Sixty-sixth Passage

We wanted to do something fun on Memorial Day. Unfortunately we only had Morgan and Lydia this year, so it couldn't be the whole family.
First we went to Wilson Ponds and walked around a bit.

We picked some flowers for Lydia's hair.

Then we met up with my brother and his family, and my mom, at a place in Melba. David called it birds of prey, but I didn't ever see a sign to indicate that. They did have peacocks...
It was just a little nature walk thing with signs with little religious sayings, and little statues, lots of bird houses, and fun little things to look at. We had fun.
Here is Kaien, Emmy, and Morgan, hanging out in a gazebo.

We ended up back at my brothers house for a barbecue and games.
It was a fun day, and a nice way to spend time with David before he left for Iowa for the rest of the week.

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Look how happy they are playing wii games.

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One day the boys came to the school room in costume. Morgan did school as a captain superman cowboy, (notice the belt) Owen was The Flame, (or whatever his name is from Fantastic Four) and a cowboy. William was just a Power Ranger, he said. The piece of car track he is holding is his samurai sword.

Enjoy their different faces and poses.

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Enjoying summer weather.

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Flowers from David, May 22, 2013

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While in Utah Morgan and Lydia got to spend some quality time with Trudy, the boy bunny.

Sixty-Fifth Passage

David and I are doing karate with the two older boys. I'm learning along with them, but David's already up to  brown belt, so he basically just goes along for the ride. 

Anyway, we completed the yellow belt moves, and tested for the belt last week. We all passed. The boys were very excited.

This video is of the two of them testing. It's funny to see their different personalities in it. Morgan was very loosey goosey, very laid back. William was extremely serious, and probably pretty nervous. They both did great. 

Here we are with our certificates. We haven't actually received our belts yet. They're on order.

Lydia does't like to be left out, and wanted to hold a paper for a picture. I think she's cute enough to post it.

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Here are some quotes from the kiddos. 

After Morgan and I finished a game of battle ship, he said, "it would be hard to play battleship with Heavenly Father. "

I was telling the kids that I am going to the doctor tomorrow to learn more about the baby. Morgan said, "Yeah, and have that etch-a-scetch sound thing!" 
Ultra-sound. 
Now I get to listen to the three boys talk about how the baby gets out of the tummy. Morgan had it basically right when he said, "Mommy has to push it out of a hole above the butt."
William: The baby is not in the butt.

Owen: I buried some dead rolly polly's so I could have them when they are alive.

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Lydia had her first trauma induced bloody nose the other day. Let me tell you how it happened. I saw the whole thing.  I have no idea what she was trying to do, but she pushed the piano bench until it fell over. It wasn't tucked under the piano all the way, and so when she pushed it toward the piano and it fell, she fell along with it. Her face impacted the piano, which bumped her back a bit, but she was still going down. Then her face landed on the very end of the piano bench leg, which was now sticking up in the air. It resulted in this.

She didn't cry for long.

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We read another book. This one had no literary value, but the boys appreciated the age-appropriate humor. I wasn't sad when it was over. :)

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We recently finished reading Shiloh for school.

I believe it was enjoyed by the boys. I'm not a huge fan though. Usually I totally agree with Newbery award books, but this one wasn't a favorite. The boy constantly lied, and while he mentioned how he felt guilty about it, he didn't change it. He just kept justifying it in the name of protecting a dog that he stole. Oh well.