Don't Try This At Home

Here are a few things children should never do....

In case you are wondering:
1. No, I didn't teach him these tricks.

2. These photos aren't altered...I don't know how.

3. Yes, he's in gymnastics.

An Age Old Question

A conversation in the car today between Wyatt and me:

Ahem.

W: "Mom, listen to this. There's something weird about the Alphabet Song."
Me: "Well... what?"
W: "Ok, I'll stop when I get to the part. Ready?
(singing) A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P.... See? That part... What's an 'ellymenopee'?"


On a different note, after school today, my neighbor is forcing me to attend her son's party at Yucky Cheese's.
I told her I got him a drum set.
And a kitty.

Lessons In Warfare

I knew having a boy would be different from having a girl.
James Dobson says girls are relational....Boys? They are here to protect and defend.
And they must! It's like breathing, eating and peeing in the backyard....they must!
So I found this little scene outside Jenna's room today.
The LEGO soldiers appear to be standing guard over....the Barbies? I have no idea.
And apparently, a few of them, might and brave though they were, did not survive the battle.

(Cue "Taps")

They were brave LEGOS.

But when the ship crashed, there was no hope for them.

RIP, LEGO...um...guys(?)

Jenna's Baptism!

So a few weeks ago at church, Jenna and Aaron went to a class about Christianity and Baptism called JoyRide. Jenna went about a year and a half ago, and chose to become a Christian but wasn't quite ready for baptism. This time, at the class, she decided she was ready to for the big day!
Here she is with the other kids, beforehand. One whole family also got baptised together! The kids all get a cute Bible imprinted with their name!

Then, they all line up at the "baptistry"...some people call it a swimming pool, but whatever.

(The girl behind Jenna with the long, blonde curly hair is a friend of mine, Kacie. She is the super-cool praise and worship leader for the childrens church, and a key in closing the deal at Joyrides!)

Here's Jenna gearing up...they guy on the right is Mr. Joel who has been one of the kids' teachers at Wednesday night church for abotu 3 years...he's a staffer at church who is just about to get his nursing degree! We feed him lots of cakes and cookies after our small group on Wednesday nights!

Down and up! All is well!

Jenna's Baptism

The Sound of Music...Redneck Style.

After living half my life without a piano (!), we finally got one a few weekends ago from my friend Shannan. It fits perfectly in the office and has been played every, single day!
The only problem was...what to do with the couch that once sat in it's place. So Aaron came up with a solution.

Unfortunately, since he's the HOA president, he had to set a good example, so its in the garage.

The Currys Go Exploring....

Since I couldn't make it to South Dakota for Labor day, I talked the family into some hiking Oklahoma Style.
About an hour from our house, is Mt. Scott, the highest point in OK, measuring about 2600' about sea level. (Incidentally, I think my folks farm in SD is at 3000'....hmmmm).
But it's a mountain, nonetheless!
And it's hiking, nonetheless!
Well, kinda.

What you really do is DRIVE up the mountain on a nice, swirling, paved road...
THEN, you get out in the paved parking lot at the top, and let the kids romp around all the huge boulders at the top.

Here's Jenna, pondering the mysteries of the universe.

Or thinking about her Barbies at home...

And though you can't see in the photo, Wyatt, luckily, has his "Spider Feet" on, so he could easily climb straight up any boulder.

Good thing.

It was a perfect day with no wind, and we all had fun exploring. We attempted to take a family photo...here's me telling Aaron exactly how to do it (so Mama Jewell, I know...)

And here's Aaron running across boulders to try and make it to the shot.

Bummer, cuz that was going to be our Christmas Card photo...

Oh well, we have plenty of time to get a family photo before Christmas.

We were standing up there chatting, and discussed the fact that no one ever puts photos in their office of them and their family watching TV or playing video games.

It's these moments that we are really living life that we choose to capture on film and go to the trouble of framing.

You still have a whole day left of this weekend....go make a memory that you wouldn't mind framing on your walls!