March Highlights

John Derek dressing up for Wacky Wednesday at school.

Celebrating Maddie's Birthday with Mom and Dad.

We went to Red Robin and they sang her Happy Birthday!

Michael begins swim lessons.

Celebrating Maddie's Birthday at lunch with her friends.

I told the kids that while Derek and I were at the temple I wanted them to create a scene from a story out of Legos. This is John Derek's creation of a scene from Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

I love it when Michael falls asleep in the middle of the day. He is so cute!

John Derek's school put on a talent show. He really wanted to participate. He decided he wanted to sing the song "Gethsemane." So he practiced and sang the song during tryouts. He was put in the show and sang for the whole school. I was proud of him. He is our little missionary and is not ashamed of his love for Christ. To see the video go to:

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When we went for the dress rehearsal he was in his suit. The teacher said, "Are you running for President? We need a good candidate!"

Michael telling me that the bathroom floor is floating. (The toilet overflowed)

Elizabeth did a presentation about Queen Victoria. She got to borrow Aunt KoKo's costume. She did a great job and looked beautiful. She was even one of 4 kids out of all of her track to present to the principal. Then she got to present to her old Drama teacher. She was really in her element.

More swim lessons!

Being Silly with a "rocket" he made at John Derek's Pack Meeting.

Comments

WE ARE EXPECTING BABY #5

Yes, you read it correctly. The Thornton Family is expecting a new baby in Dec. 2012. We are very excited. Today we made the announcement to our 4 children and I am sure that each of you heard their screams of excitement. Maddison immediately told us that it was going to be a boy but then after a few minutes decided that we need one boy and one girl. John Derek would like the baby to be a boy so that he can have a brother. Samantha would like the baby to sleep in her room. Elizabeth would like the baby to have brown hair so that more kids in the family would look like her. Then the conversation turned to names. Here are some of their favorites: Elizabeth wants: Sarah, Eva, Evelyn, or Eve, and if it is a boy Phineas or Ferb Samantha wants: Sam or Ammon John Derek wants: Johnny Maddison wants: Cinderella and Johnny So here we go. Taking on a new adventure of 5 children with faith that we are following our Father in Heaven's desires for our family. In this last conference Pres. P

Elizabeth

My darling Elizabeth is so wonderful. At Church I had the pleasure of talking to different people about the great girl she is. I was in the mother's room, feeding Michael, and talked to two other moms. We were discussing the joys and difficulties of raising children. I talked about how I couldn't do it without my Elizabeth. How she is my right hand. She is so good and stepping in and making breakfast or lunch. She loves to make pancakes with chocolate chips. She is great with Michael. I know that I can give him to her and he will be well taken care of. As soon as we pull into the garage she exclaims, "I'll get Michael!" then leaps out of the car and takes him out. I don't know what I would do without her. When Michael was first born and I was constantly feeding, sleeping, and trying to hold the house together she did so much. She was such a huge help. She is going to be a great mother some day. She is so good at talking to children and

Awards October 2014

My wonderful daughter Elizabeth is doing so great in school. She has a 4.0. Friday she received 3 awards at their quarterly award ceremony: High Honor Roll for having a 4.0, Outstanding Participation in her computer class, and the SPLASH award: S - Self Control, P - Pride, L - Leadership, A - Attitude, S - Safety, H - Honesty. What a great girl I have. I am so proud of her. She is a great daughter, she helps me so much. I could not be the mom I am today without her help.

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