Knitting Club

We've started having a knitting/sewing club at my house every other month. Here is a picture of my friend Natalie knitting. How serene!

Ponies and Engines

The girls love to play "Ponies and Engines". The engines go around the tracks and bring food to the grateful ponies. Paul and I play the role of the grateful ponies. The other day the girls had their ponies and engines lined up by color, which I thought was pretty clever.

Look What I Made For Valentine's Day!

Aren't I fancy?

Torn

We visited my family in Hemet yesterday. As I was driving home on my favorite street in Hemet (Stetson) from dropping off my brother at early morning seminary, I realized that there are a lot of things that I missed about that place. The sun rising over the snow covered mountains creating streaks of pink in the cloudy sky created a perfect backdrop for the green hills below and the orange trees covered in oranges that surrounded me. Hemet isn't always this lovely, but after living city life for quite some time, I realize that I miss quiet, empty spaces, mountains, and family.

Although if I moved from here I sure would miss the beach.

Criminal Mastermind

Most of us can think of times there was something that we knew we shouldn’t do, but we went ahead and did it anyway. In Grace’s case, that has happened twice in the past few days—once when she ate the forbidden Starburst on Mommy’s sewing table, and once when she began unwrapping a chocolate that she had been given to hold, but not to eat. As one might expect in these situations, she snuck off to the upstairs so as to engage in this misbehavior under the cloak of secrecy.

However, for some reason in both cases she also felt compelled to yell, “DON’T SEE ME! DON’T SEE ME!” while in the midst of her misdeed, presumably as some sort of a warning to help her avoid getting into trouble. Unfortunately, of course, this was exactly the tip-off her parents needed to realize that something was amiss. Which makes me think that whatever else the future holds, we can take comfort knowing that it appears that Grace is not on the trajectory of the criminal mastermind.

Dressy

The girls are really into wearing dresses lately. They especially love wearing long dresses. The one in the top picture on the right was made for me by my grandma. The skirts in the bottom picture were made by my mom. Cute!

How We Like To Spend Our Weekends