We have been having a crazy weather week! This is what the sky looked like last night:
I didn't mess with the picture at all. The sky just kept changing colors. It was so weird. Earlier in the evening, we saw this beautiful (double) rainbow:
On Tuesday, we went to Michael's (the store) to pick up some art supplies for a class the girls are taking. We were about done--I was looking in the cake section for some cute cupcake liners when there was a loud rumbling and then the shevles started shaking and then the ground and the whole store. Ashley was sitting in the cart, checking things off the list, I had Douglas in the sling, and Paige and Michael were walking with me. I grabbed Ashley out of the cart and motioned for the kids to follow me up to the front of the store (or at least out of the shelves). Assuming everyone was following, I was walking quickly down the aisle. I looked back, and Michael was back by the cart, frozen with fear. I ran and grabbed his hand and we ran up front. I think it'll be a long time before I forget the look of fear in his eyes when I looked back and it's gut-wrenching to me that not only was he terrified of what was happening, but also, that I was walking away from him. The last time I was so scared was last summer, in our car crash, when we were spinning circles on the highway in the middle of the night in the pouring down rain and I didn't know what was going to happen. (everyone was totally fine, then, too)
Friday, August 26, 2011
Wild Weather!
Tea Party!
We had a little tea party this week for the girls and their friends in their Primary classes. We were going through boxes in the basement and came across my china, which has been packed away since Paige was a baby, and the girls asked if they could have a real tea party with real teacups if they were super careful, so we did. I think everyone had fun!
Sleeping Baby
I have a hard and fast "never wake a sleeping baby" rule, but when you're the 4th child, you have to get woken up sometimes.
My Birthday!
It was my birthday last week!
Aunt E sent a really cool water bottle!
What a fun day!Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Youth Triathlon
Two weekends ago, I was signing the girls up for some fall classes at the Rec Center and I noticed that they were having a youth triathlon the following weekend. It was for ages 8 and up, so I asked Ashley if she wanted to do it. She thought it sounded like fun, so she did it!
She was a little out of her element, as you can see, but it didn't bother her at all. She was just doing 3 things she loves to do anyways and other people happened to be there, too.
James gave her some pre-race advice. I think he was telling her to pace herself, to rest if she needed to, and to have fun. She certainly took it to heart in the swimming portion. She can swim really fast, but while all the other kids were doing freestyle, she was doing her own style. She swam mostly like a fish under water, then on her side and then a little on her back, and finished up under water. It was really funny!
Racing to get to her bike!
Her medal, and a coupon for a free Chik-fil-A adult meal. Big time!
It was a 50m swim, a 5k bike ride, and a 1.5k run. She did it in 33 minutes! We were so proud of her and glad that she had a good time! Mommy & Me Time
When Paige was little and Ashley was in preschool, Paige and I would do something special for "mommy & me" time. Then, when Ashley was in kindergarten, on the days she didn't have preschool, Paige would rush us home so we could put Michael down for a nap and we could have our m&m time. Since she was in full-day kindergarten last year, there hasn't been a lot of time for just us, but this summer, Ashley has been taking a dance class late at night (haha--it's 7:30= "late" for us!) We get the boys to bed, drop Ashley off, and have our mommy & me time. So far, we've been shopping, gotten strawberry milkshakes, gone on walks, and had fun together. Last week, we went to see the horses by our house and I took some pictures of her. It's funny how different kids need/want different things--m&m time is really important to Paige...and I love it, too! :)
Monday, August 1, 2011
Douglas' Career?
Douglas is great at "singing" along when other people are singing. He also loves to wave his arms wildly to conduct the music. We might have a future musician on our hands!
