Earning Money!!!

With vacations coming soon, the kids want to earn some spending money. They are pretty good workers so we had them come over to help with yard work. Here Tatem is picking up sticks after a big wind storm came through...look how many are in the wheelbarrow ;o)The III got the fun job of cleaning out the ditches.
Love the face...picking up sticks is so much fun!

Still raking!!!

I just need a little break ;o)

The III and Grandpa still working...

I need a drink ;o) Now there is a smile

Off to dump the wheelbarrow in great grandpa's truck.

Shoveling it in!!!! Watch out below!

Can't remember if he is bring the shovel down or taking it up! Let's go with down ;o)

Grandpa taking a hand full...

Ok this one is going up....how is the stuff still on the shovel??

Yeah maybe I could play the WII?

GRANDMA, TATEM HURRY COME LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!!!!

Yep it is a chicken...one of the knights little guys got out. The kids thought it was great! (side note look how clean the III got the ditches! in one word AWESOME! right Tatem!)

Close up!

There she goes!

Sweeping up the driveway!

All done!! Great Job The III and Tatem! You can come over and help any day!!!

Ethan and Caleb you can also come any day!

Thanks for the help!

Book Update

Ok I finished Not to Worry Mom I'm OK. It was a very good book. It was about a family and the youngest child had CF. And it takes you through his life and how he and his family adapted to life and death. It was written by his mom and it is a true story! It was written by someone who used to be in my ward, so some of you out there might know some of the people in it if you read it! I highly recommend it ;o)

I also finished The Sea of Monsters one of the books in the series that the III wanted me to read! Yep it was pretty good, and when you finish you want more right away!! Fun!!! I can't wait for the three book. Lots of fun and twist in this book...just when you think you have it figured out....guess what??? I highly recommend it!!! Ok the III you need to hurry and finish book 3 I need it!!!! Of course if it was just the III reading it by himself he would be done, (when I gave him back book one he read over half of it in 24 hours see TBJS blog...yep that's what he is reading while Tatem is jumping), but he is reading with the family so they all have to be there in order for them to read!! I love that idea...A family that reads together stays together!!!

Happy Reading!!!

Book Update

Ok what can you say when your 1st grade grandsons ask if you want to read one of his books. You say yes of course...and that is how I got to read The Lightning Thief. Which I'm very proud of The III for being able to read!! It is a great book and I recommend it to all. The only bad thing about it...is you want the next one as soon as you read the last word...Ha,ha,ha! I even heard that people are disappointed after reading #5 because that is the very end and you are left wanting more....reminds me of Harry Potter and many, many more!

Happy Warm Saturday Everyone!!!

Valentines Day 2010

I find as Tim gets older he wants to spoil his kids and grand kids more ;o) Here he is making sure their flowers are just right.He is a little bit of a perfectionist.
This is our Valentines Flower Garden....

Our house smelled wonderful!

The two big ones in the back were made by my niece Kenna! I ordered the orange ones from Tim and he ordered the red for me. I was excited to be able to send him flowers to work again ;o)

Here is a better picture of them...I forgot about this one ;o)

The III finding his flowers and candy ;o)

Picture time ;o)

Miss Tatem with her find ;o)

Picture time....

John and Terriebeth

Oh yeah...here is part of the part I was talking about at the start of this post. Tim called the parents to ask what was on the kids wish list of things they wanted...well here is what we ended up getting those little ones.

Tatem got an alarm clock just like her brother got for Christmas. It is funny how none of us know what we want until someone else gets one ;o). ( I love that I'm not the only one this happens too)

The III with a Trans Former I can't remember which one but I bet if you ask him he will be able to tell you ;o).

Ethan was at his mom's this year so we took our stuff over to him.

Here is Caleb...now you think Tim spoils the kids....well the book is from his Aunt Tabitha! Yep it's green.

There goes the flowers all over the couch...but look at this cool green book Aunt Tabitha got me ;o) ( ok we caught the flowers before they spilled.)

TJ with his find ;o) What a dope!

Hollie with her find.

Tabitha with hers....and don't let Caleb fool you, he is not excited about his candy and wanting a picture with Tabitha. He is excited about......

....his green book. "Can you read it now Aunt Tabitha?"

Caleb had a skate board on his list...Yes it has, you guessed it GREEN wheels.

Ok that thing is just as big as him...what is a 3 year old doing with a skateboard, you ask? Riding it with Grandpa's help of course

And by himself. Look at him go!

Ethan was at his mom's this year, so we saved his present until he came over a couple of days later.

A bathrobe, I got a bathrobe!!! Thanks Daddy...and he gets a big kiss?? What it wasn't from Daddy ;o)

What a dope...him and Tatem....what kid their age has a alarm clock and a bathrobe on their wish list?? I don't think Ethan was excited at all ;o)

Ok to end this post, I wanted to show what pretty flowers Kenna had in our arrangements.

Here is the orange one from Tim's...they were really pretty.

A Lilly from Mine.

A red one from mine.

And another orange one from Tim's.

Beautiful. Thanks Kenna!!!

Happy late Valentines Day Everyone!!!!

Book Update

Ok Nineteen Minutes was a good book. It really made you think of things in ways you never thought of. And it did have a surprise ending. I would recommend this book to all ;o). It does have some bad language in it ( which I just replace with a better word or no word), and a few parts where you just skip over, but it is a good story line.

S'Mor Brownines!!! Yummy!

The Pictures say it all...
Ethan not so sure about it!!!

Fine I'll try it!

Aunt Tabitha how about a big kiss.;o) Look at his hands and you saw his face! Ha,ha,ha!