She did it!

Sarah finally got her two top teeth in! It took several weeks of really swollen gums and a few times of crankiness, but they are there. She is 10 months old and has 4 teeth now!

The McKay Creek Reservoir

I found these pictures on my computer. They were from last summer. Our family loves going to the reservoir. I took similar pictures about four years ago when Calista was the baby, just before we moved to Ontario. It was fun to see that they still enjoyed the same activities: throwing rocks, building their own pond, and exploring around.

Don't fall in Calista!

Treasure hunters!
I just thought this was a cute picture of Jacque.
Aaron is digging the pond. The hole is almost done!

Calista is bringing in the culvert. (The bucket contained all of our supplies: pvc pipe, sticks, spoons, bucket (to carry the water), rope and I can't remember what else.)

For some reason Ellen refused to go down and play with everyone else.

Aaron and his crew (non Union workers) are setting the culvert.

Ellen is thinking it over. Do I want to go have fun or should I sit here all by myself?!

Jacque is supervising the process!

Samuel, my strong boy!

Just before we left, Ellen finally decided that it was okay to go down and help!

Galooooosh!!

I liked this picture because it showed both culverts.

Ellen is officially a big girl!

Ellen has been potty trained in the daytime for almost a year, but nap times and nighttimes were a different story. But this last week we decided to go diaper free. We have her go to the bathroom just before bed, and then Aaron will wake her up just before we go to bed. She hasn't had an accident since then!! We are all excited for our big girl! We don't know how long this process of waking her up before we go to bed will last, but I like that option much more than using diapers. Now if we can only work on Sarah! Yeah, that day is far away I'm sure!

"Is that what you said?"

Here's a couple of conversations we've had lately:

I was helping Ellen say her prayers one night (this was before my grandpa died):
M: Please bless Pops (my grandpa) that he can die and not have to suffer anymore...
E: Please bless Pops, he can die and have supper some more...


We read the scriptures to the kids every night, and I will pause and explain things to them. Every now and then we ask questions to see if they are paying attention. Well Jacque was trying to pay attention one night while we were reading in Alma 42. Jacque raises her hand so I call on her. She says:

J: Why did Adam and Eve fall in the grass and couldn't be the Lord's presidents?

I had to think about this one for a minute, and then I caught up with her. The scripture was verse 14 (I have put quotations around the words that she had heard and tried to make sense out of):

"And thus we see that "all mankind were fallen," and they were in the "grasp" of justice; yea, the justice of God, which consigned them forever to be cut off from his "presence."