Jack & Abigail January 2013

Jack,

You continue to amaze us with your sentences that you create and trying to put the right words together. You are so smart and catch on really quickly. You continue to LOVE your trains as well as Lightning McQueen. You LOVE going to preschool and it is really fun to listen to you talk about what you learn each and every day. This January was a little rough due to you and your sister exchanging sickness'. But in the end you would try your best to be happy when you felt miserable inside. You love playing Mario Cart or XBOX. Best of all you have really enjoyed gymnastics.

Abigail,

You run me ragged and like to test me when it is convenient for you. You like being Jack's shadow, but also I think it challenges you in different ways, making you a head of a lot of the curves. You LOVE your barbies, dancing and singing. You love you exercise with me in the morning and it is really fun having that one on one time with you while Jack is at preschool. You are growing so fast that you have surpassed your bother in weight. Keep making us proud, because you do with your smartness in the alphabet, numbers and working on putting sentences together. We love listening to your strories.

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A Baking Mood

I don't think I have ever been a real baker. Today is different. I had visited Mom a few days ago and she had made hersey kiss cookies. Giving me a package of hershey kisses I decided to try and bunch and see how they turned out. I used the directions on the back of the package which consisted of brownie mix, cocoa, and sugar. They were really good, however I think I like the peanut butter ones better.

As the day went on the kids started watching "The Princess and the Frog," well if any of you know Tiana is known for her beignets or benya's so being born in Louisianna I decided to make some. Not really knowing what I was doing since I am not that big of a baker. I mixed my dough and put it aside. I started getting worried because after an hour of it sitting it hadn't risen. However after a little while longer it started to rise. By the time I was ready to roll out the dough to cut and fry the dough had risen as high as the bowl it was in, there fore I had a lot of beignets to get rid of.

 

In the end they were DeLiCiOuS!

 

6 Mo Check Up

Round Two for the dentist. I was a little worried as to what this visit might bring, however Kids will always amaze.

Abigail went first and so we headed to the Xray room. She sat in the chair got the vest on and roared like a lion, but when the film headed for her mouth she didn't want anything to do with that. Next came Jack. He sat on the chair, put the superman vest on, roared like a lion and allowed the technician to take two pictures.

After the xrays we headed for the cleaning chair. Jack went first this time. He climbed into the chair, got his headsets on, and was transfixed on watching brave in the ceiling. The tech was able to floss and brush his teeth.

Next came Abigail. She climed into the chair, put on the head sets and was close of being transfixed on watching Brave. The tech was able to floss her teeth, but when the brush got to the sides of her mouth she was about done. So a partial mouth cleaning happened.

They watched Brave until the doctor came in. Abigail had no cavities and everything looked good for her. Jack, however, has a few cavities as well as an extra tooth hanging out in his gums. So sugery is on our list of things to do, to get the cavities fixed and to remove the extra tooth.

 

Wish us luck.

TOTS Tumbling

Ever since I was a little girl and as I have grown I wished I would have persued Gymnastics. In the area there is a gymnastics place and so for something to do, Jeremy and I decided to sign up Jack and Abigail.
Its an hour a week, there are two teachers and the first little while they do a warm up. Then they spearate the kids evenly and then there are four sets that they do and they do a little rotation. It was so fun to see them go through the rotations. In February I guess their class will have an actual floor exercise that they get to perform infront of the parents.

 

 

 

 

My little gymnists.

Chore Charts

The other day after picking Jack up from school. I rumaged through his backpack to see what they learned. I pulled out a "My Helping Chart" that his teaching gave him. I have always known that its important to teach kids responsibility, to help around the house, but I never knew when I should implementing this. So it got me thinking. I started to search around on the internet and see if I could find some what of a template that I liked.

Here are the ideas that I really liked...

 

 

 

Here is the end result...

 

 

 

 

 

Not too bad if I say so myself. Now we just need to hang them. I might need to make a chore pouch.

Abigail turns 3

Our little Abigail turned 3 today. How big she is getting. We decided this year that since her birthday was on a Tuesday that we would celebrate it on Saturday to make it easier for everyone to attend. We decided to have Sloppy Joes, Chips and Cake.

Thank you to everyone that was able to come out for her big 3 celebration. In the end she got a Barbie Pool - from Grandpa Heinrichs, Plasitc Fruit and Veggies - From Jason, Tawnie, Lou, Madison, Bubba and Tyler, A Barbie - From Grandma and Grandpa South, Dress up Shoes and Assessories - from Grandma Heinrichs, and a Barbie Beach House - from Mom, Dad and Jack.

What a fun time she had.

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We love you Abigail! Hope you had a great birthday.

A Visit From Grandpa

Grandpa Heinrichs came into town for a business trip and he was able to sneak in a visit with his favorite kids and grandkids. When he came back into town on Thursday he arrive early afternoon. We got him settled in and then planned to have dinner that night. Landon and his kids were able to attend and so he had sizzlin fajitas, Delicious. On Friday we planned to get together but in the mean time dad, my kids and I headed to the Living Planet Aquarium for some sight seeing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a fun day of seeing creatures beneath the sea and petty sting rays. After the Aquarium we headed back home to wait for Jeremy and then we were off again to Joe's Crab Shack where we had a delicious dinner. Saturday farewells were said as Dad got into his rental car and headed for the airport to fly home. We love it when Grandpa comes to town.

Owen Martel Pedersen

Today we said goodbye to a friend, brother, uncle and grandfather. Owen Martel Pedersen. This is Jeremy's Grandfather. I met Martel a little over twelve years ago when I started dating Jeremy. In the time I got to know him I called him Grandpa. Although he leaves us he is joining friends, family and his sweetheart which have been apart for 16 years. Even though this is goodbye we will see him one day.

1924 ~ 2013
Owen Martel Pedersen celebrated the New Year with his sweetheart as he left this realm to join her on Jan 1st 2013. He died from causes incident to age after a long and productive life. Martel was born September 29, 1924 in Oasis, Utah to Peder Herman Pedersen and Mary Fawntella Carver. He graduated from high school and soon after joined the United States Navy during WWII. During his service in the Navy, he attained the rank of Aviation Machinist Mate First Class. Following the war, he was married to Lael Alice Ottley in the Salt Lake Temple on May 20, 1946. They lived in California for a few years before returning home to Utah where Martel worked in the building department for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He then worked for several other businesses as an accountant/office manager. He finally realized the dream of owning his own business and ran a plastic injection-molding machine for years. He never really retired, but eventually gave that up and turned his attention to other projects such as gathering and distributing ancestral photos, and other genealogical information to anyone that he felt he could spark an interest in.
Dad was active in the church and served faithfully. He also became a very helpful home teacher to widows who needed help and was always a mentor to young people as he hired them to work with him in his plastics business. His first goal was to give them a job, but always there to listen and teach them important values and goals.
Our dad was a sweet, gentle father who always stopped what he was doing for a little chat or a hug. He worked hard to support his family but was not too busy for a little time when we needed it. He always had a piece of candy in his pocket for restless children no matter what age they were.
Dad and Mom served together in the Salt Lake Temple for 10 years. It was a joy to both of them and a great example to their children and grandchildren. Through the last 5 years, as his health and capacities declined, he was always so grateful and so kind to those who assisted him in any way. He was never impatient and constantly praised his caregivers. Our thanks to all the hospice caregivers and VA doctors!
Martel is survived by his 7 children, their spouses, 37 grandchildren, and 63 great grandchildren, one brother, and several in-laws. He was preceded in death by our mom, Lael, his parents, 2 brothers and his only sister, and one granddaughter.

Jack & Abigail December 2012

Jack you continue to suprise your Dad and I. You will notice or remember something and will tell us about it. You continue to love preschool and love to learn new things. You also continue to try to figure things out, however as of late whenever you get stuck I always here you say "Come on!" in a frustrated tone. Lately you have become a little momma's boy which I can't complain, because then every once in a while I get to cuddle with my little man. For Christmas you got the move the Lorax and that is currently your favorite movie.

Abigail princesses are your life. You love each and every princess that comes your way. A new princess that you got was Merida from Brave. You continue to keep up with Jack and tend to be his little or big shadow when no other friends or cousins are around. You are figuring our how your hips work and any time there is a beat within music you start to dance. Your favorite movie is the Lorax and you especially LOVE watching the mini movie Serenade. You also continue to sing when a song you know comes on. I know you are going to be our artsy little one and I can't wait to see what you will really enjoy to do.

Both of you continue to make us proud and we love both of you very much.

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New Years

Another year has come and gone and I can remember the beginning of 2012 so clear it shouldn't already be a new year. As the end to 2012 came we were supposed to go to Landon and Cristy's for a party gathering. On New Year's Eve whatever has been going around, ending and then coming around again happened. Jack wasn't feeling so well so we cancelled our plans and made it a night in. We did order Chinese, watched a movie, got the kids to bed, then watched another movie and rang in the new year in bed.

Although 2012 was a trying year, towards the end it turned into an interesting one with Jeremy finding a new job that he LOVES and me being able to quit my job and adventure off in a couple of new directions.

We are excited to see what 2013 will bring, so I guess I can say, Bring It On!