Hyrum Day...

Seth and Emily planned a fun day for Hyrum to celebrate his birthday...thanks so much!

The Prodigal Blogger...

Some pics to catch you up...
Hadley chose to go bowling to celebrate her review challenge triumph on the piano...even Hyrum beat me...

We had a great time at Santa's worship with the Hanleys and Yonkers...

Santa looks pretty shocked...maybe because of how good Hadley and Maizie have been this year?

I want a wii...new books...DS...MP3 player...um...


Hyrum hammering on his toy....


Hyrum painting...

Fast learner....

The other day we were walking to our car in the bowling alley parking lot and Hyrum was asking for a toy from McDonald's on the way home. Jeff told him "no" and Hyrum was silent for a minute...then he said, "Dad, if you don't get me a toy from McDonald's, then I won't ever do anything you say." I was definately caught off-guard, and decided to take a minute to teach him. I said, "Hyrum, what you are doing is called t-h-r-e-a-t-e-n-i-n-g...that is not a nice way to talk about what you want. It makes people feel bad." Again, silence.

After a minute, he said. "Mom, threatening is my favorite thing in the world to do." Well, so much for that teaching, so I tried another tactic. "Hyrum, if you threaten, dad will never buy you a toy at McDonald's." Another long silence. Then the brilliance, "Mom, my favorite thing in the world is to love my family."

Precious, just precious. But despite his brilliance, he didn't get the toy...but he did get an ice cream cone.

Miracle...

We all looked the same way...our greens ALMOST match...and we had a good time (no MAJOR melt downs). Here's the results..

They won't all load here...so check out my facebook! Blogspot is probably rejecting me because I've been so negligent for so long...sorry

Family Pictures....

A day without rain or blaring sun, everyone with a coordinated outfit, looking in the same general vicinity with a somewhat pleasant look on their face....why is that so impossible?!?! We had our family pictures today, hope at least one turned out! Stay tuned for the results....dun-dun-dunnnnn