Halloween Highlight

Before I forget- could I forget? The highlight of the Halloween party for me was Grandma T's comment to Gary's hot costume. She said to Heidi, "Heidi- your husband has a cute tush!" Hahaha! I love Grandma!

In Trouble

Kobe started Kindergarten this year and I've already heard from his teacher 3 times in 2 months! Mostly he does good, but he has his moments. Today, he came home and said, "mom, I cut my hair at school and had to go to the office." What?! He and another girl decided it would be fun to trim there hair instead of cutting shapes. He actually had to go talk to the principal. He is my first child to visit the principal and he has only been in school for 2 months. I'm a little worried.

I'm really not blogging to tell on Kobe, this picture that he had to draw made me laugh out loud - which isn't the best way of reacting to naughty behavior. Kobe now thinks it's a little funny. Oh well - it IS a little funny.

ahhh Spring.

These last 2 months have gone SO fast! There were so many things I wanted to blog about but didn't. Here is a glimpse of our crazy lives...

Teylor took 3rd place at her gymnastics competition! 1 week later, she over rotated when she was doing a backhandspring and fell on her back. Now she will NOT try another one. She has done thousands of back handsprings! Her teacher said,"You can't force Teylor to do anything she doesn't want to. She won't even do it to please you! She will do it when she decides to." She knows Teylor well!

Kobe and Teylor both got new belts in Karate. Hi Ya!



We went up to Tanner's Flat last week and you guessed it. We made smores. I don't know why I think it's funny to take pictures of people eating sticky, gooey smores, but I do. There was still some snow up there the first week in June! It was really pretty though, and perfectly cool.


Kobe just started to enjoy baseball during the last 2 games of the year. He stopped crying and sitting down in defeat in the outfield and he started hitting the ball from pitch instead of off the tee. I'm not sure this is Kobe's nitch. His favorite part of the game was going to the Thnack Thack (snack shack) to get a thnow cone.

That was really long! Hope you are having a good spring, too!

Happier things...

Last year I posted about my yard transformation and the stages. Mike (loudboy), bless his heart, re-vamped my front yard and this year I am loving it! It's so fun to have something that looks good- it's much easier to be motivated to take care of it. No more front yard grass sprouting wheat! I had to show some pictures and tell Mike once again, THANK YOU! It has been so much fun. By the way, this is how nice Mike is... my neighbor/friend whom I bragged to about Mikes help last year, called him this year and now he is helping her re-do her front yard. Is that the coolest or what?

Bullies Stink.

Sorry in advance for all who read this. I am going to VENT. We have a family in our lives that are serious manipulative bullies. It effects my whole family because they have a daughter Jessie's age and son in between Teylor and Kobe's age. It effects Jessie the most, so that's why it is so hard for me to handle. They live right around the corner and our lives are so intertwined that it is impossible to get away from them. I have definitely been the instigator in the relationship. I got too close to the mom/wife as a friend, thinking it would be a rewarding friendship and it has become a nightmare.

There are SO many details, that I couldn't possibly share them all, but I'm losing my mind. I think the only way to get away from the problem is to have a knock-down, drag-out fight where I will get CREAMED. Or, just learn how to deal. So anyone out there reading this pathetic call for help, please give me any and all advice you can muster.

How's your day going?

You ate WHAT??!

I'm sure most of you know this, but my little Teylor loves to eat weird things and always has. As a baby, she would eat crayons, wet wipes, book corners, paper, dog food, you name it. Every time I changed her diaper it would be a new adventure. Green, blue, orange poop and once a wet wipe dispenser. Gross, but funny. Well, last night she woke up at 3 a.m. projectile vomiting all over her room. It was EVERYWHERE! Jed dry heaved through the clean up and added his own ghastly scent to the room. It was more that I could handle, so I stayed in bed and let him take care of it. Anyways, she has had diarrhea all day, but no more throwing up or fevers to report.
I was giving her a bath this afternoon and reminding her for the millionth time NOT TO DRINK THE BATH WATER, when she said, "Should I not eat those little salt rocks, too?" "What little salt rocks?" I asked casually (If Teylor knows she did something worthy of my wrath, she will not say another word). "Those little salt rocks by the side of the school?" I reply, a little more alarmed this time, "You mean the salt that's on the pavement to melt the ice? Those salt rocks???" Innocently Teylor nods her head. "Seriously child, why do you eat stuff like that!"

So, she probably doesn't have any kind of virus, she just ate, yet again, something that made her stomach upset. I think out of all of us, Teylor is going to have the best immune system. She will have the stomach of steel. Crazy kid.

April Fools!

I love April Fools Day! I have great memories of make-up mustaches, cardboard gum, sour cream filled oreos, etc... Today, I wanted to do some joke on my kids, so I went to familyfun.com and got the "cupcake" recipe. It's meatloaf in cupcake liners, with pink mashed potatoes on the top. It totally looks like a real cupcake. The kids were playing as I made dinner, so they never caught on. Jessie came in when the cute pink cupcakes were on plates, ready to eat, and said "we're having cupcakes for dinner? Mom- you make me laugh." Like this was an ordinary occurance.

They all started digging in. Jessie took a lick of the frosting and said "what kind of frosting is that!" and ran to the sink to spit it out. Teylor was totally grossed out, too. But Kobe - he's no fool - he calmly said, "it's potatoes." No big. None of them would eat the pink potatoes, but they all loved the meat loaf, which surprised me because I've never made it before.

Any fun jokes out there? I'd love to hear about it.

Driving 101

I haven't always been the best driver, it took me 3 times to pass the driving test when I was 16... But I've learned some valuable lessons in the past month that I want to pass on.



#1: Never try to drive between 2 gas pumps to save time. There may be a big rock garbage can in between the pumps that is just out of your line of sight. If you hit it, it will dent your car and scratch the crap out of it, but don't worry - it will do absolutely nothing to the garbage can. (One great thing about this dent is the fact that we went to St. George this weekend and the temperature was over 30 degrees and the dent popped right out! Saweet. Now we just have lots of gnarly scratches.)




#2: While driving on I-15 in the car pool lane, when it's dark, NEVER hit a dishwasher that is sitting in the middle of the lane. It will do a LOT of damage. It was a good thing Jed was driving this time, because I'm sure I would've swerved and hit the car right next to us and caused much more damage.

No worries - the Honda still runs great.

Our American Idol

Thanks for the picture, Mike! This is David Archuleta (sp?)- he made it to Hollywood last night on American Idol. He is from Murray, Utah and he's 16. About a month ago, I got to accompany him on the piano for a funeral. He is an AMAZING singer and I was so excited to see him on American Idol! So, watch and vote for him. Make sure to tell Grandma T. because she is a dedicated American Idol fan and she calls and calls to vote (I've witnessed the calling - it's awesome!). GO DAVID!

Material Girl

I know you all love this song. I remember making up roller skating dances to it and "That's what friends are for" in our unfinished basement. Good times. Today I got a new feeling for "material girl" when my son sang with all his might: "some boys kiss me, some boys SNUGGLE me, I think that's OK." I laughed and then corrected. How did my 4 year old hear and memorize this song? From DDR at Grandma Pams. It's amazing what they pay attention to! sigh.

PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MATERIAL BOY, ZAK! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

JURY DUTY

I got called to jury duty for the first time ever, last month. I went in December to find out that I might be put on the jury for a murder trial and that it could last up to 5 weeks. They had us fill out a questionaire that had 350 questions in it. A lot of the questions were about our opinions on the death penalty, religion, race, and if we knew anyone related to the case. I knew I did NOT want to be on this jury, so I answered some of the questions a little too honestly. For instance, the question was: Because this man has been charged with the crime, do you probably think he is guilty? YES, duh. I could've said that I was racist against hispanics to not get chosen, but obviously I'm not, look at my husband and son... It was pretty crazy and a lot of the questions were things I've never had to think about, so I did my best.

I got called back last week for an interview. The interview was with all of the lawyers, the judge and the DEFENDANT. Yes, the creepy man himself. I had to sit in a small room with all of these people and explain why I had answered the questions the way I did. I was a nervous idiot. I just wanted to say, I have no opinion, just let me go home and live in my little bubble of comfort, please!!! The defendants lawyer was really NOT nice to me and made me feel like the judgemental, death penalty activist that I must be deep inside. It was really uncomfortable when they asked me if I could give this man, and they pointed to the defendant, the death penalty. I said, if he deserves it! ugh. By the way, the defendant is SOOOO creepy. After they were done tearing me apart, I had to wait in the hall for them to decide if they wanted me coming back or not, and I overheard the bailiff telling someone that this is the worst crime they have seen in 20 years. GREAT! They asked me to come back for one final interview.

So, I went, yet again, to the court house yesterday, and sat in the courtroom along with 30 other potential jury members, lawyers, judge, and creepy and waited for 3 hours for them to choose the jury. 14 our of the 30 were chosen and heaven helped me because they didn't call my name. RELIEF!! I am SO happy that I don't have to see and hear the details of this case.

I have to thank Lenny, because I put on the questionaire that my cousin was a bad-A member of the LV SWAT team and they seemed a little worried about that. HA!

Apparantly, Floyd (aka creepy guy) and 2 teenagers, broke into the home of a 75 year old lady, killed her & abused her in horrible beyond horrible ways, and then stole her purse. They then went to another elderly ladies home and hurt her and stole her purse, too. She is still alive and testifying as I type. WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO? Anyways, I'm glad I can be home with my kids today. yea!