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Lately I have really loved Heather posting weekly for Mariah and everyone else's  benefit. So I am going to see if I can do something similar.  I have also found I just don't remember the cute, funny things my kids say like I think I will, and I want to document them. 
Also I have gained great insight and even had answers to prayers come from the good things that people are doing and writing about. Maybe I can help someone out for good too? 
An example of this is Kirsta's remember post about patriarchal blessings. When I finally did that it was such a good thing for me. 
Those Nielsen girls are such good examples! 
So here are the highs and maybe lows of our week.
It was Festival of Trees week last week and this was my family's gingerbread creation for Dylan this year. It was called "I'll be gnome for Chriatmas." We worked on this the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Monday morning I let the kids miss school to get assessed by grandpa and the other medic students. They did pretty well. I missed the picture of Beth being surrounded and held by all these big firemen guys. It would have been a good one. Grandpa took up to lunch afterwards! It was great! 
When we got to Evelyn and Roberta's, Ruth wanted to do her puzzle while I was feeding Beth. Evelyn decided to get down and help her. It was very cute but made Evelyn realize how old she is. Sometimes she forgets. It was not an easy task to get up.
We also decorated for Christmas at our house but somehow I don't have a picture of our tree yet.
Monday night to Tuesday I cooked our turkey. This is what 42lbs. of turkey looks like cooked. I got four gallon ziplock bags full of meat from him. I have a whole post about our turkey raising and killing experience coming. 

Yes Beth is eating sorry. Daryl really like being by her head and seeing her. This is what we deal with a lot.
My daily buddies and me.
Beth is smiling these days and it makes us love her even more and do all sorts of silliness to try and get a smile from her. 

This captures Ruth well lately. She has gone between being "Queen Elsa of Airendale," and a tiger. She doesn't even break character for bed. I just make her change the clothes underneath the dress up and put it back on.

"Queen Elsa" ended up with a hair cut from her brother on Wednesday. She came out of the office and said,"Darie cut my hair can you glue it back on?"  Just when I though we were done with that phase for a bit.  Daryl told our friend Karen that he had made a good decision because he hadn't cut his hair with the scissors. 

The new hair do. We think she looks like a little Julie Andrews.

Friday I actually got ready for the day. I must have taken too long though because I found Daryl and Ruth like this when I came out. They had made microwave popcorn all by themselves and were enjoying Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on t.v.
We have a lot of this going on too. Everyone loves having a turn holding Beth. 
A few things not pictures would be the date Glen and I went on. That was nice and it is even nicer to have a kid old enough and responsible enough to babysit everyone but Beth. 
Evelyn isn't pictured. She seems to be slipping some more. It is hard to watch and tests our patience because she still wanta to be very independent. 

I am going to have to diversify who I take pictures of so everyone can make an appearance but that is the just of our week.

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Hugs, Mom said…
I loved your week and your sweet kids. Thanks for posting!
December 9, 2015 at 9:31 AM
Paige said…
Ah . . . the unplanned haircuts.
December 19, 2015 at 9:32 PM
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