Katelyn had her baptism this past Saturday. The weeks leading up to the baptism were a little stressful worrying about a dress, luncheon, her birthday, gifts, etc. but come Saturday morning all was calm (or at least as much as it could be considering we have six kids!). Seth had spent some time with Katelyn …
Author Archives: maninajo
Eight years and counting
Today is Katelyn’s 8th birthday. The celebration began yesterday with a group of eleven girls meeting up and going to Crafter’s Corner for a little crafting fun. Each girl got to decorate the first letter of their name with paint, glitter and ribbons. Katelyn painting her letter While we waited for the paint to dry …
Happy Halloween 2011
We had another candy-filled Halloween this year. I am not sure what it is about this holiday, but I just love it. As overwhelming as it can be with costumes, candy, and class parties I still get super excited every year. I probably just love seeing the excitement in my kids’ eyes. That combined with …
Auntie Erika’s Visit
My sister came to visit this past week. I haven’t seen her in over 3 years! It was nice to hangout and be together again. It is hard when you go that long without seeing someone you love. The kids thoroughly enjoyed seeing her. We tried to fit in a few fun things while she …
A Weekend in Sunny St. George
This past weekend we packed up all the kiddos and went down to St. George. I have been wanting to take my girls to Little Mermaid at Tuacahn all summer and this seemed to be the perfect weekend. Seth planned it so he could do the Watchman 100 cycle ride the same weekend so we …
Nope, not a duplicate post
Less than a week after Claire lost her tooth she was chatting with me and I noticed she was missing a second tooth! I asked here when it fell out and she had no idea?! She was as shocked as I was. We searched all over for the tooth but no luck. Instead she wrote …
One less tooth!
Claire noticed her tooth was really wiggly last week and with much excitement, she came to show me. She wanted it get it out so bad but it wasn’t quite ready. All day long she wiggled it and tugged it and cried about how much it was hurting. Eventually I handed her and apple and …
Drew’s in school!
Today was Drew’s first day of “Joy School”. I initially had him in a local preschool but changed last minute when a couple gals in my neighborhood suggested we do our own. This will be my first try at it. I have always enrolled my others ones in an official school. We’ll see how it …
Claire is a Kindergartener!
The day has finally arrived for Claire to begin school. Claire has always acted much older than she really is so it seems like she should have started school years ago. For the first time ever I didn’t cry on my kindergartener’s first day. I think it was because I knew she was ready. I …
School is Back in Session
Sadly, the first day of school has arrived once again and my three oldest are back in school. (Claire will start kindergarten this coming Tuesday.) This summer sped by and has left me speechless at how quickly the time has gone. I miss by big kids already. No really, I do. I miss our chats, …
MightyJohnsons 