Empty promises--hopefully not

So, I haven't blogged in forever, not that anyone's noticed, and I had these really good intentions to blog today...You know, after putting the kids to bed--Spencer had Scouts tonight, so he wouldn't distract me with his talking...But as it goes, it took longer to get the kids in bed than it should have. Well, truthfully, I just started late because the kids and I had a dance party, and how could I pass up the opportunity to impart some skill in rhythm and musicality to my children, seeing as they at times have seen their father “dance”. Therefore, kids to bed late, me catching up on emails, and now it’s late and I should go to bed. So, I’m still stuck in July and you have to wait a little longer to hear/see all about our camping adventures, mountain biking, crazy kids, Hawaii (yes, Spencer and I went to Hawaii and got back last week) and Halloween.

Daddy missed / Daddy vermisst

The first full week of July, Spencer went moutain biking with his Scouts for their high adventure. They had fun and everyone returned safely. Meanwhile at home, our kids (well mostly Phillip and Talitha; Winston just wants his mommy) missed their daddy sorely. So Phillip and Talitha had the idea to wear Spencer's shirts as pjs.



Die erste volle Woche im Juli, war Spencer mit seinen Scouts moutain biking. Sie hatten Spass und alle sind sicher wieder nach Hause gekommen. Inzwischen zu Hause, haben unsere Kinder ihren daddy sehr vermisst (na, hauptsächlich Phillip und Talitha; Winston will nur seine Mami). Also hatten Phillip und Talitha die Idee Spencers T-shirts als Nachthemden zu tragen.

4th of July

Meine Kinder / My kids

Der Tag an dem Winston seine Nase fand.
The day Winston found his nose.
Phillip und Talitha mussten die Entdeckung gleich mitfeiern.
Phillip and Talitha had to celebrate the discovery with him.

Erwischt!
Caught!

Fun with Auntie Jill and Tracey

The end of June my sister-in-law, Jill, had her friend Tracey plus children visiting from Utah. Since Tracey's kids and mine get along really well, we spent a bit of time together--at the Newport Aquarium and the beach, at Kid's Club, and at the zoo...









Ende Juni kam die Freundin meiner Schwägerin, Jill, aus Utah zu Besuch. Da Traceys Kinder sich gut mit meinen verstehen, haben wir einige Zeit miteinander verbracht--im Newport Aquarium und am Strand, im Kid's Club, und im Zoo.

Phillip's First Day of School / Phillips Erster Schultag

So I have to interrupt my catch-up time and quickly post Phillip's first day of Kindergarten, which was today. He was very excited last night. We picked out his clothes and got everything ready. When the kids were in bed, I proceeded to finish the "first day of school cone" for Phillip. That is a German tradition, all the children get a school cone from their parents on their very first day of school.
During the night Phillip had a bad dream and joined me in bed (Spencer is bear hunting with his dad and brothers). I got up early and wanted to study my scriptures, but Phillip woke up soon after, and kept asking if it was time to leave yet. We managed to get out the door before the other two woke up. Phillip got more nervous as we waited for the bus. When the bus finally came he looked worried but got on fine. When he arrived home (Winston, Talitha and I had to wait for quite a while by the side of the road--well, Winston took off to get some food or something from the house after he had had enough, but it worries me a little that we were so close to the road...Winston might think it's ok to run to the street now) Phillip was excited to unpack his school cone. It was a good day.
















Talitha wanted her picture taken as well.




Waiting for Phillip.





Phillip is home again.

Phillip's Birthday

Finally, I've arrived at Phillip's birthday (trying to catch up on my blog entries), which was my goal for today (it is past midnight, though).
We had a birthday party/BBQ on Saturday. Then his actual birthday on Sunday June 15, which was also Father's Day (Phillip was born on Father Day) and Winston's first day in nursery at church. Now my first baby is 5!

Endlich bin ich bei Phillips Geburtstag angekommen. Das war mein Ziel für heute (es ist allerdings nach Mitternacht).
Wir hatten eine Geburtstagsfeier am Samstag und dann am Sonntag, 15. Juni, war Phillips eigentlicher Geburtstag, und auch Vatertag in den USA (Phillip wurde an einem Vatertag geboren) und Winstons erstes mal im Kindergarten in der Kirche. Jetzt ist mein erstes Baby 5!



Spencer wanted to show Phillip the train set we had bought and set up before we went to church. The rest of the presents came after church when Auntie Jill joined us.
Spencer wollte dem Phillip unbedingt die Eisenbahn, die wir im gekauft und aufgebaut hatten, noch vor der Kirche zeigen. Der Rest der Geschenke kam nach der Kirche, als Tante Jill sich uns anschloß.