Going shopping.

I love these back-of-heads. It used to be a blond girl (Hailey) and brown boy head (Tyler) and now it is opposite in the grocery cart. I just love them.

Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday? Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your job or the work you do? Did you eat healthy all day yesterday?

These are some of the questions asked in "A survey of Americans' well being, conducted by Gallup in partnership with Healthways....blah blah blah". Highest marks given to UTAH, which "boasts lots of outdoor recreation for it's youthful population."

Basically I have fallen in love with Utah. I hope everyone loves wherever they live, because it makes a difference in how you care for your community/home/neighbors. That being said, if anyone outside of Utah wants to enjoy some "outdoor recreation" and you are of youthful population, please come visit me and we can go to the Dinosaur Museum or something.

Check out the article HERE.

Love letters to me:

From Hailey:

"Dear Mom. I love you Mom. Your my best friend. I hope you have a good Sunday! Your the best Mom! "

from Hailey

From Tyler:

"Dear Mom: I appreciate you so much because you nurter us, you feed us, you love us, um I might have to keep writing for a year to name all the things about you."

from: Tyler

wow

That's right. Wow. My word for the weekend. Saturday = 4 hour nap for the Momma. And I surely did need it for the rest of the weekend. I played in my Roosevelt Pops Symphony Saturday night and during Pavane I see out of the corner of my eye Emma and Hailey running up to the front of the stage and taking pictures of the symphony. THEN, Emma starts twirling around and doing "ballet". I see a man from my ward in the front row snapping pictures of her (will post asap), but THEN she climbs up the stairs right behind the conductor with a big grin on her face to wave "Hi!" to me.

hi.

After the audience laughs and I go back from beet-red to normal Utah-tan, we drive home. (Mind you at this point Nathan is wiped out from wrestling with the 4 kids by himself, and apparently Mason does not enjoy being quiet for 80 minutes of live music). We get pulled over twice (2 different cops) to let us know about the burned out bulb in the back. Gotta get that fixed.

THEN, in church today I accompanied 8 kids doing a little music medley in sacrament. And wouldn't you know, Emma decides to join the group and sing, (which means standing in the front and waving to the congregation the whole time with a big grin on her face). We walk back down to our seats and I find her Sunday shoes/socks under the bench. That's right, barefoot. And since I didn't realize it was daylight savings time this morning and I got all 4 kids and I ready in 25 minutes, she ended up wearing Hailey's dress which hangs down the front neck area, oh, say a nice 5 inches. Plus she had unbrushed nappy hair and red lipstick on. Not a pretty day.

THEN, we get home and Emma tells me she doesn't want to blow her nose because the boogers are her friends, but she doesn't know their names because they are at the rec center.

Oh, I mean Emma Lemon. She told us to call her that. Or Emma Lemonade. Or Sparkles. And she named me Mo, Bone or Milk.

Can we say imagination?

awwww, park days in Vegas during Vernal winters....yum

A heart of gold

Last night at Cub Scouts I had to introduce the Pinewood Derby for April and I was going to do it at the end of the program. Throughout the program Tyler kept asking how I was doing and if I was okay. (5-6 times) When it was my turn to talk about the derby Tyler made sure all of the boys were paying attention and listening. I asked him about it when we got home, and he said he felt bad because the Cubmaster "forgot" about me until the very end. He was so concerned about my feelings. (He just didn't realize that was the plan). What. A. Doll.   Such a sensitive 9 year old boy.

Notice:

Please disregard any random "announcements" from Emma. I was talking to Jamie, my sister this morning and Emma wanted to talk after me. She gets on the phone and tells Jamie, "We are going to have a new baby boy!" FALSE FALSE FALSE Who knows where she got that from?? Not me or Nathan!

Happy 1st Birthday Masey Baby

Check out this face. He was sooooo happy.

More Mase

Just had the usual loud "I don't want to pick up the piano room/kitchen!" after-school chaos. Have to write this one down:

Tyler was getting mad at Hailey and was being somewhat rude, so I told him he needs to be nice. He said, "She doesn't have to be obnoxious and what not."

What???

 I gave him a look and we cracked up.