Primary Program

We had our annual church Primary Program in October.  The kids prepared well for their lines and for the first time ever, all the kids memorized and delivered their lines well.  It is almost a little disappointing when none of the kids does anything crazy, like the year Everett was a sunbeam and kept grabbing handfuls of leftover bread from off the sacrament table.

We practiced together enough times that James picked up on some of the lines and would wander around, repeating them for all to hear.  "What does baptism symbolize?" He'd begin.  

I don't know whether he was disappointed or not that he couldn't be up there with the big kids.  Since James is now in primary, he can experience the primary program first-hand next fall.

Our neighbors, who graciously came to watch the kids, took a family picture of us.  It turned out pretty well.  Joel looks at this picture and immediately says, "How did we get all of these kids?"

I don't know (I do--don't worry about explaining it unless you really want to), but I am glad we have them.

They are all pretty fun.  We have a really neat mix of personalities in this family.  Each child is very different from the others.  We have an energetic extrovert, a private introvert, a child who is constantly preoccupied with upholding his sense of justice, and a child who is happy-go-lucky unless, on a rare occasion, he feels victimized.  It puts a little challenge into this parenting gig (gag?) Joel and I have going, but it is fun and I am glad we get to do it.