July 6, 2013

(Another fuzzy cellphone picture)

  Sydney's dream came true today.  Hardly a day goes by that she doesn't suggest some grand outing for our family.  Usually it gets nixed because of weather, laundry/housework, piano/guitar lessons, or laziness.  Bowling has been a regular request, usually made on a friday or saturday night.  Jeff and I have been to the bowling alley on a saturday night, and it's certainly not somewhere we'd take kids.  But we figured saturday afternoon might be safe.  We were pleasantly surprised.  It was bright and smoke-free.  We'll definitely be going back someday.  But don't tell Sydney, because she'll drive me crazy.

July 5, 2013

  Today was the last day of 4 weeks of swim lessons.  With the exception of one dud teacher, it's been really great.  The classes only have a few kids, so they get lots of practice time.  There was time a few years ago when I was ready to accept that my kids would never know how to swim.  But they've come a long way.  In the above picture, Erik's in the middle with the goggles on, being "Marco."

July 4, 2013

  I hope some day we'll have awesome 4th of Julys again.  Today was at least a step up from what we normally do, which is practically nothing.  We started with a patriotic program/pancake breakfast at the church, followed by a long day of Syndey suggesting elaborate activities for us to do.  Once Jeff got off work we grilled some dinner and went to the city fireworks.  I can only assume the fireworks are better if you sit closer.  We were too far away and underwhelmed.

July 3, 2013

 It's hard to stay in a bad mood with this little Cha-Cha around.

July 2, 2013

  Ryan's latest thing these days is to tell me he's bored when he has to do something that he doesn't want to do.  Tonight I made him clean up the disaster he made in the loft.  He said, "I'm bored!" no less than five times.  Oh, I'm sorry.  I didn't know cleaning made you bored.  By all means, stop immediately and do something funner.

July 1, 2013

Post #47 about the boys and Wipeout

  Is there anything better than a summer night of playing Wipeout while watching Wipeout?  I think not.

June 30, 2013

Minnie Lucinda and Ludwig Larson

  Several years ago my parents sent me a CD with old photos of some of our family.  I did a sharing time in Primary today about ancestors and family history.  I began by showing some of the pictures of my ancestors.  The kids (and teachers) were fascinated. It was a hit!  Thanks Mom and Dad.