Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Some Recent Prayers
The other night, it was Audrey's turn for family prayer, and for the first time she wanted Kierra to help her. Well, Kierra still needs help with her prayers, so Mommy fed lines to Kierra who then fed them to Audrey. Why not get Daddy in the line so he can participate too?
Anyway, the next night Audrey helped Kierra with her prayer:
Audrey: Please bless Mommy.
Kierra: Please bless Mommy.
Audrey: Please bless Kierra.
Kierra: Please bless. (thinking that Audrey was only addressing her, not telling her to say her own name)
Audrey: (trying again) Please bless Kierra.
Kierra: Please bless.
Audrey: No, no, please bless Kierra.
This happened several more times. It was very difficult to keep from laughing! I don't know what it is about their sweet praying voices, but when you throw something like this in, we just have to laugh! I know, I shouldn't complain about them being irreverent when I'm showing this type of example during family prayer. How do you not laugh, though?
Anyway, the next night Audrey helped Kierra with her prayer:
Audrey: Please bless Mommy.
Kierra: Please bless Mommy.
Audrey: Please bless Kierra.
Kierra: Please bless. (thinking that Audrey was only addressing her, not telling her to say her own name)
Audrey: (trying again) Please bless Kierra.
Kierra: Please bless.
Audrey: No, no, please bless Kierra.
This happened several more times. It was very difficult to keep from laughing! I don't know what it is about their sweet praying voices, but when you throw something like this in, we just have to laugh! I know, I shouldn't complain about them being irreverent when I'm showing this type of example during family prayer. How do you not laugh, though?
Soccer Celebration
So, Audrey's last soccer game was last Tuesday, and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. A week later. Ya, sorry.
She did very well, and by the end of the season (okay, a month later), we had convinced her to try to actually play for a few minutes before wanting to be the goalie. She would get too frustrated when EVERYONE else wanted the ball too. She just wanted her turn to kick the ball! Without getting pulled by the arm or kicked or knocked down...
Boy, is she a great goalie! She caught the ball almost every time and immediately threw it into the throng of preschoolers. Way to go, sweetie! We're so proud of you!!
Picking grass while the team is at the other goal.
The team.
The trophy.
Grandma and Grandpa Wilson were so proud of their eldest grandchild so they treated us all to Chuck E. Cheese!! Yippeeeeeeeee!!
Whoa! You can't even see her she's moving so fast! Holy cow!!
She did very well, and by the end of the season (okay, a month later), we had convinced her to try to actually play for a few minutes before wanting to be the goalie. She would get too frustrated when EVERYONE else wanted the ball too. She just wanted her turn to kick the ball! Without getting pulled by the arm or kicked or knocked down...
Boy, is she a great goalie! She caught the ball almost every time and immediately threw it into the throng of preschoolers. Way to go, sweetie! We're so proud of you!!
Picking grass while the team is at the other goal.
The team.
The trophy.
Grandma and Grandpa Wilson were so proud of their eldest grandchild so they treated us all to Chuck E. Cheese!! Yippeeeeeeeee!!
Whoa! You can't even see her she's moving so fast! Holy cow!!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Forgetful
I was just using the internet, and I closed down the browser before finishing. I said, "Oh, I forgot!" out loud and Audrey asked, "What did you forget, Mom?"
Me: (Being silly) I forgot to kiss you!
Audrey: (Giving me a dirty look) Nooo, what did you forget?
Me: Hmm, what did I forget. Oh, I forgot to spank you!
Audrey: (Smiling now) Noooo, you forgot to repent!
What?!?!?!? How old are you?
Me: (Being silly) I forgot to kiss you!
Audrey: (Giving me a dirty look) Nooo, what did you forget?
Me: Hmm, what did I forget. Oh, I forgot to spank you!
Audrey: (Smiling now) Noooo, you forgot to repent!
What?!?!?!? How old are you?
Mickey Mouse at the Library
Upon arriving at the library yesterday, Kierra insisted that her little Mickey Mouse toy wanted to come inside too. I reminded her that last time we went to the library she brought a toy and lost it there. She said, "Okay, Mommy, but he will be so sad," and put him on her seat.
When we got back out to the car, I handed Kierra her Mickey while she was getting into her seat. She said, "See Mom? I told you he would be sad. Hmm, I better buckle him in to keep him safe." and she put him in between her belly and her buckles. She's so funny.
When we got back out to the car, I handed Kierra her Mickey while she was getting into her seat. She said, "See Mom? I told you he would be sad. Hmm, I better buckle him in to keep him safe." and she put him in between her belly and her buckles. She's so funny.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Corless Coeur d' Alene Vacation 2008: Day 6-7
Friday, July 18th
First of all, the most important thing that happened this day is the Psych Season 3 Premiere!! Woohoo! We all made sure all the kids were in bed before it started and that everyone had plenty of snacks and dessert before it came on. I'm so glad my family enjoys this show as much as we do!
Also, we went to some silver mines that were kinda cool. They let us pan for gold afterward, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed. And Granddad got all of the kids a little velvet pouch of gems that they got to choose from a big box in the gift store. They've been loving them.
After the silver mines we went to this little town of Wallace. Huge waist of time, imo, sorry guys cuz it was partly my idea. The brochure made it look like a cool little old-timey village that would be fun to walk down the Main Street and look in all the shops. Nope. Just a bunch of antique stores. Oh well.
Audrey was taking a close look at the authentic mining cart behind her.
Kierra's always got a smile for me, even when she's freezing.
The gang going through the mine. No wonders we needed hard hats: look out Heather! Justin: "Why am I here?"
Saturday, July 19th
Check-out day. We got some take-out from Zip's, a favorite from my high school days, and went to Post Falls Park to eat before saying goodbye. All good things come to an end. :(
Some random pictures of the trip:
What we'll miss: family, all the good non-diet food, relaxation, watching 2 episodes of Psych each night, getting a good tan (unfortunately I can't say that about the rest of the crew. Sorry! I hope you don't peel too badly!)
What we won't miss: the stairs, being sick on vacation, the ants (they were huge! Like a half inch long or something, and they were everywhere! We've been home for several days now, and I'm still swatting at my feet every time they itch. Yuck!)
All in all, we had a great time. It was a very fun and relaxing trip, a great way to take a break from it all and just have fun with family, making memories in the process. Hope you all had fun too, Corless Clan! When do we start planning next year's shindig?
First of all, the most important thing that happened this day is the Psych Season 3 Premiere!! Woohoo! We all made sure all the kids were in bed before it started and that everyone had plenty of snacks and dessert before it came on. I'm so glad my family enjoys this show as much as we do!
Also, we went to some silver mines that were kinda cool. They let us pan for gold afterward, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed. And Granddad got all of the kids a little velvet pouch of gems that they got to choose from a big box in the gift store. They've been loving them.
After the silver mines we went to this little town of Wallace. Huge waist of time, imo, sorry guys cuz it was partly my idea. The brochure made it look like a cool little old-timey village that would be fun to walk down the Main Street and look in all the shops. Nope. Just a bunch of antique stores. Oh well.
Audrey was taking a close look at the authentic mining cart behind her.
Kierra's always got a smile for me, even when she's freezing.
The gang going through the mine. No wonders we needed hard hats: look out Heather! Justin: "Why am I here?"
Saturday, July 19th
Check-out day. We got some take-out from Zip's, a favorite from my high school days, and went to Post Falls Park to eat before saying goodbye. All good things come to an end. :(
Some random pictures of the trip:
What we'll miss: family, all the good non-diet food, relaxation, watching 2 episodes of Psych each night, getting a good tan (unfortunately I can't say that about the rest of the crew. Sorry! I hope you don't peel too badly!)
What we won't miss: the stairs, being sick on vacation, the ants (they were huge! Like a half inch long or something, and they were everywhere! We've been home for several days now, and I'm still swatting at my feet every time they itch. Yuck!)
All in all, we had a great time. It was a very fun and relaxing trip, a great way to take a break from it all and just have fun with family, making memories in the process. Hope you all had fun too, Corless Clan! When do we start planning next year's shindig?
Corless Coeur d' Alene Vacation 2008: Day 3-5
Tuesday, July 15th
My turn to cook and clean the kitchen. And I got sick. So nothing really happened for me that day. Jeromy got to go golfing with the boys, though. And the girls had fun at the lake while Mommy took a nap. Thanks for watching the girls, Shelly!
Wednesday, July 16th
Played in the lake again, and just relaxed while the guys went golfing, again. We were very blessed with great weather the whole week, albeit a little hot in the afternoons, but it was usually quite nice down by the lake.
Thursday, July 17th
The Mommies all got to go shopping! No kids and no hubbies!! They had an outlet mall there, and they had a Disney outlet store that was kinda fun.
And everyone finally convinced me to go out on the jet ski. I'm totally converted now. They rock!! It was so much fun! And the lake was so beautiful, especially once you got past our end of the lake a little bit. Way cool, we're totally getting one someday.
Heather, Abby, and Audrey enjoying the water.
Hannah, the house we rented, and all 400 steps up to it. Well, it felt like it at least. Being on the side of a cliff, it was a very tall skinny house, but it was great.
Granddad video taping the kids playing. See, I told you it's hard to get a picture of him without his camera.
Audrey learning how to swim. She firmly states that she taught herself everything there is to know about swimming. Well, not in so many words, but it was hard to give her any pointers.
Audrey's dog paddle turned wounded butterfly stroke.
My turn to cook and clean the kitchen. And I got sick. So nothing really happened for me that day. Jeromy got to go golfing with the boys, though. And the girls had fun at the lake while Mommy took a nap. Thanks for watching the girls, Shelly!
Wednesday, July 16th
Played in the lake again, and just relaxed while the guys went golfing, again. We were very blessed with great weather the whole week, albeit a little hot in the afternoons, but it was usually quite nice down by the lake.
Thursday, July 17th
The Mommies all got to go shopping! No kids and no hubbies!! They had an outlet mall there, and they had a Disney outlet store that was kinda fun.
And everyone finally convinced me to go out on the jet ski. I'm totally converted now. They rock!! It was so much fun! And the lake was so beautiful, especially once you got past our end of the lake a little bit. Way cool, we're totally getting one someday.
Heather, Abby, and Audrey enjoying the water.
Hannah, the house we rented, and all 400 steps up to it. Well, it felt like it at least. Being on the side of a cliff, it was a very tall skinny house, but it was great.
Granddad video taping the kids playing. See, I told you it's hard to get a picture of him without his camera.
Audrey learning how to swim. She firmly states that she taught herself everything there is to know about swimming. Well, not in so many words, but it was hard to give her any pointers.
Audrey's dog paddle turned wounded butterfly stroke.
Corless Coeur d' Alene Vacation 2008: Day 2
Monday, July 14th
We spent Monday at the local amusement park, Silverwood. It's comparable to Lagoon, but we like it much much better.
First things first, we had to go on the carousel!
Audrey and Kailey in the bucket thingy.
Kierra, waiting for her turn to get on the buckets. It's funny, she was so excited waiting in line, until it was her turn and then she was terrified to get on.
Poser
Kierra and Logan on the airplane ride.
Our family filled up the whole train. When we finished the loop, nobody was in line so the conductor asked if we wanted another go. The adults were all too dizzy, so we passed. It's sad that as you get older the less you're able to handle at an amusement park. A kid ride! Giving you a headache!! The first real ride of the day!!! Sniff, sniff, I must be getting old.
Daddy and Kierra getting ready for the train to start.
Laurel and Audrey.
Going...
Going...
Gone!
Cameron pretending to be sick. What a goof.
Kierra and Logan on the helicopter ride.
Uncle Cameron and Kierra on the Ferris Wheel. My mom said that when she saw the kids getting into the bucket seats, she started going into worry-overdrive, telling everyone to hold onto those babies! I was around the corner feeding Jacob, so didn't notice, but now I see why she was worrying! Just one little bar to keep in wriggling little ones! Yikes!!
Getting dressed after the water park. And showing off muscles??
Audrey telling about her fun time at the waterpark and getting ready to go back to more roller coasters!
As we were leaving, Kierra was pushing the stroller and practically hopping up and down as she ran to keep up. She was being so cute that I really wanted to take a picture, but now I'm thinking a video would've been better. Oh well.
Silverwood was a lot of fun! Nice weather + good company + fun rides + delicious food= YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
We spent Monday at the local amusement park, Silverwood. It's comparable to Lagoon, but we like it much much better.
First things first, we had to go on the carousel!
Audrey and Kailey in the bucket thingy.
Kierra, waiting for her turn to get on the buckets. It's funny, she was so excited waiting in line, until it was her turn and then she was terrified to get on.
Poser
Kierra and Logan on the airplane ride.
Our family filled up the whole train. When we finished the loop, nobody was in line so the conductor asked if we wanted another go. The adults were all too dizzy, so we passed. It's sad that as you get older the less you're able to handle at an amusement park. A kid ride! Giving you a headache!! The first real ride of the day!!! Sniff, sniff, I must be getting old.
Daddy and Kierra getting ready for the train to start.
Laurel and Audrey.
Going...
Going...
Gone!
Cameron pretending to be sick. What a goof.
Kierra and Logan on the helicopter ride.
Uncle Cameron and Kierra on the Ferris Wheel. My mom said that when she saw the kids getting into the bucket seats, she started going into worry-overdrive, telling everyone to hold onto those babies! I was around the corner feeding Jacob, so didn't notice, but now I see why she was worrying! Just one little bar to keep in wriggling little ones! Yikes!!
Getting dressed after the water park. And showing off muscles??
Audrey telling about her fun time at the waterpark and getting ready to go back to more roller coasters!
As we were leaving, Kierra was pushing the stroller and practically hopping up and down as she ran to keep up. She was being so cute that I really wanted to take a picture, but now I'm thinking a video would've been better. Oh well.
Silverwood was a lot of fun! Nice weather + good company + fun rides + delicious food= YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Corless Coeur d' Alene Vacation 2008: Day 1
I will now attempt to post about our trip. Sorry in advance for the length.
Technically, our vacation started on Friday the 11th, but we were driving that day and the next, so it didn't really start till Sunday.
Sunday, July 13th
Church
On the way out to the cars after church, Audrey, Logan, and Kierra just took it upon themselves to hold hands through the hallway and out in the parking lot. I thought it was so cute so I had to run after them, dodging people, while rummaging through the diaper bag for the camera. So cute!
Since we were still in our Sunday best, we took the opportunity to take family pictures. Plus, we had such good backdrops with the beautiful plants, so we couldn't pass it up. There wasn't anybody else around to take a picture of all 20 of us, so we split it all up.
The Wilson's: Me and Jeromy, Jacob (8 months), Audrey (4 years), and Kierra (2 years)
The Thurgood's: Shelly and Justin, Parker (10 months), Logan (3 years), and Kailey (6 years).
The Hamblin's (minus a twin, just imagine Heather holding 2 babies that look the same) : Heather and John, Ashley and Emily (I think this one is Emily?) (1 year), Abigail (2 years), and Hannah (4 years). And yes, they are very busy parents:)
The Corless Kids: Me, Shelly, Heather, Laurel, and Cameron (oh, and Abby too). Hey, how come we didn't take any pictures of Grandma and Granddad??
Logan and Kierra playing
All right, this tie's comin' off!! Nice curtsy, Kierra!
(One of my) Favorite nephews. He's beyond hilarious.
Okay, sorry, another pic of Logan, but seriously, everything he does makes me at least chuckle.
It's hard to get a picture of Dad without a camera attached to him when all the cameras are out.
Rockband
Jeromy and I just recently acquired a Rockband set for our Wii, so we brought it with us, yeah! Everyone was itching to get it out by Sunday afternoon, so we did, and then of course got addicted to it and wouldn't leave it alone the rest of the day. (I know, not a great Sabbath activity, but we were doing it together as a family, so there's some justification in that, right?)
Dad, on the mike, using his nice choir voice to sing Nirvana? Hmmm...
Heather on guitar, Cameron on drums, and John on camera.
Oh, ya, so lets just say that "You are my dirty little secret" are NOT the words you want to hear come out of your 4-year-old's mouth when she happens upon a microphone. I'm thinkin' this becomes an after-kids-are-in-bed game from now on:) And after playing all those heavy rock songs and learning the actual lyrics for awhile, we decided that we can't wait until some other types of songs come out for it.
Gone Fishin'
That night after dinner, the kids wanted to try their hand at fishing, and they did pretty well! Kierra caught her first fish! Jeromy was so proud.
Isn't it beautiful there? We were at the end of Twin Lakes, which is right next to Coeur d' Alene. And we had a private dock and everything at the home we rented.
My little fisherwoman (I love the pigtails!!)
Jeromy pulling Kierra's fish out of the water.
THE fish.
Kierra (she's so stinkin' cute, I can hardly stand it!) reeling it in. Since just about all the kids were able to catch a fish in a relatively short amount of time (20 minutes or less), Kierra thought she'd give her Uncle John a few pointers (since he was out there for about an hour with no nibbles). She said, "You have to say, 'Here fishy fishy fish.'"
Uncle Cameron showing Audrey how to fish.
Technically, our vacation started on Friday the 11th, but we were driving that day and the next, so it didn't really start till Sunday.
Sunday, July 13th
Church
On the way out to the cars after church, Audrey, Logan, and Kierra just took it upon themselves to hold hands through the hallway and out in the parking lot. I thought it was so cute so I had to run after them, dodging people, while rummaging through the diaper bag for the camera. So cute!
Since we were still in our Sunday best, we took the opportunity to take family pictures. Plus, we had such good backdrops with the beautiful plants, so we couldn't pass it up. There wasn't anybody else around to take a picture of all 20 of us, so we split it all up.
The Wilson's: Me and Jeromy, Jacob (8 months), Audrey (4 years), and Kierra (2 years)
The Thurgood's: Shelly and Justin, Parker (10 months), Logan (3 years), and Kailey (6 years).
The Hamblin's (minus a twin, just imagine Heather holding 2 babies that look the same) : Heather and John, Ashley and Emily (I think this one is Emily?) (1 year), Abigail (2 years), and Hannah (4 years). And yes, they are very busy parents:)
The Corless Kids: Me, Shelly, Heather, Laurel, and Cameron (oh, and Abby too). Hey, how come we didn't take any pictures of Grandma and Granddad??
Logan and Kierra playing
All right, this tie's comin' off!! Nice curtsy, Kierra!
(One of my) Favorite nephews. He's beyond hilarious.
Okay, sorry, another pic of Logan, but seriously, everything he does makes me at least chuckle.
It's hard to get a picture of Dad without a camera attached to him when all the cameras are out.
Rockband
Jeromy and I just recently acquired a Rockband set for our Wii, so we brought it with us, yeah! Everyone was itching to get it out by Sunday afternoon, so we did, and then of course got addicted to it and wouldn't leave it alone the rest of the day. (I know, not a great Sabbath activity, but we were doing it together as a family, so there's some justification in that, right?)
Dad, on the mike, using his nice choir voice to sing Nirvana? Hmmm...
Heather on guitar, Cameron on drums, and John on camera.
Oh, ya, so lets just say that "You are my dirty little secret" are NOT the words you want to hear come out of your 4-year-old's mouth when she happens upon a microphone. I'm thinkin' this becomes an after-kids-are-in-bed game from now on:) And after playing all those heavy rock songs and learning the actual lyrics for awhile, we decided that we can't wait until some other types of songs come out for it.
Gone Fishin'
That night after dinner, the kids wanted to try their hand at fishing, and they did pretty well! Kierra caught her first fish! Jeromy was so proud.
Isn't it beautiful there? We were at the end of Twin Lakes, which is right next to Coeur d' Alene. And we had a private dock and everything at the home we rented.
My little fisherwoman (I love the pigtails!!)
Jeromy pulling Kierra's fish out of the water.
THE fish.
Kierra (she's so stinkin' cute, I can hardly stand it!) reeling it in. Since just about all the kids were able to catch a fish in a relatively short amount of time (20 minutes or less), Kierra thought she'd give her Uncle John a few pointers (since he was out there for about an hour with no nibbles). She said, "You have to say, 'Here fishy fishy fish.'"
Uncle Cameron showing Audrey how to fish.
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