A Morales Minute

Today was the Primary Program. It was Lindsey's last one. I can't believe she will be turning 12 soon and going to Young Women. The program was so sweet. The boys had speaking parts and got them all memorized. No saying it too fast or mumbling. Perfect! Olivia sang a song with her classmates. That girl knows all the words. She has a talent but doesn't like to share it too often. Lindsey sung the 2nd verse of I Know That the Savior Loves Me in a trio of three girls. Little angels singing. :) Jaime is a primary teacher so he was up on the stand with the kids. I sat by myself, thoroughly enjoying the program and feeling the Spirit. It was a wonderful sacrament meeting for me. I just felt like I was beaming as I sat and watched and listened to these children. I feel so blessed!

Many of my friends in the area were saying "School is FINALLY starting!" and "Hallelujah school is starting." To people who read these posts on Facebook it may look like a bunch of moms could hardly wait to get their kids out of the house. That wasn't exactly the case. Everyone was feeling like I was, do we plan for school or plan for some other activity, early to bed or enjoy the evening doing something the friends? because we didn't know if school was starting. Everyone was ready to get in to a schedule and knowing what to expect each day. And that is why the "halleluhjahs" were shouted. Tyler is starting the Two Way Dual Language program this year. Aidan is on his second year in the Dual Language program. His teacher is great and told me she expects the kids to only speak in Spanish come November! Neat! Olivia will miss her 3rd grade teacher immensely, so will I but Liv and her 4th grade teacher are off to

With Summer break lingering on a bit longer than expected and me being sick I felt like we were all in limbo. I wasn't feeling very productive since I was just laying around, my kids weren't being very productive either since I was just - LAYING around!  We still needed to eat so breakfast became dinner sometimes. The kids never mind it though. And french toast is Lindsey's all time favorite! She had fun cutting out her hashtag #frenchtoast! As soon as I was feeling relief with the help of my meds I wanted to help the kids do something educational but fun. I did multiplication flash cards with the girls and some of their friends and played a few rounds of Around the World. Once they made it around they got a candy out of the middle then continued on around again. It was fun for all of us. After playing the math game they were off to play who knows what! I picked up some workbooks for Aidan and Tyler. I didn't even have to tell them to work on th

It wasn't long after going to the fair that I became very sick. At first it started with a very sore throat and I was thinking it had to do with the smoke in the air from all the wild fires. Our county advised people to stay indoors because the air quality was so poor. So I thought this is what was causing my sore throat but then more symptoms came on and I just kept getting worse. I was in so much pain and so miserable I finally went in to the dr. I had an ear infection, sinus infection, and possible strep throat but they didn't swab for strep since the antibiotics for the infections would take care of strep if that's what it was. So I was in bed for a long time. I slept a lot, was on meds, went through 4 boxes of Kleenex, almost an entire bottle of Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer, drank lots of water and OJ and felt like I missed my family. It was during the teacher strike so summer break was extended for the kids. I didn't get to take the ki

Aidan has such a tiny mouth and all his baby teeth are so close together and tight that as his permanent teeth are growing in they're a little crowded. One of his baby teeth on the bottom was loose but not coming out fast enough for the permanent tooth coming in so the dentist removed it and made room for the baby tooth. None of my kids had ever had a tooth extraction so I was nervous for him. He was so brave and cute all at the same time. Sitting in that large chair he was cold so I put a blanket on him. He took it like a champ. Not an "owe" came out. Nothing came out but the tooth. :) A week later one of his two loose teeth up top came out. It'll only be a matter of days till that other tooth up top comes out. He likes me to pull them out to get them out faster. Makes me wonder if he's trying to save money for something. hahahaha Kids enjoying popcorn in the evening outside on Grandma Marcia's deck. It's one of thos

The kids all got free tickets to the fair though the summer reading program at the library so I decided to take them to their first rodeo! They all thought it was fun! Even Jaime said it was more enjoyable than he thought it'd be. I think we will be going again next year. Keep reading kids! Tickets for this are spendy! I was glad we only had to pay for Jaime and I. After rodeoing we went through the fair.  Farmer Lindsey Farmer Aidan Farmer Tyler This is such a cool ride. You climb into a plastic ball and then it's filled with air and you just roll around on the water.  Those on the sides can push the balls around. Tyler and Aidan had a blast. I could seriously use one of these in my house! It keeps them contained and uses up their energy as they run around like gerbils. They'd try and stand up and walk in the ball and then would just fall over.  It was just a fun night to be with  my family. Jaime had bee