Trevor loves science experiments. Here is one that we did that was really cool.

Put 4 TBS of vinegar in a plastic bottle. Put 2 tsp baking soda in a balloon. Put the balloon over the top of the bottle and pour the baking soda into the bottle of vinegar. The balloon will expand.

NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ