Ghosts

So last night was quite the night trying to get Kelli ready for bed. It took Chris and me over an hour to get her to sleep because there was a ghost in her drawers. Kelli was very upset and crying about it. She really believed there was a ghost in her drawer. We tried everything we could think of to acting out a puppet show with her stuffed animals telling her that they needed her to help them to get to sleep, to getting out a picture of Jesus, to telling Kelli that it is just her and Jesus and that Jesus is here to make her feel better, to singing primary songs, to saying a prayer, to having Kelli check out her drawers to see if there was a ghost, to have her growl at the ghost, to turning a night light on, to just telling her that there are no ghosts, to pretending that the ghost's name was George and saying to George, "get out of here." Finally, I just didn't know what to do anymore. Kelli just kept saying that there was a ghost in her drawer, so I finally decided that I was going to take Kelli's drawers out of her room. That made her even more upset and she told me that she would go to sleep. And she finally did. I have no idea where she got the ghost thing from. Do any of you have suggestions on what to do to get your kids to not be scared at night, just in case the "taking the drawers out of Kelli's room idea" doesn't work next time?

Late Post for the 4th of July

This has taken me quite a while to get this post up. We have moved into our new town house. It is sure nice to be here, but it sure has been a lot of work. When we get things picked up a little more, I will post some pictures of our new place.

On the night of the 3rd, we went to the Real Salt Lake game. That was sure a lot of fun. After wards, there was a firework show. Kelli did not like the fireworks at first. Then she started to enjoy them when we got her to sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star while the fire works shot up into the sky. The next day, on the 4th, we spent the day cleaning our new home. That evening, we went to a parade. Kelli sure enjoyed that. After the parade, we bought some fireworks, went to Chris' grandparents home and lit our fireworks. Finally, I had my camera with me so I could take some pictures. So here you go.

Here is a picture of Chris getting Kelli's sparkler lit.


Kelli enjoying her sparkler.


Family with sparklers.


Kelli with her great grandparents.

Happy Anniversary!

Last Thursday was our anniversary! Chris and I have been married for 4 years! For Christmas last year, my parents gave us a certificate to stay at the Zermatt in Midway, which we could use anytime throughout the year. After I taught my classes on Saturday morning, my parents came up to watch Kelli so Chris and I could take off. We ate at the Olive Garden for lunch, then we drove up to Park City and spent some time in the outlet stores. Then we drove to the Zermatt and checked in. After that, we drove over to the Provo river, got on our awesome looking waders and fly fished. It was so much fun. I sure love to fly fish. It was a bummer that we didn't catch anything, which is unusual, because at least Chris can catch a fish. I had a strike, but that was about it. If anything, it is the best to just be in the outdoors. It is so relaxing. I just love to be in the outdoors. If there was ever a crisis, I probably wouldn't mind it, because I could just camp every day, and fly fish and hike around. Maybe it wouldn't be that great if something like that happened, but it is just fun to get away and recreate. I packed my camera to take some pictures, but I ended up leaving it in our hotel room, so I didn't get any pictures taken. Thanks mom and dad for the certificate and watching Kelli. We sure appreciated it.