Birthday
Today is my daughters birthday. She turned thirteen. I can no longer call her a pre-teen. There wasn't too much that we did for it, but my wife tells me that she has been preparing all day for it. My daughter really likes crescent rolls stuffed with a chicken-spinach mixture (half a can of cream of mushroom soup mixed in) and a sauce that is made of the other half a can of the cream of mushroom soup mixed with sour cream and heated over a burner. My wife had to pick up the ingredients for that and also made a cake. We decided to try a cool-whip frosting and that came out tasting really good as well.
After dinner, my daughter opened up a couple of cards from her grandparents, and then opened up the two gifts we had. We got her a nice Nikon L11 digital camera along with a two gigabyte card. Though the camera was less expensive than my Olympus camera, I think it is a better camera than my camera is. It's kind of terrible when the kids get something that is better than what you have. But, it was either that or get her a cheap camera that wouldn't be much good. She has enough money also to go out and get a lot of nice clothes.
My wife and I headed out for a walk tonight (after cake of course) with our son. Immediately we started to talk with one of the neighbors that was delivering things for the Relief Society event this Thursday. They have their house up for sale and if they sell it before their other house is built they will have to move into their trailer again. They had been offered a couple of places to go, but two of the places have as many kids as they have and they decided that 16-18 kids is just too many to have at any one place for too long of a period of time. The other place they were offered was in the basement of the Greys who have a huge home with a swimming pool in the basement. This would be ideal as the Greys also had a child that had palsy just like their 18 year old daughter does. It is quite accessible. Sister Gustavos was a bit worried that her kids would make too much noise and isn't comfortable with that. We told them that if their trailer would fit back behind our house, they are welcome to use that space if needed. She is quite positive about that one and if it comes down to it, I think they very well may move in for a few months. We'll just have to see what happens there.
My son decided not to walk with us because we talk too long. We went on the walk, and ran into the Dastrups and talked too long there as well. When we got home, Melina was still at our house and her dad finally called for her to come on home. We then watched the last hour of "The Mormons" a documentary that starts tonight and goes on tomorrow night as well. From what I saw of it, it has been a fair program to the LDS church coming from an outsider who tried to get all information both pro and con. It went over the early history of the LDS church. It will be interesting to see the rest of this tomorrow night.
After dinner, my daughter opened up a couple of cards from her grandparents, and then opened up the two gifts we had. We got her a nice Nikon L11 digital camera along with a two gigabyte card. Though the camera was less expensive than my Olympus camera, I think it is a better camera than my camera is. It's kind of terrible when the kids get something that is better than what you have. But, it was either that or get her a cheap camera that wouldn't be much good. She has enough money also to go out and get a lot of nice clothes.
My wife and I headed out for a walk tonight (after cake of course) with our son. Immediately we started to talk with one of the neighbors that was delivering things for the Relief Society event this Thursday. They have their house up for sale and if they sell it before their other house is built they will have to move into their trailer again. They had been offered a couple of places to go, but two of the places have as many kids as they have and they decided that 16-18 kids is just too many to have at any one place for too long of a period of time. The other place they were offered was in the basement of the Greys who have a huge home with a swimming pool in the basement. This would be ideal as the Greys also had a child that had palsy just like their 18 year old daughter does. It is quite accessible. Sister Gustavos was a bit worried that her kids would make too much noise and isn't comfortable with that. We told them that if their trailer would fit back behind our house, they are welcome to use that space if needed. She is quite positive about that one and if it comes down to it, I think they very well may move in for a few months. We'll just have to see what happens there.
My son decided not to walk with us because we talk too long. We went on the walk, and ran into the Dastrups and talked too long there as well. When we got home, Melina was still at our house and her dad finally called for her to come on home. We then watched the last hour of "The Mormons" a documentary that starts tonight and goes on tomorrow night as well. From what I saw of it, it has been a fair program to the LDS church coming from an outsider who tried to get all information both pro and con. It went over the early history of the LDS church. It will be interesting to see the rest of this tomorrow night.
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