12 X 12 July

I am not an early riser, but since church is at 9 am, I have to be one on Sunday. However this Sunday we all slept in, so we were a bit late. I had to go in and wake my little sleepy head Sadie so she didn't miss breakfast.

Eric almost always makes pancakes for breakfast on Sunday's, which the kids all enjoy, but I feel contributes to our lateness.

Doing Megan's hair. Notice Megan playing her DS. She hasn't put it down much since she got it for her birthday.

Every Sunday we walk out to get in the car and see our FOUR newspapers waiting for us in the driveway. I do love couponing, but I think I will be downgrading to one newspaper when my contract is up.

See this little woman? It was her first day of nursery. Eric tried to take her, but since she is such a Daddy's girl, and Eric is a softy she threw herself down on the floor and refused to go. So I took over and marched her in. I hung out with her for a few minutes and then snuck out. When it was time to pick her up she was sitting on a chair and would not come to us. I think she was a bit mad that we had left her there.

After church Jackson made this cool plastic cup tower. In my house plastic cups have made a very cheap and apparently very fun toy for the kids. They make towers with them, play bowling with them, and of course try and master the fast stack game.

Megan spent quite a bit of time playing with her new toy.

Eric and Jackson spent a few hours doing one of Jackson's favorite things: Building Tracks.

Here I am doing my second most hated chore (but one I do everyday), emptying the dishwasher. Laundry is my most hated.

After dinner I headed out to a Primary Training Meeting. As you can probably see from this picture, the temperature in my car read 116 degrees. Now it wasn't 116 degrees yesterday, but it was 110 degrees. 8 years ago I would have found this heat unbearable, but now I have really acclimatized. Regardless, it was hot!


I came home to wound up kids since Eric is such a good dad and plays and plays with them. It was a good day.

"Are you an early riser?

Have you acclimatized to the heat?
What is your most hated household chore?"

Megan Said

We were discussing a red slide at the Dinosaur park that was closed.

I said: "How did they close it?"
Megan said: "Well, they put a cone at the bottom, and a copulation sign at the top."
Me: "What kind of sign?"
Megan: "A copulation sign."
Me: "Do you mean a caution sign?"
Megan: "Oh yeah. A caution sign."

I'm grateful it wasn't a copulation sign.

Megan's 9th Birthday

The kids and I started off Megan's birthday with a trip to the Dinosaur Park. I was personally dreading this trip, due to the heat, but it turned out just fine. It was downright pleasant in the shade with a little breeze. And of course the kids were fine after playing in all of the water features. Our amazing parks, are definitely a benefit to Las Vegas living.

After Eric got home, Megan finally got to open her presents.

She received craft supplies, a Nintendo DS, a couple of DS games, flip-flops (which she was in desperate need of), money, and clothes. After we opened presents, Megan chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese.

Going on a weekday night was great. It wasn't busy at all, so you could pretty much play any game you wanted, whenever you wanted.

After we got home Megan blew out her 9 candles, and we got to have dessert. I think Megan had a great day.

Wordless Wednesday-Gone In 60 Seconds

At 9

My Meg is 9 today. Wow!

At 9

• She makes a friend wherever she goes.
• She has trouble remembering peoples names.
• She takes extremely good care of Sadie. Often getting her up in the mornings and changing her diaper.
• She is little, and continues to be the smallest kid in her class each year.
  

• She continues to be a messy eater.
• She has no problem being put in new situations.
• She fights with her brother.
• She has developed quite the sense of humor, and enjoys using sarcasm.
• She is a great imaginative player.
• She enjoys being in charge.
• She is very thoughtful and loves to make people gifts and cards.

• She is not much of a sleeper and can get by on fairly little sleep.
• She is pretty easygoing.
• She eats Apple Jacks everyday for breakfast. They are her very favorite.
• She is an outside type of gal.
• She wants to have very long hair.
  
• She wears a bracelet everyday.
• She is a self-proclaimed gangster complete with hand signals, and liberal use of the terms Yo, Yo, Yo and What Up? I am choosing not to worry.
  

• She is one of a kind, and very loved by her family.

Happy Birthday Megan!!!!!!!!!

4th Of July

We spent this year's 4th of July in St. George. Our day as told in pictures (well not entirely in pictures, I can't help myself but to include a few words).

It's almost Megan's birthday, so she was able to open an early birthday present from my Mom and Ken while we were there.

Hanging out at the park.

Seriously scary snow-cone pictures.

Waiting for the fireworks to start.

This is how my camera chose to take pictures of the fireworks. I am quite enjoying it. My kidllies were so super tired on the way home that they all fell asleep watching a movie which is highly unusual. Megan and Jackson are super night owls.

The B******* Is Back

I change my hair color A LOT. Blond, Brunette, Blond, Brunette. Obviously my brunette self has returned. I just cannot commit.

This picture is a great representation of what I look like during the day. Comfortable t-shirt, apron, old skool headphones (the ear buds kill my ears), no make-up. By the way I am wearing the head phones because I like to listen to music while I clean the house, but Miss Sade is sleeping and I don't want to wake her up.

Also, take a look at my long bangs. I had no intention of growing them long, but here they are. Also, I had a somewhat happy accident while coloring my hair. The dark hair dye did not fully adhere to all of my blond hair, so I have a few highlights that I am okay with.

"Do you have a hard time committing to a hair color?
"Can you wear ear buds"
"Do you think I should grow out my bangs (not completely, I could never commit to that, but just a bit longer)?"

Watch Out PBA

Many of you may not know what the PBA stands for but those of you who are talented bowlers like Eric and I realize that I am talking about The Professional Bowlers Association. That's right, for out date night this week we went bowling! Does anyone find the term "date night" kind of corny? When I use it I conjure up images of old married couples (oh wait, that's me). Anyway, we started off the night eating at Claim Jumper. I wanted to get the pot roast, but of course it is now off the menu. As my Jackson would say (not with my blessing), "What the?". So I settled for the Black Tie Pasta which is very enjoyable. I don't know if you can tell from the picture but Eric ordered the ribs, and they were humongous.

After dinner, we headed out to bowl. I have two things to say. #1) I don't think we have bowled since we got the Wii, and I forgot how physically demanding it was. #2) Bowling without kids is sooooooo much quicker.

There was some sort of major league tournament going on and they actually brought bleachers in for the crowd. Who knew there were so many spectators?

If I had to give myself a bowling label, I believe it would be inconsistent. I can bowl a strike in one frame, and turn around in the next and bowl a gutter ball.

Eric was much more consistent, and kicked my behind. Talking of behinds, there was a couple next to use that was showing extreme amounts of PDA, involving lots of slapping of behinds, and lots of tongue! Ooh, la la.

"Did you ever have the pot roast at Claim Jumper?
Are you okay with the term "date night?
Do you like to bowl?"
How do you feel about PDA?"