Salad

Mike and I were in the bathroom yesterday morning, chatting before we headed out to greet the kids, when Dallin comes walking in: "Mom, Dad, did you guys have salad for dinner last night?" Dallin had been at a friends house the previous evening and had dinner there so he didn't eat dinner with us. "Yes, we did have salad for dinner." "Was there any left?" "Yes, there is some left in the fridge and you can even eat it for breakfast if you want." Dallin went skipping and jumping out of our bedroom going "YES, YES, I CAN EAT SALAD FOR BREAKFAST!! WOO-HOO!!" Now I ask you...where did this child come from?? What 9 year old boy wants salad for breakfast? Mike and I just looked at each other and laughed.

Eden...again!

This girl just cracks me up!! Today for homework she had a writing assignment, so she sat down at the table to begin. After about 10 minutes I went to check out her progress. The assignment said, "Draw yourself as a reader", "Answer the following questions: What kind of reader are you, why do you like to read, and where do you like to read?" So I'm looking first at her picture, "draw yourself as a reader", and I was a little confused, it didn't make any sense. Eden noticing my perplexed expression, looked at the picture she had drawn and read the directions again. She starts laughing, and says "Oops, I did this wrong" and while laughing pulls out her eraser and says "I thought it said 'draw yourself as a reindeer'". We both totally lost it!! That would explain why the picture of herself had antlers coming out of her head!

Home Teachers

Yes, here in Jakarta, we have very regular, excellent home teachers. Brother Jed Beckstead and his son, Hayden, came to visit us this last week, and while they were here, gave the kids rides on their motor scooters...SUPER FUN!! Even Mike took one for a spin up and down the street.

Eden says the darndest things!

We are sitting around the dinner table one evening and Dallin is telling everyone about an audio book he's been listening to about the Titanic. Eden was finding it very interesting and said, "It would be cool if you could actually see the real titanic that sunk under the water." Dallin says, "You can Eden, you can scuba dive down there." Eden with a very amazed look on her face says, "Whoa! I would need a really big straw!" The dinner table erupted in laughter. We love you Eden, thanks for all your quotables!