Emergency Preparedness

I just found a food storage calculator on Emergency Essentials. It will calculate the calorie needs of your family as a unit given the individual age and gender of each member. It has a program that lets you enter how much food you already have and will tell you how many days you could last. Sadly, my family could last 22 days. I need some more food!

http://foodstorageanalyzer.com

New Moon!

I went to see the movie New Moon last night with some friends from my ward. Scott was really sweet to let me go have fun without him. It was ridiculously fun to watch it with a whole theater full of screaming girls. We even had fun waiting in line taking pictures with Edward.

Gwen has been having fun with empty wrapping paper tubes lately. She thinks it is especially interesting to listen to our voices come out the end near her when we talk into them.

Angelina's Baptism

My friend Angelina was baptized on October 17th. I had the great blessing of hosting the missionary discussions and reading through the Book of Mormon with her. We would often meet to discuss what she had read in the mornings while I fed Gwen in her highchair. She is an amazing friend and I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of her conversion process. Gwen was even willing to be held by a friend during her baptism so I was able to give my talk on baptism without a squirmy baby on my hip and give my full attention to Angelina's baptism and testimony. What an amazing day!

Seaside Highland Games Festival

We took Gwen to the Seaside Highland Games Festival October 10th. We dressed her up in a plaid cap and a tartan wrap and she looked very cute. She became a senior citizen magnet! We couldn't walk 30 steps without someone coming up to talk to her and telling her how handsome she was. She was repeatedly mistaken for a boy since her cap and wrap were blue and green. Since I felt that this was my fault I didn't bother to correct them. About half of the people figured it out when they noticed her pink shirt, pink binkey, and pink shoes. Scott wore a kilt that I made for him for Halloween two years ago. I wore a Scottish outfit that I made at the same time. It was a treat to get to wear our costumes since I spent so long making them. We saw Scottish and Irish dancers and heard live bagpipe music.

Gwen month 8

We have had a lot of fun this past month with Gwen. Gwen started eating solid foods on her own. I love it when she barely misses her mouth and gets a cheerio beard. She also likes to drink from a sippy cup and dump water all over herself. We went to Solvang with our friends, April and Steve Garff. It was fun to explore the Danish town with them. Gwen found a red shoe that was just a little too big for her. She had fun dancing with Steve while April and I played some music.

Webcam

My parents got us a webcam for Christmas. It's been wonderful to be able to see them and my sister (who also got one) when I talk to them. Yesterday my Dad figured out how to take pictures during our conversation.

Scott, Gwennie, and I took pictures this past Sunday with Karly. She is an amazing photographer. It is so great to have such great pictures of our new little family!




































On the left is a picture of her holding my finger.















Scott looks so sweet holding his little girl!






















Isn't she beautiful!?!