How To Prepare Fish - Emily

Tonight, Tuesday, August 16, we had the missionaries over for dinner. Emily was especially talkative. At one point she started explaining how to prepare fish. (We had rice and beans in homemade tortillas, so I don't know what sparked the fish conversation.) Anyhow, here goes...

Emily - First you catch the fish on a hook. Then you take it off the hook and take it in and put it in a bucket. Then you cut out the eyes, and cut off the mouth.

I said - You usually just cut off the head.

Emily paused for a moment as she thought about that and then said - then you cut off the head. And then you cut it open and take the bones out. And then you take it home and put it in the freezer. And then you take it out and cook it for 5 minutes and then you can eat it. :)

I have no recollection of discussing this with her, and we've never gone fishing with her, except once when she was really young, and that was catch and release, so no fish preparing. Did she figure this out on her own? Maybe so. What a brilliant little girl!

Joshua's Hunting Story

As related by Joshua on 8/7/2011 as he was going to bed:

When I have a wife, I’ll ask her if I can go hunting. And she might say “Yes” and she might say “No.” We’ll have to wait and find out.

I want to go hunting so that I can see if I like it.

When you go hunting you have to be really quiet so you can sneak up on the animals. You have to wear sneakers so you can be quiet enough to sneak up on the animals so you don’t scare them away.

Also, when I go hunting I’ll take a sword and a gun. I’ll put the sword in a thing on my belt and the gun in a thing on my belt. Then when I see an animal, I can pull out the gun or sword and use it. I’ll use the gun to shoot birds when they fly up. I’ll use the sword to kill the other animals. I might even need to use them both at the same time. I might even get a hunting dog to help. I will use the gun if the animals try to run away.

I want to go hunting in a big open place so the animals can’t hide. You know like a big forest where there aren’t any trees.

I can use a rolling bag to put all of the food in so that I can take it with me when I’m done. I can put all of the animals I get into the rolling bag.

Some Assembly Required

On July 23, we went and picked up some shelves for the toys. However, some assembly was required before the shelves were ready.

Here is a picture of the shelves before any work had been done. :)

Thank goodness my husband knows what to do when provided with few instructions on a project such as this.

After a week of hard work, the shelves were ready for the kids to help with the finishing touches. They got to paint the beautiful decorations on the shelves. They did such a good job... too bad the sun was in their eyes. Otherwise, they would have been all smiles. I promise.

Jessica was tired of pictures so I stood in for her this time. Again, the sun was just not cooperating with us. Oh well. The shelves are really nice. That's what's important.

Here are the shelves in the house. I'd forgotten there was carpet in this corner. It's so nice to have a place for things. :)

Blue or Pink?

Well, I had an ultrasound done on Monday, August 1. The technician couldn't tell me much, but I assume everything is alright. This baby has a nice little heartbeat, and all the parts I could make out. Anyhow, below are the pictures they gave to us.

The top left picture is of the spine. The top right picture is of the face. You can also see a little fist up there, too. The bottom left picture is the profile. And the bottom right picture is a leg and foot.

Now for the answer to the question... drum roll please...

We will be pulling out all of Joshua's old BLUE clothes... and the other color ones as well. But yes, he will have a brother. At the moment, he'd rather have his own room, but I don't think it will be too much longer before he decides a brother is far better than his own room. :)