FHE Pudding and Soccer

After family home evening, we all helped make pudding for our treat. The kids all took turns dumping in the milk, and took their turn stirring. We also got really wild and added marshmallows. You can see Natalie holding up her puddin' covered marshmallow. They were so excited to eat the pudding! They were squirming in their seats with mouth watering anticipation. You would think that I had never given them a treat before. I think that they were so excited because of their participation in the preparation. Hum... that sounded like some rap song or something. The participation in the preparation. Dum, dum dee dum. WWWAAA!!

My sister Melanie has started a blog and I have to admit that I am a little jealous. She was worried that she had nothing interesting to write about and yet her blog is a whole lot more interesting then mine. So I will try to jazz mine up. But I can't think of anything right now.

Last night I did go to a soccer meeting and the name of the team I am coaching is the Wave. Natalie is going to be on the team or should I say I am coaching Natalie's team the Wave?
Every team has two coaches because they split up the teams when they play a game; except for mine. I hope that I have a parent that is willing to help with the games. The ICUSL also wants me to join as the VP or anything to help. Maybe it's because I am so much younger then the rest of them and they think I have lots of energy and time. I did agree to come to their meetings once a month. From there I can see what I want to take on. I would love to help the league, but I don't want it to take away from my church callings and teaching lessons. We will see. At least it made me feel important.

Prince and Princess

Right now I'm trying to work on my story sitting in the front room on the couch, which had been made into a bed. I know that I will get into trouble for sitting on it in a moment; it has something to do with the game that Natalie and Hannah are playing.
The story writing isn't going very well because the girls have music playing and are dancing together. Natalie is in a princess dress and Hannah put on black pants and a white shirt. A Princess and Prince. Why is it the older sister that always gets to be the Princess? No matter because they are both laughing and having a good ol' time. It is very cute and every time they laugh I have to look up and smile.
The most fun thing is to watch as they look at themselves in the grandfather clock's pendulum swaying side to side as they look at their reflection.
Kids are great at helping you remember how simple things can be fun and what a great gift our imagination is.

Update photo's

Melanie took us out to eat. It was a small fun restaurant and of course I love the fact that I didn't have to cook. It looks like Natalie has the same "bubble" issue's that Melanie has. Thanks Melanie for the good time!

This is the handsome Alec with something in his mouth because his hands were full. He had just gotten back from band.
Natalie and Jacob playing fireman. I mean fire person.
Andrew was mostly interested in driving, but he let his cousin Carly drive for a while. By the way Andrew is looking out for cats so that Carly can smile in the picture. They had a table where you could make bubbles. I think that everyone had fun at that station seeing that everyone was getting in the fun...well, maybe not Alec. Someone had to be mature.
Some more of the kids making bubbles. I think that the bubbles came second only to the light sensitive wall. As you may notice there are no photo's of that because I too was plastering myself to the wall. We made some beautiful body/shadow art.

Jenny and Tom also took Jim and I out for launch at the Cheesecake Factory for our Anniversaries; we both got married on August 16 just 11 years apart. Sorry that we rained on your parade!

Thanks for letting us come and swim in your pool!!!

Texas

Here we are in Texas. Yesterday I experienced one of the joys of being in Texas; I was bitten by a Fire Ant.
I had always imagined that fire ants looked like the big red ants in NM, but in fact fire ants are small like sugar ants but sure have a big OWCH! I looked down on one of my toes when I felt a heated pain. WHAT! I said looking down and seeing a little ant holding on tight to my toes. With an easy smash it had bitten it's last victim. But how could something so small hurt that much? If you have nothing to do, looking up red ands in wickipedia is very interesting and the methods they are using to try and control them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_imported_fire_ant
The weather here has been very cool for Texas August but I realy don't mind. Hum...I wonder why?
The Parkinsons have a beautiful pool in their back yard and we played in it yesterday. Natalie threw a fit about having to go inside for dinner. I'm not hungry! I want to swim! She whined at me. I had to laugh. The only way I got her to come inside was to explain to her that there was a pool in the back yard and we planned on playing in it tomorrow. I guess that she hadn't thought it through very well, but since when was a hungry tired five year old reasonable? I'm almost 27 and I'm not reasonable when I'm tired and hungry, but in my defense at least I know it's because I'm tired and hungry.
I'm enjoying being here with family. My nieces and nephews are so grown up. I remember them being so little and though I am excited for them I still wish there were still little and looking up at me like I was a cool person. Ok I realy miss the cool person thingie. I guess that is what growing up means. I'm not "cool" anymore. But maybe it's not so bad because I still think my big sister is awesome. She drives her kids here and there to all their different activities and she does it cheerfully. I'm very impressed. So maybe the cool thing doesn't go away entirely; it just changes.
Today we are planning on going to the aquarium. I don't have the cord to get the pictures from the camera to the laptop. You can't have everything when you travel. I'm just glad I remembered the toothbrushes, underwear and bathing suits.