Our weekend...and a little bit of me ranting....

I have been working on this post and trying to arrange the pictures...but blogger is not letting me move the pictures. It's about to drive me nuts...well...that and Addie screaming her head off. She's lucky that I have locked myself in the office because I am seriously ready to smack that kid! AHHHHHHH!!!!! She wants me to blow up a swimming pool...and #1...I have no clue where our blow up swimming pool is and #2...I can't figure out how to put the right attachment on the air compressor and I am not about to blow up a pool with my mouth...even if I DID know where it was! She is freaking out and screaming at me to "blow up the pool!" You guys just don't understand how this girl can throw a fit and there is NOTHING you can do to get her to stop. She stops when she's ready. I can't put her in her room, she just comes out. She wont sit in time out and I can't sit there with her because her crying drives me crazy! If you have any advice...well...at this point keep it to yourself because right now I'd perfer to think that there's something wrong with her and not my parenting techniques. :}

Okay.....enough of me ranting....
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Here is my post about this past weekend!

Aren't Mondays the worst? I just want to crawl back in bed and go to sleep today. I guess I still haven't recovered from the two hours I spent in nursery with 17 kids. That wiped me out yesterday!

So....I thought I'd blog about our weekend...since we actually did something! My parents drove up late Friday night. We've been needing a visit from them...the kids ask about them coming to visit us all the time and Weston has even been praying that they will come! They got here around midnight. We got up Saturday morning and my kids attacked them in their bed (now that we have rearranged rooms...the guest bed in the office is often referred to as "Grandma and Grandpa's bed"). Anyhow...we ate breakfast and then Brandon, my dad, Weston and Addie went to go look at the cows. Weston had it in his head that he wanted to go see the cows that day...and so they all went. Funny kid. When they got back we loaded up in the van and headed over to Dollar Tree because Kaitlyn had earned some money pulling weeds and it was burning a hole in her pocket!

Oh! I have to back track for a second and tell you about Friday night! We had a ward Primary activity at the park. We all ate dinner and then they had tickets for snow cones and popcorn....plus they set up a big screen and projector and played the movie "Black Beards Ghost". We hadn't seen that one before...and the kids weren't very interested in it plus Weston kept wandering off in the dark so we left....but the whole idea was fun! I loved being out there in the night watching a movie with our ward family! I hope they'll do it again.

Okay...back to Saturday. After Dollar Tree we ate at Taco Bell for lunch then drove up to Woodland lake. I love that place. We walked around the lake and just took our time looking at the birds and plants. I think the highlight of the day for us all was when we saw a mommy duck with her 7 hungry ducklings. The kids indulged them on old hot dog buns that we had brought for that exact purpose! The ducklings were so cute! They just followed their momma everywhere she went! We could have watched them all day! The kids also liked playing at the play ground. It's near the ball field. There were some people shooting off bottle rockets in the field...so we watched them for a little while. Then we went to the store to get things for BBQ~ing. Then took the scenic route home from Show Low...back up Love Lake Road. It's so pretty over there. I know some people might hate me for saying this...but that area back behind Shumway and Taylor is SO much prettier than Snowflake. I'd love to live over there if it weren't for the water near by. I don't want to live near water while my kids are little.

Anyhow! That was our weekend! Fun and relaxing. The best part might have been that the kids were so well behaved!

I should also mention that we got a new Bishopric. Jim Bailey is Bishop, Jason Lyman is 1st Counselor and Sam Weech is 2nd Counselor! All great guys! We'll miss Bishop Decker and his family though. I have to admit that I was SO relieved that Brandon wasn't call to the Bishopric. I had been nervous that he might be. It's hard enough having him gone Sunday mornings!

Here's a few pictures from our visit to the lake!

P.S. Sorry about my snappy comment about not wanting advice...you ever had one of those moments though?

"Hair...bye bye"

Last night, Addie and Weston took a shower together. It's nice to have Weston older and to be able to just throw him in the shower with his sister! Well....after his shower, I got him dressed and then a little later he wanted a drink. We were in the kitchen when I noticed he had a patch if hair missing...then after further examination...I realized that he had several pathces of hair missing! Addie quickly owned up to the deed. Somehow a razor was left in the kids shower...and Addie put it to use. All I can say is it's a good thing Weston's a boy and I could just shave his hair off. Could you imagine if Addie had used the razor on herself!?

So...this morning after breakfast, I took a few pictures of Weston and then shaved his poor hair off. One day he'll laugh at this....I hope. For now...he misses his hair. When I ask him, "Where's your hair Weston?" He rubs his head and says, "Hair, bye bye."

With hair or without....he's still a little cutie!_________________________________________________

The Guilty Party

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Before I buzzed his head

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The girls and I thought it would be fun to give him a mohawk!

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Now here he is....bald and beautiful (well...not beautiful but still adorable!)

SO....I have to report my failure. Yesterday I tried to make fruit leather.....this was my second time. The first was about 4 years ago. ANYHOW.....it looked good+smelled great...but was stuck to the wax paper. I guess I should have used plastic wrap. Maybe I'll try that....in another 4 years.

Mmmmm....it's smelling pretty good over here. I have my cherry/apple fruit puree in the dehydtrator...I'm hoping it turns into some yummy fruit leather!

I have to give a little shout out to duct tape though. Totally saved me today! I had dropped the pitcher of my blender on the floor...then not knowing that it cracked I put the mashed up fruit in it to puree. Well...it started leaking out the crack and I was afraid I was going to lose all my hard work (picking cherries+washing them+taking the pits out....not to mention all the hot hours I spent 2 years ago canning the apple sauce.)...anyhow....I ran to the shed....got the duct tape and was able to finish up my puree without losing more than a couple dribbles! Thank you duct tape!

B-day+Father's Day!

Today is Brandon's day and I hope he's enjoying it! So far he didn't get breakfast in bed because our ward meets too early for that.....but I made him yummy chicken salad for lunch...which we ate AFTER we had cake...my mom sent it up for his Father's Day present...they sell them at her bakery...chocolaty and yummy...we manged to squeeze all 32 candles on it! It resembled a small forest fire and when he blew the candles out...there was tons of smoke! That's what happens when you get old I guess! :) Then he opened his gifts and he's been relaxing in his new recliner ever since...which I am SO happy for! I think Father's Day and Mother's Day and birthdays are days where the person being celebrated should do whatever they want and not have to cook, clean or change a diaper. So....I hope that Brandon feels celebrated! He's such a great dad...he loves to play with the kids, take them on dates, read them bed time stories and tease them! I also love that he has ambition. He takes pride in providing for our family. He honors his Priesthood which I am SO grateful for! Plus he has a great sense of humor. All in all....he's a pretty great guy who is lucky to have me as a wife....oops. I mean...I am so lucky to be his wife!

Mother+Daughter Night

We had a Mother+Daughter Night for Enrichment today! We ate dinner, decorated cookies, made flower hair clips and these adorable flip flops! Kaitlyn and Addie picked out the material they wanted to use and Aimee and I helped them put them together...totally cute and very fun! :)

Oh..I forgot

...I have to tell you what Kaitlyn said on the way home from church today! But first a little back ground. During our family scripture study recently, we talked about giving to people even if we're not sure that they will do something good with what we give them...our job is to give, not to judge....and that's hard sometimes.

Well...today Kaitlyn said something like, "Mom, will you give me some money." And I said, "If you earn it, I will". Then she said, "But I asked...and if people ask you for money, then you're supposed to give it to them remember?"

I don't know if she really thinks that is what we were trying to teach her...or if she was just being clever.....either way...I still thought it was cute.