this is something you can see on a daily basis after max gets home from pre-school. he walks through the door and we read his library book and then he wants to go spend time with "peter" our bunny (birthday present for jack and grace). he's usually out there for quite a long time, depending on the weather. he loves when i have carrots and lettuce in the fridge and is very happy and content spending time out on our deck petting and talking to peter. it's seriously so dang cute.
jack just started jr jazz last week. he LOVES it! he's the shortest on the team but it's ok, it doesn't seem to bother him. he even made a basket! fantastic!!! some of the moms of the boys on his team are friends of mine so it makes it that much more fun to go! **clay's not happy that it's jr. JAZZ. he almost didn't let him sign up. what a dork.
little gracie girl cheered at our local highschool football game. it was fun(ny)! she was so cute and tried so hard to remember the cheers and actions that went along with them, but alas, she's six and well, at least remembered a couple! she had a ton of fun down there with a few of her friends from school. she looked super cute and pretty much goofed off most of the time. all in all it was $25 well spent!
**however i didn't love it when some guy (who had a son playing) asked me if i had a son playing! smack!
general conference weekend was wonderful. i very much enjoyed each and every talk. all three of our kids are
finally at an age where they will listen (color) for the most of the talks. the second session on sunday, however, they got restless and bored so clay and i just let them do whatever (except for Pres. Monson's talk). jack and max built a haunted fort on the stairs and gracie decided to write and illustrate a bunch of books and play library. the boys were trying to get gracie to "go through" their haunted house and gracie was trying to get the boys to come "check out" her books! they worked together so well and played so nice for the rest of the day. i love that they are such good friends and truly take care of each other. i also love that they are so creative in their play. my brothers and sister used to do stuff like this all the time growing up and i have such fond memories of those special times.
tonight for fhe we had a game night and played go fish and a little candy game i made up. they LOVED it and we all had such a great time being together. i feel like it's the most simple things in life that bring me such joy. i'll never forget clay and i trying not to laugh when we the kids would help each other while we played "go fish" (ie. after gracie asked max if he had any starfishes, and max said "go fish", jack would say "next time ask me"!) clay and i got such a kick out this and had to explain the strategy of the game (again... we play this quite often) hahaha... they just want to help! so funny.
the candy game was really fun too. i had a bought a ton of candy from costco the other day for all my apothecary jars and the kids have been asking if they could have a piece now and then. i pretty much say "no. it's for halloween!" every time, but i thought we could have some for the fhe treats. so i scattered a bunch all over the floor and we all took turns throwing one of my hard metal bracelets trying to get the bracelet to land around or on a piece of candy. the kids thought it was the funnest thing ever and jack kept getting candy. he was sooooo excited every time. like every parent i have so much joy watching my children's successes. even if it's throwing a bracelet over a piece of candy.
lesson learned this evening- tis a gift to be simple.
i love my family.
