This post doesn't have visual aides to go with it, although i wish it did. Tonight, Adessa had the lesson. Now, I know what you are thinking, she made up some funny story about "rainbow sparkles" and unicorns and wild horses. Let me enlighten you by saying that she gave as meaningful, or more meaningful a lesson, than some adults i know! But before i get ahead of myself, she called on "South Alaska"(Kurt) to give the opening prayer. The lesson began with the scripture story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. She told a correct account of how his brothers left him in the "desert", and how he was found and made to be a "store owner", and one day his brothers came to the "store" for help. Joseph was not mean to his brothers, he forgave them and treated them kindly. "That is how Jesus wants us to treat each other. We must forgive each other and serve one another." She then proceeded to tell a story out of the Friend. "The title of this story is "Mean Maggie"(sept.2007 pg.10) I will never forget the day my mother taught me how to love a mean lady." Adessa recited the story almost word for word and then challenged us to love and serve one another just as Jesus would, "even though it may be hard sometimes (and then she quoted something that i have told her and didn't realize that it had sunk in so deeply) we have the choice to choose the right, we can choose to obey and be blessed for it, or disobey and suffer the consequences." She then closed with a (pretend) bean bag review. She "tossed" the "bean bag" at one of us (you had to be paying really good attention, or you would miss it) and asked what we learned from the lesson, or what was our favorite part of this Family Home Evening (we could give either answer, but we had to identify which one we were answering). Then it was "Fairy Princess Sparkles" (me) turn to give the closing song. We sang "If the Savior Stood Beside Me"(Friend oct. 1993 pg 14) as Jexten danced and "skedued" and adessa sang and conducted like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir conductor. Very official like!! When we got to the last verse, she called out in a loud voice "FORTE, SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT!!":-) The song ended on a praisworthy note, and she gave the most innocent and heartfelt closing prayer of her desire to show kindness and love and service throughout her days. We then all ended with the appropriate AMEN. Jexten then ran away to find his cars and "crash them"!
just before the fireworks started!!
jexten pauses for a bite of cotton candy
doing a cool arm swing dance move
he really gets into his arm swings!
crouching tiger, or doing the monster stomp
adessa doesn't approve of jexten's hap hazard dance moves, "oh dear, i must give him dancing lessons!";-)
doing the monster mash
getting rowdy with the band
running to the music
doing the "charlelston"
a dancing flock of geese doing "the flight of the fireworks" ;-)
i seem to always be uploading these in backwards order, oh well, if you scroll from the bottom to the top you will get the dance effect. my favorite is the big finish at the end!! that's my adessa!! so fun. she won a hula hoop contest they had there and got to keep the hula hoop she was using (for $5 ;) you know we bought it for her!!!
i wonder what is going on out there. has to be better than standing out here.
pause for a drink and a tickle and a dance
HOME RUN!!
pose at 1st
YEAH run to 3rd!!
the ultimate bordome look. biting her nails, standing pigeon toed. hmmm
now here's something that is fun! chatting on 2nd!
we think adessa is hillarious!
posing in the outfield
lookin on as adessa goofs off.
standing at 3rd
adessa is having such a good time on the beach in her old fashioned rose bud sun hat. i love how kids have very little to no inhabitions and will just get lost in the moment and do whatever they feel like doing. too bad we lose that as we grow older.
ahh the beach.
i just love all that is ADESSA DAWN! she is deffinitely destined for big things!
little matthew and his daddy riding bikes(matthew isn't quite sure he likes this new bike seat, especially after we used jexten as the gunie pig-- just to test if it was safe, and all the bolts were tight enough.;-))
"maaamaa, when do we EAT? "
cute jexten just swingin'
jexten wouldn't cooperate
adessa is such a model
they were fascinated at how blue the water was and how increadibly huge the lake is.
i let my kids get out of the car and take in the view from look out point just before descending on all that is Bear Lake and the 4th of July!!
adessa got to play pitcher during this game and caught a hit! she wasn't sure what to do with the ball after that so we all yelled "THROW IT TO FIRST!!" she looked to the side and did a mighty wind up and chucked the ball as hard as she could! we all cheered and jexten got so excited he rushed the field in the middle of the game to congratulate his sis on an excellent play! they stood there in the middle of the field hugging and jexten saying "dood job sissy. missed you too, lub woo sissy!" i did run out after him so the game could continue. ya it was a bit theatrical, but that's my kids for ya. i love 'em!!
adessa loves to play t-ball and she is really good at it. this is her second game. she went up to bat and the coach threw the ball into home to get placed back on the t, adessa was standing in just the wrong place at the wrong time and SMACK right on top of her head. it was all pretty dramatic. she started crying and didn't want to play anymore. we were able to convince her that she still did want to. she bucked up and was a brave little soldier and went back out to bat!!! HOME RUN!
