BEAUTIFUL

It has been raining for pretty much the past 2 days strait. But, this evening, it stopped, the clouds began to thin, and we were able see the beautiful sunset. I just had to take a few pictures. Unfortunately it does not look as good here as it did in person. After this, the kids and I took advantage of the break in the cold rainy weather and played outside. Pics of that in a few minutes.

STORY TIME...

We tell stories every night at our house before the kids go to bed. It's usually either Kevin or Luke telling the story. Tonight, Luke told us a story. I thought it was very cute and hilarious, so I just had to share.

"Once upon a time, long ago, there was a boy named Joseph Smith. He went for a walk in the woods and said his prayers. Then he disappeared... He went up into space!! He went to the moon in a rocket ship! Joseph said, 'Wow, that is a awesome rocket!!!' Then he went to the park. The end."

It took everything in me not to laugh my head off. I don't want him to ever be too embarrassed to tell stories. I'm not sure how this story telling tradition started, but I am so glad it did. It is always one of my favorite parts of the day.

"JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM"

Yesterday, January 3rd, my little Luke started Primary! It never occurred to me how big of a deal that would be to me. I got all teary eyed when I saw him sitting in his class. Sorry, I am a bit of a sap. Anyway, here are some of the pictures I took yesterday to document it for myself.

My handsome boy :)

All ready to go to church and very excited :)

Shelby dresses herself and was not quite done.

After church Luke was able to put back on his cape which has rarely left his body since Christmas morning(thank you so much Aimee for making it for him!!!)
Crime never stops, not even on Sundays I guess. Luke is off to save the world, so he tells me. He also tells me that he is Fantastic and that his name is no longer Luke, but Super Hero!!! He corrects me daily.

The day after Christmas...Christmas Day still to come...

We spent Christmas night at Kevin's Sister, Aubrey's house. The day after we went with her and her family to a pier in Seattle. It was a lot of fun. Here are some of the pictures I took.

Luke, enjoying a p,b&j and making funny faces, and just having fun.

Struggling to get her hat off.

Some pictures from the pier in Seattle where we had a pic-nic on the day after Christmas. It was such a nice day. We had so much fun. After this we walked through Seattle to a carousel for the kids to ride. I have no pictures of that though because my battery died. So sad.

Shelby is tired of hearing that she has to eat her sandwich before she can have the cheetos.
My Niece, Ava, dancing and skipping around. She is so pretty.

Shelby dancing and having fun in the sun.

Tempered Glass

So last week this is what happened to our car. The antenna mount for my radio shifted to just the wrong spot so when Heidi closed the trunk it pinched the bottom of the window and showed the magical effects of tempered glass. Thanks for the new window Geico.

Fun with Dad

This is something that Kevin and Luke do for fun. They are pretty good at doing tricks together. Luke will ask Kevin to do this over and over again. I have a bunch of other videos of them doing other tricks but for some reason this is the only one that would upload, so sorry, you only get to see one of them.

As promised a long time ago...

Better pictures of Mt. Rainier.

I took these from the street just outside our apartment complex.