Come Follow Me.

Talan showing one of the pictures he used for his talk.

He was so excited he didn't want to have his photo taken, he wanted to go to church. He would have went at 7am if we would have let him.

Talan was asked to give a talk in Primary this Sunday. He was so excited to do it. He has already done the prayer and Article of Faith. He loves to talk in front of the primary. His talk was on Following Jesus' Example. When it was he turn he smiled and climbed up to the podium and in a nice loud voice he gave his first talk. He was so proud of himself and I was proud of him also. I hope that he never becomes fearful of speaking in front of people. Good Job Talan!!

 It was a crazy day at church everyone was so busy. I had to teach primary, Jason was teaching Gospel Principles and Lincoln was not in the mood to go to nursery. So luckily we made it all happen and everyone was happy with how their Sunday went.

Talan's Talk:

Jesus said “Come Follow Me”.  He is not on the earth anymore, but I can follow His example.
 Jesus is our older brother, and we can look up to Him.
 I am the older brother in my family, so I can be an example to my brother.
 Jesus never told a lie.  I can follow Him by always telling the truth, even when I know I will be in trouble.
 Jesus was never mean.  I can be nice to my brother and try super hard not to fight with him.
 Jesus loved and respected his parents, and I can do the same with my parents.
Jesus always made good choices, and I am learning to choose the right too.
  I love Jesus, and I am so glad I have his example to show me how to live.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Pancakes

Talan always makes pancakes when he is at grandma and grandpa Jones'. He can do the whole process by himself. First he puts in the mix.

Then he adds the water. He doesn't need to measure because he taste the batter and knows if it needs more water or mix.

Then he stirs until the batter is perfect. Then he puts them on the skillet and flips them. The funnest part about this is that rarely does Talan eat the pancakes that he makes. We are sure glad that Grandma Jones has taught Talan how to make pancakes. I think that I am a fairly good cook but I can not cook pancakes to save my life. I know they are supposed to be the easiest thing ever but mine never turn out. So if you ever come to our house for pancakes, Talan will have to make them for you.

Lincoln waiting for Talan to finish his breakfast. He loves the pancakes that Talan's makes.

A Day at the Zoo

The Zoo that Talan built is now open at Grandma and Grandpa Jones' house. I came to pick up the boys after work and I was lucky enough to get invited to the Grand Opening of Talan's Zoo. This is the welcoming sign. If you look closely you can see the word Zoo and Toot Toot which Talan tells me that there is a train at the zoo. Below the name is a list of things that are not permitted to the zoo, such as no peanuts, no cookies (big or small) no doughnuts, but sandwiches are okay as long as it has no cheese or mustard on it, Root Beer and Apples are okay.And Must importantly "NO LITTLE BROTHERS". There is also a map on the sign.

Talan, grandma and grandpa spent the day setting up the zoo.

Foxy Bear was one of my favorite animals when I was little. I was glad to see that he was in the zoo.

As you can see there was a wide variety of animals in the zoo. I think that a zoo was on Talan's mind because they are studying animals in preschool this month. Last night we asked him what they were learning about he said habitats. We asked him what a habitat was and he said it is where an animal lives, but dinosaurs don't have habits because they are not here anymore.

I was surprised that fireball Lincoln didn't destroy the zoo. He was too busy playing with his favorite place mat. He finds this place mat every time he is at grandma's and carries it around with him.

I tried to get Talan to pose for a picture in front of the Zoo but he wouldn't.

The Croup Tent

This is our croup tent. Talan and Lincoln seem to be prone to catching this nasty little virus. Since September Talan has had it 4 times (1 ER visit and 3 round of steroids) Lincoln has had it twice. We have spent many nights driving around the neighborhood at 1am with our car windows rolled down. The cool air reduces the swelling and allows him to breath easier. Jason and I were laughing last night as we circled the block for about the 10th time that no one has called the cops yet, thinking that we were scouting out the neighborhood. When we finally get the breathing under control we set up the croup tent. We put a cool air humidifier in the tent and it fills with a nice cool mist that keep the kids comfortable. The boys love sleeping in it. We usually equip it with the portable DVD player and movies. I am sure that the croup tent will be one of their memories of childhood.

Lincoln's New Game

Lincoln has come up with a new game he likes to play. From what I can tell it goes something like this:

First find a bag of mustard pretzels.

Second, Eat a couple of pretzels.

Third, put a few down the heating vent.

 Repeat process until entire bag is either been devoured by the participant or is down the vent.

Then grin at your mom when she takes your photo because you are so proud of yourself and you are hoping that your cute cheesy smile will keep you out of trouble.

18 Months (Lincoln)

Lincoln is 18 months old. He is into everything. He can say a ton of works like: Look, Dog, Sponge Bob, Blue's Clues, Coke, Ball, Go, Hi, Kota, Wow, Yeah, Cracker, Night, Night. He can tell you what sounds a dog, cow, dinosaur and pig make. Some of this favorite things to do is play basketball, throw things down the stairs, play with his piggy bank and watch Kipper. He is also fond of picking on his brother. Often if Talan is laying on the floor watching tv, Lincoln will see a great opportunity to body slam him. While on top of Talan he just giggles.They have so much fun wrestling with each other. We always hear grandma C saying, "Talan be careful of Lincoln, he is little." I have to laugh inside because usually I am

saying the opposite. He is climbing on everything. When we where at the Dr for Lincoln's 18 month check up he managed to turn of the Dr computer open just about every cupboard in the room and throw a fit when the Dr wanted him to walk. In the Dr words " Lincoln is a very precocious  boy, isn't he?" Talan tells me that grandma J refers to his as a "fireball". Lincoln is loud, always on the go and determined to have things his way. We are having so much fun watching him grow and learn.

Love you Linx.

Stats: (04-04-2011)

Weight: 27.6 (72 percentile)

Length: 33.75in (87 percentile)

Head: 19in (64percentile)

My Park (Park #2)

Lincoln enjoying the swing at Mapleton City Park.

Talan

Climbing up the play set.

It is so nice to have a big brother to push you in the swings.

Talan had more fun pushing his brother in the swing, than swinging himself.

Talan said that the rock wall was his favorite thing at Mapleton City Park.

I call this my park, because this is always were I went when I was a little girl. All the playground equipment is different but the still have that great white gazebo the one we loved to run on when we were little. I loved going to the Mapleton Park when I was little, I liked the giant metal slide(it would get so hot that it would burn you), it also had teeter totters and a merry go round. I love the giant trees and the old Bird house. Talan thought the park was okay, but still says that the purple park is his favorite. I liked it because there are swings for Lincoln and penalty of benches to sit and watch the kids from. I one thing that I didn't like is that it is so high in places and has giant holes that little kids could fall through. We had fun enjoying the spring sunshine.