Who is that guy?

The one at the table wearing the glasses.  Do you see him?  Who is he?

There he is in the entryway!  Seriously, who is that dude?

 

Oh wait, it's Nico!  Phew.

(By the way, I walked into the dining room the other day and found him with the glasses on and coloring his heart out as pictured at the top.  Who knows how long he'd been like that.)

Ah Chess

You had him at strategy

Hopefully with all of the chess Jacob insists on playing we can rise above the whole Arkansas thing. 

To Liberty!

For Family Home Evening this past week we decided to do a patriotic lesson.  We looked at a few different flags, talked about what flags mean generally, and then read the story of Captain Moroni and the title of liberty from the Book of Mormon reader.  Then we invited the boys to draw flags.  After such a nice little lesson I felt certain we'd see some nice flags. 

Here's Nico's "flag" with two men standing next to flags and angrily brandishing swords.



And here's Jacob's flag, complete with a battle scene and generic mottoes.  (I'm talkin' about you "We have freedom" and "Seek liberty".)  Oh, and do you see the pools of blood?  I see them, but Matt thinks they're just the ground beneath the dying soldiers.  The ones writhing in pain and screaming, "No!"

I know the scriptures are true, but I also know that they are violent.  Sometimes I wonder if I should read them to the kids, I mean there's some tough stuff in there.  Bible, Book of Mormon, you name it! 

And, yes, my kids love it.  I'm sooo proud of them.

Faces

We got 'em, man.

Sweet ones

Dangerous ones

Sunshiney ones

Worried ones

Really worried ones

Annoyed at brothers for taking away toys ones

Upset ones (about the toy)

Devastated ones (again, the toy)

American Gothic (and more worried) ones

Cuddly ones

Um...other ones

And crizazy ones

(By the way, I love SPF shirts that are featured in this post.  So much less work at the pool!  I love less work!)