Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

We went to the library, and in honor of Lincoln's birthday, they had the kids make top hats and beards. Our kids were the only ones there, so the librarians took their picture. They looked real cute. The picture doesn't do them justice, but it ended up in the local paper. Here is the clipping.

Draper Temple Open House

Since Draper is only about 3 hours away we decided to go to the Open House. We got our reservation about a month ago and were so excited to get one for President's Day. We figured it wouldn't be very crowded. Boy were we wrong. It was crazy! We drove to Salt Lake in the morning, went to Temple Square for a little while and then went to Chuckorama for lunch. To make a long story short, what we were planning on taking an hour and a half or so ended up taking well over four hours. With a very exuberant 2 year old and a nursing baby, it was a little hectic. The temple was beautiful and the children enjoyed seeing the inside of a temple. We just wish we would have known it was going to take so long so we could have planned better. We weren't able to get a picture, but we enjoyed being together for this experience.

Gideon is Potty Training!

We have been talking with Gideon about potty training for the last few months or so, but our philosophy is to wait until he asks to wear underwear or wants to go. Well yesterday he decided was the day. He is doing pretty good, with only minor accidents. We have our fingers crossed that things will keep going smoothly.

Gabriella is 3 months!

Here she is. She is healthy, big, beautiful, and a fun baby overall. We all just love her to pieces!

Our Stay at Home Crew

Here is our home everyday during the school week crew: Gideon, Gabriella, and Emma.

It's Not So Bad

Well, we have finished a week and a half. We have all of our materials and things are going pretty good. Emma has her days where she is so excited and some days where she doesn't want to work so much, but we are making our way thorugh. We are doing the Wyoming Vitual School with the K12 curriculum which I have to say is FABULOUS. I love it. It is challenging Emma in all the ways I was wanting her to be challenged. She is doing History, Math, Science, Music, Language Arts, and Art. She is actually writing! It is a lot of work for me, but we seem to be doing okay. Dan is even gone this week and I'm able to get everything done I need to. We'll see how everything goes as time goes on. I'm not making any decisions about next year for a few months.