Priorities

Okay so Troy helped me remember what Maya misunderstood a while back. We were all in the car going somewhere and I think Troy was talking to the boys, telling them how they needed to get their priorities in order, or get their priorities straight. Something to that affect... well, he then asked, "Do you understand what I'm saying?" Maya said "Yes, you said they need to get their panties straight." Oh my goodness, we all had a good laugh over that one. Yes Maya, that's exactly what dad was telling the boys. That's awesome.

Kid-speak

Sometimes it is so funny what kids hear. For example, when Troy says the blessing on the food he always says "please bless this food and the hands that prepared it"... Maya caught on to this but instead says "the hands that repaired it". I guess it's kind of similar... I just thought it was kind of cute and haven't had the heart to correct her yet. I need to share these things when they happen because she said the absolute funniest thing -well, misunderstood the funniest thing - a few months ago but of course now I can't remember what it was, just that it was hilarious. If I remember, I'll post it, but it's just so fun sometimes how kids hear things as opposed to what is actually said.

Today

So for some reason today I am able to post something on my blog from my computer at work. Sweet! I also tried to make some changes to the layout of my blog since eventually even I tire of bright pink. I've gotta think I'm not the only one out there. My new template is boring, but as I am still a babe in the woods with this whole blogging thing it's what you get. I know there are super cute borders and whatnot you can find somewhere but who has time for that? Seriously. I'm probably just being bitter because I'm not cute and clever like so many other bloggers out there, so if you're one of them, just ignore me, I'm just jealous.
If you're not one of them... seriously people, right?
Anyway, I'm afraid I have no exciting news to tell you. Things are pretty much the same as they have been. No fun plans coming up to look forward to...just hoping I still have a job next month in this fantastic economy. I have been teaching Maya how to play the piano and she really enjoys it, so that has been fun. Zane has been working on his multiplication facts for a while now, and I think he has finally memorized all of them, so that is definitely cause to celebrate. Zack is currently struggling with his Japanese class and since his parents don't speak any Japanese, he's kind of on his own with that one. That's one of those life lessons where you learn that just because something sounds fun, doesn't mean it always is. Live and learn, that's why we're here, right? Troy and I are very fortunate that Zack's mom is so great in working with us to help Zack and do what's best for HIM rather than what's best for HER. I cannot tell you what a huge difference that makes in a divorce situation! It is so much better for the kids when they can see that their parents are all working together as a team to help them and support them. It's not always easy, but in a situation like that sometimes you just have to put your own personal feelings aside and work together for the sake of the kids. Anyway, I'm off my soap box now... sorry... momentary relapse.
I thought I'd look through some older pics and post a couple from this summer. One is from our first camping trip with our new trailer up at Strawberry Reservoir, but it was taken at the end of our trip so we are looking a bit haggard... the other is from Troy's b-day in June - I just thought it was a cute pic. See ya!

Thanksgiving

Okay so I just read my sister's comment about posting some pics from Thanksgiving so here are a few. We had a great time together and it was so nice to spend that day with at least some of my family!

Christmas 08

I just wanted to post a few pictures from Christmas. We had a great time together this year... we were able to have all 3 of the kids with us quite a bit, which was really nice. Now we are just trying to recover from all of the business and get back to life as usual. It was really great to have a some time off from work though. I am pretty boring right now - I have a headache from a stressful day at work and my eyes are tired of looking at a computer monitor so please enjoy the pictures! :o)

Weekend Update

I am so sorry - I am the worst blog updater ever! I will really try to post something else this weekend while I'm home for 4 DAYS - WOOHOO!! How sad is it that I'm already looking forward to the upcoming 4 day weekend and it's Sunday night? We have the kids for Thanksgiving this year, which will be nice. I'm excited that my sister's family is coming down to spend the day with us. I wish there were more of us getting together, but I so appreciate her making the hour + drive for the occasion. I will try to make it worth her while and dazzle her with not only my stellar culinary skills but also my fabulous game playing abilities. Upwords and Payday here we come! Kidding... kind of. So I went and saw "Twilight" this weekend. I thought it was pretty cool. It's been at least a year since I read that first book so I forgot what happened in which book, but I enjoyed it. I agree with my sister's assessment that they could have found a prettier Rosalie - I mean seriously, Bella is always going on and on about how perfect she looks...ya, not really. That was disappointing, but I think for the most part the other characters were well cast. Bella and Edward were cast really well; they were just as I pictured them. I guess Emmett could have been a little bigger, but he was okay. As soon as the movie was over I was like "Okay I'm ready for the next one!" Seriously! Why can't authors and movie-makers just make them all and then release them like within a month of each other - you're killing me!
I really had such great intentions for this weekend - I was going to clean the house like a mad woman, and I so didn't. I mean I did some stuff, cleaned here and there, but not even close to what I was planning. That just means I'll have to clean after work all week. Or perhaps it means that I over-plan... yes, you know, I think that's it. I just shouldn't "plan" so much, and then I won't be put up against these "expectations". There's my solution, right there! Okay, or I could just do it, but that's way less fun.
Well, as I said I'll really try to remember to post something next weekend while I'm home, since that's the only place I'm able to post stuff, but with the kids here it will be tricky. So I won't promise anything - there's that whole "expectations" thing again. :o)

Sick Day

I ended up having to take the day off today because Maya's mom called to say Maya is sick and she had a workshop for work to be to today, so I said that I'd come and get her and take care of her. Apparently she has thrown up 4 times since last night, but fortunately for both of us, she hasn't since I picked her up this morning. Troy has a big project at work that is keeping him really busy so he wasn't able to stay home with her. I feel like a true mom now! :o) She fell asleep watching "Sword and the Stone" (love that old school Disney) so now I finally have a chance to write a new post! It's only been - what - 4 months? How sad. Zane's baptism went well - of course the pictures from that are at work ironically; I'll try to remember to email them to my home email address so that I can upload some new pictures. I'll post some pictures of our camping trips this summer too. We went to Deer Creek, Huntington Lake, Strawberry Reservoir, and most recently Bear Lake. I wasn't a big fan of Huntington because it was swarming with mosquitoes, but the rest of the campsites were beautiful and a lot of fun. Bear Lake was by far my favorite, even though our truck ended up breaking down halfway there. Luckily we had the van with us too so we left our truck and trailer in Layton and drove the van up to Bear Lake for the rest of the day. We saw a show at Pickleville Playhouse called "Chuck Wagon's Wild West Showdown" and it was so much fun! I highly recommend going there; it was seriously hilarious - the whole family loved it. They interact a lot with the audience and Zane even went up on stage to help out with their version of "She'll be comin' around the mountain" and he did a great job. Maya has been wanting to sing that constantly ever since because their version was pretty funny. Of course the beach was so nice too - we'll definitely be planning a return trip early next summer or even in the spring, weather permitting. Sadly, Utah is already jumping right into the fall weather - it was rainy off and on yesterday and is supposed to be the same way for the next couple of days. I was really enjoying the sun. Now that I'm not so fat I actually can enjoy the warm weather instead of feeling like I'm going to die of heat stroke! :o)
Well, wish me luck with the little sick sweety sleeping on my bed. I promise I will post some pictures soon!