July 27, 2005
Wow! What a long, fun, hot week we had with my family! They had a heat wave and several days the heat index was between 110-115. I bet they will never come visit again. Of course the exact day they left a cold front came through and dropped the temp to a gorgeous 70! Figures!
Well, we left last Tuesday after Bob got off work and met my parents and my sister and her 3 kids in Nauvoo. We were just in time for the pre show and it was so awesome!! They had tons of people dressed up in pioneer clothes. They had dancing, crafts, handcart races, stick pulls, stilts, a bagpipe band, log sawing etc. We had so much fun. We even saw some old friends from Flagstaff- what are the chances of that?? Anyway, the kids went on the handcart and Marisa helped pull. They only went a little ways and she thought she might die. Gave her a good idea of what it might have been to cross the plains. Yuck! Bob creamed me at the stick pull- I went flying. We really did have a great time.
Then they had all the children march with the bagpipe band to take the American flag to the stage. Then we got to see the Nauvoo temple pageant. It was so cool. It was such a beautiful setting with the temple set up on the hill in the background. After the pageant, we drove to Bob’s parents house. They were so sweet to do a "bed and breakfast" for all of us! Plus, we felt extra lucky to have all 4 of our parents in the same place at the same time.
The next day, Wednesday, we went back to Nauvoo. My parents and sister did a temple session while we took the kids on a wagon ride with horses through Nauvoo. It was so flippin hot. We were all drenched in sweat! After the fun ride, we took the kids to the area called "Pioneer past times". We had a fun picnic lunch, let the kids play in the sprinklers, and played all sorts of fun pioneer games. Then we picked the other up from the temple and went to the Nauvoo fudge factory (a must do!) And then took them to the Mississippi river to the pioneer crossing and where Marisa had been baptized. We let the kids get in the river to cool off and we skipped rocks. Then we drove back here with my family to Iowa. That night we watched "The Pacifier" and I laughed hard again. I just think it is such a fun movie!
On Thursday, we took an easy day. Everyone unpacked, we did grocery shopping, laundry, etc. That night we watched "Ice Princess" . We let the kids run in the sprinklers and play with the hose- they were out there for several hours having an absolute blast.
On Friday, we went to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". We all enjoyed it a lot. It was so fun to go all together. When we came home, my mom gave all the kids t-shirts from the movie. It was a hit! We did a fun Mexican food evening with home made tortillas, kid friendly margaritas, and homemade guacamole dip. Yummy!! After that, us girls went clothes shopping. I really should start my own business designing clothes. We had fun and finally found Marisa some skirts that fit and look adorable!
On Saturday, we went to clean the church and the kids played in the gym where it was nice and cool. Then Bob and I took our kids (not Alayna-we finally had a babysitter) to go see Star Wars III. It was so awesome!!!! Even the kids loved it. So we decided we will have to see all 6 in a row at Christmas. Anyone want to come???
On Sunday, it was the hottest it had been all week. It was just awful. But it was fun taking the family to church. That evening we did a sing though of the Messiah (to prepare Nina and I to come sing in it in Utah next April). We watched home videos, make chocolate chip cookies, and watched the movie "Handcart" (which was cool since we had just been to Nauvoo and pushed one!)
On Monday, we went to visit the Amana colonies. It is a city of German immigrants who settled here around the same time the Saints moved to Salt Lake. We went to see many stores. We went in a bakery, chocolate house, fudge factory, lace shop, kids toy shop, Christmas store, etc. It would have been much more fun if it hadn’t been so hot!!! We did have lunch at a German Restaurant with authentic German food. Bob and I split a German Schnitzel meal which was excellent. Then we went to the Holiday Inn which has an indoor waterpark. We got 1 hotel room so people could hang out if they didn’t want to swim. It was so nice since it was indoors and we probably spent 4-5 hours there. The kids were going crazy in it.
Yesterday my family headed back to Tennessee and of course the temp dropped. It was so fun to have them here to visit and spend time with. Sorry this is more of a log of what we did. Today I am running off all our newsletters since we got married to make copies for each kid. Figured I should get caught up now. Our love to everyone!!!
PS- Just a reminder that if you want to see any past newsletters you have missed, they are archived on the side.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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July 17, 2005
July 17, 2005
Another busy week flies by! I have never seen summer move so quickly! It has been quite a bit hotter here, so we stay inside more. Our tomato plants are growing so great and we have even been able to eat a few grape tomatoes and they were awesome! My roses however, got attacked by some very nasty beetles who ate all my roses. We sprayed and they still kept coming. So, this weekend Bob got some heavy duty spray and went in like a commando and blasted those stupid things. There were so many that it looked like I had black roses that moved. NASTY! I think they are all dead now, so hopefully these poor roses can try again.
Tyler and Kayla passed their Tae Kwon Do orientation and earned a yellow stripe. Tyler decided to continue on and Kayla chose to quit. Tyler is doing very well in the class and learning so much stuff. Now I think we need to get him a punching bag so he won’t use the sisters for practice. His sister actually elbowed him in his "private" area today and he cried and turned purple. Not good. He is also becoming a huge helper in the kitchen. He loves to help me cook and he even cracks eggs better than his dad (who got shell in the cookie dough today).
Kayla has decided to start volleyball in the fall. I think she will do very well. She definitely loves sports. She is also becoming very apprehensive about school starting even though it’s a month away. Thank heavens here they have registration the first week of August and we find out who her teacher is. Then a week or so before school starts they have an open house where we can meet the teacher and other kids in the class and see her classroom. I am hoping that will ease many fears.
We went shopping for Marisa’s school supplies this week. She is so excited she can hardly stand it! I hope this year goes really well for her. She also will have a pre-registration day as well as an orientation day which should also help ease any fears. She and Kayla have been doing this computer program which is teaching them how to play the piano on our keyboard. They are really working hard and can play one song. They need to learn a new one quick though- the other one is driving me insane.
Alayna. What can I say? I chose to put her back in diapers and she was so happy and this week she has decided to start potty training herself. More power to ya, little lady! I will say we have had lots more laundry, but she is trying and that counts for a lot. Oh, and she has decided she is a princess. She is ALWAYS in some kind of costume. When I went to the store the other day, she was adamant about wearing the bright yellow sunflower costume. As my mother always said, "You gotta pick your battles". So, I let her wear it and you wouldn’t believe the attention she got. I will never get her in regular clothes again. She is always saying "I look so pretty today", etc. She has a healthy self esteem which is a good thing. What a character, I tell ya!
I am going back to school when the kids do to renew my teaching license which expired. I only have to take 6 credits so I can easily get it done this year. Then I will exchange it for the Iowa one and hopefully start teaching again when Alayns starts kindergarten. We shall see how things play out.
We have a fun week ahead of us as my parents are coming to visit from Utah along with my sister and her 3 kids. Boy do we have a fun party planned. I will tell you all about it next week.
Also, a special Happy Birthday to Grandpa Hart! Have a great week!
Love-Kris
Another busy week flies by! I have never seen summer move so quickly! It has been quite a bit hotter here, so we stay inside more. Our tomato plants are growing so great and we have even been able to eat a few grape tomatoes and they were awesome! My roses however, got attacked by some very nasty beetles who ate all my roses. We sprayed and they still kept coming. So, this weekend Bob got some heavy duty spray and went in like a commando and blasted those stupid things. There were so many that it looked like I had black roses that moved. NASTY! I think they are all dead now, so hopefully these poor roses can try again.
Tyler and Kayla passed their Tae Kwon Do orientation and earned a yellow stripe. Tyler decided to continue on and Kayla chose to quit. Tyler is doing very well in the class and learning so much stuff. Now I think we need to get him a punching bag so he won’t use the sisters for practice. His sister actually elbowed him in his "private" area today and he cried and turned purple. Not good. He is also becoming a huge helper in the kitchen. He loves to help me cook and he even cracks eggs better than his dad (who got shell in the cookie dough today).
Kayla has decided to start volleyball in the fall. I think she will do very well. She definitely loves sports. She is also becoming very apprehensive about school starting even though it’s a month away. Thank heavens here they have registration the first week of August and we find out who her teacher is. Then a week or so before school starts they have an open house where we can meet the teacher and other kids in the class and see her classroom. I am hoping that will ease many fears.
We went shopping for Marisa’s school supplies this week. She is so excited she can hardly stand it! I hope this year goes really well for her. She also will have a pre-registration day as well as an orientation day which should also help ease any fears. She and Kayla have been doing this computer program which is teaching them how to play the piano on our keyboard. They are really working hard and can play one song. They need to learn a new one quick though- the other one is driving me insane.
Alayna. What can I say? I chose to put her back in diapers and she was so happy and this week she has decided to start potty training herself. More power to ya, little lady! I will say we have had lots more laundry, but she is trying and that counts for a lot. Oh, and she has decided she is a princess. She is ALWAYS in some kind of costume. When I went to the store the other day, she was adamant about wearing the bright yellow sunflower costume. As my mother always said, "You gotta pick your battles". So, I let her wear it and you wouldn’t believe the attention she got. I will never get her in regular clothes again. She is always saying "I look so pretty today", etc. She has a healthy self esteem which is a good thing. What a character, I tell ya!
I am going back to school when the kids do to renew my teaching license which expired. I only have to take 6 credits so I can easily get it done this year. Then I will exchange it for the Iowa one and hopefully start teaching again when Alayns starts kindergarten. We shall see how things play out.
We have a fun week ahead of us as my parents are coming to visit from Utah along with my sister and her 3 kids. Boy do we have a fun party planned. I will tell you all about it next week.
Also, a special Happy Birthday to Grandpa Hart! Have a great week!
Love-Kris
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We were racing to get there in time so I could be there for Jane's birth. I was so grateful to be there!
