Most of the kids in our ward went to Eisenhower High School, Kate and Elena were the only LDS kids, (I think there was another boy actually), at Goddard High School. So Kate and Elena went with dates to the homecoming dance at Eisenhower a week after the one at Goddard. The Fawsons are always amazing and had all the kids come to their house for photos beforehand. This was the weekend I was in Arkansas.
Elena and her date, Michael.
My parents were leaving on their mission to Fort Bluff, where they had to dress in costume. I made my mom one dress, and then this one just because. It was a little too small unfortunately.
I also made her the period accurate bonnet, but that was a bit much. They are hard to see in, no peripheral vision whatsoever. I thought it was cute anyway.
Our always Eeyore Nicolas.
Playdough! I think Efraim was begging me to make him some for a long time.
After the air show, (the weekend before) Elena went with a group of friends to Homecoming at Goddard High School. Kate, her best friend, came to pick her up, and it was so funny because they had bought the exact same dress off of Amazon without knowing it, just in different colors. (Yep, these pictures are all out of order.)
I love driving past the fields on the way to pick up the kids. I think this is soybeans.
I am *hurray* a stay-at-home mom. I retired many years ago from a long,(4 yr) illustrious career in nursing *boo, hiss*. Most of all, I love Leo (mi papacito esposo de Colombia) and Ana, Elena, Isabel, Sebastian, Nicolas, Jubal, and Efraim (mis hijos). My other passion is also dark and rico and from South America--that would be chocolate. Basically I like to eat chocolate, eat chocolate icecream, eat frozen hot chocolates from Dairy Queen, eat Peppermint Yorks, Junior Mints, and of course dark chocolate truffles. Okay, now that I've wiped the slobber off my chin from thinking about all of that, I'll get on to the rest of my blog. Oh, and I'm trying to learn Spanish but spend too much time blogging here instead.
"Managing a home involves much more than keeping a house clean, organized, and attractive. These skills are important...but these skills are only a means to an end. The paramount objective is to create a setting where family and friends are comfortable and happy, where there are good dinners and good times, where there is fun and laughter, where children acquire good habits and are taught life skills and how to be self-reliant and responsible, where challenges are faced by coupling temporal endeavors with eternal perspectives, where joy through gospel teaching and living prevails, where kindness and respect reign supreme, where love is strong enough to bind the family forever, and where children are nurtured toward eternal life."
--Daryl Hoole
“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels.” Elder Boyd K. Packer - November 1993 Ensign
"Dear Prude,
Sober of not, I am forever yours."
-Percy French, a letter to his wife (1776)
"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories."
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