Never A Dull Moment

As most of you know, the Dean home on Merrington Place is busting out of the seams with all of us home (Ammon and I and the Bunkers). With three kids, 3 and under, there is never a dull moment. We have been having such a great time, there always seems to be something going on.

We figured out that Scout loves to take rides on the kitchen table's lazy susan. Check out her new dance moves.

Sorry this video is sideways. . . apparently I don't know how to hold the camera the right direction. My family has a mini pool table, and Scout figured out the balls are the perfect size for her mouth. The balls are pretty big, we figured it is probably about the same as us walking around with a full size pool ball in our mouths.

At any given moment, Scout is probably somewhere in the house. . . with a ball in her mouth. Safe?- Probably not, but it is so funny.

With my parents still gone we may not all be acting as well as we should be. Last night at dinner, Brittany was trying to give Scouter some more spaghetti. She found a quicker way of getting them across the table. . . why pass the bowl when you can just chuck them the 5 feet across the table. As the picture shows, Britt definitely needs to work on her aim. Scout took it like a champ.

It's all fun and games until someone gets spaghetti in the eye.

Avery wanted in on the fun also. I love her little giggle.

In honor of our parents being in Nauvoo, we decided to have our own Pioneer Night for Family Home Evening. We all dressed up as pioneers, ate chicken pot pie, had a camp fire, told pioneer stories, and ended the night with jumping on the trampolines. Does it get any better than that?

Scout made the cutest little pioneer. She is ready for the plains.

I took Avery shopping with me to get the dinner. I asked her, "Avery, what should we get for dessert? What do you think the pioneers and Joseph Smith ate for dessert?" She thought about it for a long time and decided, "Popsicles, definitely Popsicles!" So that's what we had- of course, why wouldn't the pioneers eat Popsicles.

If any of you are ever bored, come on over to Merrington Place. It is always a party, and you're all always welcome.