Grand Grandpa Time

While we were in Utah all the family was over at my aunts house. About every 5-10 minutes Greg or I would do a random head count for our kids. (we are not used to having a backyard so it was wierd not always having the kids in sight) Zach and Adam were playing together with a cousin but I could not find Elayna. After searching the house and the backyard I asked my other aunt if she had seen her. She let me know that she would in the front yard. I go to see what she's up too and I find her on the big swing with grandpa. She is singing to him and they are having a great time. Her song of choice: If you chance to meet a frown. It was great. I love seeing my kids bond with other family and it was adorable to see Elayna putting her hands on grandpa's face to help him smile.

Old Stories, New updates

I got up the other morning to hear Adam telling me he was hungry and I needed to make him a pb&j, mac&cheese and a whole list of other things. When I rounded the corner into the kitchen I didn't know he had been hard at work to get everything ready for me. He was actually getting a knife out to start his sandwhiches. While I started putting everything away he was getting his plate and utensils ready for all the gourmet feast he was expecting. He was a little disappointed that we had pancakes instead.




We bought Zach and Elayna new bikes. They were both on trikes and it was just ridiculous. Zach was just way too big for his but he would never ride Adam's bike. (Adam got his for Christmas) and Elayna struggled with the pedals on her trike but she could ride Adam's with no problem. We let them pick out their own bikes and they have been loving it. We did get Adam a new helmet and stuff so he didn't feel left out. We have been taking them to the park to ride and it has been great fun for us all. They have become speed demons!!!





Adam has this knack for attracting black eyes. This one happened when he went face first into the side of the futon. Ouch! He had a black eye for about 3 weeks and I kept getting wierd looks too. You wouldn't believe how many people asked what happened and gave me that shifty uh-huh response. Adam was proud of his shiner and bragged to all his friends that the couch got the best of him.




One day I could hear Adam and Elayna playing in the bathroom and I feared the worst only to find this. They were just hanging out singing and playing.

Thou Shalt Honor thy Husband...

I am feeling a little guily that I have been rude or neglecting towards Greg. Last night he texted me about 10:45 to let me know he was on his way home and would arrive in 20 minutes. What do I do? Fall asleep. Not just a little rest that any noise would wake me from but this deep, dead to the world sleep. I woke up this morning and see him there and I felt so bad. I haven't had much time with him lately because he's been working so much and I have even told him how I have missed him because he is gone all the time. And I fall asleep. So I put the question out to you. What do you do (and don't mind sharing) to help your hubby feel loved and appreciated?

A Reverent Sunday?

Today started out as a typical Sunday. Me telling the kids who knows how many times we don't play the Wii on Sunday or that we don't eat a package of cookies before mom wakes up. You know, all the typical things. Greg got up, dressed, recieved a few presents to honor his special day and then left for work. I fed the kids lunch and was starting to get dressed for church when I put a hole and giant run in my only pair of pantyhose. Oops! Then I realized that my shirt needed to be ironed so I set everything up in my room away from the rest of the chaos. I finished ironing and unplugged the iron when Adam runs in screaming with a pot stuck on his head. I couldn't help but laugh but he was really panicked. So we get the pot off and then he turns and see's the iron and puts his hand right on it. Smart guy, huh? I take him into the bathroom and run cold water on it. There were no blisters or red spots and within minutes he was just fine. As I was putting the final touches on my face and began brushing my teeth I realized I spilt my blue toothpaste down my newly ironed shirt. I got it all out and decided I was still going to wear the shirt. So we load up and head to church (without pantyhose...not a cool feeling) Today was the primary program for the dads. Since I am the pianist I go up with all the kids to the stand. Everything went great. The kids sang obnioxiously loud and everyone loved it. Once I sat back down I saw this big red/maroon spot right on my boob. Elayna couldn't have picked a more obvious spot to color my shirt, with washable markers of course. Thankfully no one said anything but I did see some smiles. A little later during sacrament meeting Elayna NEEDED to go to the bathroom. I took all 3 kids out and let her go. We wash up and go sit back down. She wanted to sit on my lap so I pull her up only to realize, yes-do I dare say it, she didn't wipe her bum and now my lap was all wet. Not a cool feeling! The rest of church went off without a hitch and the kids were wild and crazy until now..I just put them to bed. It has been a Holy Cow! of a day and I am ready to start a new one fresh and clean.

Still going....

We finally filled up our gas tank. It was about a week ago and of course I forgot to update everyone on the final tally. The exciting news is we filled up at 341 miles. Remember we usually get about 250. We even filled up early because we didn't want to pay weekend prices so we still had another 50 available miles to go. Isn't that awesome?!?!? We attribute it all to slowing down on the freeway and actually going the speedlimit in town instead of our usual 5-7 miles over. We were thrilled. Talk about saving money. We are now working on going slower when we start from a stop. We are trying to keep our rpm's under 2000 when starting. Also if you brake sooner so you don't have to stomp the brake it will help conserve too. I wish the gas companies well but being that they are milking us for all we've got I am going to do whatever I can to conserve and save my money instead of giving it all to them. They do say that every 5 miles over 55 mph you go you can take an additional 20cents per gallon of your useage. Good luck to you all on your gas bills. Slow down and enjoy the ride and save your money!