Our Weekly Update

1. 1 year 9 months 5 days. That is how long I gave up diet Pepsi for. And today I fell off the wagon. There was no big event that sparked my fall, I just wanted one. I had been wanting to have one for a while and I figured, why and I fighting it. Ah...it was so good!
2. While I was changing Colt's diaper yesterday, Rachel said to me "Be careful with is peanut mom." Of course I couldn't help but laugh. What a funny little gal she is. And I am glad she forgot the real word. This is much funnier coming out of her mouth even though it is not atomically correct.
3. Yesterday Livy asked me to help her write cat. She said "Can you help me write cuh, ah, and tuh (making the sounds of the letters). This is her first word she can spell all by herself! Rachel has learned our street address. She knows the number and street. Way to go Rae!
4. Colt has a certain song he sings in the car as he is going to sleep. I call it his sleep song. It is really just some tones he carries out but it always sounds the same. Maybe since he doesn't suck his thumb or a pacifier this is his relaxation. I love his sleep song. And when I nurse him at night he likes to play with his eyelashes. At first I was worried that he was ripping them out but he just rolls them between his fingers.
5. We were at the lake this weekend for General Conference. It was beautiful up there but I did spend most of my time inside and actually got to listen to almost every talk! It was great. I loved this session. I am truly grateful for a prophet. I am grateful for the instruction we recieve and a huge spiritual uplifting and sense of renewal after each General Conference.
6. The girls are getting older again. We just switched them into booster seats this week. They love their new seats and Colt is loving his new one too that just got passed down to him. We are loving that they unbuckle themselves now!
7. On the boat this weekend we were taking a slow drive and Livy sat next to me in the back and leaned back and said "woo-sah, woo-sah." Which is hysterical and I will tell you why. This is something that Eric has said for as long as I can remember. It kinda means relax and chill out. It is from the movie Bad Boys with Will Smith. The captain is stressed out and they tell him to do his woo-sah and rub his ears, or whatever his therapist told him to do. Either way, it is so funny to hear the kids pick up stuff we say. This was the first time I had ever heard her say it. And she got the meaning of it without us ever explaining it to her. And she was right, what a great time to woo-sah.
8. The other night at our Relief Society Activity we learned about education. One of our RS presidency members works at the library and gave a presentation on some of what the library and the web site has to offer. She showed us this site from the kid's page that is called Tumble Books. It is great. It shows a book to the kids and reads it to them page by page. We started using it the next day. The girls love it and it is good if I need a few minutes.
9. Colt started using his "more" sign. It's so cute. And started giving kisses. Wet, wide open mouth kisses that I love.
10. We hung these magnetic strips in the play room for all of the girls artwork. We had bought them before Colt was born but just got to hang them only to find there was not nearly enough. They are already full and having to be rotated. The girls love seeing their pictures and always ask me to hang their stuff in there instead of the kitchen where I put some on the pantry door. I guess we need more for the other wall in the play room.  

Night fishing at the lake.



The "big" catch of the night.


Happy kids swinging in beautiful weather.



Boat ride out to "the beach."









The beach. It's a little island in the middle of the lake.


Picassos.




Eric napping anyway he can.