Monday, February 18, 2013

OUR S.S. CLASS ROCKS!!!!!!


Howdy, Alert Readers!  W.O.W.!!!!!  ARE WE EVER PROUD OF OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS! Yesterday was the first time we turned most of the class over to three of them, as per instructions with the new system of teaching. Weston, Kellee and James each took a topic and led a discussion. They did a great job, each of them!  Kimberlee and Nathan (Hughes- not Cox; he’ll get a chance later) have opportunities in our next class time.
We absolutely LOVE these kids; they are the best! Can’t wait to see them each week.

Last week, I was sick and couldn’t go to Church- so the kids made me a “Get Well Valentine” out of the weekly bulletin. It was so cute! It was Jazlee’s idea. Some of the messages were funny (“I love you more than a redneck loves Nascar!” and “I love your guts”); some were sweet (“I love you and miss you. Please get well fast.”). All of them are precious to me. We * heart * our class!

Let’s see, what’s new in “Roryland”?  Well- now that she has fully mastered “sprint-crawling”, she is working on walking! She will stand for a few seconds now all by herself. She is sidling across the furniture now- sideways from GG to Papa and back along our couch. She belly-laughs! But- she will NOT hold her own bottle!!!!!  We have all tried to get her to take it- but she just pats it with her hands and knows that one of her grown-ups will hold her and feed her. Denny and I even bought her a special short bottle that would be easier to hold- but NO! She’s no dummy, that girl. Why should she feed herself when she knows one of us will do it????  OH! She’s eating baby food really well. We had her here on Saturday, and we fed her one whole container of green beans. She opened her mouth every time the spoon came to her, and she didn’t spill a single drop on her bib! Then- because she kept looking at us and opening her mouth, we fed her a container of carrots!  Again, not a single spill! Her bib, which is usually a disgusting mess after her meal, came off of her completely clean!  ;)   She is growing up just too fast! Papa and I keep talking to her about it, but she just won’t listen! She looks at us with those dark blue eyes and just keeps on growing. We love her so much!!!!!!  I LOVE the look on Papa’s face when Rory lights up and claps her hands when she sees him. Oh, she’s got him right where she wants him!
Uhhhhhhhhh . . . me too, I confess.

Something happened this last day with Rory that hadn’t happened before: I had to leave to take care of a personal matter (ahem!), and Rory CRIED when I left the room!!!!! Later, Papa went out to get the mail, and although Rory could SEE him through the front door (she was bouncing in her jumper), she cried until he came back in. THIS IS NEW. What gives?

A couple of weeks ago, Andrew, Ali and Rory attended Church with us! Before church started, we carried Rory around to show her to our friends in the Ward. EVERYONE who knows us has heard us talk about Rory! She wore her pretty red Christmas dress and head band, and was ADORABLE, smiling and waving her hands. We took her to our SS class for a few minutes, and she was so cute with our kids. We sat her on one end of the big table, and Ali went down to the other end and talked to her. Rory ADORES her Mama, and just GLOWED and giggled. The class loved it. * heart *

Poor Ali had such bad heartburn last week that Andrew finally took her to the Emergency Room. After tests and an MRI, she was diagnosed with gallstones! There was talk of removing the gall bladder, but they wanted to wait for final test results, and Ali felt better,
so she came home to her Mom and Dad’s house. Krissy took Ali to her OWN doctor on Monday, and he suggested that they just wait and see. This pain may never happen again- but Ali is not to eat spicy or greasy foods. NO PIZZA?????????  No way!

We had a nice, quiet Valentine’s Day. Denny had a teeth-cleaning appointment at 11:00, then came home to pick me up and we went shopping, then to lunch at PF Chang’s (YUM!), then stopped by to visit our Rory and Ali- then stopped by Kristin’s for a short visit. We gave her a bag full of Valentine candy, and she gave us TWO DOZEN of her wonderful chocolate chip cookies!  BOY! Did we ever score on that deal! Can we do that again, Krissy? Puleeeeze???? We went home after our travelings, took a nap and then spent the evening together watching a movie. I LOVE my Valentine!!!!!!  S + D = eternity!

Not much more to be said- so, farewell for now, Alert Readers. Maybe Rory will write next time. I’ll check with her. Love to all!!!!!!







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