Danger!

I just went in the front room and found Macey like this.

Shaylin put this sign on her. What a great big sister.

Sitter

Macey had an exciting week. My Mom taught her how to sit all by herself. It is the cutest thing! She sits with her back perfectly straight and plays with toys that we spread out in front of her. Every once in awhile she looks up at us and beams. I think that she is proud of herself. She also learned to make a clicking sound with her tongue.
Now she sits and clicks all day – happy as a clam.

Our New Fountain

On Saturday, Sawyer came running into the house and said, "Um Dad, I fink I broke somefing. There is a lot of water now. I’m rrrreallly sorry." Jason and I looked out the window and saw water shooting up out of our water main. Sawyer’s four-wheeler was parked right next to it. Jason just looked and me and said, "Of course."
Sawyer kept saying, "Wow Dad, that’s a lot of water!"

Hi.

We just had a lesson in church on keeping a journal. Ugh. I need to get inspired. Hopefully, this will fit the bill.

Welcome to our online family journal!

Family Updates

My little brother has been on a mission in Argentina since February. So for the past four months, I have been writing him weekly family updates. I think that counts as journal keeping, don't you? I will post some of those updates from the past few months.

May 13th - Cute Macey

Macey learned to say, "Da da da da da da" this week. It is her first real word. She says it constantly, and it makes Jason so proud.

She also got her first sucker this week, courtesy of Sawyer, and she freaked out. She got sticky sucker juice everywhere, but she was in heaven! While she ate it, she kept taking it out of her mouth and looking at it and squealing. It was like she was saying, "Ok, now this is what I am talking about. I have got to remember what this looks like and get me some more of these!" Great.

May 8th - Cute Skyler

We have been tackling our gigantic garden and orchard this week. I read some cute ideas about involving kids in gardening. One idea was to give each child an area of the garden that is their very own, and then tell them that they can plant anything that they want in it. They can eat their harvest, or share it or sell it to you at grocery store prices.

Skyler is so excited to make money with his garden plot. He is currently researching produce prices so that he can plant the most expensive fruits and vegetables in his plot. Right now, he is leaning towards grapes. We'll see how that goes.

Macey had her first accident this week. She fell off of my bed. She cried and cried and cried. It was horrible! The kids all came running in to see what had happened. After I told them, Sawyer said quietly, "Yea, I fall off the bed all the time." Then Skyler said even quieter, "Yea, so do I". Shaylin looked at them like they were insane.