Primary Program 2008 and the new Christmas dresses

today was the primary program at Church . my mom came and helped get people dressed this morning. since i can't manage to be on time on a normal day, much less when i want them to look decent. so i can always use all the help i can get. helping do hair and put clothes on.

here are the new Church outfits. the Black and fuchsia with lace overlay skirts,and black velour tops. and the boys got black shirts. and pants but Peyton's didn't fit. and i couldn't find any for pierce . Paxton is the only one that wanted to wear a tie. which is fine by me. we go casual , no tucking, no ties normally.

(Lance took the pictures for me while i put my shoes on. and made use of the lint brush. doing my girls hair in a black dress isn't a good idea.)

pictured Peyton, Paxton, Liberty,Pierce, Hope and Joy.

anyway. and i didn't get around to making the bows to match. i hit walmart last night to get ribbon. and well piddled around too long while talking to Jen on the phone while i shopped. only to come home to Lance asleep so i got to carry the 20 bags of groceries in by myself.

so after a long day, of being gone and some shopping i was too tired and just settled for tying ribbon in their hair today. i'll get around to the FABULOUS bows later.

the program? went fine. no one picked their nose, no one waved like a dork. my kids didn't anyway and that is all that matters to me. i lectured on the way to church about everyone being able to see you up there and no doing those things. and i told them to watch for my wink. so they'd know i saw them , eliminating the need for the waving. it worked fabulously.

Hope refused to participate, she sat with her class for awhile but didn't say her part, and then sat with Lance and his class the rest of the time.

Joy was pouting the whole time because her teacher pissed her off. and took away the hymn book she was playing with. so she didn't sing much, and frowned the whole time she was on the stand to say her part. "I can be kind to my family and others" . awesome. her attitude says it all. i was holding my breath fully expecting her to say she hated someone. and burp or something.

Paxton was great. and i had a great view of him singing.

Liberty was one of the first to stand up. happy to sing.

Peyton even sang. which was great. and did his part well.

and Pierce? he sat with me and my mom and yelled every time he saw a sibling. he had every intention of going to sit with Lance.

to keep him happy he shoveled a half of a big bag of fruit snacks into his mouth 7 at a time. drooling. I'm really liking the black shirt it doesn't show any colored drool. FABULOUS.

and of course no church sponsored event is complete without him flinging something in the air and hitting someone. this time it was a fruit snack. he was trying to share with Uncle Gary 2 rows back and nailed the girl in the row behind us. awesome.

(at least it was small compared to the snack size candy bar he nailed someone in the head with ,at the baptism last month)

today i had a 4 hour nap. FABULOUS! i haven't slept in for weeks. and haven't taken naps but continued with my ridiculous schedule of staying up too late. so it was a much needed nap.

yay.

oh and i nearly forgot i get to go to jury duty tomorrow. that should be interesting.

do you think if i say/act like, i'm really prejudiced they will excuse me? a day i can do. anything longer and there is no way i have time for that.

my mom is watching the little kids for me. since it's conference call monday. and lance is unavailable for anything on monday's .

should be interesting .

SO have a FABULOUS monday.

leave me lots of comments so i have something to read on my phone while i'm at jury duty.

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