Monday, January 31, 2011
Ice Fishin Bear Lake 2011
Family tradition to head to Bear lake and fish.
This year it was not frozen but it was beautiful and cold.
The rooms were great, swimming was fun and the kids were a riot!
WHEW-- I lost the bid
Last week Kyler was over and his parents would not let us go to the store and buy a toys, so we did the next best thing and went shopping on e-bay. He wanted a Lego Xwing toys and it is easy to find on the Internet than shopping. Well ,we won and we were both excited! So last night he was anxious to get back on line and be yet another WINNER! We were bidding away on a few items and I was showing him how to do it. We were the highest bidder, we lost the bid, we needed to bid again, it was all so much fun! And he was an extremely fast learner. Then the other grand kids came over and joined us in the computer room-- a lot of stuff going on. Little did I know I had taught Kyler so well that even though I was away from the computer, he was busy bidding on other items---HELLO-- Brent noticed and I immediately logged off.
Today my in box is filled with YOU ARE CURRENTLY THE HIGH BIDDER!! I have no idea how I am going to explain this to Rob. Luckily the highest bid he has out there is for $18.00 and someone just out bid us! Whew. I guess this week, will find out just how lucky I am.
Today my in box is filled with YOU ARE CURRENTLY THE HIGH BIDDER!! I have no idea how I am going to explain this to Rob. Luckily the highest bid he has out there is for $18.00 and someone just out bid us! Whew. I guess this week, will find out just how lucky I am.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Making Cupcakes for Colbys birthday
BUT where is COLBY????
He is in Hawaii for his birthday
Luckily it does not bother us, we decorate cupcakes and eat sprinkles as fast as we can!
Lesson learned
It was 16 years ago. Our new neighbor, Lohra had moved in with 2 small boys and expecting a baby girl. I was anxious for the baby as Lohra was an excellent sharer. Lohra had gone to the hospital and I was left home tending the boys. I was instructed to bring them up when it was time to have the baby. We got the call and headed up, arriving right on time for the birth. The boys were in the room with their mom and I kind of hung off to the side, a little embarrassed to be in involved in such a personal family affair. Even after having 4 boys of my own I was still not all that comfortable with the whole birth process. As soon as Mickelle ( baby) was born Rennie ( dad) brought her to me. She still had the veil over her face. I had never experienced anything so beautiful in my life. It was so wonderful. She looked at me with those beautiful blue and we have loved each other ever since.
After spending time with the family the boys and I head home. On the way the boys put me through a tough interrogation. They are asking all the sex, delivery and baby question in the book. Many I do not have a answer for! I am reserve. I take my time to answer correctly and try to give as little information as possible. I am thinking- WHERE IS THEIR MOM AND DAD! It is an extremely long drive from LDS hospital to West Jordan, Utah. I am doing good but have not even addressed these questions with my own kids so many questions require some time to process. After all I have 4 boys so Rob was up, not me. They will not let up and make me answer all the questions. I am exhausted when we finally get home. I think I have done well. They have stopped talking about it ( thank heavens) I do nothing to encourage any other discussion and go to bed.
The next day Lohra and the baby come home. I rush over after work to see them. While I am holding Mickelle, Lohra says to me. " I am so glad the boys got to see the baby born. They took it so good, they have not even asked any questions" ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I tell Lohra about the drive home and let her know that they did have questions- MANY of them and that I answered them all. She had no idea it had happened. The boys had said nothing . I had tried to block it from my mind as much as possible. It was a lingering nightmare. Now I have to shared it all with her and even she is amazed at their many observations and conclusions.
So if I have learned anything then it would be that when parent says " they have not talked about it, they have not said anything, they have acted like nothing happened..... we think they are fine. They are not. Please do not wait for the child to say something-- talk to them, ask them. I am a firm believer that if you do not want to know the answer then do not ask the question but this is not true for small children who have just gone through a major/minor event. Please talk to them, please ask them. They have the thoughts and are waiting for the opportunity to talk about it. Hopefully they will find the right person and that person is you.
After spending time with the family the boys and I head home. On the way the boys put me through a tough interrogation. They are asking all the sex, delivery and baby question in the book. Many I do not have a answer for! I am reserve. I take my time to answer correctly and try to give as little information as possible. I am thinking- WHERE IS THEIR MOM AND DAD! It is an extremely long drive from LDS hospital to West Jordan, Utah. I am doing good but have not even addressed these questions with my own kids so many questions require some time to process. After all I have 4 boys so Rob was up, not me. They will not let up and make me answer all the questions. I am exhausted when we finally get home. I think I have done well. They have stopped talking about it ( thank heavens) I do nothing to encourage any other discussion and go to bed.
The next day Lohra and the baby come home. I rush over after work to see them. While I am holding Mickelle, Lohra says to me. " I am so glad the boys got to see the baby born. They took it so good, they have not even asked any questions" ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I tell Lohra about the drive home and let her know that they did have questions- MANY of them and that I answered them all. She had no idea it had happened. The boys had said nothing . I had tried to block it from my mind as much as possible. It was a lingering nightmare. Now I have to shared it all with her and even she is amazed at their many observations and conclusions.
So if I have learned anything then it would be that when parent says " they have not talked about it, they have not said anything, they have acted like nothing happened..... we think they are fine. They are not. Please do not wait for the child to say something-- talk to them, ask them. I am a firm believer that if you do not want to know the answer then do not ask the question but this is not true for small children who have just gone through a major/minor event. Please talk to them, please ask them. They have the thoughts and are waiting for the opportunity to talk about it. Hopefully they will find the right person and that person is you.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sisters
They both have blonde hair
they both have blue eyes
they both have freckles
they are both missing teeth
they both have pierces ears
same shoes size
same clothes size
same height
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Movie review
So it has been cold and we have been watching a lot of movies. Some are so bad!! There are none that are great but I thought I would post a review:
THE OTHER GUY- NOT FUNNY , TOO MUCH DUMB STUFF
THE AMERICAN- NO-NO-NO THERE WERE ABOUT 5 WORDS AND TOO MUCH NUDITY
WALL STREET- HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON- FELL ASLEEP
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE-- GOOD ONE- WORTH WATCHING
KNIGHT AND DAY- WHAT A WASTE - FELL ASLEEP
EASY A - TRIED TO BE CUTE BUT SIMPLE
A TEAM- YUCK FELL ASLEEP
LAST AIR BENDER-- LIKED IT
INCEPTION- WATCHED IT THREE TIMES STILL NEVER SEEN THE WHOLE MOVIE AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS ABOUT
TOY STORY 3 - LIKED IT BUT ISN'T A BIT DARK FOR KIDS?
SALT- LIKED IT-- JUST LITTLE SLEEPING-
Maybe I am not seeing as many movies as I thought. But it sure looks like I am getting some great naps!
THE OTHER GUY- NOT FUNNY , TOO MUCH DUMB STUFF
THE AMERICAN- NO-NO-NO THERE WERE ABOUT 5 WORDS AND TOO MUCH NUDITY
WALL STREET- HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON- FELL ASLEEP
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE-- GOOD ONE- WORTH WATCHING
KNIGHT AND DAY- WHAT A WASTE - FELL ASLEEP
EASY A - TRIED TO BE CUTE BUT SIMPLE
A TEAM- YUCK FELL ASLEEP
LAST AIR BENDER-- LIKED IT
INCEPTION- WATCHED IT THREE TIMES STILL NEVER SEEN THE WHOLE MOVIE AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS ABOUT
TOY STORY 3 - LIKED IT BUT ISN'T A BIT DARK FOR KIDS?
SALT- LIKED IT-- JUST LITTLE SLEEPING-
Maybe I am not seeing as many movies as I thought. But it sure looks like I am getting some great naps!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Heavens Blessings
Congradulations to Lily and her mom and dad
they let us know last night that they are expecting a baby!!!
Monday, January 3, 2011
New Years day at the aquarium
This is a great place. It was like being on vacation. A little pricing for how small it is but hopefully it will grow!
Kyler and Kinley sleep over
Kinley tends herself and played downstairs. She loves to lock Frodo in the toy roo. Kyler put together his transformer and helped grandma. He even made the swedish pancakes for Breakfast.
They are so fun to have!!
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