my turn!

Every Sunday as we are walking into sacrament meeting, I grab two programs. One for me and one for Kali. Kali quickly grabs her copy and hurries to our bench. There she opens the program and scans the list of primary names, searching, searching for these 9 letters, K-A-L-I - J-O-N-E-S. Sadly, with all the children in primary, most weeks she gets a disappointed look on her face and asks me when it will be her turn to give a talk, scripture, or say a prayer. She has had her name in there twice so far, both times were for a prayer. But this last Sunday a squeal of delight came from the end of the bench as Kali found her name and it was her turn to give her first scripture in primary!

As soon as we got home from church she wanted to get started on her scripture. She is supposed to pick a scripture and tell why she likes that scripture. We decided to have her memorize D&C 4:2 since this months theme in primary is,

"When we serve others, we serve God."

Kali loves to practice talks and loves to talk in front of people.

She loves to bear her testimony in church and has been doing it almost every month during fast and testimony meeting.

I am excited for her to get to give her first scripture in primary, I know she will do AWESOME!

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she has it all figured out

When she grows up she want to be either

a doctor, a buyer girl (at the Country Mercantile of course) or a firefighter.

In high school she wants to play soccer, basketball and run track

and

for her wedding she wants her colors to be green, purple, blue, white and pink.

She want to marry Shayden Sullivan so her name will change to Kali Sullivan.

She wants to marry Shayden because she likes him and he is her best friend.

She wants a vanilla cake,

and she want to get married in the Salt Lake Temple.

This is the only picture I could find that I have of Shayden. I guess I will have to fix that:)

It think a lot of these big life decisions became important to her during the time my sister

Coriann was getting married. She has had A LOT of questions about marriage

and why people get married and when, etc. etc.

KALI LOVES THE COLOR GREEN!!

This is what she wants her room to look like when we get our own house.

Kali is a little athlete.

She can jump super high and run super fast and is super strong:)

Aaron has her in training and she really wants to make her dad proud.

Today when he was lifting weights

she couldn't find her little 2 lb weights so she started lifting furniture.

Aaron told her to go look in the weight room and see what she could find.

She came up with 8lb weights and started lifting those.

She has finally mastered the push up and can so about 14 of them in a row

and she can do 28 situps, (I am pretty sure that is her record so far:)

It is fun to watch her be so competitive

and ask Aaron if her competition is training as hard as her:)

Kali loves to take pictures and these next two are by Kali Jones Photography!

She is currently working on her 9th Article of Faith!

She memorizes so easily, it amazes me.

We just print out a new one each week and

put it on our board so she can practice during meal time.

She loves to write and draw pictures.

She loves learning.

We try to have school time every day but if for some reason I am slacking

she will asks me if she can work on her work book.

She is fascinated with maps and the world and wants to be a world traveler.

I am excited about this because I have this same desire.

Her first stop is Australia.

She wants to go there so bad and see kangaroos.

Kali

Below are some fun things Kali has said or done in the last couple of months.

Today when we went to church Kali told me that a girl in primary was a

big fan of hers, but she does not understand why since she is not in a movie or anything.

She then said she wants to be on stage where everyone comes and watches her.

Then she would be famous and everyone would be a fan of her.

When we went to church today we were visiting the Barberichs ward and Kali was a little upset because she wanted to play with McKay. I told her she would see him in primary and could talk to him then. She said no, primary is a time where we go and listen and learn how to be better people, it is not a time for talking and playing.

So true.

Kali just finished watching Beauty and the Beast and she said, "I just hate happy endings." I laughed and asked her how she would want it to end. She said, "they don't need to kiss, they could just hug."

Kali and Aaron were play fighting and Kali said, "dad, don't hit me in the stomach or legs, if you want to hit me, hit me in the face."

Today Kali asked me if people really can slip on a banana peel. I told her it only happened in movies. I said it has probably happened to one person and so now they use it all the time, but I don't really know, have you ever slipped on a banana peel? :) i haven't.

I tend to tear up frequently while I am pregnant and usually Kali will be very sympathetic giving me hugs and asking me what is wrong and why I am crying. Well the other daynI guess she had had enough. I had started crying and from the other room Kali asks, "mom, are you crying?" I told her I was, to which she replied, "CUT IT OUT!"

I am not dude, I am Krew

I looked at Krew today and he just looked SO BIG!

This little man is a ball full of energy.

HE NEVER STOPS, but he keeps me laughing all day long.

Krew does not like if you call him anything other then Krew.

dude, buddy, little man, etc.

If you call him anything other than his name you will hear him say,

" I am not (insert name here), I am Krew."

He is learning his first article of faith

and a few weeks ago while Aaron was bearing his testimony in church

Krew turned to me and said,

"Mom, I believe God, Heavenly Father, son Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost."

I couldn't believe it, that is the first and last time he has said it that well,

normally he will just say Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.

Krew loves to quotes movies right now.

His favorite movies to quote are:

Monsters and Aliens

Ice Age

Incredibles

Dinosaurs

Cars

Madagascar

Kung Fu Panda

I think it is time to stop watching movies:)

Krew loves his toys, it is crazy to me how he can play with his cars or dinosaurs

and entertain himself for awhile,

I guess I am just not use to that because Kali needs human interaction.

Krew loves playing with his swords and always wants someone to play swords with him.

These dinosaurs have been one of the best investments I have made

when it comes to toys for Krew, they were $1.00 each and he plays with them

all the time. They never leave his side.

Next lets talk about bath time.

Krew loves taking baths right now.

He will ask like 4 times a day if he can take a bath.

I think it is just a fun way for him to play with his toys

because they get to go for a swim as well.

I have to wonder if he did this because he knew he would get a bath:)

or it could just be the fact that he is a boy and that is what boys do.

He told us he was a green monster and he didn't want to stop

till his body was completely covered.

He kept saying, "oh I missed a spot," and he would color more.

This is why I am a firm believer in washable markers and crayons ONLY for my little man:)

It was nice watching it all melt off when the water hit his body.

Superhero's.

Krew LOVES Batman, Spiderman, Superman, Mr. Incredible

and any other super hero thing he sees.

This whole phenomenon is kind of interesting to me because the only movie Krew has

seen with a super hero is Mr. Incredible.

I have never shown him any other super hero movie, but

somehow he knows that spiderman can climb on walls and that

superman flies? I don't know are boys just born with this knowledge?

Well Kali pulled out her batgirl costume from a few years ago and Krew

was SO EXCITED he had to wear it. He seriously didn't take it off for two days.

So I thought for sure he would want to be a superhero for halloween,

but when I took him to the store to pick out a costume he didn't want any of those ones,

the first one that caught his eye was the cars pit crew costume, then he thought maybe

he wanted to be buzz lightyear, but when the big day came, he wanted to be a football player.

I do need to make him one of those reversible capes

with batman on one side and superman on the other. I think he would love it.

This is one of my goals for christmas:)

It I don't he will just continue to run around with bibs around his neck.

Krew CAN NOT wait to ride snowmobiles again.

All summer long we would find Krew in the garage with a helmet on

pretending to ride the snowmobiles.

As soon as he saw the first snow flake fall he was sure that meant it was time to ride snowmobiles again.

This other pictures is the classic little boy getting into mommies makeup.

the latest achievement.

This has been something that Krew has been ready for, for a few month now,

I guess I just wasn't ready to deal with all the accidents.

I finally broke down and bought him some underwear

and he LOVES being a big boy.

He is doing such a good job too!

Of course he does have his accidents here and there but I am surprised how well he does.

He even stays dry for naps and bed time!

GO KREW!

Krew

Here are some things my cute little man has said or done over the past few months.

Krew is usually a good helper around the house, but lately when he doesn't want to help with something he says his body hurts. Today I asked him to pick up a movie he had thrown on the ground, he said he couldn't because his belly hurt. He said, "I will do it after my baby comes out."

Krew is a smart kid. If he wants a treat, he will bring me one first and say, "here you go mom," followed by, "can I please have one?" AND, he gets mad at me if I won't eat mine with him:)

I told Krew to hold his horses, and he said you could not because his horses are poopy.

I got out of the shower and threw on sweats and a sweatshirt. When Krew saw me he said, "Mom, you are beautiful." Then he proceeded to say, "Mom, I love your shirt and your baby belly, I love your hair and your eyes and your mouth." Then he ran off to play. He made my day:)

Krew was showing Kali a bruise on his leg and she didn't show much interest, so he kept telling her over and over look at the bruise on my leg. I told Kali he was looking for some sympathy and Krew said, "yea, I looking for sympatee-tee.

Me: Krew, did you dream about motorcycles?


Krew: No, I dreamed Black.



Me: You are so handsome.


Krew: No, I am Krew.

Krew just informed me he wants a monster truck, so we searched for monster trucks on the internet and he was so excited. 
"MOM I want to ride monster truck, I want to ride two monster trucks. Please mom, please."

Krew wanted to go outside this morning and help Grandpa and Dad work around the house. Grandpa told Krew he couldn't work in his pajamas so he needed to get his clothes on. Krew said, "Why?" Grandpa said, "well if you work in your pajamas than they will get all dirty and than what will you sleep in at night?" Krew, replied, "my bed."

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how Krew anytime he sees a motorcycle, snowmobile, jet ski, or 4 wheeler, asks "Please, ride it!" He always says Please first, It makes me want to let him every time.

Krew likes to blame everything on my sister Janica. If we don't know who did something or how it happened, Krew will say, "Janica did it." :)

first snow

October 24th was the first sign of snow for us here at the cabin.

We were headed up the mountain on Sunday afternoon when we saw snow flurries.

We could not believe we were seeing snow.

It didn't stop either, it snowed for two days straight.

We ended up with a foot of snow.

The kids were SO EXCITED!! They could hardly wait to get outside and start throwing snowballs.

Krew was pretty excited about eating the snow.

After their snow fight Krew was cold and ready to go inside and sit by the heater, (his favorite place.)

When Dad got home he started snow blowing all of the snow and shoveling the deck, etc.

Kali was his little helper.

Before Aaron left for school one morning he took a picture of the lake.

beautiful.

After the two days of snow, the sun came out and melted most of it.

Now two weeks later we the snow is falling again.

Superbowl Champs

pee wee style.

Congratulations Brent and Brennan for winning the superbowl! GO COUGS!

I stole these two pics from Marcie's facebook page because we were not able to make it to the super bowl game....

but we did get to watch and cheer for him in the previous game.

AND BRENNAN IS AWESOME!!!

Here are some of his fans.

Krew loves going to football games and throwing around the football.

Here is Kinley the youngest Barberich.

McKay put his stickers on her cheeks;)

SO CUTE!

Happy Halloween

A football player and his coach, a pumpkin princess and the great big pumpkin headed out on Halloween eve to trunk-or-treat.

After we filled their pumpkins yet again, we headed home for some dinner and then went out again with Grandmpa to trick-or-treat to the neighbors.

Krew got freaked out pretty easy with all the scary decorations.

At the trunk-or-treat some one had their candy in a bowl with the hand that comes

down on your hand when you reach in it.

KREW FREAKED OUT! and had to tell everyone about it.

At one of the neighbors homes they had a spook alley and

both Kali and Krew screamed loud.

After that house, Krew was nervous to go to any other house, he would

look around nervously and kept saying," this is scary."

2 1/2 pumpkins full later these kids have received WAY TO MUCH candy.

When we got home the kids wanted to try on Grandma's costume.

These are decorations in front of Grandma's house.

Krew walked out and looked at them.

He said the skeleton is mad and the witch is sad.

I asked him, "why is the witch sad"?

He told me the witch was sad, because the skeleton was mad at her:)

Earlier that day the kids helped Grandma make cupcakes and cookies.

After that we carved our pumpkins.

Krew was excited about using the cutting tools...

but as soon as we opened it up he was done.

This is GROSS!

So I cleaned it out for him.

I was pretty proud of myself, I got this puppy clean.

Insides in one bowl, seeds in the pan to bake.

Kali did a great job cleaning our her pumpkin and making dots to start the carving process.

Grandma carving her bat.

Grandma's bat, Krew's smiley face, and Kali's ghost.

Krew didn't want something scary.

On Sunday, Kali and I made these little pumpkin treats for our classes,

Kali's Sunbeam class and my Laurel girls.

For our Sunday dinner Grandma and I made this spooky dinner.

On the menu:

Witches blood, witches hair, giant spider eggs, witches fingers, eyeball salad, mummies,

goblins mouth, bat poop, and blood and guts.