Thursday, October 23, 2008

The "8" Game

8 TV Shows I Love(d) to Watch...
1. The Office
2. Pysch
3. House
4. Scrubs
5. Take Home Chef
6. Monk
7. Survivor
8. What Not to Wear

8 Favorite Restaurants...
1. Tom Yum Thai
2. On The Border
3. Panda Express
4. Taco Bueno
5. Sali's Pizza
6. The Indian food place by my sister's house
7. Pappadeaux
8. Outback Steakhouse

8 Things That Happened Yesterday...
1. Worked out at the gym on the treadmill.
2. Read Frankenstein and nursed Adam.
3. Helped Mike look for his wallet.
4. Sorted the kids bookshelf and donated unwanted books to cub scouts book drive.
5. Pushed Adam in the swing.
6. Read with Clara.
7. Made sweet and sour chicken stir-fry.
8. Watched Indiana Jones and the Chrystal Skull while folding laundry.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To...
1. The campfire when we camp tomorrow.
2. Singing in the stake Christmas Choir
3. My bike getting new tires so I can ride.
4. Holiday baking
5. The new Veggie Tales Movie- The Pirates Who Don't do Anything.
6. My 20th wedding anniversary.
7. Making homemade play-do with Greta.
8. Mike coming home from work.
9. Finding a new home for my dog (obedient, calm adult border collie interested?}

8 Things On My Wish List...
1. My bathroom remodeling being done.
2. A maid.
3. My brothers and sister living closer.
4. Kids that don't whine or talk ugly.
5. Lose weight.
6. A European Vacation.
7. Trip to Sea World.
8. Better health insurance.

4th Picture in 4th Folder Tag




I like this tag since it isn't hard to do. I posted 2 pictures because the first is so lame. It is a work picture that Mike took of a fountain he was repairing and it ended up on our home computer. The second was in the same folder but the 4th of family pictures. It is April 2007 and we are at the Dallas Zoo. Jonas had a field trip for 1st grade and we tagged along. Clara is posing with Mike. The funny thing is that Clara's is going to the zoo next week for her 1st grade field trip!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Jonas is awesome.



Jonas is doing really well. He was baptized this summer. He started cub scouts and has earned his Bobcat, some belt loops, and is really close to earning his Wolf. We did a mock volcano expulsion which was a birthday present from Aunt Amy. He loves to play outside riding bikes or having Star Wars battles. We took out our pool this summer and now have a large sand pit where the kids like to play. I also put Jonas is our big tree for the first time. He was so funny trying to get down. It was about six feet. He is a great kid and doing really well in 3rd grade. He has discovered that he likes techno music. He lets his Pokemon game play on his Nintendo DS while he reads.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Sunflower in the backyard



We enjoyed watching this sunflower grow from a seed we planted.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

July 08



We have been having lots of fun this summer. Here is some shots of the kids on the slip and slide out front that Jonas got for his birthday. Then Jonas and Clara were husking corn on the cob for dinner. Greta got a fat lip playing at the museum. That was a lot of blood. We just returned from a trip to see my sister in Houston. My camera batteries were not charged, so there are only a few photos at the beach. If you look close you can see Afton's cute belly in one picture. She is expecting a new baby January 3! We had a great time hanging out with my nephews and celebrating their birthdays.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Questions from a 3 year old

I was snuggling Greta tonight and she asked me "Why we have air?" I explained breathing, then she asked if plants need air. It is fun to watch her curious mind at work. She also asked about bones and food. I explained and then she wanted to know why her big sister could color so well. It must be hard to be little and never be quite as far along. I showed her how her ears didn't have any bones and could move. She wanted to know why ears can hear? I told her so she could hear me say "I love her." Her smile was a perfect way to end the day.