I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

All in one day.

Today has been pretty busy.
First we woke up and started in on all of the laundry we need to do before we leave tomorrow.

After the first load was done,
I pulled it out of the dryer.
Every piece of clothing had orange spots on it!
After pulling it all apart I found the culprit.
An orange crayon.


DANG IT!

So we threw it back in the wash...
3 TIMES... with vinegar.
(Hope it comes out!)

Then I finished Alyssa's stocking,
but decided that it needs something else.
Any suggestions?
I was thinking snow falling down around the bunny....

Then while Ashlynn was at school I ran some errands
and came home to help Hailey make a snow man.
We have NEVER made a snow man the entire time we've lived up here.

After picking Ashlynn up,
I noticed that her tooth kept pushing forward.
So I, being my fathers daughter,
went in search for some pliers.
When I couldn't find any,
I decided to try tweezers.

Sure enough!
It was loose enough to come right out!

At first she cried, but then she told me that she was just scared.
I had to explain to her that
'Another one will grow back.
That's why they fall out.
Another one is pushing it out.'

She seems to be okay with this explanation.
Now she's super excited because she can push her tongue through the hole!




Doesn't she look so scared?!!

4 comments:

kate said...

I can't believe your first baby is old enough to loose a tooth!!!Wow!

Cute stocking! You mentioned adding something else? How about some piping around the pink part of the feet or glitter?? Just a though?

Lyndy Butler said...

cutest snowman ever! and girls too!

Always, Forever, NO MATTER WHAT said...

Cute stocking. I can't believe that Ashlynn is getting so big. And Hailey's snow man is so cute. Are youserious about that being your first snowman? How could that be? you've lived there for three years. It's about time.

Elder Larkin said...

WAY cute snow-girl! It's wearing pink so I know it's not a man. :) And the little girl standing next to it in that picture just melts my heart! Tell Ashlynn congrats on losing her first tooth!!! So exciting! I love your cute stocking for Alyssa too. I think snow would be PERFECT for it!