Momedy...

So, I talked to my friend Candace today and she told me about her friend's amazing blog that she has. I love a good blog, so I checked it out. It is so amazing that people are now paying HER to advertise on her blog. Check it out- the link is on the left! It has so much on it and links to some really great things! How does she do it? She's a busy mom of 4 and has a million things to do just like the rest of us! That's it. I am dropping a few things today so I can read her blog.

By the way, she named it "Momedy" because she says being a mom is like being in a comedy because so many funny things go on. Hence, "Momedy".

The One Shoed Boy...

So, like every other Sunday Jason and I tell the kids to get ready and make sure they have everything they need. We tell Josh and Averie several times to get their shoes. VERY often Josh either cannot find his church sandals or doesn't say he can't find them until we are actually in the car. Up until this point we have allowed him to run back in and find them. This time he located one under one of the seats in the van, but couldn't find the other one. Of course we were all in the car ready to back out. So I made an executive decision and told him, "you are going with one shoe or no shoes". Off to church we go and he is searching high and low for the other sandal that I KNOW is in the van somewhere. We get out of the car and we go in and he goes in with only one shoe! He felt lucky that his pants were long so he could hide his other shoeless foot. I should have had him wear his other pants that weren't so long! On my quest to teach him a lesson in being more prepared, he says after church, "I wasn't embarrassed at all! Noone asked me about my other shoe, except Nathan Wilson that said, 'eeewww! Stinky!'"

There is a nursery tale that we used to sing all the time when Sydney and Kallie were young that reminded me of Josh. Can you guess what it is? It goes like this:

Deedle, deedle dumpling, my son John

Went to school with his stockings on

One shoe off and one shoe on

Deedle, deedle dumpling, my son John!

The Humorous One...

If you know Sydney, you know she is always smiling or laughing about something. She wants to be an actress, so I pretend she is practicing her facial expressions. When she is mad I say to her," I am glad you are practicing being mad. Good job on the serious, grumpy face. Keep practicing, you look really mad!" So, she can't take it and just starts laughing.

So, here is a riddle Sydney just asked:

A cowboy rides into town on Friday. Then rides home three days later on Friday. How does he do it?

For the answer go to Sydney's blog on the side bar to get the answer! It's pretty good!

The Lazy One

Let's just be honest people.

So, this is a follow-up to Averie's excuse of being too busy to put the silverware away because she was eating popcorn. This morning I said, "So, who will volunteer to empty the dishwasher?" Like someone will voluntarily volunteer for a chore. So, Kallie says so matter of factly, "Well, I am not going to do it. I am just lazy." So, she is my best cleaner, she does stuff WITHOUT even asking. If she knows I am stressed out, she'll just start cleaning because she knows that will make me feel better. So now that she declared, "I am just lazy." is that the end to my helpful child? I should have known this was coming. The other day she told me that she didn't like to clean so much anymore.

This month's round-up...

We have had a lot of things go on this month. The most recent was the sad event of my Papa passing away. I can't say to much right now- the emotions are still riding high- but to say the very least, he'll be greatly missed and we had so many great times together. I'll never forget him.

About a week ago a song kept running through my mind that we sing in Primary:
I lived in heaven along time ago, it is true
Lived there and loved there with people I know, so did you
Then Heavenly Father presented a beautiful plan
All about Earth and eternal salvation for man.

I know I'll see him again some day.

How lucky we were to get a family picture the week before with all of us.




I came home to the kids playing with this gooshy toy. They took out the blinking eye inside it and decided it could be put to better use! Kallie is having a tug-o-war.







Sydney sporting a new look. Kinda cute?

I spilled some pancake powder one day and took a little too long to clean it up. No worries though! Averie made good use of it. I came into the kitchen and she got out all the kitchen tools she needed!

Josh and his friend Matthew make these books. He really gets into it. So far he has a Pirates of the Carribean book and an Astronaut book he has finished! I type out what he tells me and he adds the pictures.

One night we took my sister, Mark and Summer over to Westgate to walk around. Josh wanted to run in the splash pad. As soon as the water stopped, all the kids would try to make it to the other side before the water started again. This is what we left with! He collided with another boy. Poor kid! After a day or so, he became proud of it and liked it when people would ask him about it.

My sister, her boyfriend, Mark and our niece, Summer came for a little visit a few weeks ago. Here is Sydney and Summer. They are only 3 weeks apart.

My sister and Josh doing a little jogging on Wii Fit!

My sister, Tiffani and Mark.It was so great to have them come for a visit. Hopefully, we'll see them again this summer!

We have been finishing up some much needed painting and a little decorating. (Ignore the Mountain Dew on the desk- you aren't supposed to see that!) You can usually find Jason at his desk doing paperwork and he just can't contain himself sometimes and busts out and starts singing like he is on stage with millions of adoring fans. Anyway, I posted this to show what color we painted the den!

We went with a lighter neutral color in the entry and both halls upstairs and downstairs.

This is Kallie's room. She really wanted a conversation table and some comfortable chairs.

She wanted lots of dots!

Little Averie's room. Just need some cute curtains, a picture and a rug!

Sydney's room is a work in progress! She has been decorating her walls for the past 2 + years. There is another wall you can't see with pictures. I told her we'll paint when she's ready! We finally got her a comforter set, real window blinds (goodbye paper shades) and curtains.

Josh had his 7th birthday party on March 21. It was a Bionicle party with some slippin' and slidin'.

Wildlife World Zoo

It all began with a fun trip to the Wildlife Zoo! We have been a few times before, but we did a few new things this time. We got to feed the Lory Parrots twice and went on the brand new log ride! Averie definitely didn't know what she was getting herself into when we got on the boat! Needless to say, she won't be going on that again! Feeding the parrots was soo fun. The kids loved it. When you walk in you get a piece of an apple to hold out and if your lucky the bird will land right on your hand and eat the apple! They only let you stay in there for about 20 minutes due to the bird's fast metabolism. It could get a little messy in there, so they herd everyone out at a certain time! We loved it!

So what is next? A few more birthdays, a play, a concert, swim lessons, diving lessons, summer movie days, acting camp, and visits from friends and family!