happy thanksgiving
thanks to my dear sweet son-in-law cory i have my computer up and running so i have been catching up on the blog entries. why is it i am always trying to catch up on something? i noticed that i said that i missed all my kids big and little in germany ga and ut. can you tell how tired i was? i don't even have kids in ga any more so lets try va germany co and ut. it's late again, and again i am tired so i still may not have it right. oh well, you all know where my kids are and i do miss them.
tomorrow ellynn and jason come. i have to get up early and finish getting everything put together. two of our missionaries went home tues. and sister pugh got a greenie to train. they are pretty excited tonight because they got another commitment for baptism. they are so cute. we moved them downstairs and are shifting all the furniture around. what a mess it has been. it seems all i have done this year it move people. meags and cory just have a few things left in the garage and i just about have all of brind and ellynn's things gone wahoo! not that i want to get rid of them. just their stuff. meags and cory's house is beautiful. we finished painting the 2 bedrooms, kitchen and dining room. i love it and now want to do some painting here.
we are having our thanksgiving dinner sat. at lewisville park. i can hardly wait. we do everything there. it is outside so we cook in dutch ovens and "pit" cook the turkey. we do rolls and dressing and yams etc. etc. i love it. it is fun unique and all the mess is outside. the kids love to help and we walk down by the river, play at the playground, ride bikes,etc. it is great fun!!!
ellynn, i guess keeps saying that she can hardly wait to go "home." her father-in-law regan says that after a year of marriage home should be wherever jason is. trish, jason's mom explained that home is wherever "mom" is. which leads me to moni's blog--great quote from pres. benson. i can't begin to tell you how fast the years go by and your children are gone and have children of their own. i love the stage of life i am in. you cannot beat being a grandma. it is so much fun. it was way interesting to me last week. i was meeting with one of our stake high councilmen and he was asking me about a calling. i explained to him about brooke and possibly having to go to germany for Christmas if the baby's passport doesn't come through and then for sure staying with her the month of jan. he told me not to worry about the calling my first responsibility was to my family. how funny is that when brooke is my 33 year old, married daughter with children of her own and he is counseling me that my family comes first. once a mother always a mother no matter how old you are or they are. just enjoy them as much as possible and don't worry as much about all the other things. they don't last.
mike, thanks for the blog and article. you would look a whole lot scarier to me if you didn't look so much like sadie in sun glasses and army gear. i know that comment will win me points as well as this one. it's mike's birthday on the 28th of november. we can hardly wait to have you home for your birthday next year. you and your men are always in our prayers!!!
i was talking to brooke yesterday. she was describing some of the challenges she mentioned in her blog. we were discussing how best to have people understand that ellyn is not being rude when she doesn't talk to them when they ask her questions or when she misbehaves. we were brainstorming-- possibly having a shirt that says "i'm autistic and my mother is trying!" i suggested adam could have her a vest printed up (like the ninja shirts) she could wear it over all her outfits. maybe--"if you can read this you are currently invading my personal bubble" or "i can hear you i just choose to ignore you at this time" or "currently in my own world and happy to be there." we were thinking we were so stinking funny. feel free to offer suggested comments for more than one vest option. ellyn has also started pulling brooke's hair hard and she means to which is not like her. it really is a challenge to figure out what she will understand. any punishment has to well thot out so she connects it with what she is doing wrong. i told brooke that she should look up how to discipline orcas. i know--random thought and she thought i was nuts. "really mom do you think i will find it on line--how to discipline an orca?", but i remembered thinking it was interesting at sea world they had explained a little bit about how they train orcas. think about it--when do they eat? whenever they want to. what do they eat--whatever they want to. how do you punish negative behavior and keep all your body parts? ellyn doesn't mind time out--it's fine with her. physical punishment--she will be a big girl one day she needs to be gentle so physical punishment doesn't seem to be the answer either and again does she make the right connection. so positive and immediate reenforcement on just one issue at a time seems to be the answer. brooke's going to try m&m's. firmly hold her hand and tell her no when she pulls her hair. (she doesn't like being restrained) then gently running her hand through brooke's hair a few times and giving her 1 m&m. i hear orcas like m&m's--no really i have no idea what they like.
ok i don't know why i wrote that whole thing out, but anyway i'm not erasing it. hope you all had a great thanksgiving. cory's family invited us up for dinner today. have i mentioned how wonderful they are. our kids have the best in-laws every one of them. we are so blessed.
jess you should be used to cold houses, didn't you spend a winter with geof. and ellynn in the provo house or was that just meags and adam that wouldn't let alicia turn on the heat?
chelsea you look beautiful on your wedding announcement and joey looks very handsome. we can hardly wait. ellynn and i will leave immediately after bennett's performance in the nutcracker. she is a something and a snowflake. pray for no snow and good roads. we will be there.
love to all aunt le anne
tomorrow ellynn and jason come. i have to get up early and finish getting everything put together. two of our missionaries went home tues. and sister pugh got a greenie to train. they are pretty excited tonight because they got another commitment for baptism. they are so cute. we moved them downstairs and are shifting all the furniture around. what a mess it has been. it seems all i have done this year it move people. meags and cory just have a few things left in the garage and i just about have all of brind and ellynn's things gone wahoo! not that i want to get rid of them. just their stuff. meags and cory's house is beautiful. we finished painting the 2 bedrooms, kitchen and dining room. i love it and now want to do some painting here.
we are having our thanksgiving dinner sat. at lewisville park. i can hardly wait. we do everything there. it is outside so we cook in dutch ovens and "pit" cook the turkey. we do rolls and dressing and yams etc. etc. i love it. it is fun unique and all the mess is outside. the kids love to help and we walk down by the river, play at the playground, ride bikes,etc. it is great fun!!!
ellynn, i guess keeps saying that she can hardly wait to go "home." her father-in-law regan says that after a year of marriage home should be wherever jason is. trish, jason's mom explained that home is wherever "mom" is. which leads me to moni's blog--great quote from pres. benson. i can't begin to tell you how fast the years go by and your children are gone and have children of their own. i love the stage of life i am in. you cannot beat being a grandma. it is so much fun. it was way interesting to me last week. i was meeting with one of our stake high councilmen and he was asking me about a calling. i explained to him about brooke and possibly having to go to germany for Christmas if the baby's passport doesn't come through and then for sure staying with her the month of jan. he told me not to worry about the calling my first responsibility was to my family. how funny is that when brooke is my 33 year old, married daughter with children of her own and he is counseling me that my family comes first. once a mother always a mother no matter how old you are or they are. just enjoy them as much as possible and don't worry as much about all the other things. they don't last.
mike, thanks for the blog and article. you would look a whole lot scarier to me if you didn't look so much like sadie in sun glasses and army gear. i know that comment will win me points as well as this one. it's mike's birthday on the 28th of november. we can hardly wait to have you home for your birthday next year. you and your men are always in our prayers!!!
i was talking to brooke yesterday. she was describing some of the challenges she mentioned in her blog. we were discussing how best to have people understand that ellyn is not being rude when she doesn't talk to them when they ask her questions or when she misbehaves. we were brainstorming-- possibly having a shirt that says "i'm autistic and my mother is trying!" i suggested adam could have her a vest printed up (like the ninja shirts) she could wear it over all her outfits. maybe--"if you can read this you are currently invading my personal bubble" or "i can hear you i just choose to ignore you at this time" or "currently in my own world and happy to be there." we were thinking we were so stinking funny. feel free to offer suggested comments for more than one vest option. ellyn has also started pulling brooke's hair hard and she means to which is not like her. it really is a challenge to figure out what she will understand. any punishment has to well thot out so she connects it with what she is doing wrong. i told brooke that she should look up how to discipline orcas. i know--random thought and she thought i was nuts. "really mom do you think i will find it on line--how to discipline an orca?", but i remembered thinking it was interesting at sea world they had explained a little bit about how they train orcas. think about it--when do they eat? whenever they want to. what do they eat--whatever they want to. how do you punish negative behavior and keep all your body parts? ellyn doesn't mind time out--it's fine with her. physical punishment--she will be a big girl one day she needs to be gentle so physical punishment doesn't seem to be the answer either and again does she make the right connection. so positive and immediate reenforcement on just one issue at a time seems to be the answer. brooke's going to try m&m's. firmly hold her hand and tell her no when she pulls her hair. (she doesn't like being restrained) then gently running her hand through brooke's hair a few times and giving her 1 m&m. i hear orcas like m&m's--no really i have no idea what they like.
ok i don't know why i wrote that whole thing out, but anyway i'm not erasing it. hope you all had a great thanksgiving. cory's family invited us up for dinner today. have i mentioned how wonderful they are. our kids have the best in-laws every one of them. we are so blessed.
jess you should be used to cold houses, didn't you spend a winter with geof. and ellynn in the provo house or was that just meags and adam that wouldn't let alicia turn on the heat?
chelsea you look beautiful on your wedding announcement and joey looks very handsome. we can hardly wait. ellynn and i will leave immediately after bennett's performance in the nutcracker. she is a something and a snowflake. pray for no snow and good roads. we will be there.
love to all aunt le anne
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