Jet+Tub=Jet Tub

Driving home from church one day, one of the squirrels asked the following question:

If you had lots of money to get whatever you want, what would get?

Me:  "I would like a jet tub.   A nice, big jet tub."

Livvy: "Why?  Is it so that you can fly around the house?  Because that would be a lot faster than walking."  

Ha-ha-ha!!!  We all just busted up laughing!  Great memory!

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Jet Tub!

Don't Get Out Much

As my sister, her girls, me and my girls walked to the Seattle Aquarium,  I was looking at the pictures on my camera.   I looked up and noticed 2 women holding hands walking towards us.  Ew.  I couldn't believe it!  So while holding my camera down as if still looking at pictures on it, I took a picture of them.

My sister just started laughing and said, "you don't get out much, do you?"  Nope.  I don't.  That's just disgusting.

Voluntary Bedtime

Every Sunday is pretty routine.  Breakfast, church, lunch, laze around or play until dinner which is after 5 p.m.  Then we do family scripture/prayer, play until 7 p.m.  At that time, Terry's gone to Stake Choir and the girls settle in for America's Funniest Video's.  They love it!  Then at 8 p.m., they watch Extreme Home Makeover while I throw together our weekly treat.  Once the Makeover show ends, they turn off the TV, clean up the treat mess and head up to bed.  Then Terry or I follow them up and tuck them in.  The End.

Yesterday, we drifted a bit from our routine.  I didn't have ward choir to go to, so I ended up taking a nap.  I didn't have a plan for dinner, so I ended up making grilled cheese sandwiches for the girls, and bean & cheese quesadillas for Terry & I.  While we were eating, Terry received a phone call that took a bit of time from his dinner.  By the time he finished his dinner, I was laying on the bed with a stomach ache (again).  We totally forgot about doing family scripture/prayer before he left for Stake Choir.  I ended up staying on the bed for the rest of the night.  The girls watched their shows, as usual.   But they ended up just popping microwave popcorn for the treat (I couldn't throw something together on account of my stupid stomach).  At 9 p.m., Terry came into the room and asked if I was ready to do scriptures/prayer.  I said no.  I was watching "Merlin" and it was too interesting to be interrupted.  Besides, it's summer and the girls can watch it, too if they want.  That's when we both noticed the family room was vacant of the 4 squirrels.  What?  Where did they go?  After Terry investigated, they all returned to the family room.  They had all voluntarily gone up to bed!  Whose kids ever do that?!?  When I told them how awesome they were for doing that, and then said they could stay up and watch "Merlin", they were a bit confused.  But when I pointed out that we still had scripture reading to do and we weren't going to do it until 10 p.m., the light illuminated their understanding.

We are the luckiest parents to have such diligent and obedient kids!  They continue to amaze us every day:)

Goodbye Grade School!

Brynn has made it through grade school! The school held the 6th Grade Celebration last Friday. Brynn played "Oh, What Do You Do In the Summertime?" on the piano as parents and classmates found their seats. She did a great job!

This is Brynn and her teacher, Ms. Dawson.  Yes, Brynn is as tall as her teacher!  I think Brynn's at least 5 ft 8 inches tall.  It's been awhile since we've measured.  But her shoe size has exploded to a women's size 12!  Yah, we have to order shoes online now:)  I've tried to get her to just cut off her big toes and save on the cost of shoes in the future.  No can do.  Dang.

Brynn wanted her hair cut.  So after the celebration, I took her to see Bena.  Brynn loves her new "do"!   I love it, too.  She definitely looks like a teenager and is ready for Jr. High!

You are so awesome, Brynn!

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Olivia turned 7 years old today!  She has been sooooo excited for today!  She picked out her own pre-made cake at Costco.  When a Brother in our ward saw us at the bakery, he came out to say hello.  He works there and offered to add Olivia's name to her cake.  She loved it!

We had everything ready:  gifts bought and wrapped, cake & mint ice cream sandwiches bought, dinner at McDonald's (I said "no" to Chucky Cheeze), but heaven forbid I check to make sure we had birthday candles!  Home emergency candles to the rescue!  They not only come in handy for power outages, but also for awesome birthday cake candles:)  Very memorable.

Awesome inferno!

And a bit more challenging to blow out.

Every squirrel wanted a specific portion of the cake.  

Olivia: a bee    Kara:  green stems    Emma: the sun's eyes     Brynn:  the pink flower

Olivia also wanted the blue flower.  So I cut that whole chunk of cake off and put it on it's own plate.  It's all hers!  The other squirrels were a bit jealous that she got such a huge piece all to herself.  But the rest of the left over cake is on 3 dinner plates!  

"Mom?  Can we have cake for breakfast tomorrow?"

"Sure!"   I'm just awesome that way.