They boys packed up and headed to Lake Roosevelt Friday morning. They headed back Saturday but stayed at Kirsten's overnight before coming home Sunday.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010
This year we hosted Thanksgiving. We had a lot of yummy food and a very good time. Look for the latest family pictures taken.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Bball done again
Another season of basketball has come to a close.
Alex's coach called him Steve Nash, which really boosted our players confidence.
Alex is a great athlete. I'm trying to teach him he has to practice. Natural ability will only get you so far. We have been playing 'around the world'.
Here are his 3 awards: trophy, ribbon and certificate.
And here is Ryan in a tree. Macey had taken Dan out front to see Otto the dog (Yes, he is gone but she was still excited when Dan came back from his trip to tell him about it.)
Alex's coach called him Steve Nash, which really boosted our players confidence.
Alex is a great athlete. I'm trying to teach him he has to practice. Natural ability will only get you so far. We have been playing 'around the world'.
Here are his 3 awards: trophy, ribbon and certificate.
And here is Ryan in a tree. Macey had taken Dan out front to see Otto the dog (Yes, he is gone but she was still excited when Dan came back from his trip to tell him about it.)Ryan's question
The boys and I have been reading 'Preach My Gospel' together at meal times to prepare for Alex's baptism. We were talking about faith and Ryan said, 'How does God get our prayers?' I stumbled for an answer, but then realized that that is the problem with our prayers. We act like they are sign, sealed and delivered to God's inbox and then he'll read them and get back to us. But really, God is always with us. He is omnipresent, which I can't begin to understand, but He is aware of everything that we do. He watches us day by day. It makes me sad to realize that God has been with me all this time and I have failed to acknoweldge Him properly. Saying prayers is our way of directing our thoughts directly to him. 'Father, you see what we are at here and we could really use your help right now,' you know what I mean; just acknowledge His presence.
In Relief Society we listened to a beautiful arrangement of 'Nearer My God to Thee' and it really sunk in. Hello! God can't get any closer to us, he is always with us; if we want to be nearer to God we've got to do the snuggling, the praying, the listening, the do-gooding. And if we want him to 'talk' to us we just have to listen. He talks to us through the Holy Ghost or the scriptures. Which makes perfect since if God is always sitting next to us on the couch and we need guidance, He can direct us to the ultimate owner's manual through his mouth piece the Holy Spirit. (OK, I read all owner's manuals that go through my house, so this is a great analogy for me!)
I hope that Alex and Ryan are both learning from our gospel study outside of our scripture study. But if not, I know I am and I am GRATEFUL to my Heavenly Father that he blessed me with another insight into who He is.
In Relief Society we listened to a beautiful arrangement of 'Nearer My God to Thee' and it really sunk in. Hello! God can't get any closer to us, he is always with us; if we want to be nearer to God we've got to do the snuggling, the praying, the listening, the do-gooding. And if we want him to 'talk' to us we just have to listen. He talks to us through the Holy Ghost or the scriptures. Which makes perfect since if God is always sitting next to us on the couch and we need guidance, He can direct us to the ultimate owner's manual through his mouth piece the Holy Spirit. (OK, I read all owner's manuals that go through my house, so this is a great analogy for me!)
I hope that Alex and Ryan are both learning from our gospel study outside of our scripture study. But if not, I know I am and I am GRATEFUL to my Heavenly Father that he blessed me with another insight into who He is.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
My turn
My sweet children take up most of my posts but this one is about me. 
I was assigned to give a 20 minute lecture on Architecture to the gifted kids in our school district on a Friday night. It was a nice size crowd. I enjoyed revisiting my archi past and it was very fun making the presentation. The above picture is the auditorium building by Louis Sullivan. Dan flew into Chicago this week and I am not above saying that I am jealous. I would love to just go and sit in this room for a while.
Notice these two tall shrubs? They mysteriously grew up one day. They are about 3 months old now.
June tells me they are pomegranate trees. I think these are the fruits of my composting labor. I have been feeding my yard with Miracle Grow this summer; and a miracle has grown! I love pomegranates and I'm excited to watch them grow and produce. The rosemary bush originally in that flower bed will be pulled out shortly.
This is how I could make millions if I really cared about money... ha, ha. Actually, I'm saving money by not washing 6,000 cups everyday. These are our family's permanent water cups.
I hot glued a super strong magnet to a cup. We each have our own color. OK, so there is probably a better glue so you can run it through the dishwasher. Just this morning I thought it would be fun to put vinyl letters on the cups, ya know, monogramming. Anyway, I offer my brilliant idea to the world.
I was assigned to give a 20 minute lecture on Architecture to the gifted kids in our school district on a Friday night. It was a nice size crowd. I enjoyed revisiting my archi past and it was very fun making the presentation. The above picture is the auditorium building by Louis Sullivan. Dan flew into Chicago this week and I am not above saying that I am jealous. I would love to just go and sit in this room for a while.
Notice these two tall shrubs? They mysteriously grew up one day. They are about 3 months old now.
June tells me they are pomegranate trees. I think these are the fruits of my composting labor. I have been feeding my yard with Miracle Grow this summer; and a miracle has grown! I love pomegranates and I'm excited to watch them grow and produce. The rosemary bush originally in that flower bed will be pulled out shortly.
This is how I could make millions if I really cared about money... ha, ha. Actually, I'm saving money by not washing 6,000 cups everyday. These are our family's permanent water cups.
I hot glued a super strong magnet to a cup. We each have our own color. OK, so there is probably a better glue so you can run it through the dishwasher. Just this morning I thought it would be fun to put vinyl letters on the cups, ya know, monogramming. Anyway, I offer my brilliant idea to the world.
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