This is not Sheena. This is her sister Michelle. Don't you hate that she hasn't updated her blog in forever!! I know I do. I know for a fact that Payson has said a lot of clever little things. And Sadie is always up to something mischievous. And hello, this baby! Adorable! The world deserves to see this baby with the head full of hair. Sooo...I'm updating her blog for her. Your welcome :)
We are in Texas for the summer. It has been a lot different from home but we have already met so many great people and made some new friends. The kids love that we have a pool where we are staying but miss being able to roam free back home on the farm and so do I.
I'm behind on pictures so these are random pictures of the past month. Sleep over: Lydia (My sister, Kyra's little girl) got to spend the night with us a few weeks ago and they all got to sleep in the same bed. This is how we found them. Angel Moroni? Payson loves to build buildings with his blocks and Lego's. This time he built a temple and told me to come and look at his angel Moroni. This is his impression of angel Moroni on top of the temple. Very original, don't you think?
Galveston: We got to go to Galveston Texas again this year. Bradley had to take some re-certification test so me and the kids hung out at the pool all day and we went to the beach a lot. We love this place! There was hardly anyone there, we got a nice beach front hotel for super cheap, and we saw a dolphin this year. We can't wait to go back next year.
First day of school: Every mom has to get a picture right? He started his first day of preschool Wednesday. Of course he loves it
Poke Berrys: Yesterday Payson came in and said that Sadie got into the mulberry's. I didn't think anything of it until I talked to Bradley, he said Mulberry's aren't in season. So I went looking around the house and there was this huge weed on the side of our house that had berry's on it.Sadie and Payson told me they ate these berry's, so I called my dad and he told me they were poke berry's. He said I needed to call poison control. The lady told me if they ate more than ten that could be a problem. They could have severe vomiting and they would need to go to the hospital. It wouldn't take affect for at least 3 hours. So we waited to see if anything would happened. Luckily nothing ever did. But before I thought they were poisonous i did get some pictures of Miss Sadie. She sure loves to get dirty.
So It's 12:00 and I can't sleep. I've been thinking about Easton. And then I got to thinking of all the comment, cards, prayers, and just nice things people did for our family through that time. And I just want to say thank you. I was and am so grateful for all your kind words. It meant so much to me. It's amazing how little comments can help you get through trying times. I know a lot saw my sisters blogs and I wasn't going to post pictures of Easton but I just want to post a few of my favorites. This first one I love because its so sweet of Bradley and his baby and it also shows exactly how small he is.
Leave it up to me to complicate things. Everyone jumped with flying colors and then there is me. Apparently I sat. I felt like I was straight legged but everyone else said differently. Now I have bruises on the outside and inside of my legs, a bruised tailbone and maybe even a little bit of a bruised ego. All I can say is Ouch that hurt!
Easton He came to earth and then passed on, Midst family’s sorrow and tears. But received by family in heaven with joy, Just minutes instead of long years.
Why weep? He’s escaped the envy of man, The sorrow and evil that’s here. Too pure, too lovely to live in this world, Besought with temptations and fear.
Why weep? He’s yours; a perfect soul. You’ve every reason for joy. You’ll have him again in the worlds to come, Easton will be your boy..
The Lord takes many away, even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again. ...
Thanks Grandfather for leaving me this poem. This poem was something Joseph Smith said at a funeral of a little child. Even though I'm still mourning my baby boy what a comfort to know he is with our heavenly father. Easton lived for 20 minutes then went back home to live with his heavenly father.