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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Trevor and Corbin both went to the same field trip in one week...just on different days. I get major mom points for going to the Planetarium TWICE last week! Ok, plus I just really like to spend time with my kids AND I LOVE the Planetarium. The teacher was a little perplexed when he saw me the second time that week and gave me the, "Weren't you just here?" speech. I LOVE the planetarium!! And I love my kids!

General Conference--Saturday

The kids opened their conference box full of goodies.

We had the Harmers and the Days over to watch a

session and eat lunch.

Emma and Corbin playing bingo

The boys

Ashlyn's birthday at school

Most adorable thing ever. Ashlyn's teacher, Mrs. Bates, is amazing. And that is an understatement. She is organized and loving and very thoughtful and knows each of her kids needs. I cannot say enough good things. For each child's birthday she does a special thing. She has the birthday child wear a cute cake hat, then she has them sit at the front of the room while the rest of the class tells this fun story about her. It is so cute. If the video weren't so long I would post it! Then she has everyone sing a special happy birthday to the birthday child while the birthday kid dances...video below I LOVED IT!!
I know she felt loved and special.

Ashlyn's note to dad

Ashlyn left a note to Dave and had me put in on the fridge for when he returned from a business trip. After being gone for only 3 hours Ashlyn wrote,

"Dear Dad,

I miss you already.

love, Ashlyn"

It was so cute!! She was so sad Dave was gone for a couple of days. Dave and I got the biggest kick out of the note because the last time that he left for a business trip she didn't notice that he was gone until after 3 days! Haha! On the third day of his trip she finally asked, "Hey mom, where is Dad?"

What do these pictures have in common?

These are all pictures of the places Corbin used to hide his toothbrush equipment! In one spot he kept his toothbrush, in another spot he kept his floss and in another he kept his toothpaste.

Holy moly. Corbin is obsessed with his teeth. He got special floss, toothpaste and toothbrush from an assembly at school (thank you Lacey Cope and the CADA program!) and he seriously hides them all in different spots throughout our house so that the other kids will not find them and use them (as if! :) Ha!) He makes Trevor and Ashlyn leave the room so that he can put them back in their spots every night without them seeing him so that they won't know where he keeps them. Such a funny kid. He asked me to hang this poster in our bathroom. He cracks me up!

NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Feeling a little caught up...

Dying Easter Eggs

field trips galore!!

General Conference--Saturday

Ashlyn's birthday at school

Ashlyn's note to dad

What do these pictures have in common?