Sunday Fun

Today was the Primary Program that we look forward to all year. Our ward did a magnificent job. The spirit was really strong and the kids did great. I laughed, I cried, and our meeting went 20 minutes over. I don't think anyone wanted it to end, except maybe the primary kids who were getting slightly wiggly by the end. Of course, I had a strong bias toward two cute blond girls with french braids. Nora was asked to give a 2-minute talk and did such a great job. We talked to her beforehand about not looking at her page and reading the whole time but looking up at the audience once in awhile and how to deal with the microphone (not eating it). I thought she would forget most of it and just speed through her talk but she did it even better than we had practiced it. She paused and looked up at the audience after paragraphs and enunciated the words really well. Needless to say, I got a lot of comments after church. This evening Daniel was talking to her and told her she did a really good job on her talk and asked her if she liked giving talks in front of people. She said she really liked it and would like to do it more. Then Daniel explained to her that getting up and talking in front of a big audience makes a lot of people scared. Nora didn't really understand this and said "Scared of what? Of people?" Kyla did a great job too and knew and sang a lot more of the songs than I thought she knew. Kyla did a good job on her part also.

The other highlight of the day was Nora sweeping up the floor after making a mess and finding a weevil. She thought is was a little caterpillar and decided it would be her pet. She then proceeding to make the weevil a home and give it flour for food. Luckily, I think she lost it while she was trying to give it a bath. It is going to be a very happy day when we get a "real" pet.

Cedar Point with Grandma

Daniel's mom, Cynthia, flew out for a long weekend visit and we took advantage of the opportunity to explore. We decided that since Daniel had won tickets to Cedar Point from work, we would take the opportunity to finally go there. For those of you who are unaware, as stated on their website Cedar Point "is the number-one rated amusement park on the planet. It's also the second oldest amusement park in North America." Unfortunately many other people had the same idea as we did and it was soooo crowded, but we had a good time anyway.


While Cynthia and Daniel went to stand in line for roller coasters the girls had a great time hopping from one ride to the next. At least the kiddie rides weren't crowded. This is the one and only ride that Myka would go on (other than the ferris wheel with all of us). Poor girl was pretty sick and such a trooper for toughing out the day with us. Daniel liked this picture because they were in a Ford Mustang!


More fun rides!!! I think the girls went on 11 rides by the time Grandma and Daddy got one rollercoaster in.


Nora and Kyla are such fun, sweet sisters. Instead of always wanting to sit in the front or have their special color they figured out what color of vehicle they wanted and went on ALL the rides together. Usually on the kiddie rides there was only one child per plane, car, etc. but they decided it was more fun to ride together than get their own car and always get to ride in the front. They enjoy each other so much and it makes me so happy.




The one ride that we were all able to go on was the Giant Ferris Wheel. The girls had a lot of fun and we enjoyed seeing the sights, but kind of wish we would have got up there in the daylight so we could have seen more. All the huge rollercoasters were pretty impressive.


The Top Thrill Dragster and our gutsy Grandma. They call it the "tallest, fastest rollercoaster in the universe" for good reason. It uses huge magnetic linear motors to propell you from 0 to 120 mph in less than 4 seconds. You then coast straight up 420 feet before droping straight down a corkscrew on the other side. This picture is proof that grandma did it as it was taken just after getting off with the tower and car in the background. And, yes, she is smiling because she loved it!


Toward the end of the night Kyla and Myka crashed in the stroller, but Nora just wanted to keep on going. Luckily, she found a friend, Caitlyn from Toledo Ohio, who was just as excited to have someone to go on rides with as she was. She went on the Junior Gemini rollercoaster three times while waiting for Grandma and Daddy to get back from the Top Thrill Dragster so Mom could go on a level 4 rollercoaster with her which required adult accompaniment. Of course, Nora loved the bigger rollercoaster and learning from Mommy how screaming makes it more fun.

No there are no pictures of Daniel because he had the camera the whole time and no pictures of me because I got to write this, but yes we were there and had a great time!

Our New and First Real Home (hopefully)

On Wednesday, we made an offer on a house and had a counter offer a few hours later and accepted it the next day. We wanted to share our good news with everyone. The house is a cute, older home with a lot of country charm. It is kind of funny, we went and looked at our two favorite houses on Monday with Daniel's mom. The two houses couldn't have been more different. One was a nice, new home is a nice "community" type subdivision with a duck pond in the middle and everything. The other was the home we decided on which is a little bit smaller but with a lot of character and fun possibilities. It also had the benefits of being super close to Daniel's work, church, the girls current school, and in a really good school boundary for next year. I'll post more pictures when we get in. Sorry this is a little messy, I am still learning the basics. Love ya All!