Last minute prep:
The Rocket:
Two trophies (best looking and farthest distance in the Webelo's category)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Space Derby
An exciting evening for fathers and sons...a cub scout derby. Lon and Mitchell had a great time working on his rocket. It was a fun night and our last one. He's done the Rain gutter Regatta, the Pinewood Derby and now the Space Derby. Next year he will be out of Cub Scouts, but it has been a great experience. He loves scouting and we love all that he learns.
Last minute prep:
The Rocket:
Two trophies (best looking and farthest distance in the Webelo's category)
Last minute prep:
The Rocket:
Two trophies (best looking and farthest distance in the Webelo's category)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
It's Done!
Ellie and I started knitting together last June. It was a Personal Progress Value Project for her and something I had wanted to learn. In the last 7 months, I have made about a dozen scarves and about 30 dishcloths. I was ready for something new. I decided to make a hat...called the "2 Hour Hat." Two weeks later it is finally done! My friend, Misty and I started our hats together during a knitting class. Hers was a more complicated pattern and really only took her two hours. We had a great time together and I'm so happy that she was my cheerleader (after I switched yarns twice and restarted about three times, she just kept telling me it looked great...she didn't even seem too embarrassed to be sitting by me!) 
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Draper Utah Temple Open House
It was so exciting to take our family through the new temple in Draper, the city that was our home for almost ten years. Lon and I were amazed at the beauty throughout the temple. Ellie loved the bridal room and sealing rooms. Mitchell was excited to see the baptismal font and can't wait to go in a year and a half. Madelyn had a lot of questions and I loved seeing her sweet innocence and viewing it all through a child's eyes.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
This is only a test....if this had been a real emergency....
Lessons learned from a power outage:
*Lon learned that eating dinner with what we could make without power, by candlelight, in our home that was cooling very quickly and all of our modern conviences gone, it would be a good time to have a FHE on emergency preparedness and a review of our families emergency plans.
*Jennifer learned that if I am not home when the power goes out, the children have enough trust and faith in the neighbors to head over for security. Meanwhile, another neighbor who knew I wasn't home, called to offer to stop by and take our children to her house. How lucky am I?
*I learned that after a summer of outings and camping, we should replace batteries in flashlights. I also learned that the 800 scented candles I have accumulated, have a great use and I shouldn't feel guilty that they occupy a whole wall in the storage room.
*Ellie loved living like a pioneer...doing her homework by candlelight, eating by candlelight, etc., until she realized that it was her night to do the dishes and she would be doing them like a pioneer..BY HAND!
*If you interrupt your FHE to share your newly gleaned seminary knowledge that unicorns did, if fact exist, because they are in the Bible Dictionary, you will get a lot of confused and concerned stares. (She assured us that this interruption was relevant since we were discussing the ark and all. She's pretty sure that's where something went wrong with the unicorns).
*Texting works beautifully when the power is out. Texting during FHE results in cell phone confiscation.
*And finally, no matter how hard she tries to convince us, our family's emergency code word will never be "the Anti-Nephi-Lehi-Rosqvists" (So, if any of you want to use it...feel free!)
*Mitchell had 20 minutes of battery on his DS. Lesson learned: keep DS, ipod and portable DVD player's charged at ALL TIMES!!
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*Madelyn doubled up on pajamas, socks and blankets and fell asleep. A pretty great way to deal with it all!
*Lon learned that eating dinner with what we could make without power, by candlelight, in our home that was cooling very quickly and all of our modern conviences gone, it would be a good time to have a FHE on emergency preparedness and a review of our families emergency plans.
*Jennifer learned that if I am not home when the power goes out, the children have enough trust and faith in the neighbors to head over for security. Meanwhile, another neighbor who knew I wasn't home, called to offer to stop by and take our children to her house. How lucky am I?
*I learned that after a summer of outings and camping, we should replace batteries in flashlights. I also learned that the 800 scented candles I have accumulated, have a great use and I shouldn't feel guilty that they occupy a whole wall in the storage room.
*Ellie loved living like a pioneer...doing her homework by candlelight, eating by candlelight, etc., until she realized that it was her night to do the dishes and she would be doing them like a pioneer..BY HAND!
*If you interrupt your FHE to share your newly gleaned seminary knowledge that unicorns did, if fact exist, because they are in the Bible Dictionary, you will get a lot of confused and concerned stares. (She assured us that this interruption was relevant since we were discussing the ark and all. She's pretty sure that's where something went wrong with the unicorns).
*Texting works beautifully when the power is out. Texting during FHE results in cell phone confiscation.
*And finally, no matter how hard she tries to convince us, our family's emergency code word will never be "the Anti-Nephi-Lehi-Rosqvists" (So, if any of you want to use it...feel free!)
*Mitchell had 20 minutes of battery on his DS. Lesson learned: keep DS, ipod and portable DVD player's charged at ALL TIMES!!
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*Madelyn doubled up on pajamas, socks and blankets and fell asleep. A pretty great way to deal with it all!
Friday, January 2, 2009
COUNTDOWN
FIVE: 5:oo p.m., 5 happy Rosqvist's go to the New Year's Eve party
FOUR: 4:00 a.m. the party ends! 11 hours of straight fun. (Lon and Madelyn came home shortly after midnight, but the rest of us made it!)
THREE: 3 fun activities:
food, food, food...New Year's Eve and an incredible hostess who loves to bake and cook...need I say more?
shows, shows, shows...in the new theater on a 120" screen
games, games, games...including the funniest round of "Mad Gab" ever played
TWO: 2 girls fighting over Lon. Madelyn and I have a contest each year to see who can kiss Lon first at midnight.
ONE: 1 terrific way to bring in the new year with friends and family.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
FOUR: 4:00 a.m. the party ends! 11 hours of straight fun. (Lon and Madelyn came home shortly after midnight, but the rest of us made it!)
THREE: 3 fun activities:
food, food, food...New Year's Eve and an incredible hostess who loves to bake and cook...need I say more?
shows, shows, shows...in the new theater on a 120" screen
games, games, games...including the funniest round of "Mad Gab" ever played
TWO: 2 girls fighting over Lon. Madelyn and I have a contest each year to see who can kiss Lon first at midnight.
ONE: 1 terrific way to bring in the new year with friends and family.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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