Not a Bad Idea

So at church on Sunday I was talking to one of the other Nursery mom's. She was telling me that she and her husband decided long ago, when their 1st kids (now in college) were young, that they would pay their kids $1000.00 if they hadn't kissed anyone by the time they turned 18.

Now at first I thought, that is ridiculous. No teenager will give up kissing for $1000.00, but then she told me that her 2 oldest (daughters) have already collected their $1000.00 and her 3rd (a son) is holding off telling them til June at Graduation. She is pretty sure he will collect his too. She said their daughters have said at different times how glad they were that their parents gave them this offer. They said they really had to stop and think "Is this guy really worth $1000.00?" Apparently the answer was always no.

So here is my question. Is it worth $1000.00 to keep your kids morally clean? I've really got to think about this. I've already talked to Eric about it, we are pondering. I've proposed this idea to Amara and she laughed at me, she said, "$1000.00 isn't worth not kissing", then informed us she'd already kissed a boy. When we inquired who, she told us " None of your business!"

Maybe $2000.00 will make it worth it! HELP!

Newport Beach Temple

We thought it would be fun while Jen and Clark were here to take them to the Newport Beach Temple. This is the temple that our stake is assigned to. On a good day with no traffic it takes about 30 min to get to. It was beautiful! The grounds are especially gorgeous! It was a fun day. We also snuck over to Sprinkles Cupcakes to sample that goodness. Umm can I just say Yummy! I tried the Red Velvet and the white cake with Milk Chocolate icing. Wow!

Pizza Port with the Biddle's

Our dear friends Andy, Marie and Noah came to see us for a few hours last week. They were down here to be at a family reunion that luckily was only 40 minutes from our house. We decided it would be fun to take them to a local pizza place that we all really like. It was soooo fun to see them but it was way to short. We are hoping they come back to see us very soon for a longer period of time! We miss you!

At the Beach with Baby Clark

It was fun to see Clark experience the beach for the first time. The first day he hated the sand, he'd cry when he touched it. By the last beach day he was eating it, crawling around on it, having a ball. My kids loved watching him try all the new things. He didn't love the water. It is a little chilly this time of year.

We hope he comes back and has lots more beach days with us!

Spring Break Surprise

My sister Jeni and her son Clark flew down last Thursday to surprise the kids for Spring Break. They were very surprised! It was along time to keep the secret and Eric almost blew it a few times but they really were surprised! They get to stay until this Thursday. We've been having a ton of fun! More posts on that coming.