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Friday, December 9, 2011
Photo Catch Up
I keep waiting to get Cory's pictures so that I can post the events of the last few months, but it's not happening, so I will at least post the pictures that I have and try to download his eventually. Maybe when my kids have all graduated from college.
Cory turned 38! on October 15th this year, but unfortunately was out of town on a Partnership retreat and had to celebrate with us late this year.
In October, I took the kids to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Panguitch during their Fall Break. We hiked in Bryce Canyon and Anna turned out to be an enthusiastic hiker! No one was more surprised by this turn of events than Anna.
For Halloween this year, Anna wore an adorable Rapunzel costume made by Grandma Talbot. The frying pan was a hit on the trick or treat route, although we were careful not to let her actually hit anyone with it. Isaac was a dementor from Harry Potter. He has been obsessed with the series over the last few months and is finishing the last book right now.
Noah had the coolest idea for a costume this year...he went as Chuck Norris! Chuck Norris jokes are all the rage right now, so I thought this was clever.
Zachary stayed home and gave out candy, but he did help us carve our jack-o-lanterns!
In November, Noah turned 12! He got to go on a special trip with Dad to Sea World where they took lots of pictures and had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to show you here.
A week later Cory had surgery to repair his achilles tendon. Again, we have some cool pictures on Cory's phone, but maybe it's better for the squeamish if I don't post them on my blog.
We hosted Cory's parents, sister, and a friend for Thanksgiving. I made 10 pies! (2 chocolate cream, banana cream, coconut cream, mixed berry, blackberry sour cream, crumb-top apple, pumpkin, sweet potato, and lemon meringe) I'm pretty sure we will not have that many pies ever again. Our other big family news is that on the day before his surgery, Cory was called to serve as the 1st Counselor in our Bishopric. This will mean some big changes for our family...and hopefully some blessings too.
Anna is once again participating in the Children's Nutcracker this weekend. This year she is in 2 dances...she's a soldier and a Chinese dancer.
We are looking forward to the holiday here, and enjoying the time we have to spend together!
(Jun. 10) Zachary: (to his unmarried aunt, discussing her marriage prospects) There's a time when you go out of season.
(Jun. 10) Me: Who wants to get a happy meal? Zachary: I want to get a pessimistic meal.
(Apr. 10) Anna-(after watching an episode of Bugs Bunny, she pointed to the Warner Brothers symbol and said,) "I know what the WB is for. Wow, Bugs!"
(Mar. 10) Anna: (tearfully) When are we going to have a Halloween party? Me: Um...how about when it's Halloween?
(Dec. 09) Isaac: we're reading scriptures about how the murderer of the chief judge was caught and began to "quake exceedingly," which Isaac read as "quack exceedingly."
(Oct. 09) Anna: I am "sissing" with my scissors.
(Sep. 09) Anna: There is a warm part in Grendel's body that is stacked up...and it's smelly.
(Aug. 09) Noah (running out to the garage when I got home): I just wanted you to think I was just as excited as when Dad gets home.
(Jul. 09) Zachary- At Youth Conference, he won the hot dog eating contest...the prize? A giant, stuffed, hotdog hat. He wore it to the dance that night. His comment? "I think one or two girls might be interested in dancing with a guy in a hotdog hat." Touche!
(May 09) Zachary: (during a prayer in Primary) "Thank you for the temple that grands the land and helps us to see what heaven will be like."
(May 09) Anna: (during her family prayer) "Thank you for my brothers and sisters...um...oops...sorry."
(May 09) Anna: "I'm not having a very happy Mothers' Day!"
(Apr. 09) I asked Anna what I would do next year when she goes to Kindergarten. Isaac's solution: "um, get pregnant?"
(May 09) Anna:(during church) "You know why I don't like baby blessings?" Me: "sshh...why?" Anna: "Because the babies are loud and they're posed to be quiet."
(Feb. 09) Isaac: "I have a talent to see in the dark because I was born at night."
(Jan. 09) Anna, our budding attorney said, "You know what? If you are bad on Christmas Santa still brings you presents because it's too late." (Alas, she discovered the loophole!)
(Dec. 08) Zachary told me to "chillax" today.
(Dec. 08) Isaac has been finishing all his sentences this week by saying, "peace, out."
(Dec. 08) Anna calls diarrhea "the really horrible potty."
(Nov. 08) Not really a quote, but Zachary won his school Reflections contest for Literature with his essay titled, "Why I Loathe the Kansas Jayhawks."
(Nov. 08) Anna- (Referring to the story of Abinadi) "Who got killed from fire? You remember...it was a prophet or somefing."
(Nov. 08) Isaac invited Aunt Kim to Thanksgiving dinner and said, "It's pretty much food heaven."
(Oct. 08) After spending all of Primary practicing for the program, Anna cried to her teacher, "I don't have any more words!"
(Oct. 1 08)Anna came running into the house after preschool shouting, "Today is the first day of Halloween!"
(Sep 08) Anna- "You know what? When you say a bad word, the ponies yell at you."
( Sep. 08) With all my canning nonsense going on, Zachary has taken the stance that fruits are far superior to vegetables. Last night we read in the scriptures about the "fruits" of our efforts when we plant a seed of faith. Zachary said, "See, the scriptures always talk about fruits...not vegetables!"
(Aug. 08) Anna told me "Jesus wants us to say nice words, but not the bad guy, Hatan."
(Jul. 08) Whenever someone comes over Anna insists on playing a piano composition of her own creation she has titled: "Pumpy Drums"
(Jul. 08) Cory's uncle died last week, and the day of the funeral, the following conversation was heard between Isaac and my niece Emily: How does he get out of his skin? Isaac: Maybe he uses scissors?
(Jun. 08) While wearing my visor, Anna asked me, "Why are you wearing a pretend hat?"
(Jun. 08) Anna very charmingly calls unicorns, "noonicorns"
(Jun. 08) Anna-(at the top of her lungs in a grocery store) "Schooool's out...for...summer!"
(Jun. 08) Noah- He created a comic book for a class assignment...I didn't read it until after it had been turned in and graded. In one of the frames, he had copied comic strips he had read by including a string of symbols (e.g. #%*!$@). When I asked him what it meant, he said, "Oh that's how you show magic words."
(May 08) Isaac- (while eating beans for dinner with his brothers) "We're gonna be gassy!" (Ah, the joys of living with 3 little boys!)
(May 08) Anna- (coming down early one morning) "I am SO not in a good mood!"
I like to think I'm part Mary Poppins, part Claire Huxtable, part Martha Stewart, but my kids would likely insist on a little more of Miss Hannigan in there. Welcome to my corner of the world where I try to laugh at my little misadventures before I can cry.
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