Funny Elody

Angelique was holding Elody and Elody was trying to let Angelique know that she was hungry. We all got a kick out of this.

Neighborly kindness

A friend of mine Inger that has a child in Safia's preschool group heard that I have sick kids. So she brought over dinner today, broccoli cheddar soup with brocco-flower and baked potatoes. That was so incredibly thoughtful.

First it was Angelique, then Talon, then Safia, and then Jileigh. Jileigh only seem to have the flu symptoms for one evening. The others have had it for 3 days.

Farewell to Bugsy, Jileigh's guinea pig

Jileigh bought Bugsy in April at 3 weeks old. She has loved her dearly.

Monday morning Jileigh said that she couldn't find her. That evening we looked in every nook and corner and finally found her dead. Jileigh was so heart broken. She called her grandma H who has been through the experience with guinea pig for some comfort. Matt buried her in the back yard.

Goodbye Bugsy. We loved you.

More canning

Last week we got a box of pears and bottled up 17 quarts.

Back on Labor Day when Matt went to his grandma's house, he brought home two boxes of old 2-quart canning jars. I didn't know what to do with them, so Matt stuck them in the garage. I finally came up with the answer. Beans. Candy has a large pressure cooker, so I borrowed it and have been canning my beans in these jars. I have 4 jars of pinto bean and 4 jars of black beans. I still have the kidney beans and the small white beans to go, but Candy needed her pressure cooker back for a little while.

Temple day

Friday morning I decided that I was going to meet Matt after work and we were going to go the temple to do some family names. So I had Jileigh watch the kids right after school and headed off. I barely made it in time but all was well. Then afterwards we headed home and Nate and Candy's kids came over and we watched their kids while they went to the temple. I kept these two babies happy sitting outside with them watching the other kids play.

Crazy hair day

Jileigh and Talon had crazy hair day at school. Talon insisted that we buy some black and red hair spray. My little kids don't look so sweet and innocent.

Elody's 4 month old pictures with her bear and duck

She rolls over and she scoots. She tries to a sit-up the whole time that I am changing her diaper. She likes to stand too. She likes to bite on my knuckles. She sleeps most of the night through, nurses and then sleeps some more. Most days, she will take a 3 hour nap. Those days she doesn't are really hard on me to be able to get anything done. She still likes to be held a lot. We all love her tons!