French Family: April 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

Called to Serve...

I was called to serve in the Young Woman's as the Beehive Teacher. I'm really excited for this calling and for the chance to get to know the girls in my class. It will be quite the change from working in the nursery but I'm up for a challenge.

Friday, April 17, 2009

We Did It!

This morning Spencer and I just finished reading the Book of Mormon. For Christmas Rachel and Anthony gave us a study guide that she made on her own for reading the Book of Mormon in 100 days. Today is the 107th day of the year (we started a week late due to spending the New Year in Cali.) but we did it and it's been wonderful. With both of us reading the same verses each day it has blessed our lives in so many ways and more so help to build a better relationship with our Savior and strengthen our testimonies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Bad News

We've had our condo under contract for almost 2 months now and Friday we got the call that the buyers wanted out. We have moved out, signed a 6 month contract to rent a home and have mentally been done with the condo and now it's in our hands again. We're going to put it up for sale for 2 months and really cross our fingers and pray that we'll sell it by then. If not, well I'm not sure what we'll do. So here's the call to everyone who's looking or knows anybody looking to buy out in Eagle Mountain - A beautiful open 3 bed / 2 bath condo for sale for an amazing price!!!

Easter

We were up in Idaho for Easter weekend. It was so good to see the family since we're the only ones in Utah now. Grandma French put on an Easter egg hunt for all the kids and on Easter Sunday Kate got her spring basket full of goodies. She had so much fun playing with her cousins she slept all the way home - that's three and a half hours. It was so nice!

All the grandkids and Cory just before the green light was given for the Easter Egg Hunt to start.

Kate gave up looking for eggs and just wanted to play in the little house - I perdict her first job will be working the drive-thru window at some fast food place.

Easter morning. That's Kate's new smile - isn't it just lovely?

Family picture before church.

When we got home is was nice outside so Kate and I played with the sidewalk chalk. I just might have bought the chalk for me.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Oh Kate

Kate's been showing some real interested in being potty trained lately. She gone a few times in the toilet now and loves to wear her "big girl panties". Last week when she told me "pee-pee toilet" I ran her to the bathroom and let her do her business. Not even a minute later I came back into the bathroom to find this.

Can't leave her alone for two seconds. That role of T.P. was brand new and now most of it was on the floor. However, I couldn't get too mad because she DID go pee-pee in the toilet. Good Job Kate!!!

Jump On It

Kate and I went out with a bunch of friends to a very cool place called Jump On It. It's a place full of trampolines that are all connected together. She had a blast and so did I. It sure brought back a ton of memories of spending countless hours on the Chatterley's trampoline.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Conference Sunday

Today was one amazing day. It started off with Spencer and I making our very own sausage, egg and cheese biscuits from scratch. When I say scratch I mean Spencer killed the pig, I gathered the eggs from the chicken coop and McDonalds provided their buscuit recipe on-line. They turned out to be quite delishious.

Then we watched the morning session of conference. After 15 minutes into it with no interruptions from Kate, I went looking to see what kind of mess she was making. I found her "cookin' dinner" with all my kitchen utensils in just her diaper. Probably won't be asking, "what's in the meatloaf?"

It was really nice outside so after the first session we went out to the back yard. Kate loves to swing - can't you tell by the cheesy smile. We stayed out as long as possible so Kate would take her nap during the last session of conference.

After conference was over we were back outside to enjoy the weather and then drove around to look at potential new homes to buy. The night ended with Kate reading both Spencer and I a book before she went to bed. Go to this website to see the video (it was too big for blogger).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dafg1e_0fvg

Yep, my 22 month old is reading - she takes after her mother.

What's She Thinkin'?

Kate has said and done some pretty funny things and I'm afraid that I'll forget them so I am writing them here where everyone can enjoy them.

10-12-12 Spencer picked up Kate from school today and she proceed to tell him that she told her whole class our phone number. Spencer was shocked because he didn't think she even knew our cell numbers. So he asked her to tell him and she quickly replied "2". 2 is Spencer and my speed dial for each other. Ha!

5-18-11 We got some lunch at Del Taco where the kids could play. There was a boy with long hair playing there too and Kate says in front of everyone, "Mom, hers a boy, for real !" The little boys mom just chuckled.

4-24-11 It was Easter Sunday and Kate asked about the Resurection... the rest of the convo went like this...

Kate: Mom what's the resurection?

Me: It's when you come back to life after you die

Kate: what does that look like?

Me: Oh it's pretty

Kate: So it's Pink?

3-20-11 Kate got some Barbies from a neighbor family who now has older children. She's been playing with non-stop and when Spencer asked her the name of one of the Barbies she quickly replied, "oh her name is Porky". That Barbie is sure to have a complex now.

3-20-11 Spencer and Kate were talking about the garden we want toplat this year and Kate said this... "Daddy, I want to grow a hugen pumpkin and call it Humpkin"

2-10-11 Kate and my mom were talking about riding horses and my mom asked Kate what her horses name was, she took a second to think about it and then replyed, "He's a pink horse named blue. "

9-29-10 Kate was in a bad mood and wanted something that I wasn't going to get her so she gave me the stink eye and then said,"mommy i'm magic and going to disapear from here and then ride my bike to get a treat at the store with daddy!".

9-17-10 Kate is in Spencer's football pool and she makes her picks each week by pointing to the team she wants to win. The other day she was coloring and Spencer was reading off the teams and Kate was telling him who she wanted.

Spencer: Jets or Patriots?

Kate: humm.... Jets because they're in the bathtub

Spencer: What?

Kate: daddy i said Jets because they're in the bathtub!

We have a jetted tub that kate likes to play in and turn on the "jets" and once he remembered that it was just common sense to pick the Jets... because they're in the bathtub.

7-26-10 Kate was telling me how she wanted someone to play with. I told her that I would play with here but she looked at me with her big eyes and said, "no mommy, not you. I want someone little like Brooke, Austin, or D-Bo." (D-bo is my dad)

5-9-10 After church we decided to go to the park. When I asked Kate which park she wanted to go to she said the red one. I told her I didn't know where that one was and then she said... "It's in utah idaho american south." Got it.

10-4-09 Spencer asked Kate if she wanted some ice-cream and she replied, "I sure do!"

10-1-09 Kate was in the tub while I was getting ready when I heard her singing like Ariel, "ah ahh ahh, ahh ah ahhh". When I looked at her she was on her belly and I started to laugh. She then quickly sat up and said, "what mommy?"

9-16-09 Kate's new favorite movie is the Little Mermaid. She was watching it when she turned to me and said, Mommy, I want to go to the ocean floor to say HI to Ariel and all the fishies".

9-1-09 It was past Kate's bed time when she asked to watch "Dora". I told her no because it was time for bed. Then she asked if she could watch football. Spencer perked right up and gave me a look like how was he supposed to turn that down? I guess she was willing to do anything to say up. Te-he-he We compromised by reading books together as a family.

8-27-09 Kate and I were driving in a construction zone in Provo when she saw a very large building crane. Then she said, "Mommy, I want to get in my bathing suit and ride that dinosaur."

8-23-09 Kate went into Spencer's office and said in a very frim voice, "Dad, I need my own computer." My dad says we're done for because Kate is already smarter than both Spencer and I.

8-20-09 Kate's new favorite things to do is hide things in drawers and cupboards. Just recently I have found Monk-monk in almost every drawer in the house - she even hid him while we were camping in Grandma camper. I have also found a hot pocket, a beach ball, sippy cups, hair accessories, shoes, measuring cups, small books and toys, and all sorts of stuff. I still giggle when I find things but I'm sure this will get very annoying very soon.

8-9-09 We were late to church so we just grabbed the first chairs we could see in the overflow. As soon as we sat down both Spencer and I looked at each other and gasped - the young lady in front of us had the worst body order EVER!! Kate didn't notice at first but it didn't take her long before she said very loud, "Eww that's stinky! Stinky mommy stinky!" As most 2 year olds do, she kept repeating those words. Needless to say we had to get up and move after the opening prayer.

7-22-09 "Mommy, see the mountains. I love them so much!"

6-22-09 We were all watching some T.V. when Kate came up to Spencer and I holding her Mrs. Potato Head and said, "What the Chicken?"

6-1-09 Spencer and Kate were looking at a rainbow in the sky when Spencer decided to name off all the colors in the rainbow, "Blue, purple, green, yellow and red" Then Kate looks at him and say, "And orange daddy, and orange". What 2 year old would know what color he didn't say?

5-30-09 Kate was having a hard time falling asleep so I laid in the guest bed with her to help calm her down. I was almost asleep when I heard some strange noises. Then a small voice says, "that was me". This went on for a good five minutes and I couldn't help but to snicker a few times at the silly noises she would make and then follow with "that was me" just in case I didn't know who or what was making those sounds.

5-20-09 A man with brown shoulder length hair walks onto the airplane. Kate points at him and says, "Jesus mommy, Jesus!!" She repeats this about 4 times while pointing right at him and each time she says it louder and louder.

5-9-09 I was taking some vitamins and Kate wanted some so I filled a syringe with water when she wasn't looking and told her to open big for her medicine. She did and then looked up at me with her big brown eyes and a face of disappointment and with a sigh said, "water mommy?" My mouth fell open and for a second I didn't know what to say then I started laughing.

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