A Date With Ducks

Yesterday we went with our play group to a small lake in Boulder City to feed the ducks. The weather was beautiful, what a perfect day to be out. Here is Mikayla facing the ducks once again. After our run-in with them in CA she has not had any desire to go and feed the ducks. I had to promise her that the ducks in Boulder City are small and nice and will stay in the water!! She was so sure that they would start chasing her like the big (and I mean BIG) ones did in CA. Luckily they did stay in the water and they seem to be more timid and definitely less aggressive.

Brayden could not get the hang of it at first, he did not understand that the bread was for the ducks and not for him. When he finally did decide to share, his throw was not strong enough to make it all the way to the ducks, so a whole bunch of bread pieces just floated along the rocks in front of us.

The hit of the afternoon was "hiking" up a little hill where a waterfall streamed down. I was a little nervous because Brayden was hanging over the rocks looking down into the water, and I could just see in my mind him somersaulting over the rocks into the water. So in the midst of all this peaceful serenity my loud voice kept shouting Brayden back up, Brayden don't run, Brayden don't get too close. Looking back I guess I could have "hiked" around with him, but where is the independence in that! Luckily we all left dry and in good spirits!

Now for the funny mommy story (I seem to have allot of those). The play date was suppose to end at the McDonald's in Boulder City, where we were going to have lunch and play. So we all get in the car and drive over there, even get out of the car to go inside. I could not find my wallet and finally came to the conclusion I left it at home, funny thing is I had my drivers licence in the console (good thing). Anyway, I suppose it's not too hard to imagine the reaction I got when I told Mikayla and Brayden to get back in the car. They were devastated!! I called my sis to tell her the story and she gratefully invited us over to play. So I guess you could say she saved the day, Mikayla was OK with going over to play with her favorite cuz!! Thank you Aunt Tammy!

My CTR 6'er

Haley, Christmas 2008

She loves listening to music.
Haley is in CTR 6 this year in Primary. She is looking forward to a new year with great friends. She really has a neat class with a bunch of fun friends in it. She loves going to Primary and singing all the songs she has learned. Haley is an example of love in our family, she is very caring and sensitive when it comes to others and loves to be a helper.



Here are Haley's answers to the Primary Spotlight questioner.

My name is Haley Folk.

I have 1 brother and 1 sister.

My favorite prophet is Thomas S. Monson.

My unique talent is doing homework and painting.

My favorite book is Princess books.

My favorite song is As I have Loved You and Jingle Bells.

My favorite thing to do outside is play in a pool and at the park.

I was born in California.

I want to be a teacher and a fire girl when I grow up.

My favorite ice cream flavor is all of them!!

I want to go on a mission to Alaska.

My favorite holiday is Christmas and when it snows.

Thank you Haley for being such a wonderful daughter, I truly, truly love you!

Out in the Dirt

Brett and his dad took Haley and Mikayla out to a dry lake bed to play in the dirt! Haley has loved spending time on her new quad, she has been doing pretty well, that is until this day, she had her first wreck, she rolled the quad and ended up under it. That was the story I got, Haley and Brett told me that she was laying under the quad with her little head just sticking out. The image I get in my mind when I hear that just gives me the chills. I am so glad I was not there. Haley cried for a little while, but she rode the quad back to the truck. She did not want to go riding after that so she took a snack break, but after a while she was ready to ride again and got back on the quad. She changed her riding style a little, slowed down and was a more cautious rider, lesson well learned! All she came home with was some scratches on her tummy and on the quad!

Here is Haley out for a ride!

Here is Pop Pop out for a ride!

Here is Pop Pop and Mikayla out for a ride!

"Jesus Wants Me For A SUNBEAM..."

Mikayla

Christmas 2008
Yes, it is finally here, our little Mikayla is a Sunbeam in Primary and she loves it. She is just growing up so fast. She is so excited to be with the big kids now and not in Nursery with the "babies" anymore. This post is a little late considering we are going into the 3rd Sunday of the month already but what's new! She was very reverent on Sunday, she said she loved the singing time and going to her new class. She also said she wanted to talk in the micro-phone sometime soon, typical Mikayla!!!



We were given Spotlight forms to fill out for the girls this year in Primary. Mikayla and I had a chance to go through it yesterday, here are her responses (and no, I did not alter any of what she said).



My name is Mikayla Folk

I have 1 brother and 1 sister

My favorite prophet is Thomas S. Monson

My favorite song is "I am a child of God" and "Pumping up the Party now"

My unique talent is Somersaults and Running

My favorite book is Princess Books.

My favorite thing to do outside is play on the playground and put dirt in buckets!

I was born in California.

I want to be a Bus Driver, a Mommy and someone who cleans dogs when I grow up.

My favorite ice cream flavor is Rainbow (Neapolitan).

I want to go on a mission to Disneyland/California.

My favorite holiday is Christmas.



I love Mikayla very much, and am thankful for her sweet, caring, sometimes crazy, unique spirit in our family.

Lazy Blogger

Okay, I have really let this blog go. I am going to start updating it regularly again. The Holidays are over and now it is time to get back into routines. I have allot of post to make-up. It is going to take a while but hopefully I will be back on track soon. We did so many fun things in December, the month really flew by. I feel like I did not have much relaxing time in that month.

I am not one to make official New Years resolutions but I do like to set goals and one of mine is to be a better blogger, since I am after all doing this as some sort of journal for my children to read when they are older.

It's late now, I guess I will post more tomorrow.... he he he, what a good start huh!!