Trek

I had the opportunity to go on trek with my wards youth conference. It was a very neat experience. I guess I didn't really know the whole story of the handcart companies and what the circumstance was that brought them to Utah. I've heard some stories through out the years but never the details like I did this weekend. We were able to go and learn about the Willie and Martin handcart companies and visit the sites where they traveled. The thing that I think got me the most is their example of faith. They accepted the call to Zion with no questions asked and had faith that the Lord would help and bless them. I would like to read the book by Gerald N. Lund called "Fire in the Covenant" I guess it takes a fictional family through the whole immigration of the saints and the trials they had being in the handcart companies. Anyway, if any of you get the chance to go on trek do it. It was worth it.

Oh what do you do in the summer time?

I remember as a kid summer was all about playing outside all day long with friends and family. We would play hide-and-go-seek, sardines, tv tag, you name it we played it. If it wasn't a game we were playing it was exploring the field behind our house or riding our bikes to the school playground. I also loved the swimming pool (thats a whole other list of games)we would play in the pool for hours. So now I have my kids and they have been out of school for maybe 2 weeks and all they want to do is watch tv or play video games or play inside with toys. I took my kids to the park a couple of days ago, they were with their cousins and about an hour into being there they were bored I hate those two little words "I'm bored". I want so say "Bored? I'll give you something to do!" and I can think of a million chores that I can give them to do at home but at the park I was trying to tell them about all the fun games I used to play as a kid and the were like "huh?" So what do you do in the summer time when your kids say "I'm bored"?

No buddy like a brother!

I took this picture the other day and I just fell in love with it. Jameson and Tyson are starting to be such good friends I'm so glad. Tyson wants to be just like is big brother, they are very cute. Jameson of course is teaching Ty all of his tricks and he picks on him like any big brother does but Tyson just puts up with it. BTW, Tyson is paci free as of yesterday, so far, so good. Thanks for all the great advise.

Which one to get rid of first?

So Tyson has decide to climb out of his crib today for the first time and he did it twice. He did it this morning when he woke up and then again at nap time. Sad days for me. So here is what I can't decide on... I need to get rid of his paci and think about potty training and now think about a big boy bed. Which should I do first? I am so done with his pacifier it is killing me because the more he has it the more he thinks he needs it (and lets face it, it has been a crutch for me just as much as it has been for him). So I guess I will just have to think about it a little bit more and see what I can come up with.