Updating again

You can read new updates below (links to my sister's blog) of my experiences with my niece and nephews and my own kiddos. I am taking care of my sister's 3 little ones for another 7 +/- weeks while she recovers from a staph infection from a back surgery. The little ones have survived me for 6 weeks already! It has been a great journey. It has been fun to see the kids grow and develop and to have a baby in the house again!

I am journaling our day on our private family website for my sister and brother-in-law. Shannon is posting my journaling on her blog - I just don't have the time to do it on my own blog.

Thanks for posting this stuff on your blog Shannon-bow!

March 26 - with my extra little friends

You can read about our potty training experience here. We are also in the middle of a Blizzard Warning.

March 25 - with my extra little friends

You can read here about my day. Potty training... bribes. More.

March 24 - with my extra little friends

You can read here about my day. Bribing works. Eye appointment for Jenna - beauty in contacts! ... and more. We are in the middle of Spring Break.

March 23 - with my extra little friends

You can read here about my day and see come cute pictures of Kendall and Cade doing spring cleaning. Conner has RSV ... poor baby. We are hanging in there!

Trunk Surprise

Julia is visiting my sister for her 16th birthday. She was surprised. You can view it here.

March 22 - with my extra little friends

You can read here about my day (David visits, Conner is sick, a day with the princesses). Cute video of Cade and Kaylee discovering their Daddy was visiting from AZ.

March 19 - with my extra little friends

You can go here to read about my day (Cade is quite an exciting kid to shop with ... in the women's department).

March 18 - with my extra little friends

You can read here about our day playing with trains, Conner being banned, and Kaylee's "hit man" in training.

March 17 - with my extra little friends

You can read about our Green Dinner, gross jelly beans, glasses and other journaling here . . . you can also see some fun pictures.

How to torture your little brother #32

The stage: Older sister. Younger sleeping brother - who fell asleep before leaving the parking lot of the church on Sunday.



The props: Sour Spray, innocent sleeping brother with his mouth open and innocent "looking" sister...

Do you think he liked it? He kept sleeping through it and Jaley did it several times for our photo op. Poor kiddo...

Marcy 16 - with my extra little friends

You can read my journaling and see photos here.

You can see pictures of my sister's PICC line here (after it was removed and cleaned up...it is pretty cool!). She just had it removed...one step forward to recovery!!! Get better Shannonbow!

And more updating

Click here to read about Kerst's special day yesterday....

Updating more

I added an entry for March 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th that links to my sister's blog...

Conner and Kendall eating

Here is a cute video of Cousin Conner and Kendall. I fed Conner his first rice cereal...was it a hit? You tell me....

Kerst's special day!

Kerst was baptized today! He has been so excited for this day to come. He was beaming from ear to ear.

Both sets of grandparents were able to attend along with Aunt Emily V, cousins Jenny, Peter, Christina and her husband Brooke and little girl Isobel (Uncle Rod had to work last minute). Aunt Sarah, Uncle Aaron W and cousins Kimball, Simon and Eleanor were also able to attend. Uncle Aaron's younger sister, Laura - and sister of my sweet friend Staci, also attended.

It was a very nice family affair. (Notice Conner is "Connie" for the picture...he had a diaper explosion and the end of the baptism and ended up wearing Kaylee's pink sweater - Kaylee is wearing a new pretty pink dress)

Julia and Cousin Jenny sang I am a Child of God while Aunt Emily played the violin and Cousin Christina played the piano. That is Kerst's favorite primary song.

Grandma M gave the talk on baptism. She had Kerst, Jaley and Julia read scriptures that explained the importance of baptism.

Grandpa P gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. He walked up to the front and pulled a chair right up to Kerst. He told everyone else they could leave or they could listen in on the little talk he was going to give to Kerst. It was really sweet.

John baptized and confirmed Kerst. The Grandpas and cousin Brooke stood in as well as Bro. S. from the bishopric to confirm Kerst a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and give him the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Sis. M, the Primary President, shared a message with Kerst. She explained to everyone how she remembers Kerst's name. She has noticed how Kerst is so kind and loving to others...he Cares (t) for others... Kerst. Perfect. That is exactly Kerst.

Bro. S, from the bishopric, also shared some nice words with Kerst reminding him that he has parents and teachers as well as the Holy Ghost to help guide him back to his Heavenly Father.

We are so proud of Kerst for making this important step in his life by becoming a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will be a wondeful example and a great disciple of Jesus Christ.

Yes, it was a very special day... and it was nice because I could just sit back and enjoy it (along with loving my extra little friends with help from the Grandparents)

To top it off, it was closing night for AIDA... Kerst had 7 extended family members attend to watch and cheer for him during curtain call (and cheering Jaley and Julia as well).

March 10 - with my extra friends

Click here to read my journaling and see photos.

March 9 - with my extra friends

Click here to read my journaling and see photos

March 8 - with my extra little friends

You can read and see pictures here

Aida Cast Photo

The set is amazing...the kids are amazing too. There is something about musical and theater kids...good kids!

Jaley and Kerst are in the musical too (notice them to the left of Julia - in white and khaki)

Aida

Here is a fun photo of Julia in the "Fashion Show" for "My Strongest Suit" in Aida....

The show is amazing!

March 6 - with my extra little friends

To read my journaling and see pictures go here.

AIDA - Julia

Opening night for Aida is tomorrow!

March 5 - with my extra little friends

Go here to read my journaling and see pictures

March 4 - with my extra little friends

Go here to read my journaling and see pictures.

Updating more --- please read back about 2 weeks

Thanks to my sister Shannon, she has posted my journaling and photos on her blog - I have linked the dates to her blog. I feel lucky to just post the journaling and photos on our Private Family Website...Thanks Bow!

You can go back and see the cute photos and read the silly moments...and busy ones too.

Enjoy

March 3 - with my extra little friends

Go here to read my journaling and see pictures.

Julia's Understudy Role

Julia is the under-study for "Amneris" in Aida. Last week the girl who plays Amneris was ill and unable to perform during the rehearsal (no, not the actual show night). Julia stepped in and wowed everyone! It was her first time saying the lines and acting the role. She was AMAZING! She looked like a princess.

(Julia is wearing a nude body suit under this strapless dress. It had to be pinned as she is smaller than her friend who has the main role)

Updating

I am too busy to post the happenings with my extra friends. I have been posting on our private family website in the evenings so that Shannon and David know what we have done during the day. I have been trying to take pictures too...Shannon has been posting my "thoughts" on her blog along with the photos I have taken.

Thanks Shannon for doing this! I will post links to the journal entries so you can see that I am not slacking too much...

Enjoy our moments during this busy time!

Conner's on the move (my nephew)

Conner's moving! You can see it here

March 1 - with my extra little friends

You can read my journaling here --- about my crazy Sunday! An escapee in Sacrament Meeting...