Weekend in McCall

Our weekend getaway with our friends the Petersons proved to be exactly what we needed. It was great to sit and know that the only thing on the agenda was more sitting. Our kids played great together and the only fighting I heard came from the two two-year-olds. And, even those fights were just noise, no hitting, biting, or knocking down this time around. Whew!

JArom caught up on some much needed rest.

Games, play station, and wii entertained these kids almost 8 hours a day. It was great! (Now it's back to reality for all of them, no more rotting their brains away.)

Time for a soak. Watch out for those intake jets though; they leave giant hickeys on your back. Just ask Jarom. LOL!

A little pool, but make sure you play alone, cause fingers whacked by pool balls hurt!

A bunch of good friends. Seriously, I don't think my kids have ever played better than they did with these cute boys this weekend. At one point I heard someone ask, "Are we cousins or just friends?" When it was time to leave, Ethan asked if Halle could come home with him. He said, "She's a Peterson now." We asked if they had gotten married (which I thought would bring a giggle or a "gross"), but they both said, "YEAH!) Uh-oh...

Zane and Alyssa had such a great time together. They are a lot alike, so it makes spending time together effortless.

Thank heavens for wireless internet. Don't worry world, we still knew what you were up too.

The kids had lots of fun in the snow! The cabin is on a hill and the driveway made the best sledding hill. Even I went down (once).

Sometimes those snow clothes can be a little difficult to remove.

Jarom and Brad waiting to eat. We decided to make a trek into town for dinner one night. The kids were really quite well behaved. Oh and by the way, "Hey Jennifer? Ha, ha, you got the word!"

Mommies and their boys waiting for dinner. (Well, one of Jennifer's boys anyway.)

And a trip isn't complete without a visit to the doctor. It was Jarom's turn this time. He had what we thought was a BIG zit on his forehead, but after his ENTIRE forehead swelled we realized that it wasn't a zit. The doc told him he has a staff infection and gave him some antibiotics. Here's hoping they work and he doesn't have MRSA like some other people we know have had in the past. (Brandon, the two of you could be in Horton Hears a Who with your Whoville nose and his Whoville head!)

We had left Jarom's Mustang parked at the Farnsworth's house so we stopped in for a short visit on our way home. David was ELATED when JArom offered to let him drive it to the corner and back. (He's only 14, remember how much fun driving was when you weren't allowed to do it yet?)
Look at the sheer bliss on his face.

Enjoying a little sun after the snow. (Now we're back home in the snow. Boo...but it's melting!!)

THANKS for such a nice weekend guys!!!!!!!

Finally! It's out!

I couldn't stand it any longer. Tonight (on our way to Boise) at dinner Halle kept doing her Nanny McPhee tooth and grossing everyone out. (Especially Alyssa, she doesn't handle these things well.) So when we got back in the car I asked Halle to let me wiggle her tooth one more time. I promised to only use one finger. Little did she know, I used the finger with a finger nail.
She was NOT happy about the one finger flick that just occurred. It took only 1/10 of a second and the tooth FLEW out. Hallelujah! We're done with it.
We're much happier about it now! I was trying to get a picture of her with her cute new smile, but I think she is related to her Uncle Quin; she can't keep her eyes open if she thinks about the flash going off. They just water like crazy, it was pretty funny.
Doesn't she look like a grown up 7 year old with that cute toothless grin? Sure hope the tooth fairy knows how to track us down in the hotel tonight!

Happy Birthday Brylee!

 

Happy second birthday to my little niece! She's always my buddy and will climb into my lap for a snuggle and I love that. Kate also loves to play with Brylee and its so cute to see these two VERY opposite cousins together. Happy Brithday, we hope you have a really fun day!

Halle's Loose Tooth

WARNING!!! This video contains graphic material. If you are grossed out by loose teeth DON'T watch, otherwise enjoy Halle and her loose tooth.

Halle's tooth has been this loose for about a month. I was hoping that by having her twist it, it would pop out, but as you can see, it's still hanging on. She bawls every time we talk about pulling it out, so I am leaving it alone for a few more days. I don't know how much longer I can take it though. It's starting to discolor; it's so gross.
I changed my mind, I decided to add Halle's Nanny McPhee tooth shot even though it's kind of gross. I want to print my blog as a journal/scrapbook and this is a picture I definitely want in it.

Then later in the day, we were walking through the grocery store and Halle said, "When I eat normal food on this tooth (pointing to a molar) it hurts it. But if I eat treats it makes it feel good. So, do you think I have a sweet tooth?"

Yes, oh yes, my Halle has a genuine sweet tooth!

I Will Go, I Will Do

Tonight Alyssa was just being her silly self singing and running around. I heard her humming the tune to Nephi's Courage. The chorus should say, "I will go, I will do the thing the Lord commands. I know the Lord provides a way, He wants me to obey."
But she sang, "I will go, I will do, I don't know the words. But that's okay, I'll sing anyway, because I want to."

I just busted up laughing. It's so something I would do. I NEVER know the words to songs.

American Idol Top 12

Man, I have been in a blogging rut for a few days, so I decided to shake things up with continuing my American Idol chat. I know that most of us discuss this on Becky's weekly AI blog, but I just can't help myself tonight.

How about tonight's show, eh?!! FINALLY some great performances and a lot of competition for my little Archuleta. Who, by the way, I think was VERY humbled tonight. Poor kid. It was still a nice performance (when he remembered his words) but it just wasn't comfortable for him. I think he was VERY nervous and it got the best of him big time.

As far as other great performances of the night, Chekizie came out of nowhere tonight. WOW! Good for him, although he's still not my favorite.

And how about David Cook! Whoo-hoo, he was great! Loved the lights and the whole rocker spin and everything.

And more and more I am falling in love with Jason Castro. He's moving more to the cute side of my scale and less from the creepy. I really like his guitar and quiet style. At first it bugged me when his voice would crack, but I am liking it more and more. And I think he seems like a fun, decent kid.

I am still not a huge fan of any of the girls.
I thought Amanda's performance was good, but I really hate her voice.
And Carly.....I just can't figure it out with her. She's good and I can't stand her all at the same time.

My pick for going home tomorrow is between Ramiele and Kristy. (But it wouldn't hurt my feelings any if David Hernandez took a hike.)
It was pretty but a bit predictable. Just not rock star quality, but nothing bad to say.
Was that not the worst version of a Beatles song ever? I really didn't like it. And those last high notes could have broken glass!
Cheesy, cheesy, and aside from last week's performance, I have never liked him.

Listen to me thinking I am Simon Cowell. (LOL!!)

It's a Pirate Party!

My great big 4 year old with his awesome pirate cake. (I was pretty proud of it myself.)



Time for games, first up "Walk the Plank". They each loved walking on this several times, but look out for that shark!

What do you do with a scurvy pirate who wears her pants backwards?

Cannon ball toss. I tried to find black rubber balls, but the dollar store only had colored ones, the kids didn't seem to mind at all.

Hey, I can't see anything!

Can't go on a pirate expedition without a suitcase. She loved playing pirates, but had a cell phone, suitcase, or doll in one hand and a sword in another.

We found buried treasure! I had them do a little treasure hunt and the pinata was the prize. It was really fun.

Pinata time! (If Ogden comes to your party, make sure you give him a soft bat. Man that kid has an arm!) I divided all the candy and goods up into separate baggies and that worked out really well so that no one had hurt feelings about not getting enough candy.

The best time of all PRESENTS!!

Hugs for gifts! This little girl was so funny while Carter opened the present from her. She just stood there and did the hand gesture like "come on, come on" waiting to hug him. It was hilarious.

This is what you get when your uncle is a Marine sniper. (Carter loves it.)

Blow out the candles!

(We also played "Pirate Says", "My Pirate Has a Sword" (like I have a little doggy and he won't bit you), and we watched a part of a pirate cartoon (Sinbad), but honestly they just loved sword fighting (swim noodles cut in thirds work perfectly and no one gets hurt) and playing with the balls the most.

Carter's Skateboard

It's so cute to watch Carter on his little skateboard he got for his birthday. He uses the counter to get momentum.

Happy Birthday Megan!

It's Megan's big number 8 birthday today!!!! Congrats to her and we hope it's been a great day full of fun, presents, and treats! Megan, we are sad we live so far away from you, but we love you bunches. Have a wonderful birthday!

Locked Out

Tuesday night, I shut the door to the office and I was locked out. Now, we don't have just an ordinary lock on our door, but rather we have the industrial strength, FBI-agent-scan-your-retina-lock.



I tried and tried, but it wouldn't unlock. I don't know if the kids have reprogrammed the code or what, but it wasn't going to open without a key.


I swear I tried every key here at least twice and finally this afternoon, one miraculously opened the door. Now I am back!!!

Google Tag: Picture Me

Rules: You have to answer the questions with a Google image search. NO using your own pictures. Even on the picture of you. Let's see what happens.

Favorite Color: (Earth Tones)



Favorite Animal: (Love 'em all)



Bad Habit:(Talking on the phone.)



Favorite Food: (Too many to choose from, but I thought the buffet of desserts was a good place to start.)



Favorite Hobby: (Blogging, shhhh....)



Place I Live:



Favorite Song:



Job: (Mom, Wife, Maid, Cook, Taxi Driver, Nurse, Secretary, etc.)




Favorite Author: (Don't have just one, but I love to read.)



Favorite Dessert: (White Chocolate Molten Lava Cake from Chili's.)



Picture of Me: (Yikes, I should have waxed before this was taken!)


This was fun, (thanks Stevie) give it a try. Can't wait to see what pops up for the picture of you!

Good Always Comes From Bad

So.....one of the reasons I drove home from Boise yesterday (instead of staying one more day and recovering) was because Halle had a class party. She was supposed to wear her pj's and bring a blanket and a pillow. I reminded her last night to find her sweat pants to wear, but when she came up in the morning fully dressed I completely forgot. Yes, I am crazy.

So Halle went to school without her party stuff and when she got home I asked if she had felt bad that she had forgotten her stuff. She said, "No not really cuz Mrs. Ball always says good always comes from bad. And when we had to clean up all our stuff the good came cuz I didn't have to clean up anything."

She's a girl after my own heart.