What's New

Tanner has started playing a city rec basketball. He is doing it with his neighbor friend, and it has been fun to watch him. I am sad to report that he got his mom's athletic abilities, much to the frustration of his dad. But, Tanner has a fun time playing and is a good sport. (Mostly he doesn't have any competitiveness to him). Tanner is a pretty good shot at the hoop, making it 4 out of 5 times, but the dribbling needs some work. He seems to have weird issues with his socks and thinks he needs to pull them up all the time.

Dave and I got a 21 day membership to the gym right behind our home.  It was $9, so we decided to give it a try.  Dave is really gung-ho.  He wanted a gym membership this whole winter, but then bummed his foot so that didn't work out the way he hoped.  But he is being good about what he eats and is trying to cut some weight.  I am proud of him.  After he got home from the gym for the 2nd time the other day, he and the boys started practicing "exercises". 

sit ups

bench pressing baby

bench pressing Colty and Caillou

bench pressing Caillou

bench pressing momma

up-downs  (he still has it after all these years!)

jumping jacks

 

Can't you see the pounds just dropping off!

And finally, if there were a big score board somewhere the kept track of the good things our kids do that are a reflection of the things they learn at home, we would a point as parents this week.

Earlier in the week I was watching some TLC show about wedding dresses.  At the end Tanner started watching with me.  It showed the couple's wedding on the beach in Hawaii.  Tanner said, "What are they doing? "  I said, "getting married."  "But they aren't in the temple."  So then we discussed that sometimes people make choices and they don't get married in the temple, but where do we want to get married?  "The temple!"

The the next day I was watching a Hallmark movie while folding the laundry, and at the end of the movie the rich man proposes to the lower class gal (happy ending - I love Hallmark!) and the movie ended.  Tanner said, "now what."  I said, "well they will get married."  "Where?"  I said, "Where do you think?"  He looks up at me and says, "probably the temple, (pause), or the beach."

And today, when he got home from church he went upstairs to draw (his creative juices have really been flowing this week as he has gone through at least half a ream of paper drawing) and came down with this:

I think I get a point for this.  And maybe his primary teacher can a have a point too!