My gift to society

Lets take a moment, shall we, to look at these kids. Adorable, aren't they? I mean, really, have you ever seen such enchanting children?

Such lovely eyes and engaging smiles.

Filled with infectious laughter and a love for life.

And their charm goes so much farther than just physical appearances. They are quite brilliant, too and brimming with talent- so much talent. Their singing voices are magical, their dancing abilities are awe-inspiring. And talk about athletic prowess- they are bound to set records. And they're polite too, witty, and thoughtful. Yes, I think its safe to say these just might be the most perfect children the world has ever known. I'm just as surprised as you are, but it seems that my husband and I have have some magical combination that produces incredible offspring. The only real tragedy is that there are only two of them. Heartbreaking, really. It just doesn't seem fair that in all the world there are only two perfect children, so after some soul-searching my husband and I decided to grace the world with one more perfect child. It seems the right thing to do. Its entirely selfless of us, I know, but the world has been good to us, so it seems the least we could do.

The expected arrival of the next perfect child is June 29th. I am 18 weeks along and so far, everything seems to be healthy and normal. This particular child, seems to be even more thoughtful than the other two- with a less sickness-laden first trimester, and for that I am grateful. Lynette is thrilled beyond measure and asks me at least 10 times a day if the baby is still growing, if it is sleeping, or if it is awake. She is quite determined that this baby will be the little sister she's been longing for. Trevor is happy that Lynette is happy. I just started noticing the baby kicking this week, so that has been fun, and we eagerly await our ultrasound in two weeks.

I know you will rejoice with us in this news and I promise to keep you updated on the progression of this latest perfect child. You're welcome.

Nauvoo Take 2

Its the middle of January and terribly cold. To distract myself from the chill, I decided to post about the hottest days we had during the year- which were spent outdoors in Nauvoo. It makes sense to me, and has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I am 6 months behind and don't want to go out of order. And since this blog is more of an archive for me anyway, here we go.

When visiting the Nauvoo pageant, always be sure to get there at least an hour early for the pre-show entertainment. There's stick-pulling...

I'm not sure who won this one...

The kids, enjoyed getting into it, well, Lynette did. Trev was just confused.

Lynette's grand victory!

You can also pull a handcart.

Do some sack races.

Go, Lynette, go!

At the kiddie center they can color and learn how to use a pioneer yo-y0.

It really is a super fun time, even in 100 degree weather.

There's also pioneer pastimes center where you can learn to make rope by taking three strands of string and using this thingy, twist it together...

And once you have three separate strands of stronger string, you reattach it to another thingy and spin it together...

Keep spinning...

Until you get a nice, scratchy piece of rope.

You can play with pioneer dolls.

And try on hats...he's such a good sport.

And give some attitude while trying on hats.

There's a play sheep you can ride on, adorned with real wool.

And outside the visitor's center is the Women's Garden, or Relief Society Garden or something like that. This was our first stop as you can tell by the fact that we are less sweat drenched than in later pictures.

Trev did us the honor of waking up for this part.

Lynette really liked all the statues.

I love how dated they all look, so 70's, but the workmanship really is beautiful.

And the Christus Statue in the Visitor's Center. What a great trip!