kids are stinkin hilarious....

I had an urge to make
green eggs and ham one
morning and had the
camera ready...Tyler and
Hailey are awesome-excited,
but Emma was disgusted.









This is how you know kids
have a good life: They have
paper airplane contests in the
front yard instead of turning
on the t.v./gamecube.I couldn't
choose between this picture
and the next because of Tyler's
slightly feminine stance in
both, which I finding very
humorous.










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THIS probably more than
anything has made me feel old.
The kids used their monthly
allowance to buy a TracFone,
the "pay as you go cell phone".
They are completely out of
minutes now, but the calls
and text's they have made
were hilarious. They would
call me on the way to school,
on the way home, from their
friends houses multiple times,
and to each other in the same
room, asking,"Is Mary Poppins there?". They would be short 10-second
conversations to "save their minutes". I am very wary about them having phones
this young because they can be a negative influence, but I trust that their
lack of money and purchasing power will help curb this until they are older.



We are LOVING scouts.
Tyler is in the middle
watching popcorn pop
(seed theme). I am on
the scouting committee
with my calling and am
such a supporter of all
things scouts.






The tides have turned
and Emma really loves
her Daddy now. (For awhile
she was all mine). Every
morning when he goes to
work she runs to her room,
gets under the curtain
and looks through the
blinds, waiting to see
him drive down the street
and honk for her. (awwwww.)



This is the face I see all day
long. (Excited, waiting for
a fun "mom idea", with
a smudge of unidentifiable
food on the cheek.) I am
constantly trying to find
a "project" for her.








Today I gave her soap
and some dirty dishes.
She loved it.











She spent her "allowance",
(which she really doesn't
get but asks for it every
time she sees something
at the store she wants.
Which now that I think about
it, is every time we are at
the store.....), on paper dolls.
Great 3 year-old activity.





These last two pictures
are with cousin Lucy-bug.
Can you tell she is a super
happy and fun baby? Emma
loves her.










I call this one:
"Blubber in
the Leaves".

a first...

Did I really cry last night when Tyler got his first basket ever in a B-Ball game? Yes, I did. It sure makes a difference when it is your kid out there. But it is still embarrassing. Especially for Nathan.

We be chillin at the Holidae In

We just got back from a weekend in Provo and we ended up at a hotel so the kids could swim. Nothing even remotely funny to report. I just really wanted to use this title. But Mason did get to sleep in the bathroom! That is somewhat entertaining. (Am I grasping at straws????)

On to election day at the elementary school (Thus the red and blue rubber bands/ribbons). McCain 92%, Obama 8%. Kids sure pick up on their parents political opinions. Oh well, Obama people we are now.

Ouch. Emma needs 4 sealants and she was so excited and told everyone she is getting "gold teeth". What the?

(Tyler is second from the left). Between YM/referee, Junior Jazz and Nate playing on the Wells Fargo Vernal B-Ball team, we have 3-4 games a week. Tyler is loving it and is doing great.

Finally Mason is getting "more fun". He is rolling around like nothing else and loves to throw his head back and look at everything upside down. (Which makes for an un-fun time of holding him.) Where did the infant stage go??

We need some more craft ideas. Seriously. I finally cut out leaves and Emma taped them to a stick and planted it in the front yard.

*PICTURE OF THE WEEK*

We told the kids we were going to Taco Bell.....but we made a quick stop at the doc's office for family flu shots. I asked them how they felt about it.......

I never blogged about Tyler's baptism and he asked me why. I said it was too sacred and private but he wanted me to put it on here. I feel like it is appropriate now because this is a private blog. This is also turning into a weekly family journal and I now plan to print it out into a book because of how much info is on here. Anyway, here is one picture of the special time just for T...