My wife is so great!

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank my beautiful wife for everything she does for me and for Penny.  She is an incredible mother and an amazing wife.  I honestly do not know what she was thinking when she decided to marry me, but I'm not going to push it :)  I am so inspired by her faith, motivation, willingness to serve and her hard work and dedication towards anything she commits to.  I love that when Christy sets her mind on something she is locked on and you know it's gonna happen!  I love how not only I know that I can depend on her but others know they can depend on her as well.  I love the way she lights up when she is with Penny, the love that just radiates from her face when they're together.  I love when she scratches my back when all she wants to do is sleep.  I love how she sings whatever thing I wasn't able to hear her say the third time I ask her to repeat something. I love her pancakes!  She makes awesome pancakes!  I love that she loves her family.  I love her love of books; she's my Belle :)  I love everything she cooks (with the exception of one or two things that I blame Pinterest for) I love how she will go with me to do things I know she dreads and despises with a fiery passion but does it because she knows how much I love it.  I love how supportive she is to me, how she encourages me to seek out my dream. My wife is an incredible woman and I am so lucky to have her.  And I just love her very much!

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We've Moved

We have recently relocated very far away, to Long Beach :)  We live just a few streets down from the beach and not far from downtown.  The parking is horrendous, there are people on top of people around here and always someone making noise, but we love being so close to the beach and we love our apartment.

Scott is still at home with Penny, and they walk down to the beach most days.  Anyone who wants to come spend a day at the beach with them/us is welcome!  Penny loves going to the beach but is pretty scared of the water.  We are working on it.

Yesterday we spent a few hours down on the sand and were able to get Penny to put her feet in and kick the water.  That night we walked back to the beach to watch the Queen Mary firework show.  I have never seen a kid so scared before!  I don't even know what to do about it because I was not scared of anything as a kid- in this aspect Penny is all Scott.

Penny has also decided she is ready to be 2.  She has more of a mind of her own than ever and is not afraid to let anyone know.  She also is speaking in full sentences and thinking about wanting to potty train.  But again, she has her own mind.  She tells me when she has to go but when I try to put her on the toilet she throws a fit.

I had to share these pictures because they made me laugh.  Penny got herself into this little basket in the middle of moving.

  I took her picture and then she started rocking back and forth.  I told her not to of course, and this is what happened next:

She was not hurt but pretty freaked out.

Books Worth Reading

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Locks of Love #4

This time my sister, Melissa, and I donated our hair to Locks of Love together.

 

This was my 4th time and Melissa's 3rd.  She donated 6 inches and I donated 10.

Penny's got moves

Penny has recently become a dancing MACHINE.  That girl has moves I've never even seen.  Any time there is music on she is dancing to it.  Scott took this video of her dancing to Gangnam style today (please excuse the piles of dirty laundry- this was his way of trying to distract her while he sorted it).  Enjoy!

Battle of the Sexes

This week for Mutual we did Battle of the Sexes.  It was boys versus girls with two task rounds and a question round.  The first two rounds, each person had to complete 5 different tasks.  The girls had to do boy things: Shoot a basketball, throw and catch a football, tie a bowline, shine a shoe, tie a necktie, eat a cupcake in 45 seconds, hammer a nail, carry five chairs, memorize part of D&C 4, and ride a skateboard.  And the boys had to do girl things: Iron a shirt, sew on a button, memorize part of the Young Women theme, tie a bow (and make it look pretty), apply makeup, braid hair, identify flowers, change a diaper, paint nails and set a table properly.
 

After that we did a question round, which was really fun.  The youth all got into and enjoyed it and the adults had tons of fun too.  Thanks to everyone who helped and participated!