if you were here: March 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Cooking is almost worth it when your kids say that they like your food this much. Porter pretty much does whatever Jackson does so I count that as a win. If only I didn't have to clean the kitchen too.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Trial Run

Sprinklers in your undies.

I bet the maintenance men were in for a surprise.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Preschool Payoff

For V week Jackson vacuumed the house

Monday, March 23, 2009

Battling Fevers

Turns out he has a double ear infection. Hopefully he'll be back to his old ways soon.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Felt Foods

I've been meaning to post some of the food that I have been working on over the past few months. You can find the patterns here. Watch out it is addicting. I just made a chinese take-out box (free pattern) and now I want to fill it up!

Friday, March 13, 2009

My Interview with Jackson

I found these questions and thought it would be funny to try with Jackson who is almost 4 years old.

1. What is something your mom always says to you?
No

2. What makes your mom happy?
Being happy

3. What makes your mom sad?
Screaming and yelling

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
giggle

5. What was your mom like as a child?
I don’t know

6. How old is your mom?
6

7. How tall is your mom?
Almost bigger than me

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Do everything

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
Be sad

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
I don’t know

11. What is your mom really good at?
Making dinner and lunch and breakfast

12. What is your mom not very good at?
Hiding things

13. What does your mom do for a job?
Take care of me and porter

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
everything

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
everything

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
I don’t know

17. What do you and your mom do together?
preschool

18. How are you and your mom the same?
Going to the zoo

19. How are you and your mom different?
Doing not all the things that I’m doing

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
Because I know that you are good and you love me because I am great and I’m thankful that I’m strong and for I’m being good for you.

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
Make you money – help you have clothes and a bed

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
To the zoo

Monday, March 9, 2009

Temple

Our bishopbric rocks. For ward temple day they babysat at the temple. Which means that we got to go. And it was a beautiful day. It was nice to be there together.

Friday, March 6, 2009

A Zapper

A few days ago Jackson was saying the prayer for our breakfast. He said, thankful that I could be a zapper, and then peeked his eyes open at me and said. What am I, mom? I tried to think of what on earth he was talking about. A sunbeam? no. A zapper, a zapper, what is he thinking of?And then I remembered. The night before I said the prayer and said thankful that Jackson could be such a good example for Porter and be such a kind big brother. So he finished his prayer, thankful that I could be an example. Wow, they really do listen sometimes.

Now if Jackson could watch Porter's example and go to sleep at night without a fuss.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Germany Trip

What a trip that we had. It was so fun to see my parents. They are such cute missionaries and really enjoy being there and doing what they do. I was amazed to see my Dad whip out his German and get around and communicate so easily. He really is in his element and it was so fun to see a part of that. And so wonderful to see my mom. I have missed her so much. They loved Porter and he was the perfect age to visit with. He is learning so much and saying so much and waving and smiling and walking around exploring. It was quite refreshing to only keep track of one child, although we did miss Jackson and Adam terribly. It was always wonderful to hear their voices or see them on the computer from across the world. It was so nice to see them again when we came home.

I was there for 10 days and we sort of had two weekends to be able to travel. The first weekend we went down into Bavaria where Dad had spent a lot of his mission. We went to church there and Dad bore his testimony in German. We stayed in a beautiful little place up on a hill in Ruhpolding. I wish we could have stayed there all week and sipped hot chocolate and gone snowshoeing. It was absolutely gorgeous. It was all snowy and I did not think that we would make it up the roads to where we were staying, but we did. Way to go, Dad. We drove through some beautiful mountain roads and watched the breathtaking snowy scenery all around us. It was really fun to visit many places where Dad had been through as a missionary. We went down to Bertesgarten where the eagles nest is (closed in the winter of course) and a huge beautiful lake with mountains all around. We also visited King Ludwig's Herrenchiemsee, which was the last of his castles that I hadn't seen. It was out on an island and it was amazing.

During the week I did some day trips with mom to a city on the Rhine River and a porcelain factory and a beautiful church. Then for the last few days we went due south to two beautiful castles, Hohenzollern and Sigmaringen. We stayed in some rooms that an old German couple were renting out and that was funny and cold. Then we went to a few towns in Switzerland where all the buildings are painted, to a waterfall on the Rhine River, and into Zurich. Then back home to pack.

We are so thankful that we could go and visit and if we get the chance we'll go again. There are still a billion places I would like to see. It was so fun to see my parents and eat yummy yogurt, chocolate, cheeses, bratwurst, sauerkraut, kaiser schmarm, rotkohl, and brotchen. We can't wait to see them home in a few months.

Here is a little taste of our trip: