Questions of the Day 1/25/09

What is your favorite color?
Sam: Gold and Blue
Rachel: Pink and Purple
What is your favorite letter?
S: H for High School Musical
R: R for Rachel

What is your favorite food?
S: Corn on the Cobb because it is so buttery, and Chicken on the bone
R: Macaroni and Cheese and Chicken on the bone
What is your favorite number?
S: 3 it’s the magical number
R: 1 because it’s first
What is your favorite part of your body?
S: Heart
R: Eyes
What do you like to do?
S: Play outside in the snow or sun
R: Play with dolls

What is your favorite scripture story?
S: The whole Book of Mormon
R: Daniel and the Lions den, the Joseph Smith story and the whole Book of Mormon too.
What is your favorite animal?
S: Ponies (they are small horses) and birds
R: Birds and Horses
What do you want to be when you grow up?
S: An artist, some Artist pictures get hung up in the Temple
R: A big rainbow colored monster (So I can eat daddy and mommy and sisters and the whole earth)
What is your favorite season?
S: Spring- you can pick flowers, plant a garden and sell it to the store, climb trees
R: Spring- grow a garden
What is your favorite holiday?
S: Christmas, it reminds me of Jesus
R: Christmas, we get presents
What is your favorite book?
S: Pretty much the Golden Plates (Book of Mormon)
R: The Book Of Mormon because I have so many of them

EveryDay

I just arrived home from my first girls only game night here in Payette. Oh how I have missed games with the girls!! Nothing like a truck-load of estrogen to keep you going all month. Thanks Ladies! Fellow gamers should be proud, we did quit promptly at 10:30pm as promised to some of the husbands to allow this to go on. ; ) I'm not quite ready to cash it in (too many night shifts??), so I thought I would catch up a bit.

Rachel and Lizzy after church a couple weeks ago. They do like each other every once in awhile. Aren't those the cutest smiles?....Ok, now for what every other day is like....

Lately the girls have stopped thinking that cleaning is their responsibility so.....most of their toys that need to be 'cleaned up' are on time out--for 2 weeks (they'll be free when Rachel hits 4). That leaves them with the options that are in the plastic Walmart drawers under the bed--Dress up!!

Samantha set this up and told each of them where to place her arms when I told her I wanted a shot of all three--all this after one basketball game?? Curse that half-time entertainment.

Is this a sign of what is to come?? Look at those moves, I'm not sure she realizes that she is not even two yet??

All because of the wonderful example of ....

How could you resist? I love what happens when I threaten them with bed before dinner if they leave anything that belongs to them out in the front room. They can be quite creative.
For example: when we were discussing their Valentines project Sam tells me--when asked if she had any pink paper, 'I'm sure I do, Mom, but it is on time-out, so we'll just have to use yours.' Aren't they supposed to be a bit older when they figure this stuff out?? Not to worry--yet another experience well preserved for later blackmail.

Bloggorific

Ok, so the combination of eight somewhat steady hours at the computer (interspersed with some occasional nursing care) has made me want to sing praises to blogs...and people who place links to other people on them. I spent the night looking up and linking to some of my high school, mission, and past location friends. I'm so grateful for the technology which makes this possible. How amazing is it to be able to sift through all those memories of the 'good ole days' as I watched what wonderful people/parents those pesky teenagers/kids became. So thank you to all of you who take the time to record thoughts and feelings, funny kid stories, as well as very significant struggles. I feel I have been blessed to become part of your lives through this night--or maybe it's just the sleep deprivation. All joking aside...THANKS!!

New Years!

Since I worked the weekend following Christmas, we 'stacationed' for Christmas. But that left the following weekend open for a road trip---To Pasco and my little sister and her three crazy boys and recent arrival--a baby sister. I'm not sure who was more excited to meet little Eliza--me or Elizabeth. All week in preparation I'd been asking the girls if they were ready to go meet 'baby Liza'--As soon as Lizzy saw Eliza (could this get confusing in the future??) asleep on the couch-she said 'baby, baby' and went to pat her on the head and give her a kiss. In all her 20 month exuberance, I was a bit nervous for Eliza--but Ruby (is that better?) was amazingly gentle and loving. Oh how I love it when they surprise us!

We had a great weekend watching the kids destroy the boys room, eating (both in & out), going to the gun range to play with the (big) boys new toys, playing games, and (the girls' highlight) hottubbing. It is always fun to watch the cousins get to know each other again (the 30 seconds until it's just like old times), and to forge new bonds.

Thanks, Adam & Kim, for allowing us to come and invade.

There is nothing I love more than photo shoots with little ones....since I played with a bunch today and sent them to myself (instead of my anniversary picture...) I guess I will post some here. We even tried a family photo (thanks Mike). Hopefully I don't get too carried away...

I couldn't resist the baby sized basket.

Eliza in front of the fire with her fuzzy blanket.

Cole just before the family shoot. Baby blues.

Who could resist this sweet smile? Gotta love Bentley!

Cole with his clone. In looks and personality. Sweet.

Mike's idea. The boys loved it (except Bentley). They were all giggles in the next shot..

The Family. All those handsome boys!!

Ok, so I got just a bit carried away. (This isn't all of them...)

Oh, how I love sleeping babies!! Isn't she just sweet. I'm glad you got your girl, Kim. We love her too much already.

Have you ever??

I robbed these from some random blog I connected to from my cousin. Nothing like late nights in a busy ER....Finally an update.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (as far as you can go now!)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie or on a TV show
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Had an encounter with a wild animal
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House (only the outside)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Taken a martial arts class