Friday, July 25, 2008

I Do Not Know Why But......

I am trying to get the kids to do more around the house. Joshua and Alex are old enough to wash the dishes by hand. Well Joshua has been doing them for months now and does a pretty good job at it. Occasionally I find a dish that needs to be redone. Well Alex on the other hand I know that he is capable of doing it. I think he just really does not want to since he does a Horrible job. I mean I understand if there is a little something but he seems to just not even give an effort at it. Sometime I think he just gets them wet. So I have decided that he will be doing the dishes for this weekend and next week I will check them and if they are not clean then he can do them again.

Okay so some of you may be saying wow you are a mean mom. Well fine be that way LOL. These kids need to learn how to do this stuff if they start doing thing around the house they will be able to earn things. Hope helps with the dishes when I do them she rinses them and puts them in the dishwasher. Then she Nathan and Avery will put them away when they are dry.

I am just trying to make sure my children are able to do the things they need to when they get older. I was thinking the other day Joshua is about to be 11 in 8 years (about he will be going on his mission (if he does) I want him to be able to keep the apt clean and cook for himself and his companion(s). That way they are not living off frozen pizza and such LOL.

I just feel these kids are old enough to help around the house. Sometimes mommy just wants to sit on her rear sometimes and relax. LOL

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Hope Went to The ranch

Well Last week was truly an interesting week here at our house. Hope when to the ranch for the Stringham Family Reunion. She had a blast. She got to help cook food for everyone ride a horse shoe a horse go climbing play in a creek I mean I know the list has to go on and on. I am Happy that she went now she will be bale to go places and know that she will be just fine with out mommy and daddy right there with her. I did better then I expected that I would do. I missed her horribly and yes it was hard but I survived as well.

Well I kept myself busy by baking sewing gardening and I coloured my hair again. Yes again LOL I have really gotten the grasp of making bread and I really enjoy doing. Yesterday I made cinnamon soft pretzels and oh boy did they come out great!!

McKay is back to work so it is not to have him doing that but it is weird not having him home. I forgot how grumpy he is after work and how on the weekends he does not want to do anything.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Fun Night

Last week Grandma Ellen, Krystal, Becca, Brynnlee and Calob came over for dinner. After diner the kids went outside for water play and us adults stayed in and hung out. well Becca had asked to play on the Wii and it turned out Krystal never has. So I stuck in Wii Sports and we bowled for a little while then the boxed. Well it was just so cool watching them so I decided to capture it forever. So here is the video of them playing!!!