A School Visit

I wrote this Anderson Mario Story around Halloween last year for my kids with the help of my sister in-law.  It was some work, but fun too.  I am so glad we did this.  It is my kids favorite story for me to read to them.  I read it to Neil's kindergarten class and they loved it, so I decided to ask if Gordon's class would like me to read it to them.  They said they would and the other grade 2 classes would too.  So today I went and read it to them as well.  I was a little nervous about reading to all those kids, but they were so good, and asked really good questions at the end.  I really enjoyed the experience.  I ordered a copy for the school, so they are going to keep one in the library.  The kids all cheered when I told them that.  It was so cute.

Before I started reading, a little boy asked me if I was sad.  I said sometimes I am, but at the moment I was happy to be there.

Happy Valentine's Day 2013

 Here are my kids valentines this year!  We had so much fun making them!  I was going to do something different for Jamin's valentines, but saw these little lights and had to use them.

Pictures and Temple Trip

This weekend we took our family to the temple.  It is about 6 1/2 hours away.  It was a very nice trip.  It is always a peaceful place to be.  We usually go a few times a year.  This is the first time we have gone since the accident.  We were at the hotel pool and sitting in the hot tub with our four kids when a lady started talking to us.  First she asked if Neil and Tegan were twins.  She was shocked when I said no.  Tegan is catching up to Neil in height and they were playing so cute together.  She asked if all the kids were mine and how many there were.  I said I had five kids.  Then she started counting.  She kept counting 1-2-3-4 until Neil saved me from explaining and said that Gordon was in Heaven.  She said "Oh" and didn't ask anymore questions.  I am never quite sure how much to tell people, but if someone asks how many kids I have, I am going to tell them I have five.  If they keep asking questions maybe I will tell them or maybe I won't.  I guess it will depend on the day.
I am trying out a new dentist and so they don't know me.  So when I went in January for an appointment, the first question was, "How were your holidays?"  So maybe I made a mistake, but I said something like they were hard.  Then she wanted to know why and I told her.  Then she said she was having a rough time too and her Dad was in the hospital in a coma.  Anyway, it was kind of an emotional visit.  It made me understand why my husband was having a hard time at work with all of his patients coming in and asking how his holidays went.  At least people are not asking that now.
Anyway, here are some recent photos.

Happy Baby

 A cute moment picking up Dallin from babysitting.

We are doing lots of work renovating our current home getting it ready to sell since our home that is being built will be finished in a few months.  Jamin wanted to help.  The orange carpet is no longer.

Gordon's table. Since this picture, I have moved to fake flowers, but still have been having a hard time keeping the cat off the table.

 More happy baby.

 Hot tub at the hotel

 Coloring at breakfast.

 Yes, I was there too.

 Getting ready to go swimming

 These two were being so cute together.  Neil was helping Tegan to the steps.