How we Super Bowl

Sunday, a special day. Superbowl on Sunday? Not us...

Sunday morning Baillie says, "can we watch the Superbowl today?"

I say, "really? You want to watch the Superbowl? Why?" I think it's because it's so she can be in the conversation at school tomorrow. Or maybe she has a crush on a boy who loves football. I don't know. But tonight we have the missionaries over for dinner. And lucky enough, both being from Canada, they don't care about football!

After Church we make yummy dinner, we cook cream of broccoli soup, salad and homemade rolls. We talk and enjoy the afternoon. We eat chocolate Oreo pie. The missionaries give us a thought and we talk about missionary work.

Carter has a really funny story about how he snuck a Book of Mormon into his friends back pack after the friend told him he might read it. Baillie has been working on missionary work too. The missionaries think we are great.

Then we pray and the missionaries are gone...

Like a bolt of lightning Baillie rushes up to turn on the TV where the game has been recording! All are feeling the anticipation. Everyone has a story about what team their teacher likes or how their friend is totally for this or that team. A quick lesson about the game of football and we are into it full force!

We love the commercials, we laugh. The kids don't get jokes that are set in the 80's. We think CarMax and Doritos win. Darth Vader was pretty good too. But the House/Mean Joe Green was my favorite.

Half time is both impressive and lame at the same time. Everyone has a comment whether they like it or not. I could of done with out it. Carter wishes it featured the marching band that was briefly shown before the game started.

But the good times come when we start to fast forward and all of a sudden the game isn't really important at all. The kids are so relaxed and happy. Baillie is fixing her nail polish, Carter is on facebook on his ipod, Kendahl is asleep on the couch and Brodric is tackling puff pillows. Then he starts to fly! Flying makes for good times!








And in the end Sunday Superbowl turned out to be really enjoyable family time!

I have the best family ever!

Blogging again.

Homemade pizza tonight for dinner. I comment to the kids, "oh man, I forgot to take pictures so I could blog it."
Carter says, "you're blogging again?"
I say, "ya, didn't you see the blog I did about you?"
Brodric says, "you should blog about the first time I took a pill."
I thought that was funny! Ya, I should blog about his first swallowed pill. :) That'd be pretty interesting. What a cute kid! Oh ya, and he was sick with a fever last night and guess what? He took his first real pill!! Swallowed it right down with a big gulp of water! :)

Today was a beautiful day! Perfect sunshine! Tomorrow the cold is supposed to come back, I'll love that too.

We spent time fixing quads today, to get ready to go to the dunes in a few weeks. I was cleaning up the garage, going through old clothes getting ready to donate them. That feels good! I want to throw everything away!! I wish I was strong enough to do it! My little girly is so good at that! I told her she'll have to help me.

Glad I'm blogging again. It reminds me of things I am thankful for and how good life is.

words will never hurt me...

I learned a big lesson today. After hearing some really hard news mid-day, I spent time just pondering, thinking, trying to understand this whole mortality gig. My little hurt feelings from yesterday seemed soooo insignificant. So I have my little problems, so what. I can handle problems, but could I handle it if something really hard came into my life?

Which begs the question... Well, it begs a lot of questions. There's a lot to think about.

My heart and prayers are with families who are dealing with really difficult things tonight.

Sticks and Stones

People say hurtful things. They don't mean to. One minute they are talking about cats, the next they have said something that is painful to hear. Too close for comfort, too real to ignore.
I'm not sure what to do with the pain.

Procrastination

Time: 11:40pm. Science Fair project due tomorrow. Young man still working on it. Mom sits up waiting for young man to finish. Story of my life.





But dang, he's a cute young man, isn't he??? The asleep picture was staged, but after finishing the calculations, he collapsed like that. He's tired. But he's still working. He says he'll be done in a minute or two. We can hope!

Really it's not the story of my life. Usually I'm the one I'm waiting on!! I'm a huge procrastinator. That's probably where he gets it from.

I stopped waiting up for Kendahl. Two weeks ago, the night before Kendahl went back to school after a THREE WEEK BREAK, Kendahl pulled an all nighter to finish a project that was due! I didn't wait up for her! I'm learning my lessons. But I figured I better give this kid the benefit of a patient mom for a while. If this continues, which is likely to be the case, I'll stop waiting up. I hope he appreciates it. I hope he is glad for the company, at least so that the house isn't so quiet while he works. Yes it's just the clicking of the keys on a computer he'll hear right now, but it's the comfort of mother on the couch that will be the lasting impression... At least that's what I like to think.

Dog Days

These are our beautiful, naughty dogs. They got a bath tonight by some lovely girls... and they were good to stay in the house with us. I do like them, but I really don't like the way the rip up the back yard.

Puppy washers!

Aren't they silly and cute!?


This little guy didn't play with the dogs, only played with Donkey Kong! Crazy!!

Good News!!

Kendahl got an acceptance from BYUI!!!!!!! Now we wait for BYU to see what happens. I'll hope for the best.

A Big Day

January 16th is a big day around our house. It's the day Scott and i were married, and the day Carter was born!

Carter turned 15 this year! It's surreal to me that my son could be over 6 feet tall and 15 years old. I don't know when the time passed. Just a while agod he was a little boy. Now? Now he is quickly becoming a man. And quite the man he is becoming. He is smart, he is responsible, he is reliable. Even in his struggles he is an example to me.

So here's a bit of his humor, hamming it up. Sooo excited, can't you tell by the look on his face? :)

But the then real surprised face! We got him a really cool pocket watch and the geunine surprise was wonderful! He loves it. I was so glad. You never know when you'll actually get a gift that is a success. This one was.

Scott and Carter looking at the details.


19 years Scott and I have been married. As I ponder those 19 years once again I am baffled at how the time goes by so quickly. I wish I didn't always say that, but it always seems that way. Scott and I have had a great 19 years! I truely think it hasn't been that long. If we had been married 19 years wouldn't it feel like forever? It doesn't feel like very long at all! That's a good thing, right?

We've been so blessed in these years. We have four beautiful, amazing children. We have a friendship that has been consistant and sustaining, a love that lasts all the years. What more could we ask for?

Scott's present. A flash for our camera.

The handsome man I married.