Goofy Goobers

Kids are so much fun!

Touring the World with my Rock Band

There are so many things we love about our new home. The huge rock fireplace, (or rock climbing wall as Clay likes to call it) is not one of them. We have several ideas for how to disguise it, but not enough time to implement those ideas. We have re-textured, and painted the living room walls, so part of the room at least looks new. We have moved out of our bedroom and into the nursery so that we can re-texture and paint our room. It is really nice to have a good home and a good yard. We are really enjoying our neighborhood and our ward. We are really happy and doing well.

I got Rock Band for Christmas! It has been so much fun to play it together as a family. Clay and I have spent several nights staying up late "touring the world". We keep saying, "one more song" and before we know it, it is midnight! Both kids are pretty good at all the instruments. We also got Guitar Hero, and Eva is really good. Timothy thinks he should be allowed to play guitar -- maybe in a few years buddy.

Clay's family came over Christmas night and we had a lot of fun playing together

So now the Glovers need to come over and play with us!

Timothy Pukes

Funny video of Timothy at 2 months old.

Eva's Baptism

A week ago on Saturday we celebrated Eva's Baptism. We got there 30 minutes early only to discover that the ward before us had drained the font. Kd was freaking out because the font takes about 1 hour to fill. We hurried and turned it on and prayed that everyone would be late. Everything turned out fine. We appreciate that Uncle Worthy and Grandpa Worthy were able to be the Witnesses. We are also grateful for all the support shown by those who attended, and for those who couldn't make it but were there in thought.

Eva and Dad at the North Chapel

As you can see from the picture Eva was very happy and Beautiful. We are settling into our new ward. Kd is second counselor in the Primary Presidency. I (Clay the great) am the 3rd Sunday instructor in Elders Quorum. The kids are having a hard time adjusting but it helps that Kd's in Primary with them.

What a wonderful blessing all this moisture has been. We are keeping warm (too warm today) in our new house, and loving the neighborhood that we live in. Unfortunately Eva and Thomas had an accident today when after turning off the lights downstairs they ran into each other splitting Eva's lip open.

Kd thought Eva needed stitches, But she will be fine.

The first real snow at our new house.

Our backyard.

Last week our stake had a special fast for moisture and our prayers have been answered. (Eva was able to fast for the first time and is so grateful to see that it really works)

I Want Candy!

Okay, call us bad parents, but when our neighbor gave Timothy his own sucker for Halloween, we couldn't refuse. This picture reminds me of Homer Simpson slobbering over doughnuts. He loved the candy so much, that he threw his first candy fit when we tried to take it away from him! I know Halloween was forever ago, but here are pictures of my kids anyway:
Eva was a bubble bather, and Thomas was a vampire (minus the teeth because he said they hurt his mouth) I tried to do something more creative for Thomas, but he insisted on being a vampire or a devil.

Eva just turned 8! Grandma Cindy made a dog cake for her and Eva had a party (Yes that is Rachel in the background, and yes, she IS picking her nose).

Thomas got sick yesterday -- he puked in the driveway. As a result, Eva played Nursemaid. It is amazing how nice she can be to the kid when he is sick, but so mean the rest of the time! We told Thomas he should get sick more often, so that Eva will be nice to him.

The Cutest Baby in the World!

Or at least Blanding...Wow Timothy is 4 months old, and growing so quickly! We are really enjoying our new ward and new neighborhood. I already have a calling -- Primary 2nd Counselor -- I am looking forward to getting to know the ward members through their children. We have stagnated in the unpacking. All the essential stuff is unpacked, so it is that much harder to want to get through all the other boxes. Oh well! Eva and Thomas are doing great at school, and have more friends than they know what to do with thanks to the treehouse.

Weighing Tim in the nail scale at SJBS (Clay's work)

Techno-crazy!

So Eva's crisis' always seem to occur when I am between the babysitters and home or work, and after she frantically called Grandpa in tears, I got the message that she forgot her lunch for the field trip. The need for my children to be able to find me, as well as the frustration of not having a home phone for 2 weeks, drove me to finally invest in a cell phone. So I just realized, that I am the last of the Glover siblings to get a cell phone! I am not looking forward to another bill, but I am already enjoying the peace of mind of knowing that I can always be in contact with my children. We are really enjoying our new home and our new neighbors, and are looking forward to attending a new ward tomorrow after having been in 1st Ward almost all our lives!

On a sad note, last Friday we had to put Tinkerbell to sleep after she bit our neighbor's 5 year old little girl. Emma Heck (our neighbor girl) tried to hug Tinkerbell, and Tinkerbell for some reason bit Emma on the head. The Heck's were really nice about it, and it was a really small wound, but we knew we could not take the risk of a worse attack in the future, so we made the difficult decision to put her down. The kids took it really hard, and screamed and cried at me. Thank goodness for Brenda, for taking them to her house so they could keep their minds off of it. We are grateful to Dad for taking Tinkerbell to the Vet for us, because we could not do it ourselves. Tinkerbell did have some nice qualities, but they were overshadowed by her aggressive behavior, and that is unfortunate. It will be rough on Clay and the kids for a while, but we know it is ultimately for the best.