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Happy Birthday William

On October 22nd was William's birthday. I can't believe that he is three. He has grown up so fast. Some of my favorite things about William is his sweet caring personality. He is always so helpful with Brooklyn. She could be entertained by him for hours. He is also a jokester... I wonder who he got that from...Jake. He can be so funny, even when you are trying to discipline him. He will say something funny, or just giggle the whole time you are trying to get mad at him, and his giggle is contagious. I love it! But the thing that just melts my heart is when he looks at me with his big brown eyes. We love you William.



The next video is kind of long so you don't have to watch it all. The reason I put it on is because I love William's reaction to each present he received. he loved them. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Proctor and all the Aunts and Uncles for some great presents.







We had a family birthday party and went bowling. This was the first time we have taken our kids bowling, and they loved it. It was fun to watch them. I also found out that Jake is an AWESOME bowler. Hannah scored a 112 (with bumpers), which was higher than my score, of an 87. I guess my excuse is that she had bumpers and I didn't.



By the end of the day William was pretty tuckered out.

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1970's

Martha found this awesome website and I just had to try it out. The picture of me is how I would have looked if I graduated in 1972, and Jake's is if he would have graduated in 1976. I think I look a lot like my mom when she graduated, and doesn't Jake look so stunning with his new hair do? You should try it out yourself. Go to yearbookyourself.com and I guarantee you a good laugh.

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Great idea for dinner tonight!!

A few weeks ago the Jake was involved with a youth activity where he told about the culture in Taiwan. For part of it he bought some duck eggs to show to the kids. I guess they eat duck eggs a lot in Taiwan. They call them 1,000 year old eggs. The way they would make them years ago is they would soak them in horse urine with the shell on, and then they would peel them like a boiled egg and eat them. Fortunately now they don't soak them in horse urine. They soak them in vinegar, and some other things that I don't know. Anyway, I never worked up the courage to try it, and for some reason I don't feel like I am missing out on anything.


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Kids say the cutest things

So I didn't end up making any salsa. The day I was going to make it, I did not have green peppers and I did not feel like loading the kids up in the car to go to the store just to buy green peppers, (due to my last experience of taking my three kids to the store.) You can't have salsa without green peppers, so I made tomato sauce instead. The reason I am posting this is because I just read a post on someone's blog about onions and crying and it reminded me of when I was trying to cut onions for the sauce. My mom had sent some onions out from her garden and I was using those. They were the strongest smelling onions that I had ever cut before. Tears were streaming down my cheeks. It was so bad that it was making me gag. Hannah was watching me wondering why I was crying while I was cutting onions. So I explained to her that I was not sad, it was the onions that were making me cry and mentioned that it would be a lot better if I could just close my eyes while I cut the onions. So she asked, "Why can't you just close your eyes?" I said, "If I closed my eyes while I cut the onions, I would probably cut my finger off." Then she said, "How about you close your eyes so you won't cry, and I will watch your fingers so you won't cut them."

It would have been interesting to see how that turned out.


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Salsa recipe

I have a lot of tomatoes and tomorrow I am going to be making and canning salsa. The only thing that I am missing is a salsa recipe. Does anyone have any really good salsa recipes? Or tips on canning salsa? There is nothing better than a really good homemade salsa. Don't you agree?


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Week in Nevada

Last month Hannah and William were able to spend some time with Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Gilbert in Nevada. They had a great time. Every night they would call and tell us what they had been up too. My mom kept them so busy with so many fun things, I was afraid they would not want to come back home. They played with cousins, helped with irrigating the garden and grandma's yard, they rode the four wheeler, gathered the eggs, went swimming, jumped on the trampoline, played with the kittens... Grandma and Grandpa bought a little ford truck that the kids could drive around in. I think that this truck was one of the favorite things of the week. They were even able to drive this truck in the 24th parade. Hannah's favorite part of the whole week was playing with my Barbies. I told her to ask my mom to get out my old Barbies, and that is the first thing that Hannah wanted to do. Hannah had a great time playing with the Barbies all week. You can see in the picture that Hannah dressed them all up, then lined them up so they could watch a movie with her. Yes, me and my sisters had a lot of Barbies. Hannah was in heaven with all of the Barbies. Seeing her play with the Barbies brought back a lot of great memories playing Barbies with my sisters. Hannah and William had a great time. Thanks mom and dad for taken such great care of my kids.

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