Adelia was "reading" this book the other day. I think Andrew is starting her young:)

Making doughnuts

Growing up, one of my best friends' mom made the best doughnuts. I have always wanted to try to make them and this weekend we finally did it. It was fun and I think we will definitely do it again. Andrew was in charge of frying.

The finished product. We were proud.

A first for me

Last week we got an official babysitter for the first time (a pre-teen girl that we paid). We've left our kids with family or other adults before so they are ok being away from us but I was worried about getting a babysitter. I don't know why it stressed me out but I was so proud of myself when I finally called one. Adelia was excited about the idea and Tucker was a little nervous. When we came home after three hours, Adelia was unhappy because she was having so much fun. I thought the girl had been too uncomfortable to feed them dinner because I didn't see any signs that she had, but later we realized that she was just awesome at cleaning up after! It was a great experience and now Andrew and I will feel more comfortable going on dates outside of the home (We always have stay-at-home dates after the kids go to bed!) I finally did it.

Jeremy's home!

This last week my little brother came home from serving in the Belgium Brussels Netherlands Mission. He spent two years teaching people about Jesus Christ and His church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) We are proud of him for serving but glad that he is home now!

We're excited and just waiting at the airport...

He looks the same to me! (This is really the only picture that we got-sorry it's blurry.)

Thompson Boys' Day

Some of the Thompson guys went paintballing this last weekend. Only Ryan had been before. Andrew reports that it was very fun and didn't seem to be as messy as I expected when he came home. Now he is convinced that upcoming dates/family activites should include paintballing!