Powow & Lunch

I got to do something fun. Well, somewhat fun. The school had a Kindergarten Powow and afterwards was their Thanksgiving Lunch, where parents were invited to partake with their kids. Dan had the day off, so I didn't take Delaney with me. Callie wanted to come, and I think she had a good time.


Here is Marian in her costume, doing the Enrty Stomp Dance. Or actually, just shuffling along. (With the flash, all the other pictures have massive demon red-eye that I cannot fix with the program I have.)


There was a large time lag between the Powow and lunch. On the plus side, Joshua's lunch was scheduled for that time and we crashed his lunch table! I'm not sure if his stronger emotion was embarassment or happiness that we came to sit with him.

Then it was Marian's linch time. She was delighted to buy lunch and to be able to get ICE CREAM with it. She even ate everything on her plate! Except for the confusing blob of cranberry. Who puts gravy and cranberry on their trukey? They served the turkey drowning in gravy, so I certainly wasn't going to adorn it with slightly sour cranberry stuff.

Here I am with my girl! I think she had a good time. As an aside, her hair was quite cute this morning. However, after being windblown on the playground, it was pretty wispy. Sigh.

Fall Frenzy!

I love fall! I especially love it here, where the leaves are turning beautiful colors and its so fun to look at. And I like crunch-crunching through them when I run. That always puts a smile on my face. The drawback is that these lovely leaves fall in the yard and we have to do something about it.

Yeah, Delaney wants to know why we have to work on such a gorgeous day. It was pretty warm, around 70 yesterday.

So we put the kids to work. Yes, there is an extra one in there. The fantastic kid accross the street. We raked a huge pile of leaves. And then....

Joshua launched himself into them, after a run accross the yard.


He got some pretty good height and landed in the middle. Then all the kids did that. The neighbor boy actually did a flip int the leaves. My children were not that adventerous!

Even Marian got into it, and she had complained that the leaves were full of ants. Then they buried each other in the leaves.

Funny kids, having a ball!

.... And then they all left and I bagged 6 bags, mostly by myself.

Husband Tag

Husband Tag- I like it!

1. Where did you meet your husband?
At the first Ward function in our BYU singles ward in August 1998. Okay, that’s where we first SAW each other. He came over a few days later to get to know my sister better and ended up getting to know me better!

2. How long did you date before you got married?
Hmmmm…. We went on a date, then he dated other girls, then he spent a lot of time with me, and eventually he talked me into just dating him in late September. We got engaged just after Christmas...

.....and married after school was out-April 24, 1999.

Math is not my strong point…. 7, 8 months?

3. How long have you been married?
We’re hitting the big 10 this April!

4. What does he do to surprise you?
On purpose? He brings me things from his trips, usually chocolate because he knows what a pig I am. However, unintentionally, he continually surprises me with the things he does, and his efforts to make me happy.

5. What is your favorite feature of his?
His smile, and that really cute look he gets when he’s all pleased with himself. He's so cute!

6.What is your favorite quality?
Just one? He has so many, but guess I’ll go with his good nature. He’s so mellow and easy-going; it offsets my neurosis. He’s my rock and I rely on him to be my stabilizing force, so I don’t spin out of control. He's also a great Dad, and he has no problem being silly with the kids. Its adorable. Oh, wait, I mean, it so.... rugged, yes, very rugged!!

7. Does he have a nickname for you?
Pumpkin

8. What is his favorite food?
Anything I make with love! Okay, I don’t know what his absolute favorite is. He happily eats whatever I make and tells me its yummy. Pizza maybe. If dessert counts, his favorite is Jello Poke Cake!

9. What is his favorite sport?
Baseball, hands down

10. When and where did you first kiss?
In the kitchen of my BYU apartment, shortly before Thanksgiving. It took him long enough. I thought I was going to have to make the first move!

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?
Exercise. We liked doing family walks, but now the kids refuse to walk, and we can’t leave ‘em behind. We like to go biking or walking together, but we need a babysitter for that. I guess our Triathlons are our favorite things to do together as a couple. Here we are after our first one together (his 3rd) in 2005- we've done it 3 consecutive years now!

12. Do you have children?
4 little cuties. Dan has his 2 clones, I have my one, and then there’s Callie, who looks like my grandmother.

13. Does he have any hidden talents?
This is a family site, please!

Um.... he is great at doing the job that needs to be done, even if it's not what he wants to be doing.

14. How old is he?
He just turned 33

15. Who said I love you first?
He did! I couldn’t make myself say it, but I knew it.

16. What is his favorite music?

Oooh, I don’t know. We don’t like the same thing, so I don’t pay attention. I’m so bad!

17. What do you admire most about him?
The way he doesn’t stress about stuff, and he can let go of anger. He doesn’t stay mad, and I cannot stop!

18. What is his favorite color?
Green

19. Will he read this?
I don’t know. He looks at the blog, but mostly for the pictures!

And I tag all my married friends!

Dodged a bullet!

I seem to have lost my mojo. I haven't had anything I felt like writing. Not that there are not lots of interesting things going on: election day, gas prices dropping, Parent-Teacher Conferences, gestating family members, cute kids..... I just have no interest in discussing any of it here. Sad, I know.

You are in luck though! Well, if you have been anxiously awaiting a post form me, you are in luck. That means maybe 2 people in the word are now happy. Whoopee! My friend Kelli (at Krazy Eights), and my friend Lenette have tagged me to list 7 quirky things about myself. 7 things, hmmmm...... I have so many....

1. I love Survivor. Okay, not so much a quirk, but I love this show. I have been known to skip Enrichment just so I won't have to miss it. Same is true of The Amazing Race. Anything else I can live without.

2. I have fat feet and high arches. Hey, it said quirky, not interesting! I have a hard time finding running shoes that fit properly. Now I save the hassle and go to the store where they fit you and watch you run and give the best fit for my foot. Do they cost more? Yep, but its cheaper than buying 5 different pairs that don't fit right.

3. I love making books. This is now my plug for blurb.com! I am doubly excited because I just ordered some books and they arrived today! SO cute! It makes me happy. And I am putting all my pictures from 2008 into a hardbound book and I can't wait for the year to be over so I can finish it. I love blurb.com! I look for excuses to make more books, because I like it so much.

4. Unlike some people (Lenette!) I have a compulsive need to make the bed in the morning. I must do it. I cannot control myself; I have to do it. I can't remember to say prayers in the morning, but by golly, my bed will get made.

5. I like moving. I hate it as well, but I like it. I like starting over where no one knows stupid stuff I've done, and no one remembers screw-ups I've made. Its also a good running-away technique. I've gotten out of dealing with so much stuff based on the fact that we moved a lot. I had to date a guy once for a month longer than I wanted to, because we were moving and I wouldn't have to break up with him then. Sad, but true.

6. I like to eat things in order. In the kids' candy bags, I will eat all the Snickers bars and then all the Twizzlers. I'll have all the Tootsie Rolls, then I'll move on to the Reeces, then the Milky Ways..... If I'm eating Skittles, I eat all of one color before I move onto the next color.

7. I must read while eating. If we are not sitting down as a family, I have to have something to read. So, aside from dinner, I need to have a book or something to peruse while I eat. The kids are picking up on that too. Joshua will bring his book to the table and ask if he can read while he eats. I'm not sure if I should be delighted that he enjoys reading, or horrified that I'm rubbing off on him that much.


I tag Savannah, Tanya & Maddie, and Wendy, so I'll have something fun to read!

Halloween bust

Last night did not go as I had expected. Sure, my pumpkins looked marvelous. They sure did turn out nice!

Don't they look great?!

And Callie had me in stitches with her funny fat monkey bottom!

The kids had a great time. Dan took them out trick-or-treating because I would only take the around the block and he wanted more candy than I'd have come home with. Joshua was Indiana Jones, Callie is the funny monkey, and Marian is the cow-girl. Believe me, I did try to get a more appropriate shirt on her, but she refused. Oh, and Delaney is behind the door having a meltdown because she's being left behind.

So, the odd thing about last night is that we had 6 people come to the door. 6! We had heard about what a great neighborhood this is and how fun it is, and all that. So I got a ton of candy. Ug. I have all the candy I got, plus another 50 pounds that the kids came home with!

Yes, it is a fabulous neighborhood to go out to get the candy, but not so good for getting rid of it. anybody interested in a few bags of crabby patties?!

Yeah, Delaney stoped being mad once she realized she could reach the candy bucket. Mom, not so pleased about it.