Hello All,Here is an update. It has been a while. For those of you that didn't know,
we spent last weekend in New York City. We arrived on Thursday and left
this last Tuesday. We met up with Tom and Paula which was great. We
enjoyed nice weather and a beautiful apartment. We were the typical
tourists and hit all the hot spots of the city - Statue of Liberty, Times
Square, South Seaport, FAO Swartz, and the Empire State Building. The girls
loved seeing their Grandparents and cousins. Brittney was really cute with
Elsa and Ava. She was a big help. It was great to see Nicolette and her
family. I can't believe how big Brittney and Noah are now. The last time
we had seen them was at Brandon and Whitney's wedding. I guess a lot
happens in two years!
I've attached a few cute pictures, mostly of Elsa since she had her school
program and first soccer game this last Thursday. We returned from NY in
time for Elsa's program. She did so well singing "God Bless America," "Look
Mom, No Cavities," "Thanks God for Making Me Me," and "Mom, It's Your
Special Day." Elsa was so excited to give me my present which was a flower
pot with flowers made from cookies and gum drops. However, Elsa didn't want
me to eat it since the flowers were too pretty. All the other mothers ate
their flowers while Elsa was concerned about me driving home "so slowly" so
that the pot wouldn't get hurt. I do have particular children!
Elsa played in her first soccer game on Thursday evening. She did great in
practice, but spent her first five minutes in the game playing with a blade
of grass. When we yelled "Elsa get the ball!", she got sad because she
thought she was in trouble. By the end she got the hang of going after the
ball but got pretty worn out with all the running and the heat. We had to
keep reassuring her that we were cheering her on and not getting mad at her.
Ava said, "It's ok Elsa, just get the ball." We all had a great time. Elsa
continues to do well with swimming and riding her bike. With all these
activities, she is getting plenty of exercise.
Since Ava had opted out of swim lessons and is still too young for soccer,
she often is just along for the ride. Ava is my little companion everywhere
I go. She is a great sport most of the time, but just a couple of weeks ago
when I told her we were going to run errands, she threw her hands in the air
and declared, "Mom, I do not want to go to the bead store!" Poor child. Her
time will come when life revolves around her, maybe. She is finally and
surely potty-trained. She goes throughout the night without any accidents.
She does have an occasional accident during the day. Fortunately these are
about once a week. It makes me a much happier mother to have her
potty-trained. I was losing it with the constant clean-ups. Ava's hand is
totally healed; no signs of any burn. Thank goodness. We're blessed.
After the NY bike tour, Brian is back into biking. Poor guy doesn't know
where to put his free time - biking, kayaking, or waterskiing. We came back
to beautiful weather, which makes Brian even more anxious to get the boat in
the water. He has spent the last few nights working on the boat - cleaning,
power washing, and waxing. He was hoping to get it into the water today,
but it will have to wait. He was biking this morning, and then we went to a
new convert baptism this afternoon. Brian is currently putting in a small
8x12ft garden. He had pulled up the sod in the spot and is now getting the
stones and soil at Home Depot.
I am enjoying a few minutes to catch up with some journal writing. Since we
got back late Tuesday night, I've been going non-stop. I spent all day
Wednesday preparing for an Enrichment Activity that took place in the
evening, then all of Elsa's activities on Thursday. Then Friday I took Elsa
and Ava to the zoo. Last minute, I dragged them around while getting all
the groceries and supplies for the Ward's Father-and-Son campout which was
last night. (Go figure why Brian was in charge of the breakfast since he
doesn't have a son and wasn't going.) Hopefully, this next week will be
less hectic. I am excited to see Nicolette again when she drives through on
her way to Vancouver, Washington.
That is about it for now. Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers!
Best,
Natalie
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