We just got our family pictures taken and I thought I would post them. They are always a lot of work, but well worth it!
Two weeks ago 2 of the wards in our stake split into 3 wards. We are still in the same ward but now only people in our subdivision are in our ward. I think it will be nice to not feel like we are overflowing. On Sunday I got called as Relief Society Secretary. I was in the same calling in one of our other wards and I loved it. I am really excited to get to know the sisters in our ward and be in Relief Society.
Suzanna came crying into our bathroom while we were getting ready on Sunday morning because her lose tooth was bleeding (whenever she sees blood there is always tears!). She was so upset about it but Elaina finally convinced her to pull it out (Elaina is quite the Mom and was rocking her and telling her princess Suzanna stories to cheer her up). We got out the pliers and I grabbed onto the tooth and when Suzanna was ready she pulled back and out it came! She couldn't believe that it didn't even hurt. She feels so grown-up!
Makenna has been saying the cutest things lately! She loves to ask what something means - the other day in the car on the way to Grandma's house she asked "what do legs mean?" and that is just one out of hundreds each day. Her other favorite thing is to ask how to spell things - when you spell a word out she repeats it back to you (she is so smart!). But just last week she started another thing - when the bigger kids have been talking about something really cool from school or something fun they did Makenna will say "when I was a little girl...." and then make up the most interesting thing that she did. She is always thinking!
We had such a fun Family Night last night about prayer. I am so glad that everyone enjoys spending time together - we sang everyone's favorite song, read a scripure about prayer, talk about the different things we can learn about prayer in the scriptures, played a prayer board game, colored and ate M&M cookies and ice cream. I hope the kids will always jump up and down on Monday nights when it's FHE time just like they do now! Anyway, when I asked the kids who they could pray for Makenna said "I can pray for my daddy because I love him!" and everyone did that night because Jake had been home all day with a really bad flu cold. Then this morning the kids and I were in the kitchen eating and Jake came out and said "who prayed for me to get better?" The kids all got excited and said they had and he told them that he was feeling better! It really made their morning and got them talking about how our prayers aren't always answered that fast but they sometimes are. Very cute to listen to their comments. I'm so grateful for each one of those 5 little monkeys!!!
