Sorry it has been a while since Crystal has posted. This pregnancy has hit her hard and she is yakking like a supermodel. I'm not very good at posting this stuff, but most of the last few weeks have been pretty mundane (besides the vomitting).
Sincerely,
Dan
Happy 60th Birthday Dad!We had a fun (and very cold) stake primary activity day in Charlotte.
Some of the kids in our stake. We started off by making scripture story bags to teach during family home evening.
Donovan making a prayer rock.
A relay race doing acts of service. Here Dono is folding laundry. (I'll have to let him help me more often. I thought it was funny when he "folded" the socks individually too.)
Holding onto the rod (using the word of God to help guide us)
Then we went on a hayride. First we got pulled by a tractor, then an amish neighbor brought his horses and wagon to take us on a more authentic ride. It was lots of fun. What a nice neighbor!
Donovan and Mommy
It was fun being able to pull off a surprise party for Dan this year. I did a lot of fanagling and got our friends the Forsyth's to watch the kids and "set up" while I took Dan out for his birthday dinner 2 days early. Thank you Emily and Benjamin!!! Dan had no clue. In fact he was a little bothered that the Forsyth's had to leave early and we had to be back by 6:30 so that they could leave. Boy was he surprised! He came home to a house full of people. We counted 31 friends and their kids. I was surprised that we all fit into the front rooms! Thank you all for coming and making this a special birthday.
A hockey rink, what else??
I think the kids really wanted some cake!
They all helped Dan blow out the fire hazard.
Dan and his friend Jeff.
I hope you had a wonderful birthday sweetie! Even though this was a few days before, we also got to spend his real birthday with him all day. We had a few days this week full of surprises! We love you!
#4's ETA = June 2010
Donovan came home with this badge today for being an awesome student! I'm so proud of you buddy!
Ever since I ran a 5K in June, Dan has wanted to do one with me. He looked up different races around the state and found one in his hometown. Cedar Springs is a small town that is well known for their red flannel pajamas. There used to be a factory that made them and now the name stuck -Red Flannel town. The street sign posts have metal red flannel jammies hanging from them all around town. It's really fun. Well, for the Red Flannel Festival, they also had a 5K. So of course we signed up. Our wonderful friends, the Smiths, took our boys Friday afternoon to have them spend the night so that we could have a night to ourselves and run without any worries. It was great! It's been so long since we've had a kidless night! We checked into a hotel in Grand Rapids (with a jacuzzi tub! which helped us relax our muscles) and had a night on the town. We got up early and headed further north to run the race.
I wasn't planning on having Elliott start pre-school until next year, but we have such a good group of friends that have kids his age that wanted to start a sort of joy-school. We decided to join in. He is loving it! He's still a little young to grasp everything well, but he is having fun trying and learning.
His cheezy smile - getting ready to go. We meet at rotating mom's houses once a week to learn ABC's, numbers, colors, shapes, etc. and to of course be social with other kids their age.
Elliott is catching on so quick, especially since he learns things that Dono does too. He's having so much fun.
