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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Kids same the funniest things sometimes...

The following is a copy of the letter Ashton wrote to Hunter today at Ya Ya's house. The italic portions are Gennie's commentary. I especially like the part where he talks about how missionaries dress and about Obama. Hope you enjoy!!!

Dear Uncle Hunter,

I really like you. I like you 3 wheeler in the garage. I want some X-Box stuff for my birthday (we don't have an X-Box, we have a Wii). My birthday is May 20th. I will be six years old! I want you to come back someday (Hunter comes home Sept. 16th, 2009). When you come back I want to play with you. At school I'm doing adding. And writing and syllables. At recess I like to ride the bikes... and scooters. My friends are Joseph and PJ. And RJ. PJ and RJ are cousins. They are both in my class. My favorite snack to take to school is Fruit-by-the foot. Strawberry is my favorite flavor (he recently learned how to read the word strawberry as well). I get on the smiley face everyday now. I like Rebakah, too. And you! I play princess with my sister (dress up is their favorite thing to do together. He dresses her up like she is his little baby doll and she LOVES it. I think they go through about 6 costume changes a day!!!). My favorite game is Hungry, Hungry Hippos. Whoever gets the most marbles wins. I always win! Rebekah plays too, but she only gets one. My favorite song at primary is "When Joseph went to Bethlehem." It's a Christmas song. My favorite song for Family Home Evening is "Follow the Prophet." You have to follow the prophet and Jesus. When you go on missions you get to wear clothes like the President of the United States. Obama is the president. Hope you already know that from on TV!!! Today at Ya Ya's house I painted the back wall with water in a bucket and a paint roller. But it dried. I also got to ride on my scooter. I watched a little bit of the food channel and Phinneas and Ferb (Disney Channel cartoon that's on in the afternoon) and Sponge Bob (I remember that Hunter used to watch Sponge Bob ALL the time as a kid! How funny.). I really like you doing good stuff like Jesus tells you, I like coloring on my new notebooks. That's All (he ends ALL of his letters to Hunter with, "That's All").

I love you
Ashton

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone


Well... I guess it has been quiet a while since the last posting now huh??? Happy St. Patty's Day everyone. I took the kids over to Ashton's school early this morning because the PTA was handing out goodies to all the children who came to school dressed in green. Last week the PTA sent home a note about the event and pointed out that nobody was allowed to pinch. Awww Man!!! As we walked in to the school all the little girls oohhed and awwed at Rebekah in her cute little green flowered dress. Rebekah is such a girly girl so she ate it right up too. Ashton is such a great brother... he held Rebekah's hand the whole time that they were in line together and then he helped her choose out a Tinker Bell ruler. Ashton chose out a shamrock pencil and they both were given a "Lucky Shamrock Coin" as well. It was fun to see some of the other kids with green streaks in their hair. Oh to be a kid again. Rebekah and I hung out for about another 45 minutes at school because it was also picture day at school today. I, of course, had to do a "is every hair in place???" check before his picture. After MUCH protest Ashton wore an argyle sweater over his St. Patty's Day shirt. He had promised me before I bought it that he WOULD wear his nice sweater but... today is the first time I was actually able to get him to wear it! Oh well.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Landon's B-day

Pinata

You better watch out, Landon's at bat!!!

Potato Sack Races



Mommy had to hold the bag while Rebekah jumped.

Here I go!!!!


Ready... Set...

GGOOO!



Playin' on the playground


Madalynn, Rebekah, Cole

Read Across America Pics

The "Read Across America" celebration was a huge birthday party event for Dr. Suess that we attended at the San Bernardino County Library in Downtown San Bernardino on Saturday, March 7th. There were free books for the kids, coloring pages, members of the community (i.e. Miss Teen San Bernardino, the 66ers Dancers, and various others) read picture books in the Children's Library, there was a D.J. and dancing, birthday cake and soooo much more. Here are a few pictures of things we did.

Ashton, Rebekah, and Gennie posed with Clifford The Big Red Dog with his Seuss hat


Ashton and Rebekah with the San Bernardino 66ers Dancers