Daddy and Baby Games

I love my children's imaginations.  I also love how they've been playing together more and more. Chandra is excited to play anything with Bracken as long as it also includes "Daddy and Baby." For example, they play "Daddy and Baby Pirates," "Daddy and Baby Santa Claus," "Daddy and Baby puppies" (or kitties, or dinosaurs, or whatever else they decide at the moment.) 

I was making dinner and walked in the kids' bedroom to find a full blown pirate ship, complete with a red baseball bat cannon, cannon balls, a treasure box, jewels, a parrot, baby doll, and two adorable pirates.  

They've made good use of the two mattresses that are available for them to sleep on...even though they each insist on sleeping on the floor every night, the mattresses get used for lots of playing.  Trampolines, Hot Lava Monster games, or being turned into forts, pirate ships, or Santa's sleigh. 

I'm Grateful for My Family

Happy Thanksgiving!  We spent our Thanksgiving break with my family in Richfield, and everyone was there.  We played games (Hand and Foot, Blokus, and 7 Wonders, and spoons were probably at the top of our list), made and ate good food and just enjoyed visiting and being together.

The Whole Family

 Glade and Shaylee 

 Linsy, Caleb, Brayden and Kylie

Ryan and Breonna

The Size of your Brain

During dinner last night Brian was telling us about his day at school, which included dissecting a brain. Bracken was so interested, "what did it look like? How big was it? How big is my brain?" Brian told him that your brain is about the size of both of your fists put together. We all put our hands together to see how big our brains are. Chandra watched us for a moment, then put her two little hands together. "Oh..." she said despondently, "Mine is tiny."

As the night went on she kept putting her fists together and looking at them. Finally she put her fingertips together instead of her fists, and happily said, "Mine's brain is bigger now!"

Happy Halloween!

 A Soldier and Little Princess.

1, 2, 3, Underdog!

Family PIctures 2013

My annual birthday present...a cooperative husband and happy children for family pictures.  I love how they turned out.  Thanks Shaylee Dawn for taking the pictures for us!