A picture post

I've finally got the pictures up. I told the kids to grab their favorite gift for the picture and this is what they chose.



Her mittens.



The Spooky Old Tree. (He has it memorized and reads it nightly to scare himself. Grandma and Grandpa have the book.)



Socks and barrettes.



More socks and barrettes.



All together with some cards and pencils.

This past Saturday was Emily's baptism. I forgot to bring the camera (I remembered the baby, though), but I have some pictures in her dress which have not yet been uploaded. Friday night we had hurricane force winds and this is what we found in our backyard Saturday morning.



Just the week before the ward had to do an emergency equipment survey, basically listing what equipment we had. On Saturday they knew who to call to find chainsaws. The crew came over after lunch and took apart the tree. We now have firewood for next year as well as piles of pine needley branches.

Sunday we went to church at 9am. It was early, but we made it 10 minutes early. Karen is a sunbeam, the littlest and youngest of them all. Eric gets the neighbor as his teacher. Emily got her Faith in God booklet and an invite to activity days. I got my Joseph Smith manual and started reading. My New Year's resolutions are: to keep up with the Relief Society lessons and to read the scriptures every day.

Today I took my van over to the health department to get the car seat installations checked. The tech (a guy in the ward) said they were the best installed car seats he'd ever seen. I know how to install my car seats in my van. Yay! I feel good today.