A Forever Family

We took the kids to the temple.





















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It was a really great day!

Random things about my kids that I don't want to forget, so I'm going to write it down here. #4

Lilly and Larkin (my guess is about ages 7 & 5) used to put oven mitts on their feet and slide around on the kitchen floor.

They pretended that they were ice skating.

They even invited Blake and I in to watch.

They had music and routines and then awarded each other with flowers and did victory laps around the kitchen while we clapped.

Slippery Frog Land

Blake: Dude, get your shoes on?

Oscar: Where are we going Dad?

Blake: Slippery Frog Land (If you know Blake, you know that it is not an unusual answer ... For him.)

Oscar: Mom, we're going to Slippery Frog Land!

Me: Really, where's that?

Oscar: (Whispers to Dad) Is it in California?

Blake: No it's close by.

Oscar: It's close by Mom.

We went to the mall.

I should have known

Oscar Sunday after church: Mom I lost my paper at church.

Me: You did?

Oscar: Ya, I think it's at church.

Me: What did your paper say?

Oscar: ha ha Paper can't talk Mom.

I guess I walked right into that one.

Saturday Afternoon

I'm helping the girls clean their room. I was dusting their dresser and found a dollar. I asked Lilly. She said she didn't know who it belonged to. I asked Larkin. She didn't know either.

Then Larkin suggested that we give it to Oscar.
Larkin: I don't think he's ever had a dollar before. Can I give it to Oscar Mom?

Me: Sure

Larkin: Oscar, do you want this dollar?

Oscar: Like for the ice cream man?

Larkin: Sure

Oscar: OK!

Larkin: Let's put it in your piggy bank.



Larkin: Hey Dad, I gave Oscar a dollar.

Dad: Really? Hey Oscar let me see your dollar.

Oscar: No(Said with a smile. He just assumes Daddy will tease him.)

Dad: Bring that dollar to me Oscar. It's your rent.

Oscar: NO! It's not red. It's green.

Larkin knows how to make a person feel loved.

Larkin: If I had to choose between you or a thousand stuff, I would choose you mama.

Favors for Oscar

Oscar: Mom will you get me a drink?

Me: Sure

Oscar: Mom will you move this stuff off the couch?

(It was my stuff so I moved it for him.)

Oscar: Will you get me my Dlanky? (blanky)

(It was right by my feet so I did.)

Oscar: Mom will you do me a favor?

Me: What?

Oscar: Kiss me and hug me?

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Oscar: Thanks. That's my favor.