I Pledge Allegiance

I wanted to write this down so that I can remember it forever.

Paige: Mom, want to hear me say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Mom: Sure.

Paige: I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all a moment of silence please.

Fall Break

We spent our Fall Break in Pinetop with my mom and dad. We always have a great time there. It's nice to relax in the cool weather, be with family and eat my mom's cooking. These are someof the things we did while we were there:

We picked raspberries from Grandma's raspberry patch. Grandma bought Paige and Jenna some press on nails. Paige had hers on the first hour we were there. She soon discovered it was difficult to do things with them on, especially suck her fingers.

The girls are always working on a craft. They love to get into the craft box. They have quite an imagination.

Taryn loved to be outside. She was a happy little sweetheart.

Taryn sure knows how to make her grandma and grandpa feel loved.

The boys had fun target shooting in the backyard.

We even had fun watching the squirrels. Oh, no, that's not a squirrel - it's Grandpa's hair!!!

Thanks for the great time up at the cabin, Mom and Dad!

Remodel

These are some pictures of what we have been doing to our kitchen and family room. I'm happy with how things are turning out. This is going to be an extremely long process, but then again, our whole house is just one big project. Once I was getting discouraged with my home. I was admiring our newly painted kitchen, and then immediately started thinking about how so many other things needed to be done. I felt overwhelmed and ashamed for being ungrateful. Then, the thought came to me: Enjoy the Process. That's my new motto. It reminds me a bit of President Monson's counsel: Find Joy in the Journey.

Hot Buns

No, not my buns, these. I made hamburger buns for the first time ever. I was proud of how they turned out, and they tasted quite good if I do say so myself. I served my sister-in-law, Heather's, delicious sloppy joe sauce on top of them (go to Downright Delish for her recipe). It's the first sloppy joe my kids didn't whine about.

Thanks for your comments from my last post. I'm tellin ya, I don't know why it's so hard for me to figure this computer stuff out. Steve is the one who got this fall template up for me. I tried and tried and could not figure it out. Thanks for not giving up on me. I'll keep trying. I know I'll get it one day. O.K., Allison, go pick on Stephanie for a while :)