Easter 2014

We kept up with our tradition of doing Easter eggs the Saturday before. Mike also thinks I am crazy that the kids each dye a dozen eggs, but the kids enjoy it! Sunday we woke up and I hid the eggs before Emily and Mordecai came up from their sleep over in the basement. The kids loved it and it was especially fun to see Ivy go crazy for all the excitement.

Easter is also one of the few times a year that I have us coordinate. I bought my outfit and Emily's for just everyday church wear, but one day they were sitting next to each other on my bed and that's when I decided to make them our Easter colors.

After Church we had the Smith family over for ham, cheesy potatoes, rolls, deviled eggs, Sunday salad, and Grandma Rogers' strawberry cheesecake for dessert.

 

 

Easter 2012

Yesterday we did our traditional egg dying, after we did our Saturday chores of course, each kid got to do a dozen eggs.  Ruby did pretty well with putting the egg in the whisk.  This year Emily didn't wan't to use the whisks and did really well with not cracking them.  I think next year we will dye them with Kool-Aid.

Today Mike and I couldn't decide if the Easter Bunny should come before church or after, we have 9:00 church.  Mike quickly made the decision he was coming before, so while the eggs were being hidden I got the older two dressed.  They all had fun.  E & M were really good about leaving Ruby's eggs alone and the sneaky Easter Bunny hid some of Emily's in some pretty hard spots.  After church we had dinner with the Bowen's.  It is always fun, when they come.

Glasses, Urgent Care & More

Doesn't her little pig-stick on top look cute?  I had a lot of guys compliment me on it today.  They must not like the head band look.

Church was chaotic today.  I should rephrase that and say the last couple of days have been CRAZY!  Mike has been working late hours and with me being tired because Ruby hasn't been sleeping very well I think I might go insane.  Friday (the 5th) Emily had a follow up appointment at 1:00 in the afternoon.  I thought the day would be fine because Mike was going to go with us and so all I had to do was get through lunch and then I would have some reprieve.  All morning long I heard, "MOM! Mordecai's feet are on me." or "Mom! Emily's feet are on my square of the couch cushion." and on and on and on.  I was done, and so glad to be.

Emily's eye appointment went really well.  I thought we were going to hear that we had regressed since I wasn't so diligent in the patching area the last 2 weeks because we had swim lessons, and visitors galore.  They checked her vision this time because her glasses broke all randomly two weeks ago and they said if we had to get new lenses now would be an ideal time if we were going to get new frames.  I was surprised to hear Dr. Nichols say that her vision had gotten a tad bit better in the left eye, and that with Mike being so near sided that she has a real good chance of not needing glasses by the time she gets to the 9-13 year old range.  We are going to continue patching Monday's and Wednesday's for 4 hours for a while just to maintain where we are.  He also said that once Emily hits 9 years old that whatever her eyes are doing alignment wise will stay that way because they will be "set".  So hopefully we can stay where we are, because we are in an awesome spot.

Emily also picked out a new set of frames, they couldn't fix the pair she had because they no longer make them. She looks real intelligent in them.  Again they are the most expensive of all the frames they sold, another 'Juicy Couture' label.  I know a lot of people think that we are crazy for not making her get a less expensive pair, BUT she is really good with her glasses and she would have kept the old frames had they been fixable. 

Last night (Saturday) we did some house work, and then later that evening spent time driving around to find an after hours care for Emily.  She has been complaining about her mouth when she chews and swallows.  I first thought it was her top 6-year old molars that were bothering her since they are swollen.  Later I was noticing her whine when she would drink.  I decided to look in her mouth and I could see that her throat was red and swollen.  They did a strep test since Cherstin's kids have been here and they said it is going araound.  The rapid test came back negative, but are sending away for the longer one. 

Today sometime are stream of visitors continues.  Phil and Hannah and their 3 boys should be here sometime this afternoon.  Emily and Mordecai keep asking when Orion is going to get here, so I hope it is soon.

Growing BIG & Funny

Mordecai must be growing or something because this happened before noon yesterday while Mike and I were outside doing yard work.

Then today at Church Mike couldn't get him to go to nursery so he sat next to me during Sunday School. During class Ruby needed her diaper changed so I left Mordecai in the room because Mike is the Gospel Doctrine teacher, and I knew he would be okay.  Well, when I came back I saw Mordecai bent over at the waist laying his head down on the chairs. I sat down and rubbed Mordecai's back to let him know I was back and he didn't move.  I looked over and saw that he was asleep. I passed Ruby off to Brett Bowen and put Mordecai down on the row of chairs. Mike carried him to priesthood and said that he slept the whole third hour too. Totally silly boy.

-Funny-

About two weeks ago I took the kids to Emily's follow up eye appointment.  At one point in the visit they were checking the vision in her bad eye.  The letters on the screen were something like, "G, E, M...' and they were getting smaller and more difficult for her to see.  Emily said the 'G' was and 'O' and just as she was moving on to the next letter Mordecai pipes up and says, "You were wrong Emily it was a 'G'."  After a giggle I told him he needed to be quiet because this was Emily's visit.  Well, then they moved over to checking her good eye and the letters on the screen were 'L, P, M,...', and they too were getting harder to see.  She got the 'L' right, but was having a harder time seeing the 'P' and was trying to focus on it before saying the letter.  As she was really straining to see the letter Mordecai whispers to her, "It's a 'P' Emily."  Little goof.  He has really been funny lately.

Perfection...?

I only have tomorrow left to take the family picture of us so hopefully I remember.  Today was a good day.  Sunday's always seem to either drag on or go way to fast, but that didn't seem to be the case today.  The morning was smooth, not crazy like they normally are and then during the Sacrament Mordecai decided to take a nap so I actually got to listen to all of the talks.  Mike did an awesome job teaching Sunday School, as usual, and then for the third hour we were combined since today was a 5th Sunday.  We skipped out of the last hour 15 minutes early to hear Emily give the scripture and prayer in primary.  The funny part was this though.  Emily didn't want either one of us up in the front to help her read the scripture, John 14:26, so I typed the scripture up so it was bigger for her to see and read. She started out great but then lost her place and I could tell she was embarrassed. Then Emily puts her hand on her forehead and says, "I thought I had this under control."  Rachel, the Primary President, tried to help her but I think it frazzled Emily since she doesn't know her all that well.  Finally Kristal got up and helped her find her spot and she was able to finish her verse and say the prayer.  Afterwards Hannah Ludwig went up and comforted Emily with a hug and I think that made everything better.  I think Emily gets the perfectionist side from Mike.  Every once in a while I will watch Mike do something for the first time and when it doesn't come easy to him he gets frustrated or even angry.  I don't think he realized he or she is that way until watching Emily, and then the Bishops wife sitting next to us asked, "Is she always that hard on herself?"  It was funny, but sad to me to watch her feel embarrassed.  Mike and I on the way home had to remind her of how smart she really is.

Tonight we had the Elders over for dinner.  We have had some good missionaries lately, it is just getting harder for me to realize how old I am.  When we were first married and had them over I was their age or just a little older, but now I look at them and think, "Wow! They look really young or seem really young."  I wonder how it makes Mike feel.?. LOL! 

Bedtime was a breeze tonight too.  I put Mordecai in his bed and told him I would be back to read him books after I went to the bathroom.  When I came back he was out, and Mike said something similar happened with Emily.  I just love when days like this happen, especially when it is a Sunday.

Sunday Fun

Emily watches our chorister very intenlty on Sundays. So this one is for you Lisa.

This one is for the Grandparents. Mordecai loves to sing "I am a Child of God."