A Trip to the Lake

Friday, July 10, 2009

A Trip to the Lake

We don't have Jared on Monday nights this summer, so we have FHM (family home morning) on Fridays now. A quick hike (under 1.5 miles) through the woods takes us to what you see above. We went this morning for our family time and, well, it was fun times (that first picture is a turtle we saw on the way there).

8 comments:

The Allemans said...: That's beautiful! What a lovely area you live in!; July 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Bob said...: Sounds like fun!; July 14, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Rachel said...: I didn't know you guys had moved!!!!!!! I'm assuming it was a good thing and that you guys are very happy about it! It looks absolutely beautiful and I'm so happy for you guys. We need to catch up! Its been awhile - are you guys going to see my parents at all in the next week or two? I hope they got in touch with you. Anyway hope all is well! We missed you guys last week!; July 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Natalie said...: You guys are such a good looking family! Everybody missed you at Yellowstone...many comments were made about how it just isn't the same without you. I would also like to tell you that your house is amazing. I'm going to try to convince James to get a job back east so we can live in similar natural bliss!!; July 17, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Queer Braff said...: LA!! Jared! Wow, I'm so glad you kids are LIVING IT UP!! I really wish you were closer, but when I see those pictures I kinda wish I was nearer to YOU. :)
Oh and Jared, you looked very distinguished in all of your sleepy glory, poor fellow! Ah, well, at least you weren't on the porcelain throne at the time... :)
Well, here's wishing you all an AMAZING Pioneer Day if I don't talk to you in person later on.
Love you!; July 24, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Mandi said...: Looks adventursome (not a word?). awesome little FHM. Mandi; July 24, 2009 at 9:26 PM
The Hulls said...: *wolf whistle* at Laurel!; July 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Trace Gibson said...: This place is so beautiful, and so are all of you (awww!) No, REALLY! : ) : ); August 1, 2009 at 4:05 AM

What SHE's said

"I love Daddy. And I love Mommy. And I like shoes."
(Binky dropped) "Mom. Get it." ("You have legs. You can do it. You're a big girl.") "No, Ellie's a PRINCESS."
"Mommies like pumpkin pie."
"My name is George EleaNOR Batman."
"I burped. I burped a princess burp in the pink princess spaghetti."
"You don't have any hair!" ("Aaah! Where is it?!") "I flushed it down the toilet!"
"I don't like tickles!" ("What do you like?") "Cereal."
"Not JA-Pan; Peter Pan!"
"Every day we sleep!! IN THE WORLD!"
"I wish I had wings so I could fly with you." ("Wings like a bird?") "No, wings like Tinkerbell."
"I don't love salad."
"Ack! If you say that again to me, it's a BAD CHOICE."
"He's OLD. We have to get a new daddy now."
"Mom! Look! A Crut-knacker!"
"I hate songs. I hate 'glory to God' songs. I only like 'twinkle star' songs."
"I need to dance like a girl"

deep thoughts by noah-since 2011

"I have super-vision-seeing eyes!"
"Mom, put batteries in my car. Then you can use GOODERIES...for Cheerios!"
"I'm going to toot on you. And toots are made of fire."
"My arms can stretch really long to Alaska, Mom."
"I'd be laughing my head off! Laughing my HAIR off! Then I'll be like Daddy!"
"That's a funny sound! Thanks for doing that!"
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"I use the 'yeah' word because 'yes' is a little bit ugly."
("I'm gonna clean the kitchen for 10 minutes") "Shh. Mom's gonna eat cake!"
"Hey diddle! I'm gonna JUMP on Diddle Diddle...."
"Robin Hood doesn't hug boys--only girls."
"My king says your king likes to lie."
"I feel good when I use a sharp knife."
("Heck, no!" "Heck, yes!") "Hecknology."
("Boys and girls, this is Elder Bednar") "Ha. That's the kind of smile you have when you're about to kill someone."
"When I grow up, I'll call myself DOO DOO HEAD because I hate dads!"
"When I was a boy, I used to be sneaky."
"How did you do that?" ("Daddy Powers.") "Nobody has any powers. Only scripture powers!"
("'Free is the best place to be.'") "The potty is the best place to pee...?"
"I'm sitting on the end so that THAT Ridiculous Head doesn't [accidentally] punch me in the face again."
"Why do you have to treat me like Oliver Twist??"
("How sure are you?") "Ten times a million more than a giant."
"Mommy, do you know why poop is sticky? Because it's made part of tape and part of glue. And part of stickery!"
("Goodnight. You smell like gum...?") "That's because I HAVE gum." ("Where??") "There's still gum in my boot-y footies!"
"All teeny tiny things are squishy...except for metal...and other things...."
"My pinky toe is the longest toe on me. Just take a look at pinkytoe.com"

Isaacisms 2011-present

"I dreamed I was falling off planets in space and getting caught in cloud windows."
"I'm sad because Ellie bumped her head AND the missionaries are gone. I saw the garage door close and I waved to their kind souls."
"When I grow up and blow a big enough boogar, I might have to wear a Kleenex all the time."
"Ridiculous. They made me wear a pink lifejacket!"
"Teachers at school need more respect than mothers."
"How's this joke? Your kneecap is the capital of your knee!"
"I just zipped my courage up like a zipper and decided to eat it."
("How come you're so smart?") "Because there's a school inside my body. That's even a smart way to say it."
"Noah, I'm so glad I get to spend all these days with you." ("Me, too.")
("Are you a hot pepper?") "No, I'm good and cheesy and ice cream-like."
"Sinks are everything to me. If they don't have a sink...too bad, so sad, your dad."
"That was the best I've ever slept. Good! Great! Good!"
"Daddy, what part of that is true?" ("I don't know.") "Then why did it come out of your FACE?!"
"Grandpa, you have yellow crusty toenails."
("I've been alive over 10,000 days! What did I do?") "I hope you haven't done ridiculous things!"
"You're the commander and I'm the king." ("I command you, king.") "You can't command the king!"
"...Please help any temptation that comes my way to be overthrown by my courage--SHOT!..."
"...And please bless Daddy to not look to see if kids are not being reverent, because they're always reverent, and it's not likely that they're ever going to not be reverent..."
"You guys are lucky to be parents of superheroes. We can give you lots of good advice."
"I hate you, stupid underwear that won't stay down!"
("Noah, did you know there are some grown-ups who are smaller than you?") "Yep, they're called hobbits."
"Noah, cheer up. This is a very very sunny place. Monsters live in dark swamps."
(sigh) "Most movies don't make my legs fall asleep, but these ones do."
"I live here, so I pretty much knew that."
("I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.") "I don't think we're gonna get dessert if that happens."