Lazy Writers

Okay I have to vent about the dumb writer's strike. If I have to hear one more thing about it I am going to scream. I am a TV junkie. I admit it. Although I love summers for swimming and all the outdoor stuff I hate it for the fact that I get no new shows and just a bunch of repeats except for my beloved shows of the summer Big Brother and So you think you can dance. To be honest I really have no idea what the strike is all about other than that every Thursday night after I get my kids to bed and I sit down with a sigh on my couch ready to be transported to seattle grace hopspital I am severly disappointed. All I have to say is everyone has jobs they wish were better or things they could change about their job. Of course we all would like to make more money i mean come on people, but I don't see eveyone else striking on their jobs. So to the what I am now calling lazy writers out there, get off your couch watching the re-runs you wrote and write something new. The fact that you bring pure enjoyment to us fans should be reason enough to end the strike right? I have to say I did see a good movie the other night since there is nothing else on TV. A bunch of us girls went to see Juno. Anyone else see it? I loved it. I laughed and I cried although not as much as Jamie since she left the movie without most of the makeup she came with:)

Our Vacation and Everything else

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I got smart this time and used the photo montage stuff to post all the photos. We went to Utah for a short trip after New Years. We went up for Kristal's (my SIL) baby shower but jared also wanted to do some snowboarding and there was PLENTY of snow for that. We also put ethan in some snowboarding lessons for a day. I think he thought it would be easier so he got a little frustrated but all in all said he had fun and would like to go again. We also took the kids to the Dino Museuem at Thanksgiving Point. Well worth the money we spent a few hours there and probably could have spent more if Mom and Dad weren't tired and ready to go. We had a horrible drive back. We got caught in the worst snow storm especially for us who are not used to driving in it. It took us almost 6 hours to get to Cedar City from Salt Lake. Usually it takes us just under three hours. It made for a long trip home. I also posted a picture of what we got the kids for their birthday back in Nov. Jared along with my brother in law Eric (many thanks) built them a swing set from sctrach. They designed, bought and built all of it. Jared still needs to put the posts in so that the "clubhouse part" is more enclosed but the kids have been more than happy to use it regardless of the total finish. Last but not least, Ethan finally lost his first tooth. He was more than excited. The toothfairy gave him a dollar. Bad timing for losing a tooth after a birthday, christmas, and a trip to utah. I think he would have been happy with a quarter. So that is us in a nutshell for the last few weeks. We were sorry we didn't get to see anyone while we were in utah but with the outings and snowboarding and baby shower we decided to make the trip less jam packed and eventually make another trip up there just to see people. Hopefully everyone else had a great holiday break and that those with kids back in school are enjoying it as much as I am!

I'm Done.... I think

So after my last post my friend who seems to be a whiz at this blog background stuff sent me a comment leading me to a site with pre-made backgrounds that will not delete all of your sidebar stuff. Thank you Thank you Jamie. So for right now I think I am done messing with the blog. I have spent more time changing it than I have posting. Hopefully I will get a little better at doing all this stuff and it won't take me so long. Although Jamie said it would take less than five minutes and it did!!! Thanks again. The blog I went to is called http://www.cutestblogontheblock.blogspot.com/ so easy even for a computer dummy!

Getting Caught Up

So in my attempt to try to stay up to date with all the cute blogs out there, I have wasted half my day and realized how little I know about computers. I have finally ended up with this background and still have some updating to do since it erases all of my links on the side. Could someone just bring all of my cute pre-made blogging templates back? Anyway maybe by the end of the week I will get some new pics posted we have been busy the last few weeks with lots of new pictures. I also have my doctors appt tomorrow where I will hopefully find out for sure what we are having although I am still telling myself that it is a boy. If anyone has some easy instructions on changing blog templates or making cute headers let me know. FYI I still have no idea how anyone in the world can read that HTML stuff!

Merry Christmas to All!

So I am posting a ton of pictures of Christmas Eve and Christmas. I know Jared's family wants to see them since they were not here. These pictures are of christmas eve. FYI my children are not naked. They had a bath and then got to open their christmas eve present which is Pj's. We had dinner at my house with my family and Lindsay's in-laws the Whitezells. We ordered Olive Garden take out and a cake from Smith's bakery (bakersfield natives might be drooling about now Smith's is the best). I think I want to order take out for every holiday dinner. It was so nice not to have to cook or clean up all the cooking. It was also really good!

So these pictures are of Christmas day. It was so hectic to keep up with giving the kids their gifts and taking pictures I really don't have to many. My mom and dad came over to watch kids open gifts and the headed over to Lindsay's to do the same. Luckily my kids get up early and hers get up late so it works. It was a good Christmas for all, and as you can see Mackenzie wasted no time in using her gifts. She could have cared less about any other gift after opening her princess shoes and dresses.

We are having a......

So we think we are having a boy. I had an ultrasound on Thurs. I was about 16 weeks so still kind of early. This baby would not cooperate at all. First the tech thought that it was the umbilical cord. Then the baby would not move its hand. So after 20 mins the tech said she was about 70% sure that it was a boy but told me not to go out and buy anything. I left kind of frustrated. I wait for the day to find out what I am having with as much excitement as I do my due date. I am not patient when it comes to finding out whether or not we are adding a boy or girl to our family. On all three of my other Ultrasounds I could tell before the tech even told me what we were having but this one had me totally stumped. I got out my other kids US pics and it looks nothing like my boys or mackenzie's. The only thing that makes me a little iffy on it is that what she is pointing to as "boy tools" is so high up and away from the baby's bum. Who knows as of right now I am just saying we are having a boy. I have another ultrasound on the 10th of Jan and they said they would be able to tell for sure then. We'll see. If any of you residents that we know can tell me for sure I would really appreciate it since this is the best picture, I am sure you are not at all busy, and since none of you except one is an Ob/Gyn resident. I am pretty sure that most of the moms would probably be able to tell me best. Actually Kristin and Lisa since you guys are the expert in boys I think you need to weigh in on this one.

Sacrament

So I am sure most of our Sacraments all go the same way. Multiple trips to the hall, dragging kids out by their arms, lots of bribing, and many many explanations (at least to Landon) as to why we are still at church and when we will be leaving. This is the explanation I got from Ethan yesterday:

Me: Ethan only take one piece of bread when they pass the tray
Ethan: But I am hungry
Me: Ethan two pieces of bread will not make you full and you need to leave some for everyone else
Ethan: If I take two pieces of bread I will think about Jesus twice

I am not sure how to argue that explanation I was pretty impressed he came up with that. Now I must think of a really really good argument for why we only take one piece of bread during the Sacrament. I am guessing I should just be happy that he knows what he should be doing when he takes the Sacrament.