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Artsy Ham

April 15 was Glazed Spiral Ham Day. It was also World Art Day.

We ate glazed spiral ham.

Nichole did art.  

The End. 

We Made It to the End of September

September 29 was Happy Goose Day. Dad made us ham dinner (that would make a goose happy) so I could take a long nap. My hero.

September 30 was National Mud Pack Day. We celebrated it observed the next day with Dirt flavored Oreos. Get it? Mud? Dirt? Not like Bertie Bott's dirt flavored jelly beans. Dessert named Dirt with gummy worm bits on top.

My opinion: They weren't spectacular. They tasted like chocolate Oreos.

What's With This Kid?

Remember when Jet put that piece of pizza on my shoulder? Random. I blogged about it on May 12, 2022.

Apparently he's still into that sort of thing. He put a banana peel on Jeremy's head back in April this year.

He's a ham.

My Children, the Hams

The day (well, evening really) the kids and I went hiking Big Springs was Silly Sayings Day, October 13.

Now you see us.

 

Now you don't.

 

You do realize already that all my children are hams, right? Jet learned that early on. Doing things to make us get a kick out of them. He was doing that before he was even a year old. Yep, he fits in nicely with this family. 

Anyway, the kids must have an influence on me somehow. While we were out hiking, at one point Jr. picked up Jet quickly and his shoe went flying off. I saw it and immediately said, "Oh no. His foot..." Now I'm not sure if I completely finished that sentence out loud but everyone interpreted it the same way so for the rest of the trip, we were jokingly saying, "Oh no. His foot fell off." They also thought it was funny when I pointed out that it was Silly Sayings Day.

More silliness:

This picture. Lucky "fell" on the ground and Jr. went skipping down the trail. I caught this picture at just the right point because even though he was skipping, it totally looks like he was about to stomp on his brother. He didn't.

 

Another saying I said several times during our hiking trip: "Short people rule." Jet, by virtue of being a toddler, is short. I, by virtue of genetics, am short. Jr. is not. So when Jet insisted on holding Jr.'s hand while hiking, Jr. had to bend his knees a lot. 

Then while going under some branches, Jr. practically had to limbo his way under. Heh Heh. Others did not have to go so low.

 

As soon as we reached the meadow, the boys immediately started playing Hide and Seek. At one point, Jr. Jr. was looking on the complete opposite side as Jr. and Lucky were hiding. Nichole and I both knew this so while Jr. Jr. couldn't find his brothers, Nichole called out, "Marco," to which we heard in unison the called response, "Polo," from Jr. and Lucky so Jr. Jr. knew he was looking in the wrong area. It took him enough time to find them once he was on the right side but that was so great that it worked so well. Nicely done, Nichole. 

Now this one isn't silly but Lucky spotted a ladybug and was able to get a picture of it. Way to go, Lucky.

Ham!

For National Glazed Spiral Ham Day on April 15 we had a nice dinner of ham, potato salad, green salad, and stuffing. 

There were some big pieces of spinach. 

There was also some fun at the dinner table.

Jr. Jr.: Aagh. Mom's disguising spinach in the ham. She's secretly making us eat spinach.

The funny thing is Lucky wouldn't eat the ham but he would eat the spinach.

Lucky: I don't like this kind of ham because it comes from pigs. 

Mom: Then what kind of ham would you like that doesn't come from pigs?

Lucky: The kind that comes from ham-burgers.

You're Not Busy, Right?

Lucky: Mom, will you hold my piece of ham?

Mom: Umm...

Easter 2020

We got a little creative with Easter this year. We didn't know if the Easter Bunny would be in quarantine or not.
We did celebrate the real reason for Easter, our Savior's Atonement and Resurrection. During at home church, Jeremy shared with us "The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles."
For Easter dinner, we usually like eating ham but Jeremy wasn't going shopping that week (we're trying to limit our shopping trips these days) so as I said, we got creative. We had a little bit of ham in the freezer which we used for grilled ham and cheese sandwiches since Sunday, April 12, was National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.

Another day, Jeremy wanted to make onion rings so the kids and I went out for a walk and bike/scooter ride while he was making them.

When we got home, there was a surprise of Easter eggs hidden in our living room. We didn't know if that would happen this year. Apparently it did. Yay.

And the onion rings were so good. I think I ate way too many. They didn't last long enough to make a side dish for a meal, we snacked on them so much.

Happy Easter

Church was great.  Nichole sang a solo with the choir and did a wonderful job.  It was so beautiful.  A friend of mine and her mom also did a musical number in Sacrament Meeting.  It was also so beautiful.  One of our bishopric members gave a talk and talked about peace.  There were definitely moments of peace today.  So wonderful.  I had one moment when we got home from church- I watched everyone else go inside and I just had a wonderful feeling of love for the members of my family.  I took the time to say a little prayer of thanks for that moment.  I am so grateful for it.

Dinner was great, too.  We had lots of food.  Plenty of leftovers.  Woohoo.  A few of the kids helped with making dinner.  They are wonderful.

I LOVE MY FAMILY!

Don't Step on My Blue Kool-Aid

Yesterday, January 8, was the birthday of Elvis Presley.  To celebrate, we had blue kool-aid with dinner and sang songs about having a "blue kool-aid without you," or "I'll have a blue birthday without you."

Lucky is a ham.  But he was a big help stirring up the kool-aid.

Fun With Friends

When you try to take pictures of a group of kids together who are all hams:

We got together with some friends from our early married years and their kids.  Their kids and our kids are all the same ages.  So fun.  We decided to take pictures of the kids and since they are the same ages as our kids, the kids took cues from each other.  Sigh.