My sister Hannah got married! Hooray! We drove up to Utah so we could witness the ceremony and celebrate.
Part of the fun of a sibling getting married is doing our "Sister's Dance". This time we chose the song, "All You Really Need is Love" by Brad Paisley. It seemed to fit since Hannah kept on trying to have a really simple wedding but felt pressured into having more and more of a traditional wedding. Here is the video of me doing the dance. I don't have any pictures of all of my sisters lining up to do this (shout out to all of those to may have these pictures, I need them e-mailed to me, please.)
Monday, March 30, 2009
Lily had a birthday Shout Hooray!
Lily turned eight! She really wanted a star science party which took a lot of brainstorming for me to come up with something fun, star-related, for the kids to do. We could have, of course, taken a couple of kids to the planetarium, but that seemed like too much effort and to much $$$ right now. So I brought the planetarium home by buying this:
This little toy projects the starmap onto the ceiling and comes with a CD tour of the constellations. So we blacked out the window in Lily's room and ushered her friends in there for a planetarium lecture as our first activity. After that I handed out paper and pins for kids to punch their own constellations out of paper.
After they were done punching holes I turned off the lights again and the kids could use flashlights to make their new constellations glow.
We served pizza for lunch then cake right after...
The kids beat up the most star-looking pinata I could find.
After presents we sent the kids home with glow-in-the-dark star stickers and star-shaped sunglasses.
The kids all seemed to have fun, and I didn't go crazy, so mission accomplished!
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| From internet |
This little toy projects the starmap onto the ceiling and comes with a CD tour of the constellations. So we blacked out the window in Lily's room and ushered her friends in there for a planetarium lecture as our first activity. After that I handed out paper and pins for kids to punch their own constellations out of paper.
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| From 2009_02_07 |
After they were done punching holes I turned off the lights again and the kids could use flashlights to make their new constellations glow.
We served pizza for lunch then cake right after...
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| From 2009_02_07 |
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| From 2009_02_07 |
The kids beat up the most star-looking pinata I could find.
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| From 2009_02_07 |
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| From 2009_02_07 |
After presents we sent the kids home with glow-in-the-dark star stickers and star-shaped sunglasses.
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| From 2009_02_07 |
The kids all seemed to have fun, and I didn't go crazy, so mission accomplished!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sorry I'm so behind
I've been incredibly tired for the last little while and haven't done much at all. My house can prove it. I have several excuses, I'm sure you'll believe me that all of them are valid, but I do promise to post a couple of events.
Lily's birthday
Lily's baptism
My sister's wedding along with our "sister's dance"
But onto my excuses...
Excuse #1: I'm expecting!
I don't yet know what I'm expecting (hopefully human, probably a girl) but he/she should make an appearance in September.
Excuse #2: I'm having thyroid trouble
This is mostly resolved now, but during the mess I was really stressed and worried about it. My first blood tests had shown thyroid hormone levels that were high. I was referred to an Endocrinologist who found a lump on my thyroid that could be causing the hyperactivity, and also could be cancerous. Now, after the biopsy, I'm much more calm. The results were still inconclusive, but my doctor reassured me that I'm very low risk. My thyroid hormone levels, while being higher than normal, aren't high enough that they pose a risk to the baby or myself. So we will watch my lump by ultrasound, and I'll be having a few more blood tests than normal, but I get to stay as a low-risk pregnancy, hooray! I will have a more thorough surgical biopsy later, after the baby is born to make sure there's no cancer.
Hopefully you can find it in your heart to forgive me for taking a month off of blogging, I'll try to be a little more consistent from here on out.
Lily's birthday
Lily's baptism
My sister's wedding along with our "sister's dance"
But onto my excuses...
Excuse #1: I'm expecting!
I don't yet know what I'm expecting (hopefully human, probably a girl) but he/she should make an appearance in September.
Excuse #2: I'm having thyroid trouble
This is mostly resolved now, but during the mess I was really stressed and worried about it. My first blood tests had shown thyroid hormone levels that were high. I was referred to an Endocrinologist who found a lump on my thyroid that could be causing the hyperactivity, and also could be cancerous. Now, after the biopsy, I'm much more calm. The results were still inconclusive, but my doctor reassured me that I'm very low risk. My thyroid hormone levels, while being higher than normal, aren't high enough that they pose a risk to the baby or myself. So we will watch my lump by ultrasound, and I'll be having a few more blood tests than normal, but I get to stay as a low-risk pregnancy, hooray! I will have a more thorough surgical biopsy later, after the baby is born to make sure there's no cancer.
Hopefully you can find it in your heart to forgive me for taking a month off of blogging, I'll try to be a little more consistent from here on out.
Monday, March 16, 2009
A Memorial
Three years ago today, my dad passed away from cancer. Sometimes it seems so cruel that we've all gone on living our lives without him here. He was supposed to be a part of it. But most of the time when I think of him I remember the good things, and hope he would be happy with how things are turning out for all of us. It takes a while, and there were songs I couldn't listen to for a long time, and movies I couldn't watch. They would make the pain too raw. But it is much better now. I think the hardest times are still the big events that he is missing. My sister's wedding four weeks ago. I was feeling that my dad should've been there. A father should get to see all his children get married. Then, right when I needed it my dad's life-long best friend came in the room. I felt like my dad came with him. This man has known us all our whole lives and gave us all hugs and it was a big spiritual comfort to have him come.
I felt like Heavenly Father knew I needed my dad that day, and he sent my dad's best friend, to help me feel his love.
I felt like Heavenly Father knew I needed my dad that day, and he sent my dad's best friend, to help me feel his love.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Lesson: How to get grounded from sweets
Step 1: Sneak a bag of chocolate chips to your room.
Step 2: Share the bag with your two-year-old sister.
Step 3: Spread the chips as far and wide as you can.
Step 2: Share the bag with your two-year-old sister.
Step 3: Spread the chips as far and wide as you can.
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| From 2009_02_06 |
Bosque Del Apache
We drove down to the Bosque because we heard tell that it was a refuge for thousands of cranes that have curious flight patterns. We heard tell that at sunrise they all take off at once and you get to see thousands of the large birds in the air at once. Once we got there we learned it was a little bit different. Apparently the geese fly all at once, as do the ducks, but the crane fly in small family groups. It was a cold morning watching all of this.
geese in the air, cranes in the water
all bundled up
Ducks in the air
sunrise
frost on the railing (proof it was cold)
The cranes finally starting to take off in groups
The farms the birds fly to (also within the refuge).
Playing in the visitor's center
It was a fun chilly adventure!
geese in the air, cranes in the water
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| From 2009_01_31 |
all bundled up
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| From 2009_01_31 |
Ducks in the air
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| From 2009_01_31 |
sunrise
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| From 2009_01_31 |
frost on the railing (proof it was cold)
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| From 2009_01_31 |
The cranes finally starting to take off in groups
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| From 2009_01_31 |
The farms the birds fly to (also within the refuge).
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| From 2009_01_31 |
Playing in the visitor's center
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| From 2009_01_31 |
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| From 2009_01_31 |
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| From 2009_01_31 |
It was a fun chilly adventure!
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