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Random thoughts, random pictures. 

L- scraping a pile of mustard off of her Cuban sandwich- I am fine with this.  I am not a victim of this sandwich. 
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M- Should we have some apples with our lunch? 
N- Yes!  With the chunky peanut butter, the best in the land! 
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N, frantically running into the kitchen - Oh!  There's the puddy (as in pudding, without the -ng)!  I thought lost it. 
M- The what? 
N- The puddy! 
M- That word is pronounced putty. 
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Tis the season for mice in the house.  We've caught four so far, all from a random unfinished space in our basement that is nowhere close to the food, thankfully. 
M- Did you catch another mouse this morning? 
J- No. 
M- You set a trap last night, but you didn't get one?
J- Yes I did.  I set two traps and I caught one. 
M- What? You just said you didn't catch one. 
J- No I didn't. 
L and M in unison- Yes you did! 
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Noah’s having one of those mornings. He just said ‘don’t slap my nipples! Would you want me to do that to you?!! Of course not!!’
Of course not. 
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E- Can we buy tickets for the rifle?! They're selling a Wizard of Oz blanket! 
M- Rifle? Do you mean raffle? 
(We didn't win)
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N- looking at a picture that Adam sent from the backyard - Is that the moose that ate our pumpkin? 

Dang it moose. (everyone's favorite saying this fall)

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N-, trying to guess how they say hello in Hawaii - Hello!  Hola? A-hola!??

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 L & E- You have to take her picture and put it on the blog.  And make sure that you say her full name- Lula Preminger California. 

N- I wonder when the next blog book will come out.  I can't wait to read all about the second half of 2020! 

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N, saying words that melt my heart- Mommy, why are you just the best mommy in the world?!

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N, while eating some green curry and red curry and debating over which one he liked more- The green is- ACK!!- there is definitely an aftertaste!!  

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Check out Daddy's corny new apron, a surprise gift from my Aunt Angelen! 

E- Daddy, you  make the best omelets. 

J, beaming- You know daddies love to hear things like that!

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M- Noah, you don't have to ask if you can get in our bed at night, just climb up the middle and let us keep sleeping!

N- Well I would have, but Daddy was blocking my way!

(Funny because 9 times out of 10 when Noah climbs into our bed I sleep right through it and Jason is the one who wakes up enough to get him settled in.  Sheesh I hope this phase of moving into a new house and not wanting to be 'alone' in the night doesn't last much longer. Yes, Adam and Noah do currently share a room with bunkbeds but that's not good enough for Noah because they 'can't see each other in the night'.)

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Adam finished his state quarters, with the help of Grandma and Auntie Jen Jen. 

A- How much is a completed state quarters collection worth? 

M- Twelve dollars and fifty cents.  Seems like it would be more, huh? 

A- Yeah, I don't think I'll spend it unless we really, really need some extra money. 

M- Deal. 

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Noah and Emma were playing Twister and having a hard time keeping track of right hand and left hand.  

M- Right hand.  That's your left hand.  You write with your right hand. 

N- Oh! Right and left!  Just like when I play the piano!

E- Noah, your right and left are always your right and left. 

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N, while we were driving home in the car- Hey! I think I lost my tooth. Like actually lost it! I can't find it!

M- Did you spit it out of your mouth? 

N- No. 

M- Did you swallow it? 

N- I think so! I think I swallowed it with a Raisel.

M- Okay.... well you can look in your poop to see if it's there in a few days.  Or you can just write a note to the tooth fairy and tell her that you lost it. 

The next morning, N- I just went to the bathroom, so.... (gestures meaningfully toward the toilet). 

M- Buddy, please just write a note to the tooth fairy explaining what happened. 

N- Okay!  

Flush!

General Conference

We all love and look forward to the traditions that we enjoy twice a year as conference comes around again!

Puzzles, note-taking doodles, treats and the conference store.  I always let the kids pick out the words to listen for, and I think the "pandemic" and "COVID-19" treats got eaten first!

In what might be the first Jason-ism posted on the blog, during one session he read off all of the words- "Scriptures... temple... covenants... family... pandemic... missionary... prophet... Jesus Christ... that's going to get eaten fast." And then we paused a second and then laughed and laughed at what a difference the punctuation made in that sentence!

The best part of conference is probably all of it, but this time around we espeically enjoyed the girls and boys time during the womens session.  We all started out together in the backyard, working on the treehouse and roasting hot dogs and listening to the talks around the fire. 

And after a bit the girls headed inside for a spa night while we pampered our faces, hands and feet.  We talked about the importance of using our mouths to speak good words and our hands and feet to serve others.

And outside Jason used the four pillars of the treehouse to teach the boys about the four pillars of the of the priesthood duties, which we coupled with the steps of the covenant path on the ladder a few days later. 

Now every time they climb the ladder they can remember the steps of the covenant path that will lead them back to Heavenly Father.

Now that Noah is seven years old he is officially preparing for baptism!

Asking Adam what "endure to the end meant", his response was... "You die".

It was a great weekend and is always over much too quickly! Now to revisit and apply the lessons we learned to our everyday lives!