Tuesday, February 24, 2009
How do you wake a sleeping beauty?
We took the girls up to Trapper’s loop on Saturday to go snow sleighing. Before we left, I dressed the girls in their snow clothes. Jaycey was getting a little cranky so we told her to go to sleep. She gave the classic answer, “But I’m not tired!” She was asleep less than 60 seconds later. After we reached the mountain we tried to wake her up, but she was out cold. Hayley looked at me and said, “Too bad we don’t have scents of Mountain Dew and chocolate to wake her up. That works for Mom.”
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A few fun things to remember
Over the Valentine’s/President’s day weekend we mostly just hung out together. Here are a few of the memories that I’d like to preserve:
Valentine’s Day was perfect. The fam spent the whole day together and had naps, flowers and chocolate!
On Sunday, Jaycey gave a talk in Primary. After she was finished, I started to walk back to our seats and she turned and got back up on the stand and said “Thank You” into the microphone. She’s definitely not a shy one! The Primary Presidency liked her talk well enough they asked if she would give it as part of the program. What will she say in Sacrament? Hmm. Also, we went back to the Stake Center on one last futile effort to find my ring. No luck, it’s really gone.
We visited Mom and Dad on Monday. Some of the highlights were:
· Me and mom burning quesadillas for lunch and laughing the whole time. (They were still delicious!)
· Mom and the girls making crowns and wands with lots and lots of colored glitter and puff glue.
· The Wii!
· Kids running and laughing and playing.
· As we were leaving, Jaycey calls out to Mom: Bye Grandma! I’ll sleep over next time.
· Less than 5 minutes after we had left, all three of the girls started saying how much they missed their Grammy.
One other fun little tidbit; on Monday night, Brian and I asked Jaycey to tell us a story. This was a little diversion scheme to keep her away from her sisters long enough for them to read. Anyway, she didn’t really come up with much of a story line, but she had a wonderful cast of characters. Our favorites were the evil step-sister’s three evil friends. They were: Beasty, Yeasty and Leasty. We were laughing so hard that the diversion didn’t work out so well. The two older ones had to come and find out what was going on. Of course, Jaycey was just looking at us with her cute, little confused face, like “What?”.
Valentine’s Day was perfect. The fam spent the whole day together and had naps, flowers and chocolate!
On Sunday, Jaycey gave a talk in Primary. After she was finished, I started to walk back to our seats and she turned and got back up on the stand and said “Thank You” into the microphone. She’s definitely not a shy one! The Primary Presidency liked her talk well enough they asked if she would give it as part of the program. What will she say in Sacrament? Hmm. Also, we went back to the Stake Center on one last futile effort to find my ring. No luck, it’s really gone.
We visited Mom and Dad on Monday. Some of the highlights were:
· Me and mom burning quesadillas for lunch and laughing the whole time. (They were still delicious!)
· Mom and the girls making crowns and wands with lots and lots of colored glitter and puff glue.
· The Wii!
· Kids running and laughing and playing.
· As we were leaving, Jaycey calls out to Mom: Bye Grandma! I’ll sleep over next time.
· Less than 5 minutes after we had left, all three of the girls started saying how much they missed their Grammy.
One other fun little tidbit; on Monday night, Brian and I asked Jaycey to tell us a story. This was a little diversion scheme to keep her away from her sisters long enough for them to read. Anyway, she didn’t really come up with much of a story line, but she had a wonderful cast of characters. Our favorites were the evil step-sister’s three evil friends. They were: Beasty, Yeasty and Leasty. We were laughing so hard that the diversion didn’t work out so well. The two older ones had to come and find out what was going on. Of course, Jaycey was just looking at us with her cute, little confused face, like “What?”.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Randomness
Okay, so I've been tagged by a few people to post my randomness. But, I think that I've posted that before so, I twisted the game a little. I decided to post 25 random things about my sweetie. Here they are:
1. He loves basketball.
2. He grew up on a cattle ranch.
3. He has the patience of Job.
4. His favorite color is blue.
5. He is an excellent tenor and can harmonize with just about any song.
6. He is an “early-to-bed-early-to-rise” kind of guy (like 4 am early).
7. He is willing to sacrifice everything for his family.
8. He only truly feels at home on the mountain.
9. He loves cookies to be cooked just enough to be done, but still soft.
10. He likes long hair on girls.
11. He has an extraordinary talent for killing and disposing of snakes without me even knowing (until the kids blab).
12. He is the hardest worker I know.
13. He is an amazing husband.
14. He doesn’t like to read, but loves books on CD.
15. He is a really good dancer, especially country western.
16. He does service in the neighborhood all the time.
17. He bites his fingernails (which drives me nuts).
18. He is devilishly handsome.
19. He knows what it means to be a real Dad and never ever thinks that spending time with the kids is “babysitting”.
20. He does the dishes!!!
21. He is very thrifty and brilliant with the family budget.
22. He has a traditional, almost old-fashioned, perspective on life.
23. He can be firm and gentle at the same time.
24. He has a natural talent for working with animals.
25. His favorite song and movie change constantly, but he always leans toward country music and science fiction or western type movies.
So, if you read this you are tagged. You can post your randomness (25 things) or someone elses! Mix it up!
1. He loves basketball.
2. He grew up on a cattle ranch.
3. He has the patience of Job.
4. His favorite color is blue.
5. He is an excellent tenor and can harmonize with just about any song.
6. He is an “early-to-bed-early-to-rise” kind of guy (like 4 am early).
7. He is willing to sacrifice everything for his family.
8. He only truly feels at home on the mountain.
9. He loves cookies to be cooked just enough to be done, but still soft.
10. He likes long hair on girls.
11. He has an extraordinary talent for killing and disposing of snakes without me even knowing (until the kids blab).
12. He is the hardest worker I know.
13. He is an amazing husband.
14. He doesn’t like to read, but loves books on CD.
15. He is a really good dancer, especially country western.
16. He does service in the neighborhood all the time.
17. He bites his fingernails (which drives me nuts).
18. He is devilishly handsome.
19. He knows what it means to be a real Dad and never ever thinks that spending time with the kids is “babysitting”.
20. He does the dishes!!!
21. He is very thrifty and brilliant with the family budget.
22. He has a traditional, almost old-fashioned, perspective on life.
23. He can be firm and gentle at the same time.
24. He has a natural talent for working with animals.
25. His favorite song and movie change constantly, but he always leans toward country music and science fiction or western type movies.
So, if you read this you are tagged. You can post your randomness (25 things) or someone elses! Mix it up!
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