Joy School :)

Jenna started Joy School this year! She absolutely loves it! The night before her first day we gave her her very own little backpack, and she ran around putting supplies in there until we made her stop.
After her first day we asked how she liked school, and she said "No, I was at Johanna's house!" She also wondered where the school bus was. Sorry, kid, I'm not ready for that kind of school yet!

She looks so grown up, I just wanna cry!

We meet once a week and there are 8 kids so I only have to teach once every two months! Not too shabby!
We also get to pick up Jenna's best bud, Huck. It is seriously soo funny listening to them talk to each other on the drive! I'll have to try to record it sometime.

 

They are just too cute!

Next week is my turn to teach - wish me luck!

Book Sale!

Jenna and I just got back from our very first library book sale! Wowzas! We got these awesome books:

...for a grand total of $2! WHAT?!?! I know... We were pretty excited. Jenna is sitting on the couch right now "reading" her new books.

p.s. Today also marks Jenna's first embarrassing moment! While we were looking at books, a larger woman came up next to us. I think you can see where this is going... Jenna immediately pointed right at her and loudly exclaimed "She has a baby in her belly"! I just quietly said "No, she doesn't... Jenna, look at this book!" and then Jenna said "Her belly is really big"!
No filter...

He's Baaaack!

I wasn't expecting to be watching Kyle this school year, but their original plans for all day preschool didn't work out so... he's back!

Jenna's got a part-time brother, and we're absolutely loving it!

They play so well together!

...and love to be silly   :)

Who needs blocks when you've got tons of cups?!

"I'm gonna get your tower after this..."  Yowzas! Watch out, Kyle.

Happy Conference!

What a wonderful 2-day spiritual feast we just had! I just love preparing for and listening to General Conference with my family!

Jenna had fun getting snacks and setting up:

 Don't judge! We had a healthy lunch  :)

We hooked up the iPad to the TV so we could stream Conference through BYUtv, but the video-out isn't set up on the app, so we only got audio through the TV. That's okay, we could still watch on the iPad:

 Jenna wouldn't let me help her with her packet this time. She colored a bunch, eventually started playing with some toys, but by the last session she was getting restless and climbing all over Paul. She really enjoyed finding the speakers' pictures in the old Conference Ensign, and I'm happy she recongnized President Monson on her own!

I had completely forgotten that it starts at noon out here instead of 10! And despite having watched it Saturday, on Sunday morning I was all ready to go and snuggled up on the couch at 9:50. Then...
Paul: Maybe I'll take a nap.
Kali (thinking he's kidding): Paul, it starts in 10 minutes!
Paul: Um, it starts in two hours!
Woops!  :)

I love the spirit I feel as we listen to prophets and apostles speak God's message to us. I'm really grateful that we're able to watch it! I can't narrow down just one favorite talk, but I very much enjoyed the entire Sunday Morning Session! I am excited to reread these messages and apply them to our lives!