Fun day at the park

Ok here are some fun pictures of Faultline park. On one of the nice days Hank and I took a walk over to the park so he could play.

Waving for Aunt Carole

Some strange play equipment. Adults should not try this one, good thing Hank didn't know where the camera was when I showed him how to work it.

Finally telling

OK Already!

So I am sitting here procrastinating on writing a psychology paper so I figured I would update on what Hank actually did to receive the scratches.

We have a little area sort of like an alcove that is about waist high and has shelves in it. He decided to climb up into it to get a poster that was stored up there. He slipped and fell out and down. The edge is metal, like the strip of metal between carpet and linoleum. Anyway if he wasn't so SKINNY then he would not have been hurt. His ribs stick out of his scin and slid down the edge, that is why the marks look like a scratch.

OK back to my homework! What exaclty should be included in a Critical Observation paper anyway?

Take a guess

Take a guess HOW Hank managed this injury :)

* singing in chapel

Hank and his class sang during chapel today which was also Ash Wednesday. I am horrible at holding a camera steady, always have been guess I always will be. But you can at least hear them!

Can't keep up

So I have discovered that I can not keep up with posting!

Here are a few pictures of Hank's 100th day project for school. THANKFULLY Grandpa Ed was so willing to help him. They had a great time (at least Hank did) and the project was awesome.

Skiing

This is our awesome Uncle Briant helping Hank try out his ski boots and ski's. Notice he is wearing a helmet!First day up on the slopes in 2009! It was a lot of work. I think I forgot about that part.




One totally CUTE dude!


This is what the tow rope does to you IF you grab it without a glove.

Honestly we had a great time. Even though it is free to go up one of the lifts after three we didn't make it that far. It took us about three hours to get to the tow rope and go down three times. We are going to try and go up again in a few weeks. No tow rope grabbing for me though!

Happy National Stuffed Mushrooms Day

Who knows these things????? Tomorrow is National Weather Persons day.
All of this from one of my new awesome co-workers Kember

Tuesday thoughts

I have found myself wondering how much I learn from my son. I have started reflecting on this every night before I fall asleep. So I have decided to try and post a thought on tuesdays, maybe it will help me remember to blog more often.

Today's thought - If you are in a lane that is going straight are you REQUIRED to let the people who are on the right or left merge into your lane? Or is this just a common courtesy?

Guess it was more of a question then a thought...

Poll...

How old were you when you started exchanging your phone number with your friends?


I will write the story after I see some answers :)

December is gone

December came and went so quickly! I don't have time to type up an update right now but here are some great pictures of our christmas vacation. I will post another slide show on a different night. Maybe even have the time to add some narrative to it :)

our class rules....christmas concert rules...

So tonight as Hank was getting ready for bed we were talking about his christmas concert tomorrow evening. He had already made a few phone calls to confirm people's attendence. For sure for sure for sure!

The basics of the rules are:
No talking
No moving around
You can move if the person in front of you is taller then you are!
The kids have to bow.....I AM NOT ALLOWED TO BOW!

If any of these rules are broken during the concert then it is 20 yep 20 extra laps.

So here is what I figured.....I should bow when he bows to me, I mean isn't that a custom somewhere. So we decided that if I did this then I would be breaking a rule and Mrs F would make me do 20 laps. I am going to get some other family members to participate (maybe). I told Hank since he was in Mrs. F class and not us then he would probably have to do our laps. He figured it out and will most likely have to be doing an extra 60 laps on Wednesday.

Then I asked him how he remembers all these rules. Because when I tell him rules he doesn't seem to remember them, like no head diving off the couch. He has been asking for about a week what "program" means. He wants to understand why his video game does what it tells you to, why the computer does certain things, he has the cell phone figured out. So I suggested that Mrs F must have a computer cable that she plugs into his belly button while he is at school and she programs all of this information into his brain that is why he remembers it so well.

NOW I have to ask a teacher tomorrow if she really does plug my son in during the day...he dared me to ask.

Grandpa B

Here is Grandpa's birthday party at the school. He is the special person for the fourth grade, and the kindergarten class was able to join in for the cake and Ice Cream. Dad, Andrew and I also went. Just so Dad could keep an eye on Grandpa's Stories.

Grandpa B Birthday

I am going to post this even though I don't have any pictures to add right now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA B!

I sometimes sit in awe that I still have so many grandparents around to share in my life. Our family is lucky enough to be blessed with such awesome people to build memories with.

Some of my favorite Grandpa B memories:

• Singing german songs on the way up to Bear Lake
• Riding in the back of his old truck all the way up Logan canyon, with Carole sitting in front because she would get sick
• Ice skating at the ponds after grandpa cleaned them off
• Shovel rides across the ice
• wheelbarrow rides around quist
• learning how to paint the "right" way
• Learning how to do everything the "right" way
• Ironing his shirts during the summer when we would be watched by grandma and grandpa
• Trying to fall asleep during MASH so his snoring wouldn't keep us awake
• watching him sing a song to Hank in german when Hank was so small
• dressing up for halloween and visiting his school with him
• hearing stories of how stubborn he was as a little boy

There are so many more memories that I have. All I can say is that I am lucky to be his granddaughter and Hank is lucky to have him as a Great Grandpa!

Our christmas Tree

We went with Uncle Bri and Aunt Kim to get our christmas trees this year. Hank wanted them to go since it is a tradition now.

Hank loves getting on top of the car. He can climb out through the moon roof and hang out on top. He was trying to get Bri's attention so he finally came over to help him get down.

Aunt Kim is in trouble in another year or two!Our perfect tree is the one closest to my face.
Bri and Kim's Perfect Tree!
Just a little stop off at Starbuck's for some Hot Chocolate. Although most of us purchased regular hot chocolate someone had to go for the Special blended hot chocolate (not Hank) Beleive me it isn't worth the extra $1 (told ya Bri!)

Two men doing the manly part of putting up the tree!

THANK YOU UNCLE BRIANT!

Vegas

So I went to vegas for the Department of Ed conference. It was a lot of meetings and not too much fun. But the fountains at Bellagio were pretty awesome. Too bad I didn't know the rodeo was going to be there or I could have gotten tickets and had a little more fun :) I only gambled $30 and lost it.

Hurt Toe

I was walking through our little hallway and kicked Hanks box of blocks so hard I thought I possibly broke my little toe. I hobbled into the living room and sat down. Hank was concerned so he came over and squished it and kissed it. Later on I said wow my toe really hurts! He looked at me with a serious face and said you have two choices mom 1. go to the doctor 2. massage your toe. "since you took the massage classes you should do the massage because you can do it better mom, I can try if you want me to".

All this made me think about how lucky I am that Hank is so down to earth and honest. I love how smart he is!

Our Thanksgiving

First we went to Mom's house and had breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa Great, Mom, Bri and Kim. Hank had a lot of fun playing with Uncle Briant and it was fun to watch them.

THEN.... we went to Uncle Art's house and Hank had a great time playing with all of Uncle Art's toys. I don't think pick up sticks will ever be the same! It was nice to hang out with everybody.

At one point Grandpa B was asleep and Hank went up to him and pounded on the pillow in his lap three times really quickly and woke him up. It was hilarious! I think that both of them enjoyed playing with Uncle Art's tops.

Just a little update on Aunt Kim...she has a little (tiny) belly. I wasn't able to capture it for Abby and Emily very well but it is there! You guys will be able to see it at christmas.

Thankful

I have had a hard time keeping up on posting on the blog. Guess life just gets too busy sometimes. Then I try to remind myself to slow it down and stop and enjoy. I have been doing this more lately and have found that I love the time I get to spend when life has slowed down a little bit. So in the spirit of Thanksgiving here are a few of the things that I am thankful for this year.

1. Hank
2. My Family
3. My health
4. Ability to work
5. Spending time with Hank that is not rushed

I am sure I can think of a hundred more but the important thing is that I am thankful that I am living and enjoying my time with an awesome five year old!

PTL...Guitar Hero

So I just wanted to post some pics of the great stage that my brother and dad helped set up for the guitar hero tournament that the PTL did for fellowship night last Saturday. It was so much fun. Exhausting but fun.