Happy Birthday Zachary!

We ate lunch with Zachary at school on his birthday! Here his is with his friend Hunter.

Zachary's wishes were a superman cake!

Zachary had a few friends over after school to celebrate his birthday.

Here is Zachary making his birthday wishes. Happy Birthday Zachary!

Happy Birthday Rex!

Rex has turned 4!

Spencer made him this great T-Rex birthday cake!

Rex enjoyed playing with Micheal Vail and Jakob Lord and his brothers on his birthday.

SpenceD came up with the idea of lifting Rex up on a chair when we sang Happy Birthday to him. Rex thought it was great!

Here is Rex blowing out the candles on his cake. Happy Birthday Rex!

Basketball Winter 2010

Another basketball season has come and gone.

Spencer coached Zachary's and Rex's team. They had a good time running around and developing their skills. I had a hard time keeping Brandt off the court. He loves to do whatever his brothers are doing.

Back to Blogging

Hurray! I finished Aukamm Elementary's yearbook! Now I get to catch up on my blog and start other projects.

10K

On Saturday they cancelled the 10K race on base. I was disappointed but glad that I didn't have to run it outside in the freezing cold weather. On New Year Eve I decided to go out and run on the farm trails since I love it out there. About two miles out I slipped and fell and hurt my knee pretty bad. I fell on loose gravel that had black ice and the gravel dug in pretty good. I am glad it was cold out so my legs could freeze so I could run the rest of the way home. So....that is why I really didn't want to run outside.

So Saturday morning I ran the 10K on my treadmill! I am so glad that I did it...but really glad it is over. I hit a wall about four miles but persisted. I usually stop and stretch but I ran the whole time and did it in 62.5 minutes. Big thanks to my husband for coming up three or four times to cheer me on. It was funny, he came up just as I was finishing and cheered me on to the finish line! I really needed it because I was not feeling real well. Friday night I stared to get a sore throat but felt fine Saturday morning. Then it really hit about noon. I am so glad I didn't get too sick before so I could run.

Another Great Conversation with Zachary!

At breakfast on Friday morning we asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. Zachary said he wanted to sell lemonade outside on our front porch. It was really cute! I asked him how much he would charge per glass and if he could make enough money to support a family. First he said five dollars, not really knowing how much that really is for a glass of lemonade. SpenceD then told him he wouldn't get a lot of customers for that much. Then he went down to a dollar and we still told him that is too much unless it is some super lemonade. Finally it was down to 25 cents and for that he could get a lot of customers. But by this point I think his dreams of selling lemonade for a career were crushed. Poor guy. Maybe I will have to tell him that could be his career until he learns to mow lawns or deliver newspapers. :)

Chicken and Rooster for Auction!

Here they are! My chicken and rooster! I made some of these for my kids and my kids love them! They are bean bags and most of the time they land right side up when thrown. After making a few of them I decided to make a few for the Relief Society Serivce Auction. It is coming up at the end of the month. I thought I would give all the ladies of the Wiesbaden Military Ward a sneak preview because I know all of them will be fighting over them. :) lol!

A Classic Shumway Christmas Dinner!

Christmas Dinner is always lots of work especially if you have to cook it all. It will be nice when we are with family so we can all share the hard work! :) Here is what a classic Shumway Christmas Dinner is:

Ham

Christmas Green Salad

Scalloped Potatoes

Ribbon Jello

This is our family and Susana a neighbor and ward member. We did the 12 days of Christmas to her and she came by to say thanks so we asked her to stay for dinner. The kids love her and she is great to be around.

Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we had the Woodard Family over for dinner and reading the Christmas story out of the scriptures. The kids loved dressing up and acting out their parts. It was fun to have a girl in the house to play Mary.

The boys got thermals, hats, and scarves for Christmas this year! They also toys and plenty of candy.

Here they are so excited to see what Santa brought them. Spencer and Zachary got basketballs, Rex got a horn for his bike, and Brandt got a ball and net game.

A Great Conversation with Zach

After school I usually sit down at the table and do homework with the kids. Right in the middle of writing his "j's" Zachary says very seriously "It is not nice to use the Lords name in Spain"! All I could do was smile but I really wanted to laugh out loud. But since he was so serious and I didn't want him to feel bad, all I could do was smile and say " You mean the Lords name in vain." Then he put his hands on his head and said "Oh..ja...I forgot...Lords name in VAIN!"

Oh what a cute kid!

A Message of Hope

On Sunday the Relief Society lesson was on Hope. I could not attend because I am in Primary and our very nice Relief Society president sent us this You Tube video that she used in her lesson. It is only two minutes and it is by Elder Utchdorf.

Switzerland

Close your eyes and think.....mmmmm......Swiss Alpine Milk Chocolate!

In Interlaken the boys wouldn't let us pass up a toy store. Too bad is was all really expensive. :( Brandt and me had to stay outside. He just doesn't understand the whole don't touch policies. :) But he was happy to play peek a boo with this brother through the window.