Day 238

January 30th, 2011

Sunday

Tonight we were at Grandma and Grandpa Grahams.  We skyped Uncle Shaun, Aunt Brook and Cousin Thatcher who live in California.  we enJOYed "seeing" them.    

Day 237

January 29th, 2011

Saturday

I finally finished cleaning out and organizing my food storage room.  I enJOY the feeling of having it accomplished.  

Day 236

January 28th, 2011

Friday

Jaren had karate class today.  Class is taught by 2 homeschooling youth in the Waddell's apartment home every Friday afternoon.  Pictured are Bradley Abbott, Jaren, Damien Foster.  The boys so much enJOY it! 

Day 235

January 27th, 2011

Thursday

The boys love to get into the old corded phones.  Jude continually asks me if he can plug them in.  I always say "no".  He still enJOYs playing with those old phones.    

Day 234

January 26th, 2011

Wednesday

Jadon loves to push chairs around the kitchen and dining room to reach things.  Today he enJOYed looking at the photo book of our 2009 family reunion.    

Day 233

January 25th, 2011

Tuesday

Tonight we went swimming for family swim at the Oregon City Swimming Pool.  The kids were hungry after ward so I popped some popcorn on the stove.  We all enJOYed staying up a little late to eat it together.    

Day 232

January 24th, 2011

Monday

We had an enJOYable family home evening out on the deck tonight.  Jenea and I went on a date to Krispy Kreme donuts and bought some for FHE.  We read the scriptures, looked at the stars, and the kids ran back and fourth on the deck sounding like a heard of elephants.

Day 231

January 23rd, 2011

Sunday

I just bought these boots and thought I'd be bold and wear them.  I asked Paul if he thought I looked funny as this is a new look for me.  He liked it.  I enJOY trying out new clothing styles.      

Day 230

January 22nd, 2011

Saturday

Paul had fun going shooting today with David, Ryan, Randi (David's friend) at Uncle Grumpy's house.  Shooting is one of Paul's favorite past times he rarely gets to enJOY.      

Day 229

January 21st, 2011

Friday

We cat sat this weekend for my mom while she flea bombed her house.  The kids enJOYed having Obie here.  Obie likes to have company while he eats and Jolie was happy to provide that company.    

Day 228

January 20th, 2011

Thursday

Jaren was overJOYed to finally learn to make animals out of his new balloon making kit Aunt Angie got him for Christmas.  He opened it as a reward for passing to the next level in his reading.    

Day 227

January 19th, 2011

Wednesday

Today Jenea had her Patriot Girls class.  She's reading Kit the American Girl for this class and studying the depression.  This is the peach pie Jenea made.  I dropped it in the car )o= so I patched it back together for the picture.  We so much enJOYed eating it, it was the best peach pie I'd ever tasted!  

Day 226

January 18th, 2011

Tuesday

Grandma Tuttle came over for a little bit while uncle David took her car shopping.  Jadon enJOYed reading with grandma. 

Day 225

January 17th, 2011

Monday

Jenea and Jolie love having matching outfits with their dolls.  They enJOY playing with their dolls and spend hours doing so. 

Day 224

January 16th, 2011

Sunday

Uncle Bud gave Paul two of his old suits that he no longer wears, we don't think he ever wore them.  They fit beautifully!  He enJOYed wearing them to work.   

Day 223

January 15th, 2011

Saturday

Today I spent the day at my moms while Paul had all 5 kids for the day.  The break was wonderful!  I very much enJOYed it. 

Day 222

January 14th, 2011

Friday

I'm not technical so this picture is fuzzy, I don't know what happened to my camera nor how to fix it.  Jolie took this picture of me grinding wheat.  We get fresh wheat flour, yum!  I enJOY grinding wheat.  

Day 221

January 13th, 2011

Thursday

At our toastmaster meeting tonight I was toastmaster, that means I ran the show (o=.  It's good leadership experience.  I always learn something new and enJOY it.  

Day 220

January 12th, 2011

Wednesday

Today I enJOYed scoring at the Deseret Industries thrift store.  I wiped them out of quart jars, got about 90 of them.  Now next time I get piles of food from gleaners I will be ready to preserve it.  

Day 219

January 11th, 2011

Tuesday

Jude and Jadon were quite the musicians today.   They enJOYed banging on the pots and pans and I enJOYed the headache I had from listening to it. 

Day 218

January 10th, 2011

Monday

 Tonight for family home evening we played marbles.  We didn't have enough marbles so we used jaw breakers.  They worked pretty well.  The only two that enJOYed playing were Jude and Jaren.

Day 217

January 9th, 2011

Sunday

Jolie thought it would be funny to put the kids scrunchy bathtub scrubbers on Jadon's back side.  Jadon thought it was funny too.  JOY!

Day 216

January 8th, 2011

Saturday

Jaren made this bird house at scouts.  We finally put some bird food it it and hung up outside my window.  We hope the birds enJOY it.

Day 215

 

January 7th, 2011

Friday

My friend Nancy came over to teach me how to can tomatoes.  We got an over abundance of them from gleaners.  The kids enJOYed helping as well.   

Day 214

January 6th, 2011

Thursday

Today we decided to surprise Grandma Graham to let her know how much we love her.  We went to her house to clean it (she just had lots of guests) and found it was clean already, so we decided to pull weeds instead.  Jaren was a fantastic helper (we counted it as one of his scout projects).  The other kids enJOYed playing in the front yard and eating Cheetos aunt Larisa bought Jadon for Christmas.