Remembering Riley

Our sweet little girl would have been two today. We so wish that we would have had the opportunity to know her better but we do know that she is about the Lord's work and that we will see her again someday. As a family, we went to the Temple grounds this evening to remember Riley and remind ourselves that we are a forever family. The grounds were beautiful and quiet since it was a Monday night and it was closed. Our little family was the only one around. It really added to the peace, beauty, and special family time. It was a wonderful day and I'm so glad we know what we know about the gospel and the opportunity we have to be a forever family.

Kaia's First Day of Pre-school

Kaia started pre-school today! She was very excited this morning until she realized that she was still tired. Little does she know that there will be many, many, many more days like that in her future. LOL She is a part of a pre-school coop program with some other kids from church. All of the moms will take turns teaching and assisting the classes two times each week. Today, when we got home I asked her what she learned today and she was full of great information. They learned about the letter "C". I was amazed at what all she retained from her first day. She told me that "cat" and "car" were "C" words. She showed me how to make a little c and a big C with her fingers. She also told me how they sung Hickory Dickory Dock. She did a worksheet but we won't get to see that until after her second day of class. I'm really excited for her and think we'll have a good year, especially since we have 2 or 3 moms that are teachers in the group and I'm pretty sure the rest of us all have higher education degrees so the kids should do pretty well and learn a lot this year.

12 Surprising Signs You’ll Live To 100

I came across this very interesting article. I've only got 3 out of the twelve so I guess I better get working on it! LOL

12 surprising signs you’ll live to 100...

Extroverts, runners are more likely to become centenarians.

1. You're the life of the party

2. You run for 40 minutes a day

3. You like raspberries in your oatmeal

4. You feel 13 years younger than you are

5. You embrace techie trends

6. You started menopause after age 52

7. You make every calorie count

8. You had a baby later in life

9. Your pulse beats 15 times in 15 seconds

10. You don't snore

11. You have a (relatively) flat belly after menopause

12. You get your blood tested for vitamin D levels

For the full article go here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32272813/ns/health-aging/?ns=health-aging

Next Step For Ronan

OK, I was totally amazed when Ronan started crawling before his 7 month mark and only a month later he has decided he wants to stand... ALREADY! Yesterday, I caught him trying to make his way along the couch while hanging on. I guess walking isn't to far away. Although, he's probably gonna have to work some of the chunk off of those chunky little legs before walking. I figure that gives me at least two months. Right? I am so in trouble with my oh so cute little over achiever.

Allergen-free snacks for pre-school...

My friend Dawn came up with this list for one of her boys when he was in preschool. The parents would sign up to bring in a snack that started with the letter of the day. Because of her son's allergies, she had to bring a snack for him everyday. I thought this was awesome and great to share for preschools and Primary/nursery classes.

A - apples, apricots, asparagus
B - bananas, bread, broccoil
C - carrots, crackers
D - dots
E - eggplant
F - fruit snacks
G - grapes, green beans, graham crackers
H - ham
I - icee
J - jell-o, jelly beans
K - ketchup, kumquat, kiwi
L - lemon, lemonheads
M - mangoes, muffins, melon
N - nectarines
O - oreos, oranges, olives
P - pineapple, pears, peaches, pretzels, plums, pringles, peas
Q -
R - rice, raisins
S - smarties, strawberries, sweettarts
T - turkey, taffy, tangerine (some taffy has egg whites in it, so read the ingredients)
U -
V - vienna sausages
W - wheaties, watermelon, worms
X -
Y - yams
Z - zours, zucchini