Good Things January

It is working. After 13 years of marriage and family I said, "NOPE, I'm not doing all the dishes anymore!" Abe, Clark, Bethany and I are all in the weekly rotation for dish duty. Hooray for me! After some initial backlash (which was to be expected) it is going very smoothly.
With the exception of the couple of days Clark tried to load the dishwasher with VERY dirty, food encrusted dishes; which food then cooked on the heating element producing a very strong burning smell.
He has since learned that there is a reason we rinse the dishes before loading them.










Clark's First Lego League team went back to Pocatello for the State competition (after winning a category in regionals). They WON first place in the same category again. They were thrilled, but didn't rank high enough overall to go to nationals/worlds in Atlanta. That's okay, because that would have been some kind of fundraising nightmare. Their project was researching energy producing speed bumps.
Great group of boys.



This little guy is growing up very quickly. He's about 21 months and just as much trouble as he looks. He loves balls and cars. He is obsessed with the basketball hoops at church. He knows what they are there for and it is very frustrating to him that he can't get a ball up there.
He recently ripped several pages out of Clark's scriptures and tore the earrings out of a favorite doll of Bethany's. He likes to throw things away. Our can-opener went missing a couple of months back and we can only figure that he threw it away. The Cannon-ator strikes fear into the heart of the young and old who do not put their things away.
For Abe's birthday Clark made him a Lego look-alike. He also created Elinor's likeness. Abe took his to work. It's kind of like getting a bobble-head of yourself (like Dwight from The Office).















Also in honor of Abe's birthday we turned our monthly book club into a cold cereal party. All the sugar cereal you cared to eat. The kids were never so anxious for dinner at book club before. But I must admit that by the end of the evening nobody (with the exception of Abe) was feeling very good. The kids admitted that lots of sugar cereal doesn't make your body feel good.
Important lesson learned.





The little ladies of the club wrote a song entitled, "Fabulous Five". It was so catchy that I'll share the lyrics with you, but remember they are copyrighted.
Fabulous Five
Dead or alive
We are all connected

Fanciest Five
Strong and Alive
We are all connected

Bethany, Elinor, Raven, Faith and Gracie
We are all connected
BY DESTINY!
This picture is of their debut performance. Sorry you weren't there to witness it. It was really something.
Clark and Abe went to a Jazz game last night. Included with your registration fee for Junior Jazz comes two "free" Jazz game tickets. It was fun for them. They didn't climb all the way up to the top of the arena just for the view and a picture. Nope. That's where their seats were. I guess if you're getting "free" tickets you get the nosebleed section.