Like Father, Like Son

When Lyle was about 1 year old he cracked his collar bone crawling out of his crib. About 1 week later he took his walker off of the stairs and finished breaking it. Then when he was 13 he broke it again. Well Lyle Jr, aka: William, broke his last night.

Anna thought is would be a good idea to take the rolled up sleeping bag that Austin was taking camping and have her hold one end, William hold the other end, and have her 6 year old friend jump on it. Needless to say William was spun around and landed on his shoulder. I knew something was wrong when he cried for about 25 minutes. Then he wouldn't reach for any toys. I called Lyle and he was on his way home.

Lyle got home and off to Goodnight Pediatrics we went. He has to wear a brace that looks like a backpack without the bag part that pulls his shoulders back. When we were loading him up in the car afterwards he told us "Backpack off". We just had to laugh.

Lyle and I made a date out of it and took him to Johnny Rockets for dinner. It's my own fault this hap pended because I was telling Lyle that morning that this was the first night we didn't have meetings or anywhere to go.

Fun Ride at the Barnes Home

William found the time honored ride of his older brother leg! Austin will get home from school and William will hop right on.

Austin is such a good big brother that he lets him do it day after day.

Couldn't ask for better kids.

Elder Robert D. Hales

We had the wonderful opportunity to have Elder Robert D. Hales come to our stake and speak to us. I was honored to be asked to sing in the choir. I have been singing alto because we have so few in our ward choir so I was a little bummed that he would be sitting on the other side of the stand than I was. Imagine my joy when he sat two rows in front of me! I could have leaned forward and touch him! He gave a great talk and I was motivated to go to the temple more often.

Even though we got there early Lyle and the kids had to sit in the overflow because everyone got there early. I thought that the kids would be able to see anything. Lyle said that when Elder Hales came in and everyone started quieting down and standing up even William felt a difference in the room. Austin was able to bet the rush and shook Elder Hales hand. He was even more exited because he asked him how you feel the spirit and he answered him! This was a MAJOR boost to Austin's spiritual health.

After it was over I just wanted to avoid the crowd but was stopped by everyone. Elder Hales turned to me and shook my hand. Elder Hales is all the kids talked about during dinner. What a great Sunday!

Teaching Austin

Austin decided that he didn't have time for his laundry and let his whites sit in the dryer for 2 days. On Saturday I made him get them out and told him he would need to iron his shirt. (He started to hang it up telling me it looked ok) I had him get the iron and ironing board out and told him he would need to ask his dad to teach him how to iron.

Lyle is a much better ironer than I am thanks to his mom. After ironing the first shirt with him Lyle made him iron his second shirt by himself. He did a good job.

Now I have pictures that they can both iron.

Anna's Daisy Scout advancement

I finally found out how to get the pictures off my phone (just had to go on-line to my account). These are pictures of Anna at her Daisy Scout Advancement from last year. She was so happy and proud of herself.

This is the last year as a Daisy Scout. She moves up to a Brownie next year.

When you need your cookies I can get them for you. Both Anna and Josie will be selling them this year.

D-Backs Game 2010

As a lot of you already know, Lyle's Union gets D-Back tickets for the Union members on Labor Day. This is the third year we have gone and have enjoyed every one. This year William was old enough to really take everything in. His eye's were huge looking all around the stadium.This was after a lot of hard work to get him to sleep. I have the same picture of Lyle holding William asleep from all the games.
I try to take this picture every year too. The problem this year is that I remembered the camera but forgot to put the memory card in it. This would no be a problem because I always carry a back-up in my purse, but I left that at home also. These are the pictures from my cell phone. At least I got some pictures.

Loves the Rain

Did you know that William LOVES water? It was raining the other day so Lyle let him go out and splash in the rain and run underneath were it was coming off the roof. He had a BLAST.
(I tried to upload the videos that we took but I am having a problem. I might try to upload them later.)