Brandon and Jennifer: Fat Cats

Emmy, Abbee and Kalyssa

The Nielsen's gave us a gift card to Fat Cats for Christmas! We took all our kids bowling tonight for Family Home Evening. We passed around the twins as we all took our turns bowling. :)

Will lost interest in bowling when he had to wait for his turn, so I got him a treat.

He was so excited when it was his turn. He'd jump up and down as his ball rolled down the lane.

So! Just like last year... Mama wins with 129 and Brandon has 75... just sayin! haha. The lady spelled all our names wrong... we were Baile, Abbie, Culissa, and Jed!

The first thing Will wanted to do in the arcade.

Abbee and Kalyssa played Ski Ball while I lugged around the twins in their car seats. I forgot their stroller. We gave each kid about 7 or 8 dollars in tokens and they all scattered to play games and win tickets.

Brandon was in charge of chasing Willie around. His favorite games are the driving ones.

Like father, like son... they gravitate to the same types of games. I couldn't catch Baylee carrying around the twins. They all won a ton of tickets and got fun toys and candy at the ticket counter.

It was such a fun family night! Thank you, thank you to the Nielsens!

Jan 9, 2012

My Favorite Ensign Quotes

"I have found that implementing these five patterns-going to a private place to pray, kneeling, praying vocally, expressing gratitude, and praying for others-has helped me to pause and ponder on what I say in my prayers and has made the experience more meaningful. The Book of Mormon teaches other patterns of prayer as well, including being consistent and giving sufficient time to prayer and meditation. The Savior's prayers in the Book of Mormon include all of these five patterns."

-Patterns of Prayer in the Book of Mormon, October Ensign 2012

My thoughts: I want to make my own prayers more meaningful lately. As I read these patterns I could see what my prayers lacked. When I was pregnant it was very uncomfortable to kneel and pray, so I got in the habit of not kneeling. As President Thomas S. Monson stated, "Kneel to pray." I will follow his counsel and kneel to pray. I know praying vocally will help also.