So, it’s been a busy summer and fall and I’m just getting around to posting about our vacation to the Washington, DC area this past April. As usual, I’m keeping the posts in chronological order so I’ll update this page over the next few days with links as I add posts from the vacation:
2009 [...]
Archive of entries posted in the year 2009
Historical Revisionism
Emily’s Birthday
Emily turned 14 this month. It’s interesting how you approach birthday parties as you get older. Where Emily used to want presents like Barbie dolls, she now wants presents like gift cards and money and cellphones. Gift cards are in the realm of possibilities but cellphones are not. I know, I [...]
Holiday Lights
I finished up the semester in early December. What better way to enjoy the elation of starting winter break than to take your family on the annual trip downtown to view the Christmas lights on Temple Square?
Of course, we have to ride the train – even though it’s much more cost-effective to drive [...]
Anne’s art for our Christmas Letter
This year I asked Anne to draw me a picture I could put on our Family Christmas letter. She asked me, “what should I draw mom?” and I told her to come up with something that made you think of the Christmas season. This is what she came up with.
In our Christmas letter [...]
He’s At That Age
What age is he at? The age where teeth fall out on a seemingly weekly basis. In Sam’s case, he lost three teeth inside of two weeks.
Over the years, the kids have become used to concept of me pulling their teeth out. I’ve talked to a few kids Buddy’s age and [...]
Halloween 2009
It was Caroline’s turn to have a fancy costume this Halloween. Nancy sewed and sewed and ended up with the most amazing Dorothy costume ever. The ruby slippers were found on sale at Target. The only problem was we didn’t have a dog for the basket but I fished around in [...]
Nancy’s Birthday
This year we were low-key for Nancy’s birthday. She really doesn’t like the fact that she is getting older so we don’t do too much in the way of celebration (except she gets to go out shopping and get herself a present).
Nancy made herself a cake and we sang Happy Birthday. Notice how [...]
Anne’s painting
Anne painted this a while back and I thought she did a good job. She has been bugging me to post it on our website so she could get your opinion on her work. Lately Anne also has enjoyed sketching cats and has done some cute drawings maybe I can convince her to [...]
October Conference
I lived most of my life in Utah without ever attending General Conference. The past few years; however, I’ve been able to attend a session each conference and have come to enjoy going down to the Conference Center. This year a number of our family members were able to get tickets to the [...]