Sunday, May 31, 2009

11 years of marriage!

We had a great anniversary yesterday! Lindsay and Will watched our kids Friday and Saturday so that Aaron and I had quite a bit of alone time. It was really nice! Saturday morning we got up and went on a bike ride together and walked on a very secluded trail and talked about old times. I'm so grateful for my sweet husband and for the fact that we got so lucky to find each other and to have made the decision we did to marry in the right place. He has been a great strength to me and our children. Yesterday was a really busy day! After the bike ride we went back to get the kids and helped out with a fundraiser garage sale. All the cousins are raising money for a trip to Disneyland and Disneyworld. The kids did really well... almost reaching their goal! Then, we rushed off to Christian's baseball at 2. He played a great game and pitched a couple of innings. The strikers won 10 -1, I think. We actually had to leave early for Christian's piano recital at the Liberty building that started at 4pm. Christian is an incredible piano player, and he loves it! We then got to relax a little and went and ate at Casa Lupe with Aaron's family. Grandpa took all the grandkids to ice cream afterwards. For all of you who wanted to come to his recital but couldn't make it, we got a video of him playing. He even did it without music! I could never do that! Meliah really looks forward to starting piano lessons this fall. She's already writing her own songs. She wants to be able to write her own music too!

2 comments:

The Eccles said...

That is SO Awesome...congrats on your anniversary and Great JOB Christian!

Kat said...

Congrats and happy anniversary, Great job Christian I think Christian playing piano is the only reason Ivan still says, "When am I going to start piano again" but it'll have to wait for our move.

Families are Forever!

Families are Forever!
What a great blessing

I sure do love my family!

I sure do love my family!

Our 3 little ones!

Our 3 little ones!
We have been so blessed!!!

My parenting plan!!

I have been thinking a lot lately of what I need to teach my kids to help them become independant physically, spiritually and mentally so when they turn 18 they will be able to survive on their own. The last 9 years has flown by so quickly I can't believe it. Nine more years and my first child will be old enough to be on his own. That is a real wake up call for a mother who hasn't prepared her children for those important days. I realize that I have gone on way to long without a list of what needs to be learned and done by what age so that my kids will not be horrified when they get out into the world alone. So, I've come up with a list of most everything I can think of that would be important for my kids to know and learn and what ages they should be capable. Of course, every child is different and is capable of different things at different ages. Some learn things faster and are more motivated. Others would like to just live in the home cave for the rest of their lives and have no motivation to do any of it. So, I am including my fairly flexible plan. But if you let too many years slip by, you may need to up the work to fit everything in. I got most of my ideas from a very experienced LDS author (Merilee Boyack) who has raised several children successfully! So, hopefully you find this as helpful as I do!