Tea Party

We had a Tea Party! Several years ago a sweet friend gave me some really fun Precious Moments dishes. I remembered that I had them, got them all cleaned up and told the kids we were going to have a tea party. We had peanut butter sandwiches cut into little sandwiches, and cut up bananas. The "tea" was actually Great Value sugar free lemonade. And for dessert there was apple bars. Everyone really enjoyed it and David and Ashlie keep begging to do it again.
Ashlie decided that the little dolls needed to be part of the tea party!

Spotlight

I received a phone call the other day from a member of the Primary Presidency in our ward. She told me that they would like to spotlight Ashlie in primary. She asked me a few simple questions about Ashlie and what kind of things she likes.
Today during sharing time they had all the kids stand up. They were supposed to stay standing up if they liked peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It was fun to watch the kids in the primary because they would sit down if they didn't like something (like the color pink, most of the boys sat down) but when it was something the did like they would stand back up (like playing with play doe). When it got to the last one, which was Ashlie's birthday, she jumped up and said, very excitedly, "That's ME!"
They talked about how she chooses the right by helping around the house and likes to help mommy set the table. She then received a picture of the temple. She was very excited

How DO mommies always know?

On Friday after picking up kids from school we headed to my sister's house so that I could babysit her little boy. She was kind enough to feed my kids sandwiches for lunch. In the middle of eating they both decided that they needed to go potty.
Ashlie came back out and I sent her back in to wash her hands.
David came out and I asked him if he washed his hands. He looked at me very suspiciously and nodded his head yes. I didn't believe him so I asked again. With the same look he nodded his head again. I still didn't believe him so I asked to see he hands. He quickly tucked his hands behind his back and said "no". "David you are lying to me," I said, "go back and wash your hands." To which he replied "Oh, how do you always know?" as he stomps back to the bathroom to wash his hands.
I look at my sister who is doing her best not to laugh while he is still in the room. My answer to David's question is "Because I'm a mom!" As I sit down next to my sister she turns to me and says "If he had only showed you his hands, he could have probably fooled you!" And I had to agree with her
I love the mind of my 6 year old!

Update...Finally

Tyler is growing like crazy! He is 15 months old now and very healthy. He love to run, play and get into everything that his older brother and sister are doing. It is so fun to watch him discover his world around him. He doesn't quite talk yet but does let you know what he wants and gets his point across.

We had a wonderful Christmas. Kevin got sick but we were all still able to enjoy our time together.
Playing in the snow on Christmas Day at Grandma's house with Grandma's puppy, Leroy.
Christmas morning at our house
Kevin and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary! We left the kids with Grandma and Aunts and went to Salt Lake for a couple of days. We also had the chance to go to the Salt Lake Temple which is where we were married. We have been to at least 1 sealing together there that we could remember but we had not been in the Celestial Room together since we got married. It was wonderful.