"If I Could Keep You Little..."

I found this children's book last night and just loved it. Enjoy! "If I Could Keep You Little..." Written and Illustrated By Marianne Richmond. If I could keep you little, I'd hum you lullabies. But then I'd miss you singing your concert's big surprise. If I could keep you little, I'd hold your hand everywhere. But then I'd miss you knowing, "I can go...you stay there." If I could keep you little, I'd kiss your cuts and scrapes. But then I'd miss you learning from your own mistakes. If I could keep you little, I'd strap you in real tight. But then I'd miss you swinging from your treetop height. If I could keep you little, I'd decide on matching clothes. But then I'd miss you choosing dots on top and stripes below. If I could keep you little, I'd cut your bread into shapes. But then I'd miss you finding, "Hey, I like ketchup with my grapes!" If I could keep you little, I'd tell you stories every night. But then I'd miss you reading the words you've learned by sight. If I could keep you little, I'd push you anywhere. But then I'd miss you feeling your speed form here to there. If I could keep you little, I'd pick for you a friend of two. But then I'd miss you finding friends you like who like you, too! If I could keep you little, We'd finger-paint our art. But then I'd miss you creating stories from your heart. If I could keep you little, I'd push you ducky float. But then I'd miss you feeling the wind behind summer's boat. If I could keep you little, We'd nap in our fort midday. But then I'd miss you sharing adventures from camp away. If I could keep you little, I'd fly you with my feet. But then I'd miss you seeing sky and clouds from your seat. If I could keep you little, I'd keep you close to me. But then I'd miss you growing into who you're meant to be!

Father's and Son's Outing

Each person in our family looks forward every year to our ward's Father's and Son's outing. Tim, Jacob and Noah went this year, had a great time and even had a campfire! They left here about four o'clock p.m. and got back this morning at 10:30 a.m. Jacob got to hold a wild lizard, "it was brown and yellow on it's back and had a blue belly with sparks" which he was thrilled about. The boys played with friends and had plenty of time to explore. They stayed up around the campfire until after dark. So it is tradition in our family that the boys don't go on Father's and Son's outing until they are fully toliet trained. This is nice for me because I get one-on-one with each of our youngest. Adam was really upset when he realized that his dad and brothers left. So we had some fun together and enjoyed the silence of the house!

Mom here is the picture I took for you of Adam sitting in his lawn chair.

HAPPY BROTHER'S DAY!

Did you know that May 24th is Brother's Day? We just found that out today. On Mother's Day Jacob asked a very good question, "Ok, so there is Mother's Day and Father's Day, why isn't there a Brother's and Sister's Day?" Hmmm. Rightly put Jacob. Mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters are all important and needed in our families. So we decided on this past Mother's Day to make a new tradition in our family, we were going to have a Happy Brother's Day. We planned it for this Sunday,May 27, just because it was in the middle of Mother Day's and Father's Day. As I was watching the weather on local news this morning, they informed us that today was Brother's Day, in which Jacob was thrilled! I asked them what they would like to do today for Brother's Day and they didn't know...so we will have to work on that.:)

The orignal seven members of Wheelwright family at Tammy's wedding.

Wheelwright brothers and sisters trying to get their children to smile and hold still for the picture with Grandma and Grandpa Wheelwright, not

Tim's brothers, Scott and Joshua just before high school graduation. One special day!

Jacob and Noah have a balloon bath on Noah's 2nd birthday, December 19.

I was blessed in my life to have great brothers, Will, Jon and Brad and brother-in-law Lorin, Eric, Jared, Scott and Joshua. They have and still have a very positive influence in my life. They are amazing husbands, fathers to their children and uncles to my boys. I love the fun memories we have made with them. I appreciate their goodness and strength in my life and am so grateful I have them. FYI: The first Sunday in August is Happy Sister's Day!

Update on Jay

It will be a month on the 27th that we found Jay (the parakette that we found perched on our backyard door). We have tried to find his owner, but have had no reply or responses, to our noticies that we put out. So we have decided to keep Jay as our pet. Jacob has done a great job taking care of him so far and he also named him Jay...after BlueJay (since he is blue). We enjoy his tweets in our home. We have his cage hung in our dining room and he has another hook outside on our porch in the backyard (his favorite place to be as he can communicate with the wild birds there). Yesterday, he was doing tricks for me, hanging upside down on his perch and moving through the branches of his cage. We are starting to see his personality and it is a shy, but fun one. We were having such a hard time choosing a pet, the boys, mainly Jacob really wanted one. But thankfully, it was decided for us. Jacob would still love a lizard, but for now Jay is doing the trick and we all love him. I was asked if the bird was a girl or a boy bird, I reply, "We only make hims here.".

Webb Family At The Solar Eclipse!!!

The pictures say it ALL! What I facebooked last night, "The solar eclipse was amazing, right up my scientist, husband's ally and my three little want-to-be scientists sons too. Great memories made tonight as a family!"

Solar Eclipse

THE RING OF FIRE!

Last night we had an unforgettable family activty. We witnessed a solar eclipse! It started 6:28p.m. and lasted for about one hour. The "Ring of Fire" last four minutes long. There was also a beauiful clear sunset afterward. In Jacob's extension class they made solar eclipse viewer with cereal boxes and learned all about it. I am not sure who was more excited, Tim or Jacob about this physical science wonder...they both took a good amount of time preparing for it. We drove up in the foothill, to a park at 5:45, at least a hurdred people were already there. We got an awesome place to set up the camera and our chairs. Everyone around us were so friendly, we even met a lady from Canada. Both Jacob's viewer worked well and he was so pleased. A co-worker from Tim's work gave him "Eclipse glasses" which worked the very best, it was so amazing and unforgettable! We took turns using them. Noah put them on and yelled, "OH, COOL!!!" Yes, it was. The elcipse experience was so unlike anything we had every experienced. We got there in broad sunshine, we were hot and coated everyone in sunsceen. But as the elcipse happened, it cooled down, got dust colored, even though it wasn't dust yet. We kept looking around, it looked so different. The night cooled much faster because of the elcipse. It was a marvelous experience for sure.

Flowers...So Many Kinds

For a while now, I have been wanted to make pen flowers for our kitchen. They are artifical flowers with pens placed on them with floral tape, then they are placed in a pot. They are pretty and useful so they service two purposes, both of which Tim and I like. So we also made them for the boy's teachers and Jacob's crossing gaurd at school. It was really fun doing all this crafts and finishing up a sewing project for my cousin's wedding gift. I enjoy making pretty things. Noah made me one of the most beautiful flowers out to tissue paper in school. Now my favorite colors are pink, reds and purple. Noah's favorite colors are orange, orange and orange. I was in aww when I saw the flower he made, it was so beautiful to me, the colors he use, it was such a nice gift. I love the gifts that Jacob and Noah gave to me for Mother's Day, mainly because they made them for me. I am so thrilled, our rose brushes are blooming tons of red and pink roses this year. I love cutting them and placing them in our house. So here are some pictures of all the flowers I have seen lately.