Sunday, January 31, 2010
Dad should have been a dentist
Popcorn Popping on the kitchen floor
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Hamburger Arms
You saw the post below, about my ceiling falling in? Yeah, that was awesome. It happened Thursday afternoon as I was getting ready to walk out the door to J.D.'s basketball game. And today, even more insulation fell out. My kids took the hockey sticks that go to the game table, and rather than leaving it in a pile, pretended it was hockey puck, sooooo I have insulation all over my back room.
Tyson walked into the kitchen the other day and said, "Mom, I don't want a terridactyle as a pet. I think I want a dog." Random, but there you go.
I had the chance to go to The Best of EFY today with the Young Women. Only one of my Mia Maids went. Bless her, I could do with a dozen Meagans. But it was so good! I laughed and laughed and we spiritually fed. We had one speaker, Greg Johnson, who talked to us about the importance of writing down spiritual thoughts and promptings, so that we don't forget them. He also shared several HILARIOUS stories with us about his kids. I laughed so hard, I had tears steaming down my face. It made me realize that I need to be better about writing down the things my kids say, because dang it, I have some pretty funny and amazing kids.
Then, I came home and my eczema, which is a tad bit out of control was really bothering me. I had 3 fingers that were swelled up to about twice their size. I ran over to talk to my mother-in-law, hoping against hope that she would tell me I would be okay until my appointment on Monday. Oh no! It looks like staph infection. SWEET! So Josh took me to the instacare. I spent 3 minutes with a Doctor who told me it was inflamed eczema and yes, my puffy fingers were infected. After an hour in the waiting room, $87.00 for the doctor visit and few prescriptions later, I am on the road to recovery. I think I may sneak into church tomorrow and listen to Joey's farewell talk, and then me and the Pipper are coming home. She has a nasty cough and has been running a fever. Plus, according to my sis-in-law, my arms look like hamburger! They do, it's pretty graphic. I could compete with any picture you can find on the web for eczema. YUCK!! Sure makes a girl feel attractive. I have 5 day's of steroids, which annoys me. That crap makes you gain weight. So much for the HCG, I just finished.
Another one of the speakers, Justin Sula, was also amazing! He spoke about choosing happiness now. How we can choose how we react to our circumstances. It was a great talk and one that I needed to hear. I have some awesome quotes and scriptures that I will share. I need to go through my notes. But it's good to hear, because really all of these bad things may be happening to us right now, I'm still incredibly happy and incredibly blessed!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Our Crazy Life
Thursday night Josh and I went to the temple. Joey was taking out his endowment as he gets ready to leave for Thailand. What a good kid. I am so impressed with him and can hardly wait to see who he'll be when he returns! He's gonna be a heck of a catch for some lucky gal.
Friday night, my boys spent the night at Trina's for Corbin's birthday. Grandpa came and picked up Piper at 5:30 and for 2 glorious hours I child free at my house. Then Josh and I went to see Avatar, which is the BEST movie I have seen in quite awhile. I was so impressed with it and can hardly wait to see it again!
Yesterday we went to Mia's birthday party! We had 3 parties in 3 day's. I think I am birthday partied out for awhile. Then last night was New Beginnings and it was awesome! We had some of our girls plan it for a project, so the only thing I had to do was provide a yummy dessert!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
3:30 am ramblings
I bought an awesome frame yesterday at DI for $3, it's kind of cream colored and vintage looking. The paint is peeling, but it gives it more appeal. It has a picture of an avocado in the middle of it. Honestly, who wakes up and thinks, "Today I want to paint a picture of an avocado?" I don't get it, but the frame is awesome. The avocado is nice to, if your down with putting up a veggie on your wall. I have big plans for it. I hung it on my wall last night. Can't wait to see what Josh thinks of my new picture. I am going to tell him I like it and that it's staying on the wall. Ha, ha, ha, can't wait to see his face!
Kids say funny things. Lately we seem to have a lot of things said that make me laugh out loud and stop my dead in my tracks. A few examples:J.D. brought home his invitation to the baptism fireside from church on Sunday. I said, "Man, this makes me feel old!" Tyson asked, "If your old, what are we?" To which J.D. replied, "We're very young!"
Tyson was saying the dinner payer the other night and word for word, here is what he said.
"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day, she didn't want to kiss me, but bless us to still get married in the castle, Amen." He was totally referring to his gal Addie, and now every night in our prayers we have to hear about the castle. It's now replaced going to Disneyland and the beach.
Onto more depressing things, okay not depressing, but not nice! I had a horrible night last night with my Young Women. I just don't understand 15 year-old girls. I don't. I remember being that age and I am sure I had my moments. In fact, I remember a few, but the level of my naughtiness does not compare, although if were talking about the year I was 16 (almost 17), it makes my girls look like angels!! I was just beginning to think things were looking up. And really they are for the most part, just a minor set back. I still love them beyond measure, I just want to wring their necks a bit and then hug them!
Okay, now I've exhausted the thoughts tumbling around in my brain. I think the last bit of info, is really what is keeping me up. I'm so glad, I am not 15 years-old. It makes me tired just thinking about it. With that said, I think I am going to try and get some sleep. So good-night and sleep tight!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Ice Skating in Dixie
Monday, January 18, 2010
Speed Racer
A few weeks ago I was at my friend Tiff's house and out front she had this awesome Speed Racer car. I asked her where she got it, and I was telling her that I was going to see if I could find one and asked her to keep her eye open for one, because Tyson would just DIE to have one.
The next week I got a phone call, "Come get the Speed Racer car." My sweet Tiff, totally gave it to me to give to Tyson, because her little girl doesn't drive it and wants to fix the Barbie jeep. I even offered to buy it, but she is so sweet to me. I didn't even realize it was a battery operated one, which just sweetened the deal. Unfortunately, he has only got to drive it the one time, because we got it late on Friday night, and were gone all day Saturday. Of course, Sunday is packed and today it's raining, but it's all charged up and ready to go.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Volcanoes




Thursday, January 14, 2010
Destroying Angel
And did I mention, she did all this without anything covering her cute little butt? It's been a long day already!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
My New Favorite Quote
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Friday, January 8, 2010
Tyson's Little Girlfriend
This is Addie. She's Tyson's girlfriend. Or as he calls her, his little girlfriend. That is how he identifies her from the other girls. His Little girlfriend! She is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen. She is so darling and so sweet.
Addie came over and played at our house yesterday! It was a lot of fun to watch them and to listen to them. Addie says she wants to marry Tyson in a new pink castle! Super cute, huh? So yesterday, they were playing on the floor with a game and Addie told Tyson, "I want to get married in a pink castle." Tyson replied, "I think we should get married at the church." To which Addie replied, "I don't want to get married in the church. It's got to be the pink castle." Ha, ha, ha! It's super cute.
Adventures in Basketball
Teaching basketball to a group of 10 little boys is not my forte. Thank heavens for the assistant coach, who is one of my friends, husband, who I immediately delegated to be the coach!! Thank you Neil! Did all of that make sense?
Well, our little team had their first game yesterday. We had one practice beforehand and this game was pretty much just a practice game.


