No more Monkeying Around

Luke has done it. He has successfully completed a full year of Pre-K! He really learned a lot this year, more than I imagined a little five year old could. He learned things like what a parallelogram is and he was able to watch a caterpillar turn into a chrysalis and then transform into a butterfly.

What a stud!

Class mascot....The Monkeys, how fitting for my little monkey.

I look forward to the day when he gets to graduate from college. I'm sure he is going to grow up to have a very studious, high paid, respected profession. All thanks to me, for putting him in pre-school and giving him a head start! haha

Universal Law of Reciprocation

In my busy day to day life, I can sometimes forget what the real moments of the day are made up of. Lately I have been putting extra effort into focusing on those moments. With our Body for Life challenge, John and I each have to perform two acts of kindness throughout the day. You may be asking yourself, "What does that have to do with a diet?" But really it makes sense, give to others unselfishly, and in return, they will help you. Help you to increase friendships and help you to feel fulfillment in your life. Which then converts into, "OK I guess I can keep eating healthy and exercising."

With three kids, sometimes it feels overwhelming to juggle all their little emotions everyday. I have been rotating our kids names each day and trying to focus specifically on their needs and wants for that day. The Royal treatment from mom, for a whole day.

So today on Luke Day, Luke begged me to lay in bed with him after the lights were out. I was about to go watch a movie. Normally would have said, "No, you need to get some sleep Lukers" and headed for my movie. Instead I snuggled up to my Lukey and he offered me some of his covers. He put his forehead to mine and said...

"Mom, Do you have head lice?"

That was a moment I never want to forget. I never want to forget just how funny, cute and crazy a five year old is.

Maybe if I don't forget these funny moments, it won't be so shocking when this baby..........

Turns into this Boy!!!!

My Little Doodle Head

I'm so in love with this kid! I still can't get over how much I want to squeeze Ashley to death. She is growing up so fast. All the mom's at Luke's bus stop keep commenting on how much she has grown since September. She is such a know-it-all. She loves to chase the boys around the house. She always wants to sit up on the stools at the counter all by herself. She enjoys reprimanding the boys when they are sitting in the time out chair.

I love this picture, she looks like Luke.

She is a girly girl. She love anything that resembles a purse. She always want to put on my lip gloss. Shoes, shoes, shoes... need I say more. She loves to have her hair done up nice! (She knows when she is pretty)

And just the other day, I heard her humming the Indiana Jones theme song. Quite the accomplishment if ya ask me.

Sharp Shooter

John was selected to take a firearms training class. His overall qualification score was second in the class out all the top shooters there. He also had to do a project containing something about firearms. He selected to do his power point on John Browning, who was a gun designer way back when. (and LDS, by the way). He received a whopping 98 on his project, which I think is pretty amazing. What can I say, my husband is the coolest!

As you can tell from the picture, Luke thinks his Daddy is the coolest too!

Picture taken 4-15-09

Fatty Patty 2 x 4

We jumped on the BODY FOR LIFE bandwagon.

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1. Go to your pictures
2. Upload the fourth picture from the fourth file
3. Post

4. Tag four friends

Such a random picture, John's old mission companion came from Finland to visit, Jorma and Lotta Nieminen. We stayed up late listening to old mission stories.

P.S. The princess balloon was one of their daughters, her and Luke watched Cinderella all weekend long. (his first girlfriend)

Tagged: Anyone that wants to.