Monday, August 11, 2008
The party
Tayler has wanted to go play laser tag for a long time so today was his lucky day. We just got back and it is on everyone's list of favorite things to do, a must do again. So I guess if you've never done it, GO!! :)
Happy Birthday Tayler!
Tayler is 13 today!! I can hardly believe it.
On the day he was born, Hope and Jackie were with their Aunt Heidi having fun at the county fair. My Mom came over to the hospital to see how things were going and happened to get there right when he was born! I am not sure if it was because of the county fair or what but there were tons of people in the room when he was born. Maybe it is because people knew I had way cute babies :)
Tayler loves food, we have so many pictures of him eating and with the remnants of food all over his face. When he was little and got past the doodle doodle doodle talk he would ask me what we were having for breakfast in the morning before he went to bed, and then in the morning he would pull back my curtains and tell me "look Mom the sun is shining, let's eat", he was so cute.
Look at that face, doesn't it just melt your heart. Man he was cute!
He loves animals, especially his dogs.
At the cabin, swinging away.
He was our first child baptised in Oregon, that was such a great day.
His first pinewood derby, I think he took third place. He had such a good time making that car with his dad
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLER!! We love you and we hope you have a wonderful day!
Tayler loves food, we have so many pictures of him eating and with the remnants of food all over his face. When he was little and got past the doodle doodle doodle talk he would ask me what we were having for breakfast in the morning before he went to bed, and then in the morning he would pull back my curtains and tell me "look Mom the sun is shining, let's eat", he was so cute.
Look at that face, doesn't it just melt your heart. Man he was cute!
He loves animals, especially his dogs.
At the cabin, swinging away.
He was our first child baptised in Oregon, that was such a great day.
His first pinewood derby, I think he took third place. He had such a good time making that car with his dadHAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLER!! We love you and we hope you have a wonderful day!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Finished
Thursday Tayler and I, his friend Tony and his Mom and Tony's sister went on a twenty mile hike. After all of these hikes there are a few things we have learned.
1) Always pack more food than you will ever eat, it will make you happy to carry it all day and then take it home and put it back in the fridge :)
2) Always hike with a good buddy, you will have way more fun that way.
3) Duct tape is a girls/guys best friend, the picture below makes it look like it wouldn't work but for me it does the trick.
4) Take a good look at your shoes, do they look like the kind of shoes that can take you twenty miles? Also enjoy your feet and the fact that they are not aching and feel pretty good in the early morning before the crazy hike, chances are that those feet might still ache days after.5) Don't look to closely at this little guys eyes (below), the guilt might kill you when you shut the door and hear his sad little whine. He knows you are going to do something fun without him.
6) If you are hiking along, trying to not think about the many miles ahead of you that day and someone looks down and sees this little guy looking at you. Make sure you pull out your cell phone and get a good picture and then make sure you push it around gently so that you can see it's wing is broken and above all else pull out some socks put them on your hands and be brave and hope the little thing won't bite you, pick it up, and walk with him until a ranger comes along and takes the poor wounded bird to safety. Make sure you feel good about doing your good deed for the day :)
6) If you are hiking along, trying to not think about the many miles ahead of you that day and someone looks down and sees this little guy looking at you. Make sure you pull out your cell phone and get a good picture and then make sure you push it around gently so that you can see it's wing is broken and above all else pull out some socks put them on your hands and be brave and hope the little thing won't bite you, pick it up, and walk with him until a ranger comes along and takes the poor wounded bird to safety. Make sure you feel good about doing your good deed for the day :)Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Last night
Yesterday was around 100 degrees, and since that doesn't happen very often it kind of has a bad effect on us. We all feel like we are melting. I know in Utah we were hot and lots of times hotter than this but I think that is the key, if you are hot all the time you just deal with it. If one week the temps are in the 60's and the next week in the 100's and then cooling off to the nice high 70's low 80's it kind makes it hard to adjust. Who am I kidding we are just big babies :)
Anywho Sid called George to see if we would like to go swimming in the Wilson River, we have talked about doing this before just never have. The problem was that Tuesday night is our mutual night :( So we split, George took Jackie, Tayler and Emma with him (yes that is right two of my kids missed their activities), and I took Hope and went to the lake with the YW. It was a lot of fun, all I did was sit on the shore and watch the girls have fun, so my night was pretty stress free.
Sid on the other hand had to jump in the river and save Sunny and Charles. I am kind of glad I missed the whole scary thing, but it all worked out well and George was getting ready to jump in if Sid needed him. After that scare they just used life jackets. Sid told us it probably didn't scare us as bad because we couldn't tell what they were saying (they speak Korean) so he knew they were in trouble long before everyone else. All in all it sounds like a pretty place to go play so we will have to go back.
Anywho Sid called George to see if we would like to go swimming in the Wilson River, we have talked about doing this before just never have. The problem was that Tuesday night is our mutual night :( So we split, George took Jackie, Tayler and Emma with him (yes that is right two of my kids missed their activities), and I took Hope and went to the lake with the YW. It was a lot of fun, all I did was sit on the shore and watch the girls have fun, so my night was pretty stress free.
Sid on the other hand had to jump in the river and save Sunny and Charles. I am kind of glad I missed the whole scary thing, but it all worked out well and George was getting ready to jump in if Sid needed him. After that scare they just used life jackets. Sid told us it probably didn't scare us as bad because we couldn't tell what they were saying (they speak Korean) so he knew they were in trouble long before everyone else. All in all it sounds like a pretty place to go play so we will have to go back.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
My doggy
Rocky is so cute!! I know some would disagree with me on this, but I am a sucker for animals. While I have been catching up on everyones blogs, my fierce little guy was barking and whining at a big mean nasty fly....... It really makes me laugh. I know I have said this before and I will say it again, I am very EASILY amused.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Texting
Since Jackie told you all about our camping trip I thought I would talk about something that has become a sore spot in our household, TEXTING!! It has become a dirty word in our house and since I am YW President, it is very annoying at church also.
I totally understand that texting has a purpose in the world but I think it is becoming a HUGE problem. It is very addicting just like drugs, alcohol, and dare I say pornography. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to look at their New Era's and read what is being said about texting.
My girls want unlimited texting so that their friends will talk to them!! Does anyone else find that amazing? Their friends won't talk to them?!!!?????? Because they don't text :( They don't text because they have to pay for each and every one of them which is 20 cents per text which adds up fast. I want them to be smart with their money so I want them to learn a lesson and I also think that there is more to life than staring at a cell phone. Well the lesson was learned the hard way for one daughter who had her texting turned off and the other daughter who thinks life is unfair is just being smart and learning to control herself. Do I think this is bad? NO! I think more parents need to teach their children that there is a time and a place for texting and it isn't at church or when someone is sitting next to them talking to them.
Texting is soooo huge that it is the only thing we talk about as a group with the YW. Ok not the only thing but it comes up too much. The girls like to compare to see who sends more texts!! One girl did 9000 texts another 10,000 texts a month. That is one text every 5 minutes in a 24 hour period. Anyone else out there think this is a problem? :(
I totally understand that texting has a purpose in the world but I think it is becoming a HUGE problem. It is very addicting just like drugs, alcohol, and dare I say pornography. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to look at their New Era's and read what is being said about texting.
My girls want unlimited texting so that their friends will talk to them!! Does anyone else find that amazing? Their friends won't talk to them?!!!?????? Because they don't text :( They don't text because they have to pay for each and every one of them which is 20 cents per text which adds up fast. I want them to be smart with their money so I want them to learn a lesson and I also think that there is more to life than staring at a cell phone. Well the lesson was learned the hard way for one daughter who had her texting turned off and the other daughter who thinks life is unfair is just being smart and learning to control herself. Do I think this is bad? NO! I think more parents need to teach their children that there is a time and a place for texting and it isn't at church or when someone is sitting next to them talking to them.
Texting is soooo huge that it is the only thing we talk about as a group with the YW. Ok not the only thing but it comes up too much. The girls like to compare to see who sends more texts!! One girl did 9000 texts another 10,000 texts a month. That is one text every 5 minutes in a 24 hour period. Anyone else out there think this is a problem? :(
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Not ready
There comes a time in a mother's life when she has to come to terms with the fact that her son will grow up and fall in love and leave her.
Tayler just went swimming today and I guess some girl approached him and said, "My friend thinks you are cute and hot, and wants to know if you want to go out with her." He of course said no and then the girls were blowing kisses at him and all kinds of silliness. I don't know if I am ready to come to terms with this right now, but it looks like I better get there. Time is marching on.
Tayler just went swimming today and I guess some girl approached him and said, "My friend thinks you are cute and hot, and wants to know if you want to go out with her." He of course said no and then the girls were blowing kisses at him and all kinds of silliness. I don't know if I am ready to come to terms with this right now, but it looks like I better get there. Time is marching on.
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