A Great Family Home Evening

We had a really great Family Home Evening the other night. My sister did this and I knew we would have a blast with it. We talked about putting on the whole armor of God and making good choices. We read the scripture in D&C 27 and helped the kids put on the different pieces of armor. We had things like the helmet of salvation and breast plate of righteousness. We used their Captain America shields and a piece of the race track for a sword. The boys thought it was great and Audrey was just happy to be part of the crew.

Then Spencer threw mini marshmallows and shouted temptations and the boys blocked them with their shields. Temptations like talking to our friends during primary or not listening to our parents. In the end he ran out of temptations and it regressed to things like "tax evasion". They loved eating the temptations and laughing about their over sized breast plates when we were finished.

I'm certain the boys didn't understand all of it, but they have been trying harder to make good choices and it's a memory they won't soon forget. How could they? A food fight while wearing armor, it's every little kids dream.

I Heart Pinterest!

We had a great valentines, thanks in part to Pinterest. Have you heard of it? I'm simply addicted. I have no creative bone in my body, zero. But pinterest takes everyone elses and puts it on line, with instructions. Stuff from dessert to home decor, fun sayings and motivational quotes to all sorts of crafts. It's great.

But I digress, while on pinterest I found these "super" valentines and just knew the boys would love to take them to preschool.

The boys loved sharing with all their preschool friends. Miss. Michelle gave them valentine monkeys. I caught Logan enjoying his and a book all dressed in his valentine red.

So the moral of this post, check out pinterest its amazing. And if you want an invite let me know.

We Still Love Trains

The boys still love trains, so they were in heaven when we took them to the train expo. We're fortunate that the Binghams love trains too and wanted to join us. We even ran into our cousin Alexis! There were so many trains to see and play with. All the kids got to ride behind Thomas in Anabelle.

Even Audrey had a good time. She loved this logging train. I think her brothers are rubbing off on her.

Of course everyone had to wear their Thomas shirts. One of the train stations gave away these paper engineer hats and every kid under 5 had it on.
It was a great afternoon. A word of warning for those considering going next year. We got there 20 mins after it started and it was packed (seriously packed!!). We had to park across the street in overflow parking! It's a lot of fun so if you go, get there early and expect to wait in a few lines. Also you can't touch much so be prepared to remind the little guys.