Sadie Monkey

Drew has wanted Sadie to be a monkey for Halloween since the day she was born, so I finally gave in this year and bought a monkey costume. I'm very glad I did, because she looks adorable! She was even jumping around in circles, and looked like a real monkey. I've never laughed so hard!

Prague, Czech Republic

For our annual trips with Drew's work, we went to Prague the first week in October, and then we are off to Hawaii in November.

Prague was absolutely gorgeous. It's the most well preserved city in Europe, with amazing architecture and rich history. Here are just a few of our pictures....

Terezin Jewish Memorial- This was one of the prisons used in WWII by the Germans. Many Jews and politicians were tortured here, those that survived were sent to concentration camps for extermination. (a very humbling experience)

At one point there were 90 people living in this room.

cemetery- many of the graves don't have a name on them.

Cesky Krulov- this very cute little medieval village is located in the small mountains in Southern Czech Republic. (Austria was just over the hill).

We also took a trip to Dresden, Germany for a day. This city was bombed during WWII, so everything has been restored. Very beautiful!
This is a cathedral. The black stones are original, and the white part is about five years old (restored to its original architecture.) Eventually, the white sandstone will become black over time.



This is the City of Prague, with pictures of castles, cathedrals and architecture.

Little Angels

Our primary program practice last week was hellacious!...the kids were irreverent, they didn't sing, they didn't know their parts, or go where they were suppose to, kids were crying, jumping off chairs, running up to the mic and screaming in it, plus we had 10 new kids that I had to make fit and add parts for. (I'm very glad to have the new kids- it just adds to the stress!)


I had nightmares every night about something going terrible wrong! and can you blame me? (see above).


But there was a miracle, and everything went smoothly and the kids were like little angles for the program on Sunday! Why is that? I'm sure other wards have similar experiences, because I remember the same thing happened last year- the practice was awful, and somehow, someway, when it's time for the "real deal", the kids are on their best behavior- and did awesome! Not to mention they were completely adorable!


I love the Primary! The children put a huge smile on my face every Sunday!

Sadie's Prayer

Sadie usually says her prayers by herself, but lately she's been asking me to help her.


Here's how it went last night-


Me: Heavenly Father..........please help us to be nice


Sadie: no, I don't want to be nice


Me: please help us to share


Sadie: no, I don't want to share.


Me: Sadie, Jesus wants us to be nice and share, it will make him happy.


Sadie: It will make Jesus happy?


Me: Yes.


Sadie: Okay. Please help us to share and be nice........Amen.


Me: Thank you for being a good girl Sadie. Jesus is so happy.


Sadie: Where is Jesus? (we hear a bump downstairs). Is that Jesus? Hurry, shut the door, so he can't come in!

Welcome Home Weston!

Homecoming

This little buddy will be home tomorrow!

Sadie's pics

I finally had a chance to play with photoshop (Drew gave it to me for Christmas). I've taken a few online tutorials, so I'm slowly learning.

I was happy with how these turned out! Isn't she a cutie!