Youth Missions

Our little family helped with the youth missions today!

It was their MTC day, so they had classes and learned about being missionaries. They split into 3 groups and went to classes.

I only know what Jared did. He taught the kids how to start a lesson after getting a foot in the door. Seeing me was supposed to be a follow-up visit.

The Summerhays did an amazing job making the nursery look like a home. They pulled in couches from the foyers, put a rug down, had a TV and DVD player all set up. And because we were in the nursery, we had access to all the toys, which helped entertain the girls!

They made it their home away from home....

Anywho, it was fun pretending to be an investigator! I had fun not knowing much about Mormons. The youth missionaries were good sports. I purposely had a movie playing for my girls each time, making the youth ask me to turn it off. 

And I embraced the awkward silences! If they lost their train of thoughts or didn't know where to start, I just sat there...looking at them...while Aubrey and Hannah played. Each "visit" was only a few minutes. 

I think it all went well though! My girls had fun. I hope the kids had fun. I enjoyed my time there. I was never meant to be a Sister Missionary, but I really enjoy helping those who have interest in it!

The youth is a great program. Maybe I'll start volunteering to help more. A couple hours out of a Saturday is OK. If anything, it was nice getting out of my house, even though I had to pretend the church was my new home!

Because we played in the nursery room, hopefully Hannah will like the room more!

Picking Strawberries

Our first year doing it! We wanted to pick strawberries last year, when I first heard about it, but June was a CRAZY month with lots going on.  We love going to Hilger's Family Farm for pumpkins and thought going for strawberries would be fun too!

But we decided to go last week and have the whole experience. Hannah is too young to care, but Aubrey had a good time. She mostly loved being outside and the wagon ride to the field. They both were good helpers.

We ate some as we went, just to make sure we liked the flavors of the areas we picked. Aubrey got bored after a few minutes. She either kept smooshing strawberries as she pulled them off, or they wouldn't come off at all. Running around was still an option, and that kept her occupied for a while! Picked a few flowers when the strawberries lost her interest.

Hannah had a great time. She'd eat the strawberries whole! Spit out the stem once she got all the good stuff. She was red and sticky by the end of it.

We didn't stay too long, but it was worth the experience. I didn't mind being able to get a few herbs for my windowsill! Now I can have fresh basil and oregano. Not to mention the awesome smell in my kitchen!

I snapped a "few" pictures of the girls being cute. I love them very much and am glad we got to have this experience at least once!

Wagon ride

Aubrey picking the strawberries

Hannah getting hungry

Got bored. Aubrey started to pick flowers while Hannah made her escape down the row

Our haul! Yummy

Tincaps baseball!

It's way too much for me to try and catch up all that I missed the past year (almost). So I'm just going to start from today!

Tonight, we went to our first baseball game as a family! Really, our first baseball game since Jared and I got married! We've lived in Fort Wayne just over 3 years and haven't been to a game. It's pretty sad. Within the past year, Jared and I have also been to our first Mad Ants basketball game and also a Komets hockey game. Big year for sports!

The games start at 7. Which is pushing it a little for the girls, whose bedtimes are 8. However, with it staying so light out, we thought they'd like the game. And it was pretty fun! The girls were relatively good, considering they don'g appreciate sitting in one spot and Aubrey wasn't fully understanding the rules of the game. It was difficult to hear and some things just got lost in the commotion. I came prepared with tons of snacks, and not surprisingly, I had already gone through most of them by the 3rd inning.

We got some fun pictures though! And it was a good experience. Now we know that if we stay up later past bedtimes, that the girls need their naps! Aubrey has been neglecting her quiet times. She'd much rather stay up and play. That's been fine most days. Some days, she needs that nap though. I figure a nap every few days is pretty good. She's a good sleeper at night (we typically put her to bed at 8:15 and she isn't allowed out of her room until 7), but on days we play outside a lot, she's so exhausted she needs a nap.

Hannah has been refusing to sleep in her crib. We've gotten in the bad habit of her sleeping on me. I need to get better about it. Her naps have gotten so short. Half an hour tops. She might start going back to two short naps a day, because she isn't getting a good long one. She sleeps pretty well at night now though. Sleeps usually from 8:30-6:30. I wouldn't mind her sleeping a little later though! :) Jared gets up with the girls in the morning, because I am NOT a morning person!

Here are the pictures! (Hannah doesn't appreciate pictures with me. And her smile is more of a snarl...)

Big family CHEESE!

 Aubrey wanted to take an us-ie!

 Had to get one with the field behind us!

 Having a good time walking the bleachers.

 Another family photo!

Had to get her ticket in the picture. Proof!!