"Come Get Your Cookies!"

A few weeks ago we did a family garage sale. On the second day of the garage sale the kids got to sell cookies, cupcakes, and lemonade. I made about 50 cookies. (More than that actually but a few didn't make it to the bake sale. Mmm yum.) It took a couple of hours before people really started buy any of Channing's cookies. A few tears were shed. But eventually he realized that people wanted his cookies! The kids did amazing at marketing their sale. "Come and get your cookies!" "The world's best cookies here!" It was hilarious. Most people were so generous and made the kids feel great. Mckenzie also surprised us all by sitting and waiting patiently to sell her lemonade. I assumed she'd be done with that after an hour. But she latest almost the whole day!

I love that at the end of the sale they all just wanted to eat the inventory. And that was okay with me!

Isaac, a toddler of many talents. Here he is demonstrating his balancing skills.

I love sunny weather. Right now the weather is just perfect in the afternoon. Channing walks to Fuller Park after he gets out of school and I let the kids play for a while. It's a great way to spend time outside while we wait for Justin to get home from work. I know it's officially the fall season but my heart is still in summer!

Last Sunday we walked to church! My foot is feeling much better these days. I can't run or jump but a walk feels okay most days. I think we need to make this a tradition. At least till it's freezing. Channing thought the walk was sooo long but he did it! (It's about .8 of a mile each way.)

Channing takes the best pictures. I love all the geese that fly over our house.

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It's a Good Life

Happy Father's Day to Justin! I honestly think he is the best husband and dad that I could ever ask for. Did you know that when Channing wakes up randomly at night all I have to do it shake Justin awake and he'll go take care of it? Yes, I am lucky. Dinner was steak, asparagus, and bacon wrapped corn. Mmmmm. I love the new things Channing learns everyday. The other day he saw me use an oven mitt and had to give it a try. Yesterday I walked around the mall, shopped at Target, and got a strawberry limeade from Sonic. It was fun. But then Channing didn't want to take a second nap and was cranky all day. Oh well. At least half the day was awesome! Yup, Channing still loves pouring water everywhere. And sitting in it....

Merry Christmas

It was a white Christmas here in Meridian, Idaho. On Christmas Eve we went to church for an hour and then came home and let Channing and Mckenzie each open one present. We made peanut butter blossoms for Santa's cookies. And we wrote letter's to Santa. We also watched mormon messages about the birth of Christ. For a few weeks the kids were earning pieces of straw to put in Jesus's manger. Each good act or deed equaled a piece of straw placed in the manger. Then on Christmas Eve we placed Jesus in the manger and talked about how all our acts of kindness created a nice, soft bed for baby Jesus to lay in. It was a great visual for them. (I got this idea from my Relief Society last year.) Making cookies. Mckenzie opened a book from the Crawford's. Channing got a fort building kit from the Crawford's. Letter's the Santa. These cute kids. Who knew Mckenzie wanted a puppy.... ...

Can't Wait To Be Done!

I'm really getting tired of school. I'm almost done with my second to last semester of school. Which means there is a lot of homework to finish in these next few weeks. It seems that when I have homework to do I have a cleaner house because I'll usually clean before I decide to do homework. I guess it's my way of procrastinating. Other ways of procrastinating are: Checking on my garden to see what's growing. Above is zucchini. Buying a new bike! Making spinach and cheese quiche. Playing peek a boo with Channing. Taking Channing to the park! It's been difficult to constantly have school in the back of my mind. There's always some assignment I should be working on. (I was just working on my physical assessment class and this blog post is my break.) School has been great and I am grateful to be a RN. I know school is important and I'm happy that I'll be done with my BSN in December!

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