Zak Couldn't Be Happier!

Fri: I picked up Quinn after school. He did not feel well. Bad headache, very tired. He pretty much slept for at least 3 days.

Monday: Griffin woke up feeling awful. Headache, very tired, didn't hardly move off the couch. Fever.

Tue: Quinn & Griffin coughing, fever; lots of Tylenol used.

Wed: no school. Veteran's Day

Thurs evening: Angie Jensen calls me. She just found out at the doctor that her 2 year old has swine flu. He got it from her 2 older children. Kylie has been over there playing; been to the movies with them. Their symptoms were the same as Quinn and Kylie's. I am guessing Q & G had swine flu too!

Zak is very proud that his immune system is SO POWERFUL that he has NOT gotten the swine flu. I am very grateful that it was not a huge deal. Angie told me that her doctor told her that for most healthy children, it does last for just 3 or 4 days.

I hope we can all be as powerful as Zak!

P.S. Zak ate some pretzels that I had set out for Griffin yesterday. Griffin had been pawing through them. Kerry ate some of Griffin's orange slices tonight that Griffin had played in earlier.

P.P.S. Every now and then Griffin will yell to me, "I just washed my hands!"

Someone's 26!

Happy Birthday Christopher!I (believe) this is Christopher outside one of his favorite restaurants, Tucano's. He has just had his meat-filled birthday meal.

We honor you on your DAY!

Take a Look

I don't know if you ever look at Chase's mission blog or not, but he sent a great letter this week. They are all good, but I especially enjoyed this one.

He talks about Joel Osteen - he went to his church!
Halloween
A missionary this is a wee bit scared

Another Post, Even Though It hasn't Quite Been One Month Since My Last Post!

Ok, I've been busy; running, showering, dieting, grocery shopping, tracking my food and running. It takes a lot of thought and effort. I finally am taking a moment and put some pictures from my camera onto the computer - and now you can all enjoy them!

Here are a few moments in our lives:

One day I found Griffin watching TV. Maybe he was just trying to be "close" with Chase since I think those goggles are his.

On to: HALLOWEEN!

Kylie found a pirate outfit from the good old Halloween boxes. I believe those pirate pants were some I made for Christopher or Steven when they were about 7. Nice fit! I love Kylie's hair with the bandanna. I wish she would use this style more often.

Griffin has gone for the Black Ninja outfit! It is what he picked. After Halloween was all over, he crawled up on my lap and told me, "what I really want to be for Halloween is Wolverine!"

Here is Kylie at the Highland Oaks parade.

more parade

Griffin at the parade - he was really looking for me. I had to jump up and down and call out his name so he could see me.

Here is a good story:

One day Griffin and Kylie came home. I could tell Griffin was quite upset. I come to discover that there had been a bad misunderstanding at school. Griffin got in trouble where he did nothing wrong and felt so bad for it. Kylie, in trying to help, offered to carry him a little bit of the way home. She felt bad for her sad brother. I told them both that they were fabulous and lovely children. They tried to choose the right and be nice to others. I would make them as much malt as they could stand (that is often my answer, and it does cure most everything). Here they are enjoying their malts. Glad I could a sad to a happy.

In keeping with the sports theme of our family, while at the Highland Oaks Halloween parade, I saw these two football jerseys. They are somewhat interesting....only interesting enough for a small size picture. Click on them to see better if you desire.

Heard on the Radio

I heard this on the radio this morning; thought it was funny and somewhat true:

Happiness is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery.
By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Nobody wants Big Ben?

Big Ben just happens to be the number 2 fantasy player in the league. Zak so callously looked down on Big Ben (21 points) when he personally played Joe Flacco (7 points). Next week Big Ben will probably become number 1, but Zak will still try to convince people not to trade for him.

A Lesson in Being Chaste

In our primary, they are encouraging the children to learn the Articles of Faith. (It's a good idea for everyone!) Griffin has done the 1st...easy, learned the 2nd but didn't pass it off yet. Today at lunch, he asked:

Griffin: Do you know the last article of faith (I didn't know he knew enough to ask that question.)


Mom: yes


Griffin: say it


Mom: so, I began the best I could...We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."


Griffin: A member of our family is in that article of faith!!

Mom: hmm - what is he talking about??

Kylie: Griffin, it is NOT CHASE, it talks about being CHASTE!

I love how Griffin's brain works.

Do You Hear Bells??

Check HERE if you want to know some "ringing" news about Steven......

FF Winning Streak

Has anybody in the history of our family fantasy football ever gone this long without a loss in the beginning?

I'm pretty sure no.

Go Raiders.

Note For School Absence

Zak and Quinn needed a note to excuse their absence when we were in Utah. Here is my creation:


Zachary Cole [and Quinn]was absent on Mon and Tues (9/28 – 9/29). We were in Utah supporting an AHS 2002 graduate, (my son), in defending his thesis. He did great; he now has a Masters in IT.

Humbly,
Julie Cole


I am sure the office is delighted to see that my children are absent so they can look forward to reading one of my creative, non boring notes. I am happy to oblige.