Our Own Blue Man

Dallin is our troublemaker. He doesn’t mean to cause trouble. He’s just a very curious boy. And boy oh boy does he keep us on our toes.
Today Dallin got into the pantry and found the food coloring. That isn’t necessarily a new thing, but today he actually opened the food coloring. Yellow and blue make [...]

Tell It Like It Is

From Kris we get to “Tell it like it is” today. The point is to answer each question with a short answer… the first thing that comes to mind, I guess. You just tell it like it is!! Here goes:
Tell it like it is…parenting edition
1) On DisciplinePlease do, so I don’t have [...]

Counting Down

Hey folks… do you know what is coming up? No, not Christmas! I mean, yes, Christmas is coming up, but that isn’t until Monday. Do you know what comes before that?? On Sunday??
MY BIRTHDAY!
Now, I know it’s cutting it close if you haven’t sent out gifts yet, so I will accept late entries. And if [...]

Shut In

The younglings and Mr. Universe have been sick. Luckily, I have not. I don’t know how much more I can take of this, though! All day long I am dealing with runny noses and scary sounding coughs. Dallin is just plain miserable. Parker sounds like he can’t breathe half the time. Aiden is actually doing [...]

We’ve Got Ghosts!

A few weeks ago we went to the LDS Temple to see all the beautiful Christmas lights and to hear the outdoor concert of the evening (that night was a “flute choir”, although I personally don’t consider four flutists with no alto or bass flute a flute choir, but maybe that’s just me. Oh, [...]

World Class High Jumping

Last night was our ward Christmas party and talent show. Ches played a trumpet duet of several Christmas tunes (and they sounded awesome… even with Ches being so sick he looked like he was going to pass out!). There were several piano players, other instrumentalists, and a few singers. One family sang “Grandma Got Run [...]

To The Motherland

I have made a decision. We’re moving to England. I just want to, okay? I found several good reasons for doing it:
*England has so much more history than the US does. I mean, “old” here is anything more than 100 years old. In Europe, that’s still very new. There old is like, 500 years or [...]

Christmas Ornaments

Growing up, we had a certain Christmas tradition that I’m sure a lot of people have. However, it is one I always enjoyed, and when Ches and I married, I wanted us to keep this one up in our little family. Every year, we each get a new ornament for the Christmas tree. It can [...]

What I’m Doing Right Now

I should be in bed, asleep. But I’m not. Instead, I’m sitting here, wasting time at the computer as I wait for the dryer to finish drying the blankets. I will then switch the load of darks from the washer into the dryer, and put a load of whites into the washer.
I’m sitting here at [...]

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year… For Credit Card Companies!!

Have you seen the commercials for Sam’s Club lately? It shows all these different people with huge, goofy smiles on their faces and huge, often goofy purchases they have recently made. I can’t remember what song is playing in the background as the go from one shot to the next. However, the [...]