FHE Flags

For Family Home Evening we learned about Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty. We talked about the things he wrote on the flag, things that were important to him and his people. We then made our own flags using pbskids.org. The idea was to put things that are important to us on our own flags. Zachary put the scriptures, the world, a computer, a karate suit (he said it was a Chinese guy), and his name. I don't know what the karate suit meant but the others made sense. He demonstrated that he is my child; when I only put Zach on his flag at first he corrected me and wanted his full name. Eric put games, a soccer ball, a dog, his name, and the number 3. He was also very particular about the colors. I used mainly words, Faith, Family, Life, and Joy. I also put music notes. Kyle put two soccer balls to represent the boys, ballet slippers to represent Wendy, music notes to represent me, and the scriptures for his testimony.
It was a good activity and the boys seemed to actually pay attention.

Garden Harvest

Our garden is finally producing. I guess I should rephrase, the tomatoes are finally producing, the zucchini and squash have been for a few weeks. I've been told the nights were too warm for tomatoes before now, and so we have a lot of green tomatoes, but very few ripe juicy ones. A couple of nights ago we got our first few. Wendy found the basket of produce and began eating. She loves tomatoes!!

How Much is that Daddy in the Window?

We had fun making up our own words to "How Much is that Doggy in the Window" Here are Zachary and Eric doing their own renditions with Daddy as the star.



Below is a picture of me with both boys; we are all smiling, and all looking at the camera, this is a rare occurrence. In this picture we were pretending to be a snowman. Can you tell?
P.S. The vests the boys are wearing are the ones I made for Easter. They were done the week after Easter, but I never posted them. Wendy got a Easter dress.

Kyle's First Post

Hello brave new blogging world.

Kyle's first post!!

David Schwieder Family Reunion

The David Schwieder Family Reunion was held near Bear Lake. We stayed in the Paris Springs Campground, which was very nice. The theme was around fairy tales, so we got to make crowns, tell our own fairy tales, and build castles. It was fun to be around those we love.

Camping is always fun. It is one of the few times that it is o-kay to be dirty. The campground had a small hike to Paris Springs which we went to and we had a lot of fun just hanging around camp. One night it rained on us, which was an adventure. The other adventure we had was a squirrel in our tent. O-kay it wasn't all the way in, but one night I heard a scratching sound, at first I blamed Zachary, but then I saw something moving on top of our tent. The squirrel had got stuck between the tent and the rain fly and was making quite a racket trying to get out. Amazingly none of the children woke up to the noise it made or the noise Kyle and I made trying to get him out.

Fun at the beach. On Friday we spent the day at Bear Lake on the North Beach. We had a great time building sand castles, and playing in the water. It was nice the water stayed so shallow for so long, because Zachary could play and we did not have to worry quite as much.

On our way home we stopped in Logan and ate with Dale at Fedrico's. It was great to see all the Schwieder family, but also Dale who we missed at the Flamm reunion the week before.

Flamm Reunion 2010

Breakfast in our room. The accommodations were great, the boys had a room, Wendy took the living room, and Kyle and I had a room.

Eric and Wendy on the train. Eric was particularly funny when the whistle blew, he did not like how loud it was.

Kids swimming in the pool at the hotel. Zachary did very well with the floaty on his arms. Wendy loved the water. Eric had fun once he finally got in. The second time we went swimming a shallow pool was open and he claimed it for his own and had a great time.

Here we are at the zoo. It was a lot of fun. The boys particularly liked the giraffes. We were able to see the bird show, ride the train, ride the carousel, and the habitat presentation. Zach and Eric were able to touch a snake and a rabbit.

The 2010 Curtis Flamm Family Reunion was a success. It was held in Park City, UT. It was nice to get away from home, but not have to go too far to get there. Here is a brief itinerary of what we experienced. The pictures already told much of the story.

Monday: Checked in and then the kids checked out our accommodations
Tuesday: Swimming, Adventure with Dad, Shopping at the Outlets, Ride on the Heber Creeper (a train), Games
Wednesday: Shopping, Visit to the Zoo, Picnic
Thursday: Swimming, An Adventure in the Rain with Mom, Walk up Main Street, Games
Friday: Check out, The Clark Planetarium, Home

A count to 10 moment!

I came upstairs to find Eric and Wendy playing in the kitchen. I had heard Wendy laughing and had thought to myself, "Wow, Eric is being very good with Wendy right now." Well they were playing well with each other and an entire bag of flour, which was all over the kitchen floor. I admit that my first reaction was not kind, and Eric was chastised.

However, after calming myself down (hence the title of this blog) I was able to see the fun they were having. Eric was being quite creative, and Wendy was in heaven making the flour puff. Amazingly, Zachary was not involved at all. He was playing in the living room. I got the shop vac out and both of them had baths, so all is well.