February 2, 2025
This week I feel like I aged a decade each day. I got the sickness and was out of it for a little, and then threw my back out too and was a bit of a mess. I'm truly grateful for ibuprofen. Luckily I'm feeling back on track to health. Unfortunately Kassie and Desmond are not. They appear to have entered a miserable second stage of sickness that has redoubled from last week and have lots of congestion. We continue to cheer Desmond on in his attempt to get 3 nights in a row sleeping all night, but alas he is still stuck at 2 as his all-time record. Addie had a few nights of throwing up, threw up at school, and also demonstrated the act during breakfast. She seems to finally be doing well. Hopefully we'll turn the leaf on this chapter soon.
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| Desmond happily trapped under the desk |
Hinckley got back into his electronic coding a bunch this week which has been fun to see. One of his Deacon's quorum advisors is an electrical engineer and gave him all sorts of equipment and wires and things. Hinckley was so excited and it was fun to see him working through challenges with such energy. He finished a story for school in which he wrote his own Greek myth which he seemed ok with.
Greyson has renewed his interest in Diary of a Wimpy Kid and is reading/watching those a bunch. He still loves "I Survived" books and disasters. We decided not to do the karate classes at this time and he took the news well. He did get a blowup punching bag in the shape of a dinosaur that he loves beating up so maybe he can funnel his energy there. He will be doing soccer with his friend Luke again in the spring and is excited about that.
January 26, 2025
This week started with MLK day in which the kids didn't have school and I didn't have work. I went with Greyson and Addie to do a small service project at Thanksgiving point which we enjoyed (putting kits together), and then Hinckley went with me to a funeral for a brother in our ward who passed away unexpectedly. It was a sobering experience. Hinckley had his first experience doing baptisms for the dead this week which went really well! Unfortunately Kassie was sick and unable to go, but her parents went with us and he seemed to have a good experience.
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| Baptisms with Dad |
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| Baptisms with Grandma & Grandad |
Desmond starting waving his hand this week. He doesn't seem to know what it means, but loves the big reaction he gets from us when he does it! He still isn't quite crawling but loves to scoot around to things he wants. He got pretty sick this week too and that's been sad to see him down. Hopefully he will get feeling better soon and be restored to his natural cheery temperament.
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| Happy guy |
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| Discovering water |
Addie enjoyed cheer this week and was home sick one day as well. She and Greyson had a lot of fun playing in the snow that fell most of Saturday. She's been working things out with friends and math at school and there has been some hard things she is learning through.
Greyson had a great 7th birthday today! He enjoyed a really fun friend party Saturday at a jump park and I loved seeing him lead a pack of happy boys from activity to activity. They had so much fun! He is excited about more books and other things he got. We had pizza both days and he wanted donuts in bed in the morning. He is quite the guy!
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| G's 7th birthday party with friends |
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| Dogman cake |
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| Opening gifts from family |
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| Presents from Grandma and Grandad |
January 19, 2025This week we tried out a karate place for Greyson and he really liked it. It was hard to decide not to move forward with it though as it would be a much bigger commitment in time and resource than we are prepared for. He took the news remarkably well! (much better than the news that he needs to peel his own oranges now...haha). Desmond had a lot of nights crying this week as he is growing a bunch more teeth in on top and also growing his brain a bunch as he discovers an ever-increasingly large world to explore. He isn't quite crawling but has figured out a scooting/rolling method that allows him to transport a few feet in near silence. We are realizing it is time to keep a much closer watch on him!
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| Happy kids in from the snow |
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| Noteworthy concert date |
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| Sitting up baby |
Addie and Hinckley had a good week in their various activities (swimming, violin, play practice, cheer). We got our first snow that required a small degree of shoveling and Greyson and Addie were out at the park for over an hour playing with friends in the cold. Hinckley had a fun night out Grandma and Grandad Burnsides in SLC (swimming, McDonalds, 3 games of Dominion, a movie). We had Trent and Abi's families over along with Ryrie Sunday night which was fun for all.
January 12, 2025
This was a big week for Hinckley. He was ordained a Deacon and set apart as the Deacons quorum secretary, and had his first Youth activity at the church and passed the sacrament for the first time. He attended his first fireside this evening as well with a US Olympian which he really enjoyed. If that wasn't enough, he had a massive oral surgery and had his baby canines removed and some chains glued to his adult canines which have gone astray. Over the next few years the orthodontist will be cranking that chain to get the teeth into place...yowza. He did well with it though, and enjoyed a day off of school playing Zelda.
Addie started up her activities this week and was happy to return to school. She is doing a play with her friend Brooke as a part of the Lehi community theater - Alice in Wonderland. They had a lot of fun practicing the songs and lines for tryouts this week. She'll find out her part this week and she is extremly excited about it. Also Addie is trying out cheerleading and had her first cheer practice on Saturday. She was a bit nervous and when she changed into her cheer clothes was not so sure about the short skirt...but by the end and the rest of the day she didn't want to change! She had a lot of fun and won an award for being enthusiastic on the first day.
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| Hinckley's ordination |
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| Hinckley's ordination family |
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| Addie's first day of cheer |
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| Obstacle course |
Greyson is exploring martial arts and went to a free trial class this week which he really loved. He is trying out a different place this coming week. He wants to punch things ... hopefully he can get that out of his system in those classes. Kassie and Greyson went on a fun date to "Little Beakers" on Saturday where they did some science experiments and had fun making messes. He also went to a fun library kids club activity where he drew a picture of himself as a CIA agent and he investigated clues. He is very excited for his upcoming birthday and seems to get more energy and volume every day.
Desmond has started shaking his head when feeling goofy and looking for laughs. It's really cute to see him wagging around! He isn't crawling but is coming dangerously close to doing so. He makes us all laugh and the kids hang on his every noise and expression. He is sprouting a few teeth on the top of his mouth which will help is lone two on the bottom do some good chomping. He is always the first to start eating and the last to leave the table.
January 5, 2025
We had fun celebrating 2024 with lots of movies (Moana 2, Fantastic Mr Fox, Mitchells vs the Machines, and for the oldest kids - Jumanji: The Next Level). It was fun to have root beer floats, review our favorite memories of the year, handout calendars, and finally get to sleep. We've had Dan and Sam Burnside here for much of the week and have had fun with them. The kids went swimming a few times, played many games, had a cousin sleepover, drew pictures, ice skating, touring Elder and Sister Burnsides office in the Church Office Building (including eating lunch at the COB cafeteria), and more.
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