Good Morning Sister - Well actually it is Good Evening Sister - but in 20 minutes it will be Good Morning Sister again.
I have many things to chat about and our happenings today but now have decided that I am too sleepy. Until tomorrow.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
20 years ago!
Good Morning Sister!
Happy Birthday Hillary!
Have any plans for celebration? I am excited to reflect on my lovely niece all day today. I treasure her young days that she spent at my blue house. I remember how she learned to ride a bike in one day. Sweat dripping down her face and not even wanting to take a break to eat. I believe that Hillary could do or be anything she wants to. Hillary is amazing. I love when she just drops by to be with us. I also love that people sometimes thinks she belongs to me. Your daughter is a strong soul who knows who she is. Well done Mom. This is a day of celebration for you too.
Love you so,
Jules
***My gift to Hilly is a year full of the family dinners. Hilly can stop by on any night and I will feed her. Now it might be canned soup and toast but hey it will fill the belly. Love you Hilly!
Post Script: I am going to find a wonderful photo of Hillary to post here. Be patient. This whole computer thing is trying for me. I am still trying to figure out how it all works.
Happy Birthday Hillary!
Have any plans for celebration? I am excited to reflect on my lovely niece all day today. I treasure her young days that she spent at my blue house. I remember how she learned to ride a bike in one day. Sweat dripping down her face and not even wanting to take a break to eat. I believe that Hillary could do or be anything she wants to. Hillary is amazing. I love when she just drops by to be with us. I also love that people sometimes thinks she belongs to me. Your daughter is a strong soul who knows who she is. Well done Mom. This is a day of celebration for you too.
Love you so,
Jules
***My gift to Hilly is a year full of the family dinners. Hilly can stop by on any night and I will feed her. Now it might be canned soup and toast but hey it will fill the belly. Love you Hilly!
Post Script: I am going to find a wonderful photo of Hillary to post here. Be patient. This whole computer thing is trying for me. I am still trying to figure out how it all works.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Flying elephant and donkey
The Toy
Before toy is thrown from tub 
AfterGood Morning Sister!
We got a call from Tom who is doing our Home Study. He said that he is close to being done but that we needed to give him names of guardians of who would be willing to take care of all our little lambs in case something happened to me and RR. Ahhh ! Quick call Jenn and Chris. I know it's huge and there was no time for you to even think about it and hopefully RR and I will be around for a long time (remember you and I are going to live together when we are little old ladies because our husbands are going to die doing Leadville at the age of 85) but just in case, I better fill you in on the kids a bit.
Bath time on 9th
Emily gave up bathing with her siblings a year or so ago. I guess it was getting a little crowded and she is 11. Remember when mom and dad would bathe all 5 of us at once? Was it to save water? Ella just recently started requesting her own bath time. Maybe it is because when I get Brigham out, she always gets wacked in the head by his swinging feet and she doesn't like that. I don't think anyone likes that.
Brigham now bathes solo. I add a couple of drops of one of my oils to his water. This morning it was lemon. I read that lemon is good for circulation and disinfecting grime. Both good for Brig. Not that Brig has a lot of grime but maybe just a little residual of something after a poopy pullup change. More on my lovely oils later. Lately I have noticed, while I am wandering in and out of the bathroom to check on Brig while he is soaking, a curious thing that happens. As most family bath tubs, we have our stash of bath toys. A few we have had for quite some time. One in particular has been getting a lot of attention as of late. A two headed animal toy. One side is an elephant and the other side is a donkey. I am not even sure where it came from. I think maybe it was a donation from Nana. Brigham use to like to play with bath toys but now days isn't interested in them except for this one. I am always finding it on the bathroom floor. At first I thought Brig was just chucking toys out of the tub but bath after bath I see this certain Elephant/Donkey on the floor. I pick it up and put it back on the toy rack and sure enough when I enter the bathroom it is out of the tub and onto the floor again. He will do it over and over again. I have even watched him do it. Hmm.... what could this mean? I thought he use to like this toy. Maybe he does like it and doesn't want Ella to play with it. Maybe he hates democrats and republicans. Wish I knew. What should I do with this toy? Sometimes I will just leave it on the ground until he finishes with his bath and then join it to the others later. Maybe I should put it in his room and see what he does with it then. I will keep you posted.
Emily usually showers but occasionally she likes a soak in the tub with bath salts or something. Emily takes the longest showers out of our whole family. You can often hear her singing as well. She has a good voice so it is okay. Please note that Emily is very particular about her towells. They have to be big and fluffy. She is quite fussy about this. She hasn't learned yet that you can use a towell more than once. Oh my princess!
Ella loves to lay on her back in the tub and float. We have a problem with her drinking the tub water no matter what is floating around in it. Yuck. She has been told many times not to do it but she always replies how thirsty she is. Ella will usually let you know when she is ready to get out by yelling to us that her fingers and toes are now raisins. She prefers using little hand towells to dry herself off. Ella also insists on being carried upside in her towell to Brigham's bed so she can watch a movie while I go fetch her clothes and then get her dressed. Sometimes she just gets out of the tub by herself, using no towell at all, dripping water all through the house until she is dry. By the way Ella will take a shower, Brigham won't.
And one more thing, bath time on 9th can happen multiple times a day. And the best of luck trying to find time to bathe yourself. I find that early in the morning before chidren are awake works or when spouse or other age appropriate child is home to take over the watch or you can just make sure all doors are bolted and that a very good video is on the tube that will hold Brig's attention long enough to take a very quick shower. Many days there are no showers.
Love you,
Jules
Post Script: In all serious, I am grateful and blessed to know that I have a sister who would do whatever she possibly could do to take care of RR and my children. Remember my friend Stephanie from Arizona who was in a plane crash with her husband Christian? Well, they are still in a chemical induced coma trying to heal from the burns. They will be in the hospital for months. Stephanie's sisters brought her 4 children up here to take care of them. Stephanie and Christian's family and friends are wonderful. It is amazing what is being done for them. Click on the button below to see.
We got a call from Tom who is doing our Home Study. He said that he is close to being done but that we needed to give him names of guardians of who would be willing to take care of all our little lambs in case something happened to me and RR. Ahhh ! Quick call Jenn and Chris. I know it's huge and there was no time for you to even think about it and hopefully RR and I will be around for a long time (remember you and I are going to live together when we are little old ladies because our husbands are going to die doing Leadville at the age of 85) but just in case, I better fill you in on the kids a bit.
Bath time on 9th
Emily gave up bathing with her siblings a year or so ago. I guess it was getting a little crowded and she is 11. Remember when mom and dad would bathe all 5 of us at once? Was it to save water? Ella just recently started requesting her own bath time. Maybe it is because when I get Brigham out, she always gets wacked in the head by his swinging feet and she doesn't like that. I don't think anyone likes that.
Brigham now bathes solo. I add a couple of drops of one of my oils to his water. This morning it was lemon. I read that lemon is good for circulation and disinfecting grime. Both good for Brig. Not that Brig has a lot of grime but maybe just a little residual of something after a poopy pullup change. More on my lovely oils later. Lately I have noticed, while I am wandering in and out of the bathroom to check on Brig while he is soaking, a curious thing that happens. As most family bath tubs, we have our stash of bath toys. A few we have had for quite some time. One in particular has been getting a lot of attention as of late. A two headed animal toy. One side is an elephant and the other side is a donkey. I am not even sure where it came from. I think maybe it was a donation from Nana. Brigham use to like to play with bath toys but now days isn't interested in them except for this one. I am always finding it on the bathroom floor. At first I thought Brig was just chucking toys out of the tub but bath after bath I see this certain Elephant/Donkey on the floor. I pick it up and put it back on the toy rack and sure enough when I enter the bathroom it is out of the tub and onto the floor again. He will do it over and over again. I have even watched him do it. Hmm.... what could this mean? I thought he use to like this toy. Maybe he does like it and doesn't want Ella to play with it. Maybe he hates democrats and republicans. Wish I knew. What should I do with this toy? Sometimes I will just leave it on the ground until he finishes with his bath and then join it to the others later. Maybe I should put it in his room and see what he does with it then. I will keep you posted.
Emily usually showers but occasionally she likes a soak in the tub with bath salts or something. Emily takes the longest showers out of our whole family. You can often hear her singing as well. She has a good voice so it is okay. Please note that Emily is very particular about her towells. They have to be big and fluffy. She is quite fussy about this. She hasn't learned yet that you can use a towell more than once. Oh my princess!
Ella loves to lay on her back in the tub and float. We have a problem with her drinking the tub water no matter what is floating around in it. Yuck. She has been told many times not to do it but she always replies how thirsty she is. Ella will usually let you know when she is ready to get out by yelling to us that her fingers and toes are now raisins. She prefers using little hand towells to dry herself off. Ella also insists on being carried upside in her towell to Brigham's bed so she can watch a movie while I go fetch her clothes and then get her dressed. Sometimes she just gets out of the tub by herself, using no towell at all, dripping water all through the house until she is dry. By the way Ella will take a shower, Brigham won't.
And one more thing, bath time on 9th can happen multiple times a day. And the best of luck trying to find time to bathe yourself. I find that early in the morning before chidren are awake works or when spouse or other age appropriate child is home to take over the watch or you can just make sure all doors are bolted and that a very good video is on the tube that will hold Brig's attention long enough to take a very quick shower. Many days there are no showers.
Love you,
Jules
Post Script: In all serious, I am grateful and blessed to know that I have a sister who would do whatever she possibly could do to take care of RR and my children. Remember my friend Stephanie from Arizona who was in a plane crash with her husband Christian? Well, they are still in a chemical induced coma trying to heal from the burns. They will be in the hospital for months. Stephanie's sisters brought her 4 children up here to take care of them. Stephanie and Christian's family and friends are wonderful. It is amazing what is being done for them. Click on the button below to see.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Super Man!
Good Morning Sister!
Look who came by my house yesterday. His name is Spencer, but I forgot and called him Shawn and Jesse. RR and Sariah thought that was funny. I was clueless what they were laughing about until RR informed me later that I called him one of Hillary's old flames. Woops!
Spencer is super. Super cute. Super kind. Super talented. Super helpful. Spencer is Superman!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
So close, yet so far away!
Goodmorning Sister!
I know we are only 25 minutes away from eachother but those 25 minutes seem to prevent us from lots of spontaneous get togethers like we use to have years ago when we lived only a block away from eachother. I cherish those memories and days. It seems like those 25 minutes prevents us from being more a part of eachothers lives. I guess being at different stages with our children, church callings, the price of gas, isn't helping either.
I decided that I am going to Blog you. I hope you will blog me too.
Love you,
Jules
I know we are only 25 minutes away from eachother but those 25 minutes seem to prevent us from lots of spontaneous get togethers like we use to have years ago when we lived only a block away from eachother. I cherish those memories and days. It seems like those 25 minutes prevents us from being more a part of eachothers lives. I guess being at different stages with our children, church callings, the price of gas, isn't helping either.
I decided that I am going to Blog you. I hope you will blog me too.
Love you,
Jules
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