Year: 2011

Church

Rusty loves church.  It has made it onto his thankful feathers 3 times so far (Jesus has not only been bumped by Heavenly Father and Batman, but also by temples and church … who is teaching this kid?). Kevin goes to church meetings on Sunday mornings and our services are in the afternoon.  Every week […]

Dinnertime Conversation

At dinner tonight, Rusty was building a “no-man” out of his Cookie Crisp cereal (it was breakfast night) and said, “No-man need toes!” Ricky was trying to get Kevin to guess that he needed more of something and said, “It is white and comes from cows, not the sink.” Before Kevin could guess, Billy (who […]

Annual Leaf Raking

Even though Kevin has a lovely lawn mower that does an excellent job of sucking up all the fallen leaves, we still enjoy some leaf raking.  It would be a shame to have as many trees as we do and not enjoy some leaf pile jumping.  The weather has been goofy this year, so I […]

Well-Check

Tommy had his 18 month well check with the pediatrician this week.  He wasn’t really pleased to be there.  He cried when he the nurse weighed and measured him.  He howled during the entire exam with the doctor.  Tommy just didn’t think those people should be touching him. It was a good exam though.  For […]

The "trinity"

We are doing a Thankful Turkey this month.  There is a turkey body on the wall and each night everyone picks one thing we are thankful for to write on a feather that we add to the body. It is fun listening to what the boys are thankful for, especially Rusty.  He must have blue […]