2011 Funnies

September 2011

Tal- as I was gargling salt water, he says, "Mom! How did you learn to do that? Did Jaxon and I teach you?"

Tal-after Dad looked upstairs for a game and couldn't find it, "Dad, you have to turn the lights on to look for it!"

Tal-after finishing the outside edge of a 100 piece puzzle with dad, "See Dad, I told you we could do it without any help!"

Tal- on the way to preschool, "Dad, my nose is hungry? Hear that? sniff sniff. Juice box, (sniff) applesauce (sniff, sniff, pause) yogurt!" the contents of his lunch box.

Tal- "fphessert" Dad - say "duh, duh dessert"

Tal- "Duh, Duh, da da daaa da dddada!" (he has to have his own flair to everything)

August 2011

Tal- "Mom, I need to eat some spinach so I can have muscles to move the couch." To this I reply, "OK." He urges, "Mom, I need it right now!"

Jax- "This is the best gun ever!" (after he shot the bb gun)

Jax- "Mom, I prayed you won't cry when you get stitches."

July 2011

Tal- "We are going to have two girls." (in reference to more babies being born to our family) "And Aunt Kimmie is going to have 11."

Tal- As we are getting out of the car, "I've got to hurry in, Grandma's missed me so much!" (G-ma Mac is visiting us)

Jax- "I like our home in Morgantown the best!"

May 2011

Jax- "Can I get a pet boa if it stays in the backyard?" No. "Can I get a pet boa if it stays in a cage under the back deck?" No. "Can I get a boa if we keep it in the neighbor's yard? =)

Tal- "Mom, I LOVE sleeping the bathtub! It's so AWESOME."

April 2011

Jax- Dad tells him, "I'm going to lock up all these toys on the floor." To this Jax replies, "Dad, I'm very good at unlocking things."

Tal- "Mom, who's belly did I come from?" I reply, "Mine." He says, "No I didn't, I came from Uncle Hunter's belly, because he's my favorite Uncle."

May 2011

Jax- "My cute little legs are cold."

Tal- "Mom, you love Colt and you love Jax, but you love me the best."

Colt- In the morning I come in to get you and you fall over in delight into your blankets, belly down, and just giggle. Then you jump up and hold onto the crib railing and jump endlessly with the biggest grin.

Christmas morning 2011

Christmas Traditions

DECORATE

Doug delighted me as I wanted to decorate the outside of our house for the first time in our marriage.  I thought getting solar powered lights would be smart...except when it's an overcast day and they don't light up at night...oh well...live and learn.

Colton enjoyed the inside decorations.

POLAR EXPRESS NIGHT

This year I invited my little preschool class to join us as we read the book, had hot cocoa with candy canes, built train tracks and Santa's workshop out of blocks.

GRINCH NIGHT
With the help of Nana helped us start another tradition. She sent us pajamas, we did our hair "who"-like, had Steven's candy cane hot chocolate, read the book "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"and then watched the movie (Jim Carey version).

Ben, Janelle, and Bendigo joined in on the fun too.

GIFT TO CHRIST
Since I got put into the Relief Society Presidency (2nd Counselor) I helped plan the ward Christmas party (this would be the 3rd year in a row for me).  When the RS pres asked for ideas at our first meeting in November, I came with a few ideas.  1. No dinner (too much work for 300 people) 2. Theme: Gift to Christ 3. Have people write down what they are giving Christ this Christmas and put it in a nice box and we'll give it to Bishop so he can see his ward family's goals.  She went for the 2nd two, as I sheepishly hid my notes after the meeting began and a dinner was on already on the agenda.

Then I taught my first RS lesson in December about giving a Gift to Christ.  And I want to incorporate it into our annual family tradition and have us each write down the gift we want to give him each year.

The boys had an encounter with Santa where they showed him what they wrote down as their gift to Christ at the ward Christmas party.

Doug's parents, sister Katie and her friend Sam joined us the 23rd.  On the 24th we were busy, so busy I didn't take any pictures, with the following traditions:

DOLLAR STORE STOCKING STUFFERS

After drawing names, we each had $5 to fill that person's stocking.  I had Katie's name.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

We strolled along the waterfront of downtown Clarksville and enjoyed the lights.

CHRISTMAS DINNER DROP AND RUN

The McArthur family was blessed one year by someone who generously gave them food on Christmas Eve in their time of need.  So they always wrap up a bunch of food and some toys and doorbell ditch it to a family who might need it.  The boys had fun doing this with Dad and their uncle and aunts.  

WISEMEN DINNER on Christmas Eve

To save us a couple hundred of dollars, I decided to make Indian and Thai food instead of ordering take out.  I made Chicken Tikka Masala and Coconut Chicken Curry. 

MUSICAL NATIVITY...acting it out through songs, homemade costumes, and family and friends.

This year we invited the sister missionaries, 2 families we feel are close to our family here in Clarksville, along with the McArthurs who were visiting.  Besides Colton crying through most of it, it was wonderful.  We used the script I wrote last year for our church Christmas program/party.

Here a few clips from the evening.

Faith...

remember, that's what you're working on Amber.

Clean...
that's what you need to do right now as there's no room in the house clean enough to feel the Spirit you are seeking.

Pray...
as I know that's where to find peace

Hope...
in our Father in Heaven and our Saviour who helps us do what we don't think we're capable of.

Please, pray the Lord's will will be done in our family's life.  His will is always better than ours.

we've been m-u-g-ed

Mug

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