Grandma

My grandma, Charlotte Waters Dahle, passed away recently and I made a trip to Utah for her funeral. Here are my cute parents and siblings. It was actually an enjoyable weekend spent with family. It was nice to be reminded that Grandma wasn't always sick and of how fun she was before she got alzheimers. Her and Grandpa are so lucky now to be together where he can hear her and she remembers who he is. Grandma use to tell me that we had a lot in common. We both broke our legs (she got hit by a car I think and I got hit by a soccer goalie). We both broke our collarbones (I can't remember how she broke hers but I got hit by another soccer player :) We both had traumatic events the day I was born. Mine was going through the birth canal. Hers was a heart attack. She got really mad at me once because I called her Granny. She said only old people were Grannys. How sweet it is to know I will see you again Grandma!

Bad mother

On Friday morning Jude rolled off the bed onto the floor while I was sleeping with him and Maeve in my bed. Later that morning he was sitting on the floor when he pulled a wooden stool over on top of him. And that afternoon Maeve picked him up by his neck. And he survived it all. But am I the worst mom ever? I must be because now all of my children have rolled off my bed as infants.

Primary Activity

Adelle didn't waste anytime getting involved in the church group out here. This is her at the children's activity using sponges to fill up a bucket of water to represent baptism by immersion (which is what will happen to Adelle when she turns 8 this December!). My friend Kathleen sent me the photos. The top one makes me look like the standoffish, snobby California girl. I really wasn't trying to be unsocial. It was just really hot and I wanted to sit in the shade.

No pictures

It is not as much fun blogging when I can't add photos. I need to take more photos now that Joel isn't around and figure out how to put them on the computer.

Our first week in Kansas:
1.Joel got a security pass in Orange County to walk us to the gate. I looked distressed enough, traveling alone with three children, at the ticket counter when they said my flight was delayed and I might miss the connection in Denver.
2. I actually made the connecting flight in Denver. I had to run through the airport with three children to do it.
3. So far the only major problems from the girls is Maeve pooping her pants three days in a row. Donna and Bruce solved that by getting her a little Winnie the Pooh toilet. I had hoped to transition away from the little potty on this move but that turned out to be too much for Maeve. No accidents since the new chair arrived.
4. Maeve keeps saying she wants to go home. I just tell her we are homeless. She doesn't know how to respond to that.
5. Adelle on the other hand is loving all the additional attention from the grandparents.

How long do you give us before the bomb drops and the lose of Joel in their daily lives brings on all the really fun behaviors?

Joel's future...