I've been tagged!

Motherboard tagged me, I've never been tagged before, so thanks, it makes me feel special! Seven random and/or weird facts about me? That is a hard one!

1. I have two favorite sandwiches. One is a toasted peanut butter sandwich. I toast some bread, butter it, then put crunchy peanut butter on. The key is the butter. And then with the bread being hot, it kind of melts the PB. SO GOOEY! The second is a tomato sandwich (I discovered this when I was pregnant with Melissa and craved tomatoes). With my secret ingredient. Again, I toast the bread, spread mayo (it's got to be Best Foods mayo) then put sliced tomato on the bread. What's the secret ingredient? BBQ potato chips. Only you have to put the chips on one at a time with each bite, or else it gets soggy. And you can't have soggy (see number 2).
2. I don't like soggy cereal. So I don't put milk on it. I drink the milk seperate. That's right, milk and cereal don't mix!
3. I love to vacuum. Sometimes I even have to use it as a reward. I will tell myself that if I clean up the kitchen (which I hate) I can vacuum the family room. I know, I'm sick...
4. I really like to read. And I HAVE to read the last page of the book after I read the first chapter. I read the first chapter so that I know some of the characters and what is going on (sometimes I have to read more to get a sence of this). Then, I read the last page to find out kind of what happens. If I don't, then I tend to neglect my kids and everything else reading strait through to find out what happens. If I already know what happens, it is easier to put the book down and tend to my kids' needs. *Is this random enough?
5. I have crazy taste! When it comes to decorating. You wouldn't know this though if you came to my house. Because my house isn't decorated at all. In fact people who come over, comment on how "clean" it is. That's only because it's empty. But if you could only see what is in my head!
6. I love playing games. But then I married someone who doesn't love it as much as me. Same with sports I guess. Growing up the sabbath day ended for sports center. I used to be able to tell you who was on what team, who the coaches were, etc. But now...
7. I'm afraid of the phone. I don't like to call and ask people to do things. I love to chat away with people I know (and like). But I have to really talk myself into calling up someone for a favor. Like finding a substitute in primary (the worst - I am just SURE you are on the other line saying "ARGH! Why are you asking me? I hate you!" Or to call and get a bill mix up taken care of. And the other thing that scares me is reporting my visiting teaching. Even when I've done it. Don't ask me why, it is just a very awkward (spelling?) phone conversation for me.

So, there you have it my randomness! I tag: Lisa, Heather, Brett, Melany, Megan, Judy, and Joanna. Good luck guys! Can't wait to hear from you!

Stay AWAY!

I have been non-existent on the blogger scene for a week and this is why... Yep, the flu-bug has hit our house. So, stay away. Stay far away. And for the record, it is going around because people that don't even live near me, and that I haven't even been around lately, have it too.

In case you were wondering...

For those of you who were wondering how Jayden could have gotten the chocolates in the first place...

What am I to do?

* OK, first two big disclaimers. Yes, this is on Sunday. And no, we usually don't water in the afternoon (you know the whole don't water between 10 and 6 thing). So, if you can look past the whole "breaking the sabbath day" thing, this is actually a funny post.

Sunday, I was making dinner and needed a tomato. So, Spencer offered to go pick one out of the garden. I asked him to take Jayden because well, he's Jayden. So, off they went. Spencer came back in with a tomato and no Jayden. When I went out back to get him, he was playing in the sprinklers. In his church clothes!

The Zoo

Steve and his brother Mike are taking a class on Saturdays to study for the CPA exam. So, Mike's wife Judy and I decided to take the kids to the zoo. I was surprised at how CROWDED it was. We lucked out though and found a parking spot fairly close quickly. If not, I probably would have been a little cranky.Even with it a little crowded we still had fun and the kids got to see and do what they wanted. Melissa got to see the penguins.
Spencer wanted to see the bears.
This was just a cute picture.
Jenna wanted to see the big fake elephant sneeze.
Jayden wanted to ride the train. When it was over, I had to literally peel his fingers off the bars to get him off.

Jenna and Sam walked around the zoo like this for most of the time. They are such good friends. I wonder though if at some point the whole boys/girls have cuties thing will ruin it.

We saw the bird show. Sam actually won a free ticket for the train by answering a question. Cute monkeys (the animals too)
I couldn't get any of the kids to do it, so I did!
This giraffe came freakishly close to us! Gives me the creeps too, I just don't like animals invading my personal space. The thing the kids don't realize is giraffes have crazy long tongues and it could totally have licked them!

I know, you've seen this before...

I know that I have done posts like this before, and believe me I try to weed them down. It actually happens a lot more than I report. However, this one was well, different...Jayden came to me to tell me he needed a washcloth. "Ya think so!" I started to panic though because last night we had some really yummy cake, and I was looking forward to having some more after lunch. I was being so good too, not to have any for breakfast, which was a pat me on the back moment. But now, it was gone, I was good, and look where it got me. I got nothing, see, good guys do finish last some times. But wait!

The cake was still there! Just the one finger lick in the middle that was there last night (thanks to Spencer- but who can blame him!). So where did chocolate hands come from?
That's right, Lisa brought us back some chocolate covered Macadamia Nuts from Hawaii. The box holds fifteen. I had one, Melissa had one, Spencer had one and Jenna had one... Jayden didn't have any because he was taking a nap at the time. But don't worry, he got more than his fair share. He ate ten of them.
For those of you math whizzes, this is the one that was left over.
And lucky me, that night his diaper was nothing but the nuts. Literally. I don't think he chewed any of them really. They were pretty much whole. He just realished the chocolate.

So, now I have learned my lesson... That's right, eat cake for breakfast. He didn't, but he totally could have eaten it and I would have been out of luck.

So, I did it...

I have been posting to my other blog so you have a "sample" of my thoughts. Some of you have already seen it, but for those of you waiting for the "official" invite, here you go. My new blog is linked on the side with my "favorite blogs." And you know what, it is one of my favorite blogs. So theraputic (sp?). It is "I'm just sayin'."

But there are some rules if you read it...
#1 No getting offended
#2 There are times I am ranting to myself to. (Just remember that) I am guilty of some of the things I complain about too.
#3 Don't ask me who I am talking about! It could be you and I don't want to lie.
#4 Leave a comment. If you agree, let me know, if not, by all means I want to know that even more! I have been known to change my mind.

There you have it, read it and enjoy!

Blog Surfing

I was blog surfing today because I did not want to take a shower. Sometimes it just seems like more work than it's worth. Anyhow, in the process of "surfing" I came across a blog of one of my old primary teachers. Which is funny because I was thinking about her and her husband this week.

On Monday we had a Presidency meeting for Primary. During the meeting we were talking about all of the "holes" we need to fill. There are quite a few who have been released or are being released and there aren't replacements for them yet. As we were discussing people to sub, I realized that there are a lot of people who "sick" of primary right now and don't want to help. And don't get me wrong, I know how they feel. I have to admit I have been there myself. The class that we were discussing in particular reminded me of my own class at that age. We had Bro. and Sis. T. In fact, the more I thought about it, we had Bro. and Sis. T for a couple of years. I think they just followed us as we got older. And they were AMAZING!

We were always having class parties. Swim parties, Christmas parties, slumber parties (back then you could do that - girls in one room, boys in the other), and parties to plan our class presentations in Sharing time. They encouraged us to memorize scriptures - if we memorized a scripture, they would take us for Frozen Yogurt. They even gave me my first journal. They showed us what it meant to fellowship someone. There was this kid who (I think) had a single mom raising him. They were always inviting him to primary. They would pick him up for our parties and would really try to get us to include him in our games. There was even one kid who was deaf (that wasn't in our class), that would come to class and Bro. T would talk to him in sign language.

I respected them. They always told us the truth. If we were doing something that wasn't right, or maybe said or did something that wasn't nice, they told us. And you know, we all respected what they had to say. We knew that they were correcting us because they loved us and were trying to help us and teach us what was right.

They showed up each and every week prepared with a well thought out lesson and when they couldn't make it (which was rare) they had a substitute. I learned a lot those years, and now when I think back on primary teachers, they are the ones that I remember. And as we were trying to come up with names for subs in Primary this week, I thought of them.

So, thank you Bro. and Sis. T. I am sure that there are others who think of you when they think of primary. So, thank you for teaching us, thank you for coming each week, thank you for loving us, and thank you for giving us an example that we will follow for the rest of our lives. And my hope is that my children someday have Bro. and Sis. T's as well. If we could only be so lucky...

Other things I found while blog surfing is that some people have grown up into exactly what I thought they would be like and others are total SHOCKERS! For example, my friend who had this extensive collection of porceline babies just had twins. She has three other kids, and is LOVING it. She was always the one that everyone asked to babysit because she loved it and was good at it. (I didn't love it so much). Another kid that seemed pretty shy to me just got married not too long ago, I guess it took him awhile to get the nerve up. Someone else, is more of an independent and isn't married, not a shocker. But then there are the shockers! Like the kid that used to try cheating off of me in Spanish class, he's a teacher! I wonder what his cheating policy is? Or the kid that was a ladies man in high school. He's not married. Or the only child who has a BUNCH of kids! Or the kid that I had a crush on in like for ever is a beach bum. Go figure!

It does make me wonder though if people saw me now, would I surprise them or not?

That's one way to do it!

The kids were out playing last Saturday with the neighbors and Jayden was trying to ride their scooter... That didn't work, so Erin lowered the handle bars...
He still couldn't get it, so he tried to sit on it...

So, this is what he came up with!

I had to throw this in there for a laugh! The kids decided to ride their bike over to the park, and Jayden thought that he should be able to go too. I caught him around our mailbox, but not before snapping a picture.

Jenna's Life Lesson...

Jenna was on the computer today playing with her "Webkinz". It is a cat named Kathy. She was trying to find some clothes to buy for it. I heard her say outloud, "Why are the beautiful things expensive?" I don't know, Jenna, I don't know...