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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Huncle John

I think it was Katie who first called John, "Huncle John," and she sure latched onto him. Of course all the kids think John is a "hunk" and have loved having him visit for birthdays and other times, and he's been great playing with them and letting them climb all over him. We're going to miss him now that he's graduating from BYU this week and will be in California for the summer and then in Washington, D.C. at Georgetown University for the next several years.







I askeded the kids to tell me what they like about Uncle John or what they like to do with him. This is what I got:

"Uncle John" (with a really cute grin on her face) -Katie

"I like that he's our uncle and he plays with us." -Matthew

"He tickles us." -Emma

"He's nice to be with, and funny." -Julia

We just wanted to say thanks, congratulations, and good luck in the future.

The Fake Yard

We've heard from Heidi's blog about how she cleans the house extra well whenever company is coming over creating a "fake house." I just wanted to warn her that once she moves into a house with a yard she'll have to worry about the fake yard as well. We spent last weekend getting our fake yard ready, mowing the lawn, pulling weeds, and even putting a load of decorative rock in the flowerbeds along the back fence.

Okay, we would have done those things even if Mom and Dad weren't coming this week, and we were lucky to have John here who hauled most of the rocks. The kids helped out as well although they were bored with it before we got the job completed.





Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Tagged again.

I was tagged again! This time by my sister-in-law Melissa. This one was more challenging for me.

What was I doing 10 years ago:
I was married and living in Provo while Josh was in school. I was a couple weeks from finding out that I was pregnant with Julia and we were getting ready to move to Wichita, KS for the summer (which I was actually excited about at the time).

5 things on my to do list:
1)Get my haircut
2)Pick up books from the library
3)Declutter and decorate my house
4)Call my sister
5)Figure out what's for dinner

3 bad habits:
1)I bite my fingernails
2)I read all the time (when I should be cleaning the house, cooking dinner, playing with the kids)
3)Gossipping

Places I've lived:Providence, UT, Rexburg, ID, Provo, Wichita and Mulvane, KS and Clinton, UT

What I would do if I became a millionaire (in no particular order):Buy my dream home and hire a decorator to make it look great, put money aside for kids college funds, travel

Jobs I have had:delivering newspapers, Arby's, early morning custodian at Ricks College and worked at a billing office for radiologists

things you may not know about me (that I am sure you are dying to know):
1)I really like reality t.v. (much to Josh's annoyance)
2)I've never dyed my hair (when I got my haircut once they were shocked when I told them that so I figure it's interestering/surprising?)
Can't think of anything else. I know pretty boring.

I tag Janis, Heidi, Amanda, MaryAnn, Suzie and Renee.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Tagged!

I haven't ever been "tagged" before so this is exciting. My sister-in-law, Amanda, tagged me.

These are the rules.
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog
5. Tag 5 people

The nearest book to me is the complete series of The Chronicles of Narnia (all in one book).
The sentence is "Still there was no answer."
Not very exciting. I was going to do the book I am currently reading but it was even lamer.

I'm breaking the rules because I only have three people to tag. I tag my sister-in-law Melissa, Janis and Renee.

Princessceivable!!!

Well you guessed it. (Amanda and Marz did anyway.) The kids' new favorite movie is "The Princess Bride", and they've been acting it out and quoting it for the last week or so. Fezzik is little tough to understand so the line from when he is about to fight "the man-in-black" was misunderstood to mean that he was out of halloween candy. This is the actual quote"

"We face each other as God intended. Sportsman-like. No tricks. No weapons. Skill against skill alone."

The other line that got misunderstood (at least by Katie) is the title of this post. Katie doesn't know the word inconceivable, but she does know about princesses, so the word "Princessceivable!" was invented. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it makes Katie smile when she says it, and usually everybody else who is around as well.





Saturday, April 12, 2008

Movie Misquotes

The kids recently discovered a movie that we've had stashed in the movie drawer for a while and have decided that they need to watch it at least once a day, and usually twice. One of the lines is a little difficult to understand and was quoted as:

"No Twix, no whoppers."

Can any of you guess which movie this came from? I think somebody had candy on the brain. If nobody figures it out in a couple days I'll add another misquote that might make it a little easier. Good luck. May the force be with you!

Friday, April 11, 2008

Workin' up a sweat!

This has been my home away from home for the past few weeks. I had been hoping over the last two years that the weight from four pregnancies would just magically disappear and my stomach would return to it's pre-pregnancy shape. Well of course it wasn't happening and in fact seemed to be getting worse. Last fall I started doing some walking on a trail near our house but then the cold weather set in and I really didn't want to go out in that. Matthew and Katie wanted to go out even less than I did. I knew work out videos weren't going to cut it for me and I figured if I was spending money then it would be motivation for me to actually exercise. So Josh pushed me :), I actually needed the push to start. I joined a gym and have been going 5-6 days a week. I had my first check yesterday and I'm actually making progress. I had weighed myself a few times during the 6 weeks and had actually gained weight! Very disappointing! But they did my measurements and I've lost 1 to 1 1/2 inches in all areas. Yea!! She told me that inches and body fat percentage would go down first for me and then I'll see weight loss. I was waiting for my clothes to fit differently and they didn't seem to so I figured I hadn't made any progress. So now I'm more motivated to keep it up. (But I don't think I'll be running any 5Ks :)

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Put a sock in it!

This was the family expression over the weekend. Josh and Matthew were playing a video game "Smash Brothers" and Katie's favorite characters are Peach and Zelda, the only girl characters. Whenever anyone plays this game someone has to be one of these characters or she will continue to ask for them. Both of the characters were on the screen but she kept saying (screaming) over and over again, "I want Peach and Zelda!" After about a thousand times (that's what Josh says anyway) he finally said, very exasperated, "Katie, put a sock in it!" I don't think it affected Katie very much. She looked at her bare feet and said, "I don't have socks!" But Matthew thought it was hilarious. I guess he had never heard that expression before and just thought it was the funniest thing ever. So over the rest of the weekend everyone, especially Matthew, would say it just to make everyone laugh. Sometimes Matthew says, "Put a sock on it!?" I don't know if he thinks that's what it really is or just thinks it's funnier.
I don't know if everyone has heard Matthew laugh when he really gets going. It is so cute and very contagious, we've had some nights trying to say family prayer where we can't stop laughing long enough for the prayer. We just hope that the person saying it can get it out while everyone else tries to stifle their laughter. It reminds me of my Ricks College days where a couple times my roommates had to pull someone into our apt. from the hall to say the prayer for us because we couldn't stop laughing.