31 October 2013

Happy Halloween

The kidlets had halloween at school. They came trick or treating to my room, were super cute, then cried when they had to leave. So sad. (And, a student of mine from Burundi thought that all 15 little kids there were mine.)

James opted to stay home and give out tons of candy while I walked around with the kids. Jack was a pro and after about 3 houses knew exactly what to do and just went at it. Molly struggled . . . With life . . . But we did make it around the block.

Once the candy was gone, we headed out to grandpa Huber's for Halloween festivities. A bunch of the older cousins had fancy dancy costumes this year.

(Molly had a rough Halloween day and she wanted make-up with her witch costume, so that is why she looks like she is in pain. I am also posting a picture of her in hat costume for the ward party last week.)

26 October 2013

Sometimes the veil is thin

We went to visit my grandpa today.  We were talking about family history stuff.  We've talked about it during our last several visits because he's been preparing his Sunday school lesson on family history (he's been preparing it forever, like he does) and finally gets to give the lesson tomorrow.

After our discussion today, Grandpa was asking James about whether or not he has lymph-edema and what might be wrong with his sore legs, so Jack and I started wandering around the house.  We were looking at some photographs in the dining room and this one seemed to look right through me. I feel like my Grandma was trying to tell me something (and I feel that way again just typing that).  I don't know what she's trying to tell me, but maybe acknowledging it and writing it down will help.  Maybe she is trying to give me some insight into the family history stuff.  Maybe she is mad at me and threatening to hit me with her crutch.  Maybe she just wanted to say that she loves me.  I miss her.


My grandpa (in reference to the family history discussion) said something to the affect that the veil is thin and people on both sides are always working back and forth with one another to accomplish the things that need to happen.  If it is possible to say so, I think the veil is extra thin at my grandparent's house.  It just always feels good to go there.  My grandpa is such a spiritual strength for all of us, plus he has pictures of my grandma (and every other family member) all around the house.  Especially today, I just felt an extra strong testimony of the plan of salvation and families and the importance of staying close together.  That's all.  Maybe I just needed to write that.

21 October 2013

Zoo

Today, for some reason, we had an extra day off for our UEA weekend. Molly, Jack, and I headed to the zoo! There was hardly anyone there and we had lots of fun. We ran in to the Mills family who used to tend Jack and it was fun to see them!

Both kids crashed on the way home. Mission accomplished!

19 October 2013

Downtown adventure

We went on an adventure the other night when James got home from work (the same day as the Wheeler Farm adventure). We drove to Little America to park then rode the train to City Creek. We ate at Johnny Rockets (I had a Groupon), then walked through the Disney store and over to Temple Square and the Church History Museum. We caught the train afterwards and headed back to the car. The kids have had super bad colds this week but were troopers on our adventure and waited until we got back to the car before melting down. We had a great time!







Dimple boy was way excited to be on the train and despite this picture, our grumpy dad was actually very pleasant on our adventure!