FHE - Scripture Stories Reenactment

Monday for FHE we acted out part of the Book of Mormon that we had recently read with the kids. They choose getting the plates from Laban.  Now everyday, multiple times per day, they asked to do it again.  Keeping Laman and Laban straight is a little difficult.  Kherington always asks which guy is the one that chases the other ones away.  Cute kids.

Friends and Crafts

We had Seth and Benjamin over a couple time to play recently and my kids love playing with them.  The first time we did some outside painting.  The 2 year olds lasted all of 5 minutes, but the other two spent awhile and even painted 2 different pages. 

Another time each kid picked out a felt color and we made masks.  Kherington didn't want one, but this picture is one of my favorites.  Kherington and her masked men:

We also made a pinata.  Kherington and Seth were loving it until some kids came running down the trail behind our place wanting to play.  Then the pinata making wasn't as cool and I ended up finishing up the first layer.  Later while the pinata was drying they relaxed with some ice cream cones.

One of my favorite things about having friends over to play is that my kids not only actually play the entire time but also that they sleep so much better.  They both passed out for a short nap after our friends went home.

De Nekker to Ourselves

We have two cars for most of the week so I've been trying to make the most of it by going place outside of my normal walking/busing radius.  I took the kids to the beach and when we got there it was empty.  The whole time we only came across a handful of the kids.  The kids were able to play on all the toys including do the boat where you pull yourself across the water using a rope.  We walked around a little and found a bridge that overlooks Kherington sized fish (no joke).  After the morning at the beach part we played on three separate playgrounds.  The kids had a blast and I got to relax and read lots of my books.

They both had a short nap on the drive home, then played nicely with each other the rest of the day.  It ended up being best complete day I've had with the kids in a long time. No meltdowns, talking back, fighting, etc. Just pure happiness the entire day. They even went to bed quickly.

Work Life

As of August 24th, Ryan is officially a Tax Manager at Deloitte! I have no doubt that Ryan is a hard worker, but we both feel that a lot of it has to do with being in the right place at the right time and knowing the right people. With that said, I am super proud of him.

His group is moving locations within the office again and when we took the kid to visit work (a favorite for the kids), we found that his new office already had his name on it so I forced him to smile for a quick picture.  Managers here are in office, but when we're back stateside it's back to the cube. To be honest, I think you lose lot of the social interaction by being in an office so I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.