Okay, well the more I hear about this, the more outraged I become. I find it absolutely reprehensible that Utah, along with other states, are allowing parents to intimidate and threaten the school districts so my child can't watch our President speak on education. God forbid we actually teach our children to respect our Leader, regardless of your political affiliation. It is disgusting that our children aren't "allowed" to watch President Obama speak to our youth about the importance of education and staying in school, about setting and following through on goals. Really????? I don't recall uproar when the first President Bush did the same thing, speaking to the children of this country about the dangers of drugs, I don't recall people freaking out thinking he was really just trying to brainwash the young "democrats" to become "republican". I don't care what political party anyone belongs to, but I firmly believe our children should be taught to respect the President and be able to listen to what he has to say on education and the current state of our Union. We are building our children's future now, what are we teaching them with this "ban".
Okay, sorry, I had to get this off my chest. I am so sick of the uproar and the newsworthiness of this story, I could puke! Listening to parents ramble on about the harm this will do gets under my skin. Maybe after the speech we could all listen to old AC/DC records backwards and get our satanic message from them, then we could cut chickens heads off and just go crazy... Really people... Find another crusade, I see no harm in my son listening to the leader of our country speak about the importance of education, but I am a crazy, left wing liberal, so what do I know?
Well, no Tim this year, so we headed out to watch Kenny at Rio Tinto Stadium. Not the greatest place to see a concert, it was hotter than hell, but we had a great time. It was his Sun City Carnival tour, with Lady Antebellum (we missed them), Miranda Lambert (not a huge fan), Sugar Land (they had to cancel, which sucked, cause I LOVE them) and Kenny all packed the stadium. I hadn't seen Kenny since he came to SLC with Tim quite a few years back but he does put on a great show, I must say. We had really good seats as you will see. All in all a great night! Now, just waiting til Tim comes back next summer... 
"THE TOOTH"
"THE LETTER"
Bring it on tooth fairy...
Okay, so this post is not about my kids at all. Well maybe they were the inspiration for my new favorite thing in the whole wide world, but it was me who did it and can't stop doing it...
Do I have you intrigued yet? I mean what could be so incredible that I can't stop myself from hoarding and then lying about them to my kids, "nope, don't know where they went"... hehehehe from inside my room, tucked under my covers popping one after another into my mouth. The cold explosion as I bite them in half and "uhhhh huuhhhh" there it is HEAVEN.
I wont keep you waiting anymore as to the secret identity of all this yummy goodness, grapes!
Ok grapes you say, "NO, not just any grapes, FROZEN GRAPES!"
I get them home from the store wash and let them dry completely and then pop them in the freezer and wait... and wait... and wait.... and. Well, you get the picture. I actually look forward to that first pop from the grape, it is so refreshing and for me so much better than cookies or sweets, which that is huge for me and my sweet tooth. I would eat these morning, noon and night if there weren't some major digestive repercussions I would later have to deal with. So for now, I eat in moderation the totally yummy goodness of the FROZEN GRAPES! Mmmm, gonna have to grab a few more before bed. Oh wait, no kids there aren't anymore! ;-)
Can someone get me my hubby to feed me my grapes.... you know all romantic like! Ya right!
This is not the play... but from an earlier game!
WOW! Tristan had an unassisted double play last night in his baseball game, he quite possibly could have had an unassisted triple play... He was playing shortstop when a pop fly was hit to him with bases loaded (they don't have the infield fly rule in his league) and he caught it (very nonchalantly I must add, need to work on the two hands) and of course all hell broke loose because in this league a catch is very rare, so all the runners were running. Well, there were no outs at the time, so Tristan always very aware of outs and runners and the little details in the game ran and touched second base and got the second out. I was so stinkin' proud of him, not just cause he caught it (he can catch) but because he knew there was another out to be made. He didn't celebrate his catch (well at least not until he got the second out) but kept cool and got the out at second. 
He has been switch hitting this year... too fun!
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What a handsome devil...
T and his teacher, Ms. Lambson (what a great teacher)
Getting his "diploma"
All the cousins...
Papa Robert, Tristan, Grammy Pennie and Brenley
Me and my boy...
Papa Ken, Tristan, Brenley, Grammy Debbie and Marley
TaG !!!
This is a fun tag where you can only use one-word answers!
1.Where is your cell phone? Kitchen
2.Where is your significant other? Working
3. Your hair color? Blonde
4. Your mother? Friend
5. Your father? Daddy
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night?None
8. Your dream/goal? Marathon
9. The room you're in? Office
10. Your hobby? Reading
11. Your fear? Dying
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Healthy
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? Perfect
15. One of your wish-list items? New tattoo
16. Where you grew up? Roy
17. The last thing you did? Type
18. What are you wearing? Bandaid
19. Your TV? New
20. Your pet? Snoring
21. Your computer? Addicting!
22. Your mood? Tired
23. Missing someone? YUP
24. Your car? f150
25. Something you're not wearing? Socks
26. Favorite store? Aeropostale
27. Your summer? Boating
28. Love someone? Passionately
29. Your favorite color? Pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Dec 22
If you have time then tag you're it! :) All y'all
Sorry for the title, but it is a long running joke in my family! It makes me laugh everytime I say it and it works for more than just Christmas. But anyway, I wish that all my friends and family had a Merry Christmas and that Santa Claus made it to all the kiddies homes. I know he stopped here and dropped off too much stuff. Oh well, the kids loved it and had such a blast opening everything.
Oh no, I hope Santa left the kids enough toys!?!
Thanks Uncle Eggy for our fishies, we are so excited. They have named them Dora Boots and Spongebob. B has a pink betta and T has a blue betta. They are mesmerizing to watch and we have, for hours.
Oh my gosh, more presents! yeah!
"Barack Obama mommy, I love him!!!!!" from the lips of my daughter, she absolutely loves Obama and will let anyone at anytime know it. I don't know of a three year old that gets as excited as her whenever they say his name or show his face on tv, she gets crazy excited! That's my girl! :-)
Princess boots for B!
Just back from a great trip to sunny and HOT Cali! The reason for the trip was to see the Chargers (of course we told the kids it was to see Mickey). We headed to sunny CA hoping to see the Chargers get their first win, after getting screwed against the Broncos, yes I am still bitter! Anyway, we bought the tix way back earlier in the year, long before Favre was a Jet. Needless to say, I wasn't super excited to see the Jets play, that is until I heard Brett Favre was there. Although I am a Chargers fan, ya gotta love Favre.
We stayed in Riverside at J's grandpa's house the first night and the kids were so excited it was warm enough to swim in their pool. They swam all day the first day and wore themselves out. Well, as worn out as they get.
After a fun day of swimming and letting Brenley meet her great grandma Sue and Papa Jess, we headed down to San Diego, where we rented a condo about 300 feet from the sand and the Pacific Ocean. As you can see the kids had a great time building sand castles and running and playing in the ocean. J even had a great time boogey boarding.
We spent the whole first day at the beach and then on Monday we headed out to Qualcomm Stadium for the Monday Night Football game between the New York Jets and the San Diego Chargers. We all had our jerseys on and went and chilled for awhile at the tailgate party in the parking lot. T and J played football, we listened to the band and best of all, we watched the Chargers kill the Jets. My favorite player, Antonio Cromartie had two interceptions, one for a touchdown and almost had a third. It was a great game, filled with fans fighting (as always there) and Brett Favre, which was really cool to see him play.
The next day we headed out to Sea World where the kids, and me too if the truth be told, had so much fun watching the dolphins and killer whales, the penguins and the fun Journey to Atlantis ride. It was well worth it going, the shows were absolutely so entertaining.
We LOVED the "Shamu" show. We were setting a little bit back, but still in the soak zone and as you can see... WE GOT SOAKED. 
We spent the next day in Disneyland and had so much fun. B had never been there before and T was a lot smaller, so they both got to go on a lot of rides. T's fave, Pirates of the Caribbean, was definitely not B's favorite, she cried! We spent only a day there, I could have done more, but we crammed every second of that day with rides and fun. I already want to go back to Disneyland again. B's favorite part was meeting all of the characters: Mickey, Pluto, Tigger, Winnie the Pooh and more. She blew them kisses and gave them hugs!
We spent the last day at the Huntington Beach Pier and walking around there. I love that area, great shopping, good food and great people watching. There is always something going on there. Once again, our trip came and went just like that. Now its time to plan the next one...
