Sunday Walk

On Sunday afternoon we went for a walk at Brommelseik Park. They have a cute fishing lake that has a nice path all the way around. The weather was so mild and nice. The girls got excited about seeing some dogs there. What a difference! They used to be so afraid, but now Sydney will hold out her hand and say, "That dog wants to lick my hand!" Kathryn isn't quite as friendly, but she's not afraid. I'm so proud of them! She saw a chihuahua puppy and thought it was a cat! It was funny.

Spider Family

We had fun playing on this web crawler too. This was the first time that Kathryn had climbed all the way to the top. It's so interesting to see the differences between Kathryn & Sydney. Kathryn is very calculated and hesistant and careful. When she climbs she makes sure that she knows where each hand and foot will go. Sometimes she freezes out of panic, but can be talked out of it. Sydney just goes. She will just hang until she can find a place to put her feet. Then, if she feels like it, she'll just drop. (You can see Sydney in the last picture. She's near the bottom.)

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Kathryn successfully swung on the monkey bars on Saturday. She was so excited and we were excited for her.

Sydney successfully hung. (Or hanged, as Kathryn would say)

BTW, Mike and I also successfully swung on the monkey bars. And if you don't think that's impressive, you go try it.

So sorry...

Hi friends! It's me, Emily. See, there I am smiling at you! Sorry that I haven't posted any pictures for a while. When we got back from our quick trip to Arkansas, my memory card stopped functioning, so I lost the pictures that I had on my camera and I was unable to take more! So, a new card has been purchased and I'm back in action.

What we've been doing:

Quick trip to Arkansas - Mike's dad gave us his pop-up camper and we met him halfway to pick it up! We are SO excited about going camping! The trip could have been better, but it was fun to see Harry and Corrie and of course, to get the camper. We were expecting it to be in the 60s (per weather.com) but it ended up being in the 30! Our trip down there was uneventful and we shared a nice meal out on Friday night. On Saturday morning we got up and had a leisurely breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Then we met back at the campsite so that Mike and his Dad could hook up the brake lights for the camper. It was freezing! So the girls and I sat in the camper while they worked. Then I made a fire to try and defrost us and we half-heartedly (only because it was so cold) roasted some hot dogs. That night we took the girls to a Boat & RV show in Hot Springs, mainly because it was warm and indoors! The next morning we got up and were greeted with a flat tire on the Jeep. Luckily, we knew where the Wal-Mart was so Mike put on the spare and we popped on over to get it fixed. Voila! We were on our way...kind of. We ran into poor road conditions and tacked on an additional 4 hours to our trip. But, we all made it home safe and sound with the camper, so we were succesful!

Sydney's Teeth - Sydney had a bad run-in with an exercise ball and a baby and smashed her teeth pretty good. Our friend (a dentist) told me that it would probably be fine, but if she had hit it hard enough, that her teeth might discolor. :( So, as if that wasn't bad enough, I had Kathryn's dentist look at Sydney's teeth (we were there for Kathryn's check up) and she said that they might discolor (yes, I'm aware), but also that they might develop bubbles and have to be removed!!!! WHAT? Why tell me that? I was so upset! Of course, I played it cool while we were in there because she had this grim look on her face and I didn't want to cry in front of her. So, I fretted about that for a couple of days, but her teeth are still white and I'm continuing to pray. (You can pray too. I know it's superficial, but come on, how sad would it be if she had to have her two front teeth removed!?)

Home, Family, & Personal Enrichment - I am the Enrichment leader for our ward, so I've been busy planning our next meeting (on Wednesday).

Fishing - I went fishing for the first time with my friend Natalie. It was fun and I caught the only fish! A sweet 5-incher.