I Can Draw Dinosaurs

Hi. My name is Joseph Weaver and I like drawing dinosaurs. I Can Draw Dinosaurs is a book that tells about drawing dinosaurs. It is a fact book about dinosaurs and a drawing book about dinosaurs by Terry Longhurst. I like this book because it has easy to understand steps. If you had this book I think you would really like it.

Here is a poster that I made about this book:

The First Day of Spring -- Oh the Irony

Yesterday I had thought of starting to compose an entry that went something like this:

Despite having at least a foot of snow, if not more in places, and about 80% of our yard still covered in snow, it is starting to melt. Having spent last weekend down in Salt Lake and Cedar Hills where there is no snow, some of you might find this a bit difficult to imagine. Even the drive into Logan, most places have much less snow than we do. But that is usually the norm at this time of year. The kids played outside and had a great time. By the time they came in they all needed a change of pants, and socks, having soaked through everything. I even opened the windows for quite a while. It was wonderful. After having run the usual activities in the evening, I was coming home and saw the very first flower of the season in the flower bed! Spring really is coming!!

So back to the irony...we woke up this morning to about three inches of snow, and by the looks of the weather, the possibility of more to come today. I just had to laugh. I ventured out and took some pictures for those of you who may have already have forgotten what winter looks like. Please keep in mind the date, March 20th, when you look below. :)

View looking Northwest (normally you can see the mountains)

View looking directly West.

View looking directly East.

Last but not least, my first flower of the season, surrounded by the snow.
If you look closely, you can see several other buds.

Early Morning Wake-up

We came down to Sandy to visit Mat's Mom. As usual we had several interruptions during the night....children waking up to use the potty, crying of course, children crying because they are wandering around being very disoriented, etc. But the best interruption happened early this morning. Jacob came in the bedroom to ask where his backpack was. Waking up from a deep sleep, I was confused as to why he needed his backpack when it was still dark. He then went on to say something about how everyone (Joseph and Matalyn) was awake and upstairs. Worried that they had woken up Grandma, I quickly jumped out of bed and ran upstairs. When I got upstairs I noticed the time, to my amazement, the clock said 4:30 AM. Three of my children were up and going for the day! I quickly explained to them that it was NOT time to get up, not even close! I was also worried because they had gone to bed so late, close to 11 PM, and getting up that early in the morning was going to make an extremely long day. I told them that they needed to return to bed and to my surprise, not a single one of them complained or even made a sound after I helped them back to bed and tucked them in. Thankgoodness all were able to go back to sleep and all was quiet for several more hours.

When I grow up...

I want to be just like my Mom. Well, in one sense I have accomplished that task. For several years, my Mom worked for a company that made very high end baby products. She would sew quite a few of these products and has learned a lot. Here a while ago, the company she worked for went out of business and the owner gave her thousands of dollars worth of fabric. One of the things that she would make is a baby blanket called a swaddler. It has a strip of chenille around the outside and then the rest of it is made of a coordinating gingham flannel and a percale flower print. Well, I have finally learned to make these from some of the scraps that she has given me. I have to admit that these turned out so well, even my corners match perfectly, if I do say so myself...thanks for being such a wonderful teacher, Mom!

The pink one below is for Mat's sister Wendi, who is having her second girl.

The blue one came about as a last minute baby gift for someone in my ward. This one doesn't have the chenille around the edges, just flannel, but it will be perfect for summer.