So I guess it has been quite a while since I have posted anything. A lot has happened, we are in a new year, with lots of changes coming up. We had a great year last year, some highlights, Ally got baptized, Luke started Kindergarten, Ava is still not potty trained. Josh started a new company, worked his heart out, sold it, and now has started a new job in Walla Walla. Lots more, too many to list. I can't remember it all. Here are some highlights of what I did today, however:
woke up at 5 am, put the kids in the car and took Josh to the airport
brought the kids home and put them back in bed where they thankfully fell back asleep
made breakfast
did 3 loads of laundry
hosted playdates at my house for four different sets of friends from 10 until 6 ish
picked up after above mentioned friends
un-crusted several slices of bread for snacks for the same friends
ate the crusts
sorted through three piles of old papers
read 3 books
played trains
delivered dinner to 3 families from my food co op
made dinner for my own family
hosted family home evening where we decided to save and send money to haiti
dishes
scriptures
prayers
many good nights
ate chocolate ice cream with malty balls
whew.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
nauvoo
Well, what a summer the Wester family had this year. boating, camping, backpacking, how to squeeze it all in, I guess I will at least post the highlight of our summer, a three week trip to Nauvoo to visit the folks. I flew across the country with the three kidlets, whilst Josh stayed home. That part was not the highlight. The kids had a blast working at curly grandma's custard store, riding papa's horse drawn carriage, and visiting with their cousins. Nauvoo has church history galore which the kids soaked up. We came back spoiled from the grandparents, more knowledgeable about the early beginnings of the church, and a little stouter around the waistline from a daily dose of custard. Oh but it was so smooth.
There is a little variety show put on by the senior missionaries and the young performing missionaries called Sunset by the Mississippee. My kids thought it was the funniest thing and we watched it nightly. Had most of it memorized by the end, the kids could sing all the songs and recite most of the little jokey plays. Here's curly and Ava watching intently. After this we always ran over to play the pioneer games that go on before the pageant every night. The kids had a ball.
Dad hooked up Leo to the carriage and took us for a ride. The kids laughed and lauged at how Leo would run whenever he got in the grass.
Ally at the reigns
And here we are at Carthage jail, such a powerful place. The kids loved it too. It was funny, they show you a little video before they take you through the jail, and it tells about Joseph Smith. Luke knew this was where he was shot, so he leaned over to me during the video and said "mom, when we go up there, are they going to shoot us too?" no.
Now we are into back to school, pictures will come later skater.
Dad hooked up Leo to the carriage and took us for a ride. The kids laughed and lauged at how Leo would run whenever he got in the grass.
Ally at the reigns
And here we are at Carthage jail, such a powerful place. The kids loved it too. It was funny, they show you a little video before they take you through the jail, and it tells about Joseph Smith. Luke knew this was where he was shot, so he leaned over to me during the video and said "mom, when we go up there, are they going to shoot us too?" no.
Now we are into back to school, pictures will come later skater.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
haircuts
The girls were looking a little scraggly (Luke's hair is just growing back from a sahve, so he is not) so I tok them in for haircuts to my good friend Jayme. This was Ava's first real haircut-which means it was not me snipping away at long looking pieces while destracting her while in the bath. She was a little nervous, but had a good time and loved to show off her hair cut to dad and her friends later.
She is afraid of the blow dryer at home, but sat very still for this one. she still did not like it one bit though.
Ally loved her new do too, she got a lot taken off. We do it curly most days though, its was easier, and cuter too, I think.
I went and got mine cut short a couple of days later. So all the girls have new hairdo's for the summer. I didn't get the dog cape, or any pictures taken of me though. I did sit still.
She is afraid of the blow dryer at home, but sat very still for this one. she still did not like it one bit though.
Ally loved her new do too, she got a lot taken off. We do it curly most days though, its was easier, and cuter too, I think.
I went and got mine cut short a couple of days later. So all the girls have new hairdo's for the summer. I didn't get the dog cape, or any pictures taken of me though. I did sit still.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Easter
We had quite a few fun Easter festivities this year. lots of eggs and treats. The highlight though, is always the egg hunt at grandma and pa pa's house. The kids got quarters this year, which came in very handy last week at a garage sale. And Josh and I had little competition for the dollar-filled egg find. Too bad no one else came home for Easter this year. Here's Ava, having a great time.
The favorite Easter bunny item was a bubble blowing dog. While the treats lay languishing on the floor and in the baskets. I thin I ended up throwing a lot of the candy away. but we still have the bubble dog.
Luke got tricky bubbles too.
Here are the kids in their cute easter outfits, thanks to grandma and her savvy shopping. Luke also had a cute moroni tie, but did not want to wear it for the pictures, and looked very grouchy in the picture we took after we made him put it on. He loves it, just not while he was trying to enjoy his Easter stuff.
Hope everyone had a happy Easter!
The favorite Easter bunny item was a bubble blowing dog. While the treats lay languishing on the floor and in the baskets. I thin I ended up throwing a lot of the candy away. but we still have the bubble dog.
Luke got tricky bubbles too.
Here are the kids in their cute easter outfits, thanks to grandma and her savvy shopping. Luke also had a cute moroni tie, but did not want to wear it for the pictures, and looked very grouchy in the picture we took after we made him put it on. He loves it, just not while he was trying to enjoy his Easter stuff.
Hope everyone had a happy Easter!
visitors
We have had a lot of visitors lately, and we have loved seeing our family and friends. Ava was more than happy to share her coveted and over-rubbed belly button with Drew and Ashley's littlest...
The kids had so much fun with their friends, and got some good exercise doing this until we got smart and hooked the four-wheeler up to the wagon.
My dad came and we loved the key lime pie that he taught us how to make. It is so fun to see him cooking, he makes us a new treat each time he comes.
WE are crushing up graham crackers for the bottom of the pie. And eating some. It turned out Ally had strep throat, and it is amazing that none of the rest of us got it after this.
And my grandma came with my dad. it was so fun to see her, she is one of my very favorite people in the world, and always sucha great example to me. We had some good talks and learned some interesting things about her from her great stories.
The kids had so much fun with their friends, and got some good exercise doing this until we got smart and hooked the four-wheeler up to the wagon.
My dad came and we loved the key lime pie that he taught us how to make. It is so fun to see him cooking, he makes us a new treat each time he comes. 
WE are crushing up graham crackers for the bottom of the pie. And eating some. It turned out Ally had strep throat, and it is amazing that none of the rest of us got it after this.
And my grandma came with my dad. it was so fun to see her, she is one of my very favorite people in the world, and always sucha great example to me. We had some good talks and learned some interesting things about her from her great stories.
gardening
Curly grandma came and we got into some serious gardening. Here are some of what she bought. I think we planted peas, pumpkins, strawberries and raspberries so far. Once she left we got lazy and have not yet put in the rest of the crops. We are taking baby steps this year to see how our luck with gardening turns out.
Luke and his best buddy Garrett from two houses down were great little helpers, digging and digging in the dirt.
And then they needed to take a break after some hard work. These two little guys are so cute, it is fun for Luke to have a great neighbor finally.
Luke and his best buddy Garrett from two houses down were great little helpers, digging and digging in the dirt.
And then they needed to take a break after some hard work. These two little guys are so cute, it is fun for Luke to have a great neighbor finally.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Ally's bookclub
For Ally's bookclub, we read Socks (2 out of five stars-kindof boring) but since it was about a cat, we made these little cat cupcakes. 
And pipe cleaner and paper kitties. Ally came up with these little critters on her own.
lookie here, Ava and Ally with their cats, waiting for their friends to arrive.
And pipe cleaner and paper kitties. Ally came up with these little critters on her own.
lookie here, Ava and Ally with their cats, waiting for their friends to arrive.
each girl designed and ate her own cat cupcake.
We also had chex mix for dry cat food and ate it out of bowls (not shown) to offset the chocolate milk and many other chocolate items. the food was a hit. the discussion was kindof like...well, like herding cats.
sorry, no pictures of Luke at this time, but he has a big soccer game tomorrow, so we will try to get some of that up here soon.
We also had chex mix for dry cat food and ate it out of bowls (not shown) to offset the chocolate milk and many other chocolate items. the food was a hit. the discussion was kindof like...well, like herding cats.
sorry, no pictures of Luke at this time, but he has a big soccer game tomorrow, so we will try to get some of that up here soon.
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