Three in a Row

Breven came running in and announced, "I just pulled my tooth out." That makes it that he lost two teeth in the same day, which is very exciting.

His two front teeth have been loose for quite awhile, and one has been hanging in front of the other for about a month. We have been able to see half the roots, but not brave enough to pull it out.

This morning when he woke up, his tooth was missing. We looked in his bed and on the floor, but we did not find a missing tooth. Breven is worried that he swallowed it, and that the tooth fairy will not come. We wrote a note to explain what happened and hoped for the best. With the other front tooth gone, he realized the second front tooth was really loose too, and so he pulled out tonight. Now when you look in his mouth, he has three missing front teeth on the top not just the usual two-front teeth.

A year ago, he lost his first tooth, his right-side incisor, and a permanent tooth has not grown in that spot. When we went to the dentist, we saw that it was the corner of his permanent front tooth that pushed the side tooth out. Now Breven says he has "three in a row, just like tic-tac-toe." He's a poet, and he didn't even know it.--he, he

What a Missionary Experience

Can you imagine being invited to sing at an NBA game on your mission? I wonder how that transpired. This definately does not happen to every missionary.

Cupcakes

Someone I admire wrote this on her blog. I had to copy to share with my friends, but also to remember the message. Have a Happy Easter! Thanks Cindy, you have a gift of making up analogies.



"We are all unique and beautiful---just like cupcakes; And, just as no two cupcakes are alike, they are all uniquely beautiful.

But, just as beautiful as the cupcake may appear, the cupcake is more treasured if it is delicious on the inside. Like cupcakes, our inner beauty is more important. You know, it was prophesied that there would be nothing attractive about Jesus and yet people drew near to him. Why? Because he was so good. Because he loved others, truly loved them, people wanted to be near him.

Another thing about cupcakes...without the rigid cupcakes tins, they would cook up to be nothing but a blob. Sometimes we view rules or standards as restrictive...and yet-if we live within these standards we will rise above and beyond what we could even imagine for ourselves...but to rise above, there must be heat...or trials...I know that Heavenly Father can and will make more of our lives than we can even imagine if we let him."

New Version of "Slug Bug"

Not too long ago, there was a commercial for a Volkswagen van. If you recall, the family drives around and watches the neighbors slug each other and say, "Gray one." Sienna inquired about the commercial and I told her about looking for Volkswagen Bugs while you're out in the car.

The other day, as we were driving home from school, Sienna said, "White one. That is 47." She and Breven have changed the rules of the Slug Bug Game and now they look for Sienna Toyota vans instead. It cracks me up because they are able to remember exactly what number they are on. Sienna is up to 167 and Breven has 88.