January 2008 archive

Basua Bucks are my latest attempt at positive reinforcement, discipline, and trying to teach my kids hard work. Let’s not forget doing a job right and learning responsibility. I got the idea from Nik’s school. His teacher gives Camo Cash for good work and behavior in class. Nik loved the idea and would do anything …

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It snowed yesterday and as always Nikolas and Ammon were out playing. Adam left to do a few errands so Nik decided it would be a good time to snow-blow the driveway. Usually, Adam and our neighbor (Dennis) rush to see who gets to use the snowblower. They are like little kids fighting over a …

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Tonight I was changing Kalixta into her jammies. As I pulled her shorts off her panties came down a little. Britain comes over and pulls them up and tell her, "Kalixta your butt was cracking!" Oh, how I love these moments!

My sister, Marie, plays basketball for BYU. Saturday night I took the kids to the game. It wasn’t such a good game, we lost a lot to Utah, but it was fun to go to a game and see Marie. Ariana was great! She liked all the noise and action. She would dance when the …

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Today is Kalixta and Britain’s birthday. WOW! I can’t believe they are four! I wanted to do something super fun so we went to Jumpin Jacks. This place has tons of huge inflatables to play on. We had so much fun! Ariana DID NOT like the slides, but we took her down anyway. Kalixta loved …

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…than the look of sheer joy on the faces of the kids going sledding Saturday!  We had a blast. The day was sunny and kinda warm, so that helped. Kalixta loved sledding down by herself. She would then drag the sled up too. Ammon did really good at going down on the snowboard! I was …

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As I put Christmas away I have been thinking about what a great time I had. I really, really enjoyed Christmas this year! We tried so many new traditions and had so much fun. We did our old traditions and had a blast too. So I was trying to decide what to do or not …

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…when you give a 10 year old a camera! Since I got a new camera. Yahoo! We gave Nikolas the old one. He loves to take picture and video so we thought it was a good idea. His first day with the camera looks like this! I think they had a good time!!

Beside two more hands, a better memory, and the ability to be in two places at once? I need peep holes in my kids’ rooms! Not a little front door peep hole, but a small (12inches x 12inches) window. One where I can see in, but no one can see out. Not only would I …

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