Does anyone need a good Auto Mechanic?

Derrick spent the day changing the belt and thermostat on his car today, but luckly he had help from the BEST mechanic around.... This little guy was his daddy's shadow ALL DAY. I went out for a minute and this is what I saw and heard... "juwst a minute dad, I awmost got it, awmost, awmost. Juwst won mowe fing (one more thing)... k, dad... awmost, juwst a widdle bit mowe, awmost. OH, GOT IT! Aw done!

And he sure put his whole heart and soul into trying to get the car jacked up. This is tough stuff!

Good Job Little Buddy, dad could've NEVER done it without you!

Before & After

Saturday Morning

REALLY loose tooth

(pay close attention to which tooth is loose)Saturday Early Afternoon

(notice which tooth is missing)

Derrick decided it needed to be as loose as the other

one, so while Justin was trying to wiggle it,

Derrick, unexpectedly, pushed Justins arm really hard and this was the result.

20 Minutes Later

Justin wanted to pull out the loose with a string,

by himself, so I tied some dental floss around it.

Justin kept playing with the string but didn't actually

dare to pull hard enough to get it out. So thanks to his dad

once again, instead of cutting off the string like he was suppose to,

he decided to go ahead and take care of it for him.

TwO tEeTh In OnE dAy, WOW! THANKS DAD for the help!

YoU'rE SuPeR!

Playhouse to Birdhouse

All of a sudden Justin is into, science, outerspace and building things. He has been begging us to let him build a playhouse. The problem is we (as parents) aren't really sure we where up to the task of building the type of playhouse he's got in mind.
So, while I was gone to mutual tonight Derrick was out working on something in the garage and Justin saw all the scrap pieces of wood and decided this was his chance to make something. So, after asking his had if he could have them he went at it. With some help from he dad and his little brother this is what they came up with. I am so proud of the GREAT job they did. I'm really excited it was done just in time for SpRiNg....

Testimony Pizza

We had a 'Pizza Building', 'Taffy Pullin', 'Tummy Tickling ', Family Home Evening tonight. Over the weekend the boyz were begging to make homemade pizza (which we have NEVER done before). So we finally decided to do it for FHE. We went to the store as a family and bought all the supplies. We then came home and got to work. As we were rolling out the dough, we likened it to our testimonies. The dough is the base of our testimony, but you have to keep adding to it. We add to it by sharing it (the sauce), reading our scriptures (cheese), saying our prayers (pepperoni), etc... But like pizza our testimonies can go bad if we don't keep building them, if we just let them sit out and not work at them. Then we would have to start all over. And if you can imagine, Logan says "and that would be so sad, sad, sad, huh mom." It's actually more like "and dat wowed be sow sad, sad, sad, huh mom." They really enjoyed this activity. But it didn't stop there.

I am actually suppose to be showing the young women how to pull taffy next Tuesday for mutual, but the truth is I am actually to chicken to pull it. We make taffy quite a bit growing up, but my mom would always pull it while it was hot and then would hand it over to us kids to take a turn once it was cooled down. That still hasn't changed. None of us have ever made it in our own homes, it's just a special little treat that grandma does. Anyways, I told Derrick we had to give it a shot or else my mom was going to have to come with me to mutual AGAIN to show them, yet another one of her MANY talents! So, we did make it, but once again I was too big of a chicken to touch it until it wasn't quite so hot, but Derrick, being the good sport that he is, (I LOVE YOU, HUNNY) took one for the team and 'pulled' his little heart out. However, after counting his blisters, he has informed me he won't be doing that again. So sorry mom don't make any plans for Tuesday night, I NEED YOU!

Derrick then did what he does best, get the kids all hyped up before bedtime. The boys love when dad wrestles with them and Allie is definitely wanting in on all the fun, it just so happens this usually takes place when I am trying to get them settled for bed. But, every time they do this I just sit back and smile and hope they remember these moments like I always will!

Nice Shinner

After church on sunday I was holding Allie playing with her when she swung her head forward and hit me right on the bone under my right eye. I cried it hurt so bad, but it didn't seem to phase her. It was only a matter of seconds before I had a nice bump there and a little discoloring. Wednesday was the day it looked the worst though (the dark purplish tint), and wouldn't you know it, it's the day I go and help in Justin's class at school. I didn't have time for make-up that day either (not that it did any good anyways), but I looked lovely, just to say the least.... I have a couple of pictures, but they are pretty hidious looking so I feel pretty good about opting out of a photo for this one!

Before I forget

Since I pretty much use my blog as my journal, I need to write about our FHE last night before I forget. Justin had been assigned the lesson for the first time. I had been reminding him and asking him what he wanted to talk about all week. The only response I would get was " hummm, I'll have to think about it". I finally told him "Justin, Monday is going to be here tomorrow. You need to stop saying you'll think about it and actually 'think about it'". "Well I guess I will teach you about Adam and Eve then". " Ok, what do you want to teach us about them?" "Hummm, I'll have to think about it."
So, Monday night comes and we actually had to go out to Stansbury, to Kristens house, so Derrick could help her with some work. I figured we would just save his lesson for next week. Well, as we left at 10:00 pm, way past their bed time, he reminded me he needed to give his lesson. I told him we would do it next week. He began to cry, "but I didn't get to teach". At that point I could tell that this really was something he was looking forward to, so I told him he could give a quick lesson when we got home. Since it was snowing he insisted to plan the activity to shovel the snow to surprise dad before got home, but after much argument that it was to late and the snowing was coming down to hard, he settled for just the lesson. So once the pj's were on this was the conversation /lesson:
Me: Okay, Justin it's time to give your lesson.
Justin: Okay! So, Where did Adam and Eve live?
M: In the Garden of Eden.
J: Good Job! What did Heavenly Father tell them not to eat the fruit of?
M: The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
J: Good Job! Did they obey?
M: No, and that made Heavenly Father sad.
Logan: Heavenly Fathere was so, so, so sad, huh!
M: Yep!
J: What happend when they ate it?
M: They had to leave the Garden.
L: That's so sad, huh mom?
M: Yep, cause it was so beautiful!
J: Did they have any children?
M: I don't know Jusin, what do you think?
J: Yep they sure did.
M: Who were some of them?
J: Cain and Abel.
M: What happened to Cain and Abel?
J: Cain killed Abel.
L: Heavenly Father was so, so, so sad, huh mom?
M: That did make Heavenly Father VERY sad. Heavely Father wants us to mind him and love out brothers and sisters.
J: Mom, so kids go to science class, huh?
M: yup, some kids do. Are you done with your lesson now?
J: Yep, but can I go to science class? I wonder who my teach will be? Can you still come help my class on Wednesday's if I'm in science class? Will they give me my own lab?
M: (lol) Justin, you're a goof!
Just as we finished saying our prayers and reading the scriptures, daddy got home to tell the kids goodnight.
J: Dad you missed my lesson, you should have come home earlier!
D: I'm sorry buddy, can you give me the readers digest version?
M: The whole lesson was readers digest version!
J: Where did Adam and Eve live? etc, etc, etc.
Derrick answered just like I did, the only difference this time was Logan kept repeating, with actions, the whole time, "And he went whack, whack (as he punches himself) and then he fell (throws himself across the bed) and Heavenly Father was so, so sad!" Derrick finally caught on that he was talking about Cain and Abel.
Justin did a GREAT job at coming up with these questions all on his own! I am grateful for his desire to want to teach us. These boys are great reminders to me of the things that are most important in life. Even if it is past bedtime, family prayer and scripture study always need to come first. I hope they can gain a testimony of that, even if that testimony starts out as, two little boys prolonging bedtime!

Good Entertainment

Allie was good with this little set up for at least 30 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't get anything accomplished because I just sat and watched her...

Oh well there's always tomorrow.