Let me just say...

...I love my child. She's not perfect. But she's GOOD. She's FAIR. She's sensitive. She doesn't like to hurt people's feelings. She's been very patient with her friends who aren't always these things. And that's ok. People mature in different ways, at different rates. But I do think it's important for me to take the time to recognize those things about my kid that are special. And this is one of those things.

Today she had two friends be mean to her. These friends aren't evil or bad....they were just having bad days. It did make Emma cry. But she never once said she didn't want to be friends with them. I think it's important to have that kind of patience when she has that kind of sensitivity.

I also think Emma is a good example to her peers. She's innately fair and honest. She never tries to cheat or tries to get more than her fair share. She is always willing to play a game with a friend even if she's in the mood to play something else.

These are underrated qualities in my opinion. Especially for girls. Girls do have to be strong. Don't get me wrong. I get that 100% But it's also important to be patient and flexible. To be understanding and sensitive. As long as she's not surrendering her happiness I see these qualities as nothing but a plus for her.

PHO!

So, Frank attempted to make Pho, a Vietnamese soup, two days in a row. The first attempt failed before it even hit the table. The second attempt was served but wasn't super tasty. Though Emma and I DO enjoy being Frank's guinea pig's. How can I complain? I have a husband who LOVES to cook almost every single day.

He plans to keep trying this soup until he's got it right. And we plan to continue to let him use us to test the results.

I'm so damn PROUD of myself! ***UPDATED!!!***

I decided I wanted a table/desk to for scrapbooking. So we sold our unused recumbent bike and the money we got I was going to use to get the new desk. But I got thinking...I don't want to spend a bunch of money on something like that. I want to spend the money on actual scrapbooking stuff. NOT the desk on which I scrapbook. So I thought it over for a while, went out to my garage, hauled in a bunch of old shelves and a broken coffee table. I drew up a plan, got my saw and drill and went to work.

The finished product isn't pretty, it's not amazing, but I made it, for FREE, with matrials I had already and it took me under an hour and it's quit sturdy!

So here are the before and after pictures:


This last picture I updated to show how it looks with all my supplies nicely organized!

First Tomato! Emma wins!

Frank and Emma each grew a tomato plant this year. They had a contest to see who's plant was tallest and Emma won. And Emma also won the who got to harvest the first tomato.

Echo, Wind, Water and Rolling

Echo:

Here we are braving The Echo again. (For those who don't recall, this area is called "The Echo" because there is a huge storm drain that Emma liked to yell "ECHO" into when she was 2. And the name has forever stuck. Even other kids in the apartment complex call it The Echo.) We are braving it because of past car wrecks that lead cars to end up IN side The Echo. But, I figure they happened in winter and what are the chances? I can't live my life in that kind of fear.

Running! Cutest pic of Emma in a long time IMO!

Picking flowers for me. I'm special.

Rolling:

Fast

Stopping

Slow


Water:

And this is the Eye Sore, also known as Cowabunga
Bay. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against water parks
or fun. It's just so ugly, so so so ugly. So ugly. And yes
That is a huge bucket of water dumping onto the park,
And YES, that is kinda cool...but ugly. (And expensive!)


Wind
It is always this windy in Draper. Well maybe not EVERY day, but nearly everyday. Especially at The Echo, because there is nothing to stop the wind from building up. So even on a day with it's 105 outside it feels nice and cool in the windy shade. The wind here is so great that people come from all over the world to hang glide and other such wind related sports.

FINE AMY GEEZE!

Ok, so, Amy guilted me into figuring out my blog password again, turns out I had it written down!

So here is a quick post and I will post something EVERYDAY for the next TWO WEEKS...this is my vow!

Don't lose all faith in me! Here are a few highlights:


Emma joined a Satanic cult, as you can see the followers wear purple and strike angry poses.


We saw a friend perform in Beauty and the Beast (our friend was Belle) and Emma Belle got to meet Belle!



We are growing basil
and tomatoes

Emma had a bubble bath outside.



Come back tomorrow for more!

Some random stuff!!!

For a while I couldn't remember my account name and password for this blog but now I remembered!!!

So I'm gonna post some stuff!





Emma and Patience, BFF's!




I curled Emma's hair, the after pics were...not good. LOL