So, my kids are pretty notorious for spilling stuff at the dinner table. Once, when Rochelle was watching Logan for me, Logan spilled her drink 3 times during the same meal. I guess by then it was just ridiculous and they burst into laughter instead of tears!
I think I've figured out where my kids picked up this "spilling gene". From Kelly (and me). A few nights ago we were getting ready to sit down to dinner. Kelly was bringing the pan from the oven over to the table and dropped the whole thing on the floor! We managed to salvage most of the food, laugh if off, and did not have to go hungry. It gets worse...during the same meal, I managed to spill a big, full, glass of ice-water on the table which proceeded to soak Logan. Luckily Kelly was already away from the table and did not see my folly (I guess I'm telling on myself now). I said a quick "thank-you" that it was only water and not soda or Kool-Aid to make my floor extra sticky. I had an "ah-ha moment" and figured my kids are doomed to be "spillers" thanks to Kelly and me! I guess I better stock-up on paper towels and get used to it!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Happy Birthday Melanie!
Melanie and her husband Riley, baby Hannah, Spencer, and Macy
Today my little sister turns the big 3-0! It's weird that we are both in our thirties now;) Our parents must feel really old! I love Mel so much and am glad she's my sister! Growing up I wasn't always the nicest big sister...she reminds me of this every time we're together, just kidding, Mel! But really, I could've been a lot better to her! I really never thought when I was in high school that we would ever be friends, we fought that much. Now I consider her one of my best friends and confidants! I love talking to her on the phone and spending time with her and her family. Happy Birthday Melanie...I hope you have a great day!
Today my little sister turns the big 3-0! It's weird that we are both in our thirties now;) Our parents must feel really old! I love Mel so much and am glad she's my sister! Growing up I wasn't always the nicest big sister...she reminds me of this every time we're together, just kidding, Mel! But really, I could've been a lot better to her! I really never thought when I was in high school that we would ever be friends, we fought that much. Now I consider her one of my best friends and confidants! I love talking to her on the phone and spending time with her and her family. Happy Birthday Melanie...I hope you have a great day!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Rock-on!
It got really quiet in my house this morning while I was distracted by the computer. I decided I'd better go find out what kind of trouble the kids were getting into. This is what I found. Logan and Maika left the Wii on and I guess Bronson wanted his turn. The funny thing is that he knew what buttons to push to choose a song and get it going. He liked the strum button and the green button, so when that combination came up he got it right. He's not ready to be a rock-star quite yet...he keeps getting booed of the stage:) The girls will go crazy for guy that plays the guitar in his footy pajamas.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Reunions
Can I just say that I love the blogging world? I wonder why I was so hesitant to start one...it must be because I'm a little bit rebellious and like to go against the flow instead of with it. That said, I'm so happy I started one. Although I love keeping in touch with my local friends, I get to see and talk to you on a pretty regular basis. In the past few weeks I feel like I've had a mini high school reunion and a mini family reunion. It is so much fun to get reconnected to these friends and stay close with my family since we don't live near them any longer!
FAMILY REUNION:
My little sister, Melanie started a blog a few weeks ago, then Kelly's little sister, Nani started one, and then my long-lost cousin, Jenni found my blog and we get to keep in touch now. There is a funny story about how I met Jenni...Last year when Kelly and I went to Arizona to watch the Fiesta Bowl, we knew we were staying at our brother-in-law's cousin's house. I felt a little weird about it because I'd never met them, but decided to make the best of it. At breakfast the first morning I noticed Jenni's maiden name on a piece of paper. I told her that my mom had relatives with that last name and then told her some of the last names that I was related to. She told me that her grandma's maiden name was the same as my grandparents last name. Then I said that my grandpa had a sister named Mary. Long story short, we figured out that her grandma and my grandpa are brother and sister, that our parents went to high school together and that our moms were in the homecoming court together, and to top it off she married my brother-in-law's cousin. Needless to say, it was so much fun to find out that we were related, and I didn't feel one bit weird about staying at a stranger's house after that:) It was really fun to get to meet her parents and get everyone caught up on everyone else's lives!
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE REUNION:
Now, on to my high school reunion. I've known Autumn has had a blog for awhile, but now Jenny, KerrieLeigh, Kayela, and Lisa all have one. We all grew up in good ol' Blanding, Utah. It is a very small town in the south east corner of Utah. When I say small town I mean small! When I lived there, the population was probably 4500 people or so, no stop lights (just one 4-way stop sign on Main street), one grocery store, no fast-food chains...you get the picture. That said, I loved growing up there! We had so much fun figuring out ways to get into trouble, and entertain ourselves. I have fun memories of each of these girls. My freshman year in college I roomed with Kayela and Lisa, it was a blast! We had Tetris tournaments on GameBoys just to make one of our other (clogging on the entry-way, speaks in sign language when she isn't deaf and expects you to understand her, tantrum throwing) roommates mad (hopefully she doesn't come across this post!), we also scared the you-know-what out of this same roommate one night when she was walking home from a neighbor's house and we were hiding in the bed of a truck in the parking lot. We jumped out and she got so scared, she ran into the house and locked us all out for a LONG time. It was snowing outside, but we kept warm because we were laughing our butts off about the look on her face...it still makes me giggle even as I'm typing this!
FAMILY REUNION:
My little sister, Melanie started a blog a few weeks ago, then Kelly's little sister, Nani started one, and then my long-lost cousin, Jenni found my blog and we get to keep in touch now. There is a funny story about how I met Jenni...Last year when Kelly and I went to Arizona to watch the Fiesta Bowl, we knew we were staying at our brother-in-law's cousin's house. I felt a little weird about it because I'd never met them, but decided to make the best of it. At breakfast the first morning I noticed Jenni's maiden name on a piece of paper. I told her that my mom had relatives with that last name and then told her some of the last names that I was related to. She told me that her grandma's maiden name was the same as my grandparents last name. Then I said that my grandpa had a sister named Mary. Long story short, we figured out that her grandma and my grandpa are brother and sister, that our parents went to high school together and that our moms were in the homecoming court together, and to top it off she married my brother-in-law's cousin. Needless to say, it was so much fun to find out that we were related, and I didn't feel one bit weird about staying at a stranger's house after that:) It was really fun to get to meet her parents and get everyone caught up on everyone else's lives!
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE REUNION:
Now, on to my high school reunion. I've known Autumn has had a blog for awhile, but now Jenny, KerrieLeigh, Kayela, and Lisa all have one. We all grew up in good ol' Blanding, Utah. It is a very small town in the south east corner of Utah. When I say small town I mean small! When I lived there, the population was probably 4500 people or so, no stop lights (just one 4-way stop sign on Main street), one grocery store, no fast-food chains...you get the picture. That said, I loved growing up there! We had so much fun figuring out ways to get into trouble, and entertain ourselves. I have fun memories of each of these girls. My freshman year in college I roomed with Kayela and Lisa, it was a blast! We had Tetris tournaments on GameBoys just to make one of our other (clogging on the entry-way, speaks in sign language when she isn't deaf and expects you to understand her, tantrum throwing) roommates mad (hopefully she doesn't come across this post!), we also scared the you-know-what out of this same roommate one night when she was walking home from a neighbor's house and we were hiding in the bed of a truck in the parking lot. We jumped out and she got so scared, she ran into the house and locked us all out for a LONG time. It was snowing outside, but we kept warm because we were laughing our butts off about the look on her face...it still makes me giggle even as I'm typing this!
It's also fun to see what time has brought to each of our lives. Where we live, who we married, how many kids we have, what we look like, etc. My favorite part of getting reconnected is that we are all grown-ups now. There is none of the high school drama and we still pick up like we've been talking to each other for years. So if there are any "lurkers" out there who went to high school with me (Candace, Stephanie, Storm, and anyone else) leave a message on my blog and start a blog of your own! They are so much fun and a great way to keep in touch!
Late Start
Our snowy road on the way to take the kids to school.
I thought my friends and family from Utah or people who have ever lived in Utah would get a kick out of these pictures. This little skiff of snow means that "they" delay the starting of school for 2 hours! I'll give "them" that the roads were a little slick, but when I was in high school I remember school being canceled once and that's because it snowed about 3 feet in one day! I always get a little giggle out of these late starts or cancellations. Heaven help us if we ever move back to Utah...we are turning into big wusses out here!
Our snowy backyard.
I thought my friends and family from Utah or people who have ever lived in Utah would get a kick out of these pictures. This little skiff of snow means that "they" delay the starting of school for 2 hours! I'll give "them" that the roads were a little slick, but when I was in high school I remember school being canceled once and that's because it snowed about 3 feet in one day! I always get a little giggle out of these late starts or cancellations. Heaven help us if we ever move back to Utah...we are turning into big wusses out here!
Our snowy backyard.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Sunday-time
This past week seemed to drag in some ways and fly by in others. Does that ever happen to any of you? It seemed to drag as far as school days, I kept thinking, "aren't we to Friday yet?" When dinner time rolled around I was like, "oh yeah, I have a family to feed, what should we have?" Thankfully at Enrichment, I got a lot of really good tips on menu planning and grocery shopping. I'll have to pull out my papers and give that a try this week.
The week flew by as far as, "Oh my goodness, it's almost Sunday again, I should really be working on my lesson!" And, "oh my goodness, I'm having Bunco at my house this month, maybe I should get my prizes and food together!" Again, thankfully, I went into the city this weekend with Rochelle and got that out of the way.
This week I get to look forward to an OBGYN appointment:( Needing that yearly exam already! Again, I was thinking, "Didn't I just have that??" But, that was another thing we learned about at Enrichment...the importance of taking care of yourself and all the preventative measures we can take with ourselves. Definitely not fun, but definitely necessary!
So, like all of you other moms out there...the craziness starts again tomorrow! That's why I'm so excited to have Sunday. I get to go to church at 9 o'clock and we are home by noon. We have an easy lunch and then it is nap time(or reading time, or guitar hero time, or blogging time, the point is we have time) after everyone gets a rest I still have time to prepare a nice dinner and we get to spend the evening as a family as well. I remember not liking Sundays when I was younger, but boy do I love them now!
The week flew by as far as, "Oh my goodness, it's almost Sunday again, I should really be working on my lesson!" And, "oh my goodness, I'm having Bunco at my house this month, maybe I should get my prizes and food together!" Again, thankfully, I went into the city this weekend with Rochelle and got that out of the way.
This week I get to look forward to an OBGYN appointment:( Needing that yearly exam already! Again, I was thinking, "Didn't I just have that??" But, that was another thing we learned about at Enrichment...the importance of taking care of yourself and all the preventative measures we can take with ourselves. Definitely not fun, but definitely necessary!
So, like all of you other moms out there...the craziness starts again tomorrow! That's why I'm so excited to have Sunday. I get to go to church at 9 o'clock and we are home by noon. We have an easy lunch and then it is nap time(or reading time, or guitar hero time, or blogging time, the point is we have time) after everyone gets a rest I still have time to prepare a nice dinner and we get to spend the evening as a family as well. I remember not liking Sundays when I was younger, but boy do I love them now!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Aaaand, next subject PLEASE!
I'm trying to escape the controversy of my last post discussion, so I will tell you how I spent my day...I woke up and exercised, then I ate breakfast, then I got my kids dressed and ready for the day, then I put Bronson down for a nap because he thought he needed to get up at 4 in the AM!, then I took a shower and got ready, then I took the kids to playgroup at the church, then I took Maika to school, then I came home and fed the babies lunch, then I put Bronson down for another nap and turned on Nick Jr. for Nalani, then I spent the next 5 hours cleaning out and organizing the toys and getting rid of the junk, then I cooked dinner, then I vacuumed and my vacuum broke so I had to borrow Rochelle's, then we ate dinner, then I cleaned the kitchen, then I typed this post:) Now I'm ready to go fold Mt. St. Helens of laundry while I watch "Grey's Anatomy" Then I will start my new book and fall asleep in the middle of the third page...Goodnight! (I think I might've set the world record for the longest sentence ever, I apologize to all you English majors out there!)
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