Funny things kids say and do....

Maecee's funny sayings

Brings me her baby "mom hold her...hers cryin, wah, wah, wah'"
Cat from Cinderella "that cat cared (scared) me, hes cary!"
Her fav song is "Twinkle, twinkle, yittle tar"
Book we were reading had a dog with scary (scowling) eyes "no, no doggie, you have cary eyes!"

Brings me a tampon "mom you have a bum hurt?" NICE ONE!
I dropped something and she said "oh cap (crap---another learned from mom moment---oops!)

Dan it (dang it)

Were Nenna do? Were E, E do? Were daddy do? Asks all day long

Hap birth to you (happy birthday to you) is singing this right now :)

Can recite the book Good Night Moon almost word for word.

Can count to TEN!

Ethan Doings

Ethan told me last night when I was laying by him (this is when I get the best stories/questions) that the girl that sits next to him in school likes his hair up in front like this (then he shows me how with noises and all). I asked him how they got talking about his hair and he said he put some water on it and asked her if she liked it messy, just down or some up in the front. So guess how he wanted to wear his hair today?

He also gets to have hot lunch now that he goes to 1st grade. Well he was telling me what he ate for lunch and he said that he tried a pickle and really liked it. Well he liked it so much that he decided that he wanted to save it for later......so he told me he put it in his pocket. Then when they had to run laps after lunch he said that he took it out and took a bite AND NO ONE EVEN KNEW! Then he proudly pulls the shriveled pickle from his pocket and says "see mom here it is!" Okay when Eth does or says something funny you have to be really careful how you respond because he gets embarrassed really easy depending on his mood. So inside I was DYING wanting to bust up laughing my head off but I analyzed his mood and decided to say he was pretty tricky and then when I looked at his pocket it had a nice circle of pickle juice surrounded it, I had to turn my face away and just laugh. He is sooo funny!!

McKenna

Oh this girl is growing up so fast and asking me the craziest questions. Oh how I'm not ready to answer them.... Don't get me wrong, we've talked about ALOT of STUFF but she is not one to accept a simple answer. She wants details, details and more details. I try to answer to the best of my knowledge but some things are easier than others......especially with her imagination and persistance. Phew!

I took a picture of her before church because she looked so dang cute and I was shocked at how beautiful she is. Actually I was more like frightened. I'm going to have to put that girl in a bubble! Although I think her dad will be good at scaring most boys away. Thank goodness for gymnastics that keeps her time occupied. She is such a good example to us though. Last night I came home from RS visits and she had prepared a whole FHE lesson on Loving our Families. She did a matching game on the chalkboard, called on prayers, helped lead songs, played a game and bore her testimony. WOW what an example she is to me. Love that girl!

Gymnastics Award Party

Last night was the Air-Bound Awards Party. They did awards at the park and then had reserved the pool for swimming. Everyone gets one award (that's the red excellent ribbon below)from their coach. I recorded what her coach Sara said about her. (I'd add the video but still haven't been able to get that feature to work on here, so I just wrote down what she said)

McKenna's pretty funny. She's always making me laugh. We've had a lot of good times. She has put in a great effort to learn her level 6 skills so she can compete. She always lets me know what she's thinking. She's also very open minded and not afraid to be herself. Coach Sara Huppi

That definately sounds like McKenna to a "t"! I'm really proud of her! They also do a competition called "Top Dog". It's where all their conditioning pays off. They test them to see how many push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, etc. they can do. Julie said that they never meant for it to be a big deal but the girls get REALLY competitive about it! She also said there are alot of tears involved. So the ribbon below is 2nd place for McKenna's level 5/6 group Top Dog! She was sad that she didn't get 1st. Silly girl.

Then the certificate is from her last years award (level 4) for Most Dependable Gymnast. This is in a plaque that hangs up the whole year. It is for the gymnast that the team can count on for getting consistent scoring, etc. Well guess what....she won the same award this year for level 5/6! It is really fitting for her in more ways then one. She is very dedicated to being a gymnast and team player. I get in SOOO much trouble if I make her late. She wants to do and be PERFECT. She absolutely loves it! Anyone who is able to do 16 hours/wk of gym, get good grades at a darn hard school, help her mom and dad and still have a social life is pretty talented!

We sure do love this girl! She is growing before my eyes I think. We went thru last years school pants and she's grown out of almost all of them. So scary and fun at the same time! Love ya Kenna Mac!

Hard Questions by Eth

Conversation out of the blue last night with Ethan

E: Mom we need more people in our family (tears in his eyes, choking back, starting to cry)

M: What the...."why do you say that?"

E: Because I really want a brother (huge crocodile tears forming)

M: I look at brett w a dumfounded look, he looks back at me like.....that makes two of us. He ALWAYS make me answer hard questi0ns, you know the kinds i'm talking about! Ok me regaining my composure...."Why do you want a brother?"

E: Cuz I have too many sisters and I need a brother for a friend!

M: (me thinking...how do you explain to a 6 year old that you have had all tubes and other areas singed, burned and otherwise made unusable for having another baby!!!? CRAP!) "UH, well Brenden has 5 sisters so at least you only have 2"..(poor excuse I know).

E: Ya but mom he has a dog!

M: Dang it...he got me on that one!

I am not an animal person but someday I'm going to have to break down and be one for my Eth!

Above picture is Dave's dog Molly. After Eth hugged, climbed and tugged at Molly his shirt was COVERED in dog hair. I made him change it before we went out to breakfast with everyone to celebrate Salli and Vi's running the Top of Utah half marathon on Saturday. We were the cheering section, signs and all.

More posts to come. We've had an eventful weekend. Roger and Donna are leaving today on their mission to Russia. I couldn't go with everyone to the MTC and breakfast because Maecee has the flu bug BAD! She's been pucking non stop for 24 hours. Poor bubba! So I couldn't have anyone babysit her and risk them get sick, so Brett went to say goodbye without me :(

Also I have pics of a b-day party for Roger, Alan, Erin, pics of Salli and Vi at the race, some pics I still haven't posted from the twin girls being sealed to Sal and Vi last weekend and Rog and Donna's farewell stuff. Also need to take pics of Eths new room, and start on Maecees. Also I have a RS lesson to give in 2 weeks and a leadership training mtg to plan that same week. Ok I'll stop their cuz it's too much to type. OHHH lots to do, and here I sit blogging about it! HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE!

Oh I do have to include Maecee's thing she said to me last week. I was picking her up from Heidi's, she had stayed there while I graded papers at the school and I dropped something or did something weird and Maec goes "Daaah!!!!" You have to hear her say it. I laughed sooo hard! Of course we now hear it regularly DAH! I laugh everytime. Kids are great!

First Day of School

Ethan 1st Grade
McKenna 5th Grade
Brother and Sis at same school for one year
Maecee getting in on the poses



A great day was had by all! I quickly got over my end of summer blues. Although Maecee asked me right when I dropped the kids off
Maec: Where Nenna do? Where E, E do?
Mom: They had to go to school today honey
Maec: Where daddy do?
Mom: He's at work buddy
Maec: WAAAAHHHHHHH She knew she was stuck with boring mom all day and wasn't happy about that at all!

Happy Birthday Jamma

It's my mommy's birthday today. I'm not going to say her age...but she is 20 years older than me....and i think i'm 33....so you can do the math! She never wants her picture taken so here is one I snuck at the 24th of July parade with her holding Kaidin. Okay some things about my mom and my kids Jamma.

1. She is the most giving person. You need her shirt-okay. Your needs always come before her own. When we would give her a gift card to a store (like Borders for some books) guess what she would buy? Kids books for the grandkids. We either can't give her one or have to go with her and force her to buy herself something.

2. She is a great cook and shows her love thru our fav meals/treats. Just to name some potato salad, scotcharoos, cookies, etc.

3. She loves her kids and grandkids more than anything, and we feel the same way! Sleepovers are a great treat for the kids. They love playing games with her, doing puzzles, watching movies, and eating good food. When the first grandkids (Caileb and McKenna) were little she said "we have to think of a different name then "grandma". That sounds to old. So the name Jamma emerged and it is so fitting.

4. She taught me how to love unconditionally, hear both sides of the story, and I am really proud of how she lives her life considering some things that have happened to her in the past. Our family would be really different if she hadn't made those changes/choices in her own life.

5. She is fun! Growing up it wasn't surprising for me to come home and find my guy friends hanging out with my mom. She would make them food and just have fun and talk with them. She found a note that I had written to her when I was in high school and it said that "as Cody would say...you have the coolest mom ever, and I can't believe you would tell your mom that!" Luckily I could tell her anything.

6. She gave me my love of the arts (plays, shows, etc.) and mostly my deep desire to read, read, read!

That's all my pea brain can think of for now, but if you have any memories of her...PLEASE COMMENT. If I think of more I'll add them!

Happy Birthday MOM!

Bear Lake

We got invited to go to Bear Lake a couple of weekends ago. We went and had a great time! It was something I had wanted to do before school started, so we can check that off the list :) We had a busy day. That morning we had played 2 region church softball games (which we ended up getting 2nd place). Then we headed to Bear Lake, then my family all went camping in Logan canyon so we planned on stopping by their campground after Bear Lake. Well we couldn't find them :( and I was really bummed cuz I knew my brother was making dutch oven....I could feel it in my bones. But we did get a good whiff of that great mountain air and our kids were so exhausted from the games and the lake that ALL 3 of them fell asleep in the car (that NEVER happens). So Brett and I got to just talk and drive in the beautiful mountains. It ended up being way fun...even if I didn't find my family. Oh and my brother saved me the leftover dutch oven, so I got to eat some anyway!

Another funny thing that happened was when Salli and a couple of her friends talked me into swimming out to the buoy (spelling?). Well I went and I of course was worried about Maecee drowing so I kept trying to watch her as I swam. Well I also see my hubby standing right at the waters edge with his hands on his hips watching us. I knew exactly what he was thinking.......

"WHAT IS MY WIFE DOING....SHE CAN'T SWIM....I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SWIM OUT THERE AND SAVE HER BUTT......." Guess what I was right!!!!! He was worried about me. I assured him that I knew my limits and didn't push myself too far. He went on to tell me that I don't know how to swim and shouldn't be doing that :) I thought it was cute that he was so worried. He didn't think I guessed his thoughts either, but I did! Well I used to be able to swim really good, but now if all else fails, float on your back right?

Fun on Wordle.net

This is a fun website where you go and type a bunch of words and then play around in arranging them. Click on image to see it bigger. It would be fun to print this out and frame it.

Fair 2008

Face Painting Fun

We are easily entertained as you can see. McKenna got bored/creative and decided to paint the kids faces. Can you guess what Ethan is?

My Doggie. You should have seen how long it took to get all that paint off. Not a pretty picture

The painter and paintee
Little Miss Sunshine
Maecee quickly climbed up onto the bathroom counter so she could stare at herself in the mirror. Ya she can get up there in about 2 seconds flat. Then she yelled "mommy take a picture". She's a goofball.

More Pictures

Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree Does It?

Heidi was going to pull a funny face, then she looked at my dad and busted up laughing! We are redneck geeks to the core!

p.s. Dad's shirt says My wife said it's either her or hunting! (sign says--Gone Huntin') Yea buddy!

Another weird, just started tradition, if you can call it that? For McKenna's b-day in Mar we had Strawberry Shortcake and she surprised us by smashing her face into it.....so she was trying to coax Maecee into doing it also. It really wasn't a big deal because no one wanted to eat this particular cake because when Maecee was blowing out the candles she was spitting all over it. I called it the Spit Cake. It was like a steady strem of spit everytime she would blow. Pretty funny. I have a video of it but I can't ever get video to load on here. I think Maecee thought we had all lost it! Oh---this is pretty redneck too huh?

Just Pictures

I decided I'm just going to load some fun pictures on here for the next couple of posts. ENJOY!Coach Ashley's going away party :( Lexi, McKenna, Hunter

Ethan--What I didn't do anything???
Maecee--My brother just threw ice cold water on me, then mauled me...why does he have to ruin my fun...... I think I'll cry!

Kaidin took this pic himself of me and baby sis Hallee minutes after delivery. I was thinking "I love babies....but I'm so glad another one doesn't have to LITERALLY be ripped from my body! Also, thinking how Heidi made it look so easy!"

Ethan's green machine he got for his b-day. Sure wish he would have got his dad's legs instead of my shorties!

New Background...finally

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I finally changed my background! I was scared to do it because I thought I would lose stuff. So far I don't see anything lost and I am loving the new look! McKenna helped me pick the background out! Enjoy!

Busy, Busy Times!

Wow, time is flying by! I'm feeling the end of summer panic that I feel every year when August comes around. I always know that school, homework, and snow---ugggh are around the corner. This is me not being my normal "positive" self but rather seeing the glass is half empty side of things for a minute! But---if you really think about it----summer is really only 2 months. Once July is over you might have a week or two left but that's usually consumed with school shopping or getting ready for school, etc. So here's to making the last few days (15 to be exact) good ones!

Ok I'm back to the glass if half FULL attitude-which really is a happier place to be :) A few fun things to note that have happened these last few weeks----and some that are considered "growing" experiences:

1. We went to Raging Waters for our annual trip with AirBound Gymnastics. This was probably the funnest year I have had for a few reasons! I had left Maecee home with my mom and sis because that water park is not for youngsters (Heidi and I learned that the hard way one year when we tried to drown Kaidin and Ethan in the Wave pool). In fact I'd say it's really best if the kids you take can swim pretty good! So.....I got to do whatever I wanted (or was forced to do by Ethan and McKenna). Eth had me all to himself for most of the day because McKenna was with her friends. We tested out some of the smaller water slides, did the double tube ride and he laughed because I had to go backwards in the tube (so we didn't tip over) and I was scared cuz I couldn't see anything, floated and goofed off a couple of times in the lazy river. Went in the wave pool, watched him in the kiddie pool climb the ropes and try to climb on the crab thing. We had a great time just hanging out. Then McKenna wanted me to watch her do all her "tricks". So she did a backflip off the diving rock, swung across the Tarzan rope, rode the HUGE slide that you fly off of, and had races down 2 of the slides with her buds. Then I decided to surprise her by being "fun". I raced up and surprised her on the slide that drops really far, so we could race each other down. She talked me into going down the racing slides that you sit on the yellow sleds. She was so excited that I would hang out with her and show my fun side to her because it usually gets lost in chasing Maecee or wrestling with Eth. It's sad because I told her the "fun" side really is me and I will get better and being that way.....we had a blast. p.s I forgot to take my camera!!

2. FINALLY painted Ethan's baby blue room although it's not quite finished. I promised him we would do it before school starts. I used an incentive for myself that I could not buy his loft bed (which will totally organize his room), until I got it all painted. So now hopefully I can get the bed I saw forever ago and get things organized. Then we'll move to painting Maecee's room which I already have the paint, and some decorations for. I just wish you could paint---the prep work stinks!

Before-baby blue minus the wallpaper border we took down months ago in prep to paint :)

McKenna wanting in on all the action. Note to self don't paint w/o someone watching my kids :) This color looked brownish/grayish/greenish when it went on, but it dried the color of wet pavement (gray-which was the color I wanted).

I then painted the top part red...which is really hard to do! If you look closely I didn't go all the way to the ceiling. I still need to do that part by using a trick someone in my ward taught me. Also, we're going to put up some sort of horizontal stripes as a border but I just can't decide what to do yet. So everything is still in the center of the room, but Eth can sleep in his bed.

3. My dad FINALLY got his hip replaced after letting it go for probably 10-15 years. Once he decided he wanted it done he called the dr's office on Monday, talked them into squeezing him in on that Wednesday, asked his nurse what was something he could bring the dr so he could get (bribery) his surgery done ASAP (as in the day after he met with the dr). The nurse gave him an idea so he asked me to go to the appt with him. The 1st dr came in and said there was no way they could do it the next day---that they were scheduling into October. Well that dr went out and the one we had an appt with came in. The "bribery item" was sitting on the table by the dr's computer and let's just say....I'm about 90% sure that is the reason he got his hip done THE NEXT DAY!!! The kids and I had a good time trying to take care of him :) He's not a very obedient patient! But I am really glad that is over with and he is not in so much pain!

4. Speaking of my dad's way of getting things (like a new hip) he wants/needs, I just finished this book and it was awesome. It really made me think about life and what I would want to say or do if I knew I only had a few months to live.

Some of my favorite parts/quotes were:
Don't Complain, Just Work Harder (I hope to teach my kids this), Showing gratitude by sending thank-you notes (the old fashioned written way), If you want something bad enough never give up, ask for things that you want (ex. he wanted to ride in the front seat of the monorail at Disney World...so he asked...and they said sure!) Kind of the principal my dad taught me which was the squeeky wheel gets the oil. Make a decision: Tigger or Eeyore...Each of us must decide: Am I a fun loving Tigger or am I a sad-sack Eeyore? Have fun no matter what is going on in your life, People are more important than things (LOVE THIS!!), Brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people. They give us a chance to show how bad we want something.

Hopefully I haven't spoiled this book, but it was a great, easy, fun, fast read. I highly recommend it!

5. Helped my mom move out of her house and clean it up. Made me grateful for my air conditioner and all my family and their help. Also, made me seriously consider what a task it would be for us to move! We have so much JUNK! My sister mentioned that if I ever moved she would be buying plane tickets and getting outta here fast-----can't say I blame her!!

6. This one made my whole year. We were getting ready for bed and I was laying down by Ethan. McKenna came in his room and said "love you Ethan", he said "i love you too.....finally you told me that! That's the first time ever!" It was a cute moment. They have been playing better this past week and realizing that it's kind of fun sometimes to have a bro/sis to play with all the time. We'll see how long this lasts!

7. I got my hair cut/colored. Always gives me a little boost!

8. Got a good chunk of my office cleaned up but still have a ways to go.

9. Had a reminder of how much I appreciate my hubby! He was gone last week from Tues-Sun night and it was sooo hard without him here. Tough McKenna was crying about him leaving even before he left. Maecee kept saying "were daddy do?". Ethan just kept bugging his sisters---I told him he was the man of the house and he took that job pretty seriously. We just tried to stay busy by doing some of the above things. I have gained a great respect for single parents. I did the church thing by myself and sacrament was a nightmare. I felt bad for Brett too because he was in the middle of nowhere trying to do a huge job and ran into almost every problem you could imagine. He made it home safe though and we could not be happier!

My cute boys! Hard workin' daddy

10. Did all the normal 24th of July activities. Parade, hung out at willow park, went swimming, etc. Fun times!

Ethan and Maecee waiting for the parade to start

11. Bought the last book in the Twilight series Breaking Dawn yesterday but haven't had a chance to start it yet. I've heard once you start you can't stop....so who knows when I will get to that one...hopefully soon. My goal was to read the 1st three again so it was fresh in my mind, but that didn't happen.

12. Got a chance for my calling in RS to go visiting on Sunday. It felt good to go out and visit, show concern, and serve others. A good reminder to me that I the more I serve others, the happier I feel! So if anyone is feeling down, go serve someone else.....it's like a boost to your mood and I think your family benefits from it too.

13. But most of all I've just been chasing, feeding, comforting, referring, taking care of my kiddies. As you can see from the picture below---it's quite the entertaining job. I feel like I'm running around in circles all day doing things like trying not to have anyone end up in the hospital :)

Well back to business for me...this post took a long time to write. I am just grateful that I get to have so an awesome family. I love them to pieces and wouldn't trade them or this time with them for anything in the world! We are all blessed to be alive and have each other to rely on everyday! Hope everyone gets all their summer things done before school starts. Good luck!