Tagged

I was tagged by my Sister in law, Kara

What is your current obsession?
finishing my parents mission scrapbook

What do you hate that most everyone else seems to love?
semisweet chocolate chip cookies....must be milk chocolate

What are you wearing today?
white shorts and a pink shirt

What’s for dinner?
meat loaf, baked potatoes, corn

What would you eat for your last meal?
Cafe Rio sweet pork burrito enchilada style

What’s the last thing you bought?
milk

What are you listening to right now?
Halle saying, "Mama, mama", she's trying to climb in my lap

What do you think of the person who tagged you?
Love her and her sense of adventure.

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Close to our families

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Italy

What do you do for fun?
spend time with friends

What’s your favourite quote?
Nike: Just do it

What is your favourite color?
red

What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
jean shorts?

What is your dream job?
good question...don't know

Describe your personal style.
Simple, traditional

What’s your favourite tree?
Aspen

What are you going to do after this?
laundry

What’s your favourite fruit?
fresh peaches

What inspires you?
my husband

Who was the last person you kissed?
my hubby (unless you count little kisses for my kids, then it was Halle)
What are you currently reading?
No time to read these days, I fall asleep every time I try

Go to your bookshelf, take down the first book with a red spine you see, turn to page 26 and type out the first line
"Agents with a pKa closer to the body's pH have the faster onset, because a major amount of local anesthetic exists in the uncharged form, the form that crosses the nerve membrane."

What delighted you the most today?
it's still early, but I did get to take a shower uninterrupted...doesn't happen very often

What do you do to "escape" the real world?
turn a movie on for the kids and go in my room


The rules:1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own. (I didn't add another--this took me way too long!)2. Tag eight other people. (okay, so I didn't tag anyone. Do it if you want.)

Our week

It was HOT really HOT this week. We spent A LOT of time at the pool. We had swim team every morning and then would go back to play in the afternoon. We found a church that has a 2 story indoor play area that is open to the public. The kids had fun playing. We will be heading back there soon.
We had a swim meet on Saturday. This time it was indoors, thank heavens. It was just me and the kids at this one, so I was thankful I didn't have to chase them around in 101 degrees. The team we raced were great, by far the strongest and hardest team so far. Isaac held his own, although he didn't come home with 5 first place ribbons. 2 firsts, 2 seconds, and a DQ on butterfly. It was funny, when the horn went off to start the race, he dove in and did a few freestyle strokes before he remembered it was the butterfly. He had first if he wasn't disqualified.

lined up and ready to go.

Waiting around in the gym. these meets are way too long for the little kids. 4 hours.

Today was stake conference at church. I don't know why I even tried to go. We got there a little bit early to get a seat. And we were out in the hall just after the opening prayer. Halle is a mess. Of course when I take Halle out they all follow. They ended up fighting in the hall over who was going to sit where and then the fought over the crayons and everything else. I was there a total of 45 minutes and said "I can't do this". So we came home, only to have more fighting and arguing. It's been one of those days every mom has, where I question my ability to parent an wonder why I wanted to be a mom. So for now if any one wants an 8 year old and a 4 year old (which happen to be 2 boys) let me know :) I think raising boys is my test in life. On a happy note the girls looks cute today.

my heart is heavy

I have a best friend Stephanie. We lived by each other in Pennylane Townhouses when we were first married. We had babies at the same time, and became really good friends, really fast. Due to our moving around so much the past 6 years, we haven't lived close to each other. But we talk all the time and I see her for a few minutes every time we go to Utah. Next to Aaron she knows me best. We trust each other, we understand each other, we keep each other grounded. Everyone needs a Stephanie.

She called yesterday afternoon and asked if Aaron was home. "Nope". "Didn't think so, but I thought I would try." She never talks to Aaron, so I asked what was going on. She took her baby (7 months old) to the doctor yesterday because she had developed an odd rash on her legs. Her pediatrician sent her to the hospital for blood test. She was scared and wanted to know what might be going on.

After many tests, both yesterday and today, leukemia is the diagnosis. My heart aches because hers does. I was strong on the phone when she called a few minutes ago because she needed me to be. We talked about how it will bring her family closer, and hopefully make her husband a stronger member of the Church. We talked about Gods Plan and tried to stay positive. But right now my heart is heavy. I'm sad for her. I wish I could be there with her and help with her other kids. So for now I pray for Stephanie and her sweet little one. Please bring them peace.

little guy BIG ego

A conversation between Caite and Hayden (age 5 and 4)

C: Just because you wear your hat backwards and you walk cool and dance cool, doesn't mean you're cool.

H: I know, I'm awesome!

Kids are Funny

On Sunday we had the Burrups over for dinner. They are a middle age "empty nester" couple. Caite asked them if they could Limbo. Sally laughed pretty hard and said, "if I tried to bend that way, I would break something for sure." Roger said "I can do it if you hold it up really high so all I had to do was tip my head back, then I could do it." We didn't limbo that night, we didn't want anyone to break anything.

Last night in FHE we were singing a Primary song. Aaron always signs (ASL) while singing. Hayden kind of laughed and said, "Look, Dad is doing Chinese."

This morning Isaac was playing golf on the wii and started jumping up and down saying. "I got a Boogie, I got a boogie."

And Halle is far from saying anything that makes sense, but she sure babbles A LOT.

Unwelcomed Visitor

For the most part we love to have visitors. We love when family comes to town to visit. We love having friends over for dinner or to play. However, we didn't like the visitor we come home to today. We had just spent 5 hours at a very HOT swim meet and this is what greeted us in our backyard...way too close to the house that we would like!! We scared it when we went out to take a picture. It slithered away into the thick of the woods. He was the biggest snake I have ever seen outside of the zoo. We estimate between 5-6 feet! NASTY!!

So, Mr. Snake take your slithery self away and please don't ever come back!! OR ELSE!

He's a Natural!

Isaac had his first swim meet on Saturday. He did fantastic. He swam in 3 events...Freestyle, Backstroke and Relay. He took first in all 3 events (in his age group)! We are still learning about this swim meet stuff, but because of his times he has qualified for the "Meet of Champs". We've been told that's fantastic.

Waiting to warm-up

Getting a few pointers from Coach Janet

Freestyle

Going in for the WIN

Backstroke...going in for the BIG WIN

Waiting for his time

Boys relay...another WIN

Congrats from dad!

Way to go Isaac!

Poor Girl

Halle has her first ear infection. She started with a fever on Sunday afternoon and became really fussy as the night progressed. Aaron checked her out Monday morning and sure enough she has an infected ear. With it being her first we chose not to do antibiotics, just ear drops and motrin. We wanted her body to fight it off. This morning she seems to be back to normal. We are lucky to have healthy kids. In our 8 years of experience and 4 kids, we have only had 2 ear infections. Not bad. It's nice to have a doctor around when they do get sick.

Entertain Yourself

It was about this time last year when Aaron and I said "enough of the TV". We got tired of the kids fighting over what show they wanted to watch, so we told the them we wouldn't be turning on the TV except for 1 movie they could choose after dinner. That rule was the best thing we did as parents. However, it only lasted until Christmas time. It's true...I caved when Christmas Break came and the weather was too cold to be outside.

We have recommitted ourselves again. We are only on day 4 but we have had no complaints or asking about the TV. It's nice. The kids would rather be outside with friends. And the times they are inside, they have played nicely with each other. I love not having the extra noise...we have enough of that with 4 kids. It's a good thing. Aaron and I will still turn on the news after the kids are in bed, just so we aren't completely out of touch with what's going on around us.

Maumelle Marlins

We had a Mock Swim Meet last night so all of us newbies would know what to do on Saturday. We just did a quick run through with the kickboarders and freestyle. I didn't sign up Hayden, because he's not quite there yet (skill wise). Caite got there and freaked out because the race was in the deep end. Even though they had older swimmers in the lanes to help if needed, she wouldn't do it.

Isaac was a fish. He dove right in and swam his best. He came in 2nd for his heat. His coach was pleased with his time and said "you secured a place on the relay team." Isaac was excited. He has become quite the athlete and is quite the competitor. He's all about the time. His first question when he got out of the water was "what was my time?"...25 seconds for 25 yards. He was happy. At this point we he doesn't know the time for a fast swim vs. a slow one. As long as he knows how his time that's all that matters.

So here's a big shout out to our Maumelle Marlins! Go Marlins Go!