Spencer promoted to a Purple with black stripe last weekend.
Here is a video of him performing his form in front of the judges.
He is the one on the left.
Tomorrow he is going to a Karate Tournament. It is the only Saturday one of the year so we are letting him go (even though the price is outrageous!) but not Jenna (maybe next year) and Nate can't go because he hasn't been able to go to Karate since the accident- his neck is still too sore.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
A good day...
So I have been good about writing about some of our bad days (and I didn't even mention how hard it is not having a car most days.)
I thought I would share one of my good days.
On Monday, I was looking at a microfilm that I had ordered to our Family History Center. I was researching my Buse/Ohm line and found the marriage record that I have been trying to find for years!
Because of that record -which confirms many details -I have traced back another 3+ generations on that line! I love it when a break through in my research happens. It is so cool to learn where our families have come from.
Family History is so much fun!
I thought I would share one of my good days.
On Monday, I was looking at a microfilm that I had ordered to our Family History Center. I was researching my Buse/Ohm line and found the marriage record that I have been trying to find for years!
Because of that record -which confirms many details -I have traced back another 3+ generations on that line! I love it when a break through in my research happens. It is so cool to learn where our families have come from.
Family History is so much fun!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Music
Every night we go through a general routine for bedtime with the kids. PJs, brush teeth, bathroom, prayer, read scriptures, read stories, turn on music, lights out. Well, the music has never been a major issue in the routine- it is the kids favorite part until we got the new High School Musical 2 CD.
Now I got the soundtrack the week the movie came out. The kids still have nightly discussions about whose turn it is to listen to that CD at night. So most nights Nate and I are currently enjoying the sounds of dueling High School Musical CDs because each kid is listening to one soundtrack or the other. There are worse things to listen to but I am ready to make copies of the CDs so that the kids can each have their own.
What music do your kids like to listen too?
One of my favorite music CDs for the kids is one that our Primary handed out. They made CDs that contained all of the music for the 2007 Program so that it would help the kids learn the songs better. Isn't that a great idea!
My kids like music they can dance to but I don't know how that helps them to fall asleep- we had been giving them children's hymns and quiet music at night but now they are making their own requests.
Now I got the soundtrack the week the movie came out. The kids still have nightly discussions about whose turn it is to listen to that CD at night. So most nights Nate and I are currently enjoying the sounds of dueling High School Musical CDs because each kid is listening to one soundtrack or the other. There are worse things to listen to but I am ready to make copies of the CDs so that the kids can each have their own.
What music do your kids like to listen too?
One of my favorite music CDs for the kids is one that our Primary handed out. They made CDs that contained all of the music for the 2007 Program so that it would help the kids learn the songs better. Isn't that a great idea!
My kids like music they can dance to but I don't know how that helps them to fall asleep- we had been giving them children's hymns and quiet music at night but now they are making their own requests.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
School year bonuses
Bonus: I think that one of the benefits for me now that school has started is that I have a good part of my evenings free. (Of course this would be excluding the nights that I have Young Women's and have done the Genealogy Classes.)
School beginning means that the kids need their sleep. The evenings are darker helping to convince them that it is bedtime. As much as I love my children I like the sound of my house quiet and that I can choose what I want to do and what I may want to watch on tv. My kids are also more cheerful in the mornings and that has been good too. A couple of those evenings have included playing our Wii but only a couple.
Bonus: A schedule always seems to help things run smoothly. Because of school we are required to plan ahead and schedule activities. This helps both the kids and me. In truth with the recent calling at church I have too many calendars running around and I need to combine them so I stop forgetting things but it will happen and then at least when we are busy we will know the "who", "what", "where", "why" and "when" and then we can take time to figure out the "how" to get there.
And another bonus: I have told myself that starting today- I am claiming some of these free afternoons for studying for my Independent Study Class.
School beginning means that the kids need their sleep. The evenings are darker helping to convince them that it is bedtime. As much as I love my children I like the sound of my house quiet and that I can choose what I want to do and what I may want to watch on tv. My kids are also more cheerful in the mornings and that has been good too. A couple of those evenings have included playing our Wii but only a couple.
Bonus: A schedule always seems to help things run smoothly. Because of school we are required to plan ahead and schedule activities. This helps both the kids and me. In truth with the recent calling at church I have too many calendars running around and I need to combine them so I stop forgetting things but it will happen and then at least when we are busy we will know the "who", "what", "where", "why" and "when" and then we can take time to figure out the "how" to get there.
And another bonus: I have told myself that starting today- I am claiming some of these free afternoons for studying for my Independent Study Class.
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