Wednesday, August 5, 2015

These three cuties started school today at Pioneer Elementary in Gilbert.  Ruby is in 1st grade, Rowan is in 3rd, and Addy is a 6th grader, and I might add, Addy scored higher on the placement

tests than anyone else in her school.  We are very proud!

 

I got a call from my friend Karen Schneider today.  She just wanted to talk and see how I was doing. 

 

I love watching these two boys play together.  They are lucky to live so near each other.











 They usually play Legos.

Ready for school

James and I left for the cabin this evening and arrived around bedtime.  I got a phone call and on my caller ID it says it was from Anna so I answered it.  It was Tricia.  We talked for about an hour and a half.  In the mean time James brought all of the stuff in from the car and went to bed. 

 

On the way here in the car we finished the conference talks and read from "Lady Maybe." 

 

 



Wednesday, August 6, 2014

"In the Garden of Gethsemane, in utter loneliness, the Savior suffered the most intense agony, bleeding from every pore.  In total submission before His Father, He atoned for our sins and also took upon Him our illnesses and afflictions in order to know how to succor us." (see Alma 7:11-13)

- Elder Carlos H. Amado

 This morning's sunrise.

It was Rhode's cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning and I must say they were a big hit.  

Molly and Emmy played nicely together for awhile at least, this morning.  They went with me on the Razr to mail a letter and to pick up the mail. Emmy got to do some of the driving.

Emmy loves to drive the Razr!

  We left Anna doing the Disney Princess puzzle.

 James took a break from watching his military documentary to play the guitar.  He is really quite good. He shared with me how when he's an adult he wants to travel around the world and take pictures and maybe write some stories. 

Emmy had either a ball in her hands or was playing with James's old walker which she now claims as hers, while she was here.

  Molly loves the walker too but she has to get permission from Emmy to use it.  Molly and I watched Sleeping Beauty and Molly fell asleep. 

James went on quite a long Razr ride up towards the Village.  When he returned Anna, Emmy and Molly went for a ride but had to come back early because of a flat tire.  The consensus is that the tire was probably flattened on the road where James went because it is filled with rocks and ruts.  

Today was the day I made Anna's dinner idea which was homemade chicken noodle soup.  As soon as I was finished I had to leave for a 5:30 class presidency meeting and then Mutual.  I gave a lesson on the importance of unity in our class presidency meeting.  For Mutual we had a Remember Camp celebration and then we wrote thank you notes to all who helped with camp.  Ruth and Diana made smores for everyone. 

Today was the first day of school for Addy, Rowan and Ruby.  Addy is a 5th grader, Rowan a 2nd grader, and Ruby starts kindergarten.

I love that Ruby and Addy match!

 Ruby insisted on riding the bus to school.