Adventures in Babysitting My Own Kids, 24 hours a day, forever
Posted in Kids on Jun 25th, 2008
Grandpa, an expert golfer, gave Degen his first golf lesson this morning outside at his miniature driving range. Every time one of the balls would make it to the net (even after many swings on its way there), Degen would yell “I WIN!” We are really enjoying spending more time with Grandpa!
Posted in Home, Religion/Church on Apr 6th, 2007
Okay, we ended up singing "Do as I'm Doing" and "I'm All Made of Hinges." We didn't color eggs because it was too late and the kids needed to go to bed, but we'll do that later in the week and it'll be fun. We did do a flannel board lesson with Easter pictures, but [...]
Posted in Home, Religion/Church on Apr 2nd, 2007
For FHE this week, here's my plan: For the opening song, we'll probably do "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam." Then we'll have a prayer. I'm planning to take the lesson from this Friend article where they have flannel board figures you can print and cut out of Jesus on the cross and in Gethsemane, [...]
Posted in Religion/Church, Young Women on Mar 18th, 2007
Today I'm giving a Beehives lesson on Appreciating the Bishop. The lesson quotes the following: “The bishop presides over every person in the ward and directs their local church activities. … All of your adolescent life you will be under the direction of the bishop. He will appoint teachers and supervisors to do his [...]
Posted in Home, Religion/Church, Young Women on Feb 11th, 2007
This morning all four of us are sick. I have a sore throat, Colin has a big sinus headache, Degen and Maggie have runny noses. Maggie seems to be teething, too, and she had a bout of inconsolable crying today that got me to call my mom to find out whether I should take her [...]