Another reason it's good to be a mom...

Around noon today I walked Maycee to the corner by our house to meet her ride to kindergarten. Avery, my two year old, was watching a movie downstairs, so instead of interrupting that, I decided to just go and leave the front door open a crack if Avery needed me. So, Maycee and I were standing at the corner when I hear, "Mom? Mom?" Avery was calling to me from the house. I waived to her and said, "Come over here with us!" She ran over and says to me in the cutest little voice, "Mom, I's worried 'bout shou. Shou not in my house." (I'm not sure why "you" is pronounced with a "sh", but that's Avers!) Isn't that so cute? She told me she was worried about me. That's a good Mom moment. I know now that she does listen to me occasionally (at least some one does!). Ahhh! I love this girl!

Surprise!- You're and idiot!

Not you! This is my mind talking to me. Yesterday was a day full of surprises. Not all good, mind you. It was Sunday and our church starts at 1:00. At about 11:45 I was in the shower, getting ready when all of a sudden, like a bolt of lightening hit me, I realize that I AM SUPPOSED TO TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN COMBINED today. Not just the Beehives, but everyone, and all the leaders will be in there, too. CRAP. So, needless to say, I got ready pretty fast, so that I could get preparing. Ryan was working, so the kids and missed sacrament meeting. Oh well. However, (surprise #2) while I was getting ready, I was trying to find a certain necklace to wear with my outfit. I couldn't find it in the normal place, so I had to look around a bit. So, I opened the top of my jewelry box, the ring section, and looked in there. Well, it was there! And, so was MY WEDDING RING that has been missing for about 3 weeks!!! I had looked everwhere for that ring, searched the whole house. Everywhere but my jewelry box, in the RING SECTION. I'm such an idiot! But, regardless of the idiotness, I am so glad to have found my ring. I would get so depressed just thinking about it being gone. So, Hallelujah! However, this brings me to surprise #3, which is not so happy. When I got home from my parents for dinner, there was a message on our machine from Stake Pres. Linnell asking me to call him back. Seriously? I'm supposed to call the Stake Pres? I could not think what on earth this could be about, but I had to call him back. So, I did. He was very nice and friendly. And, he very nicely and friendly asked me to speak in Stake Conference on Sunday. Boo. And, to top it all off, Elder Nueswander (I know that isn't spelled correctly) will be here, AND I do not have an assigned topic. What is up with that? So, there you go. Day full of surprises. But, the good one: I found my ring!!!!

Memories....

I've seen this on a few blogs and I really like the idea. It goes like this...

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, repost these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Happy Memories!! (I hope your memories of me are happy!)

The Fourth of July: We had a great holiday! We went to another family reunion in Springville in the afternoon and then came back home for the "Culdesac of Fire". It was really fun. We played kickball with all the neighbors before, had tons of snacks and then, of course, did fireworks. It was a ton of fun. I think we're doing a repeat for the 24th of July.

The Canyon: We also went up the canyon a few times. Usually we go up Big Cottonwood- it's probably the most convenient, and the kids love it. This time Payton, Isaac, and Heather came up with us.



They climbed on all the rocks. No casualties, even!







And then...they started to find bugs. But, it kept them busy for a long time. Cool caterpillar huh!




The best part, though, was the cave. We were prepared and brought a flashlight, and surprisingly, everyone went in. It doesn't go back very far, but it's still kinda spooky.












Memorial Day:

On Memorial Day we traveled down to Mapleton for my family's annual Family Reunion. Fun. But, actually the kids loved it. This year they got to get their faces painted. They looked so cute. These pics don't do them justice- I think by this time, most of the paint had been rubbed off.


What a cute little Meoweee (that's Avery talk for cat)!

A pretty pink butterfly!



















And, the camo army guy. What a tough guy!

Something New

I just went rollerblading with Heather this morning. She talked me into it. I was just going to walk with her, but decided not to be a Nancy. And, although I mentioned it was morning, it was so blazing hot already. But, I have to say that the rollerblading was awesome. I haven't been since my senior year of high school. I went with some friends down at the Rio Rancho park and I remember it pretty vividly. It was a sight to behold. This time, however, I didn't fall at all. Pretty sure it was the double stroller holding me up. But, although it was a little tough, especially the uphill parts, it felt great. Props to John for giving me his old rollerblades! So, yahoo- I've found another way to work out and bring me closer to my goal. Thanks Heather!!

Father's Day

Ah-ha! I'm back. I'm looking out my window right now at solicitors walking up to my door. Boo. I hate those guys so much!! Sorry-harsh. But, seriously, why? Do companies really make that much on door-to-door sales? So, I'm just not answering the door, but I just realized that one of my kids left the front door cracked open a little bit. Crap. They have to know I'm home. Oh, well. I'm still now getting that door. OK, they're gone. So anyway, Father's Day. We had a pretty good one. We started out by making Ryan breakfast in bed. But, if any of you have any better ideas let me know, because I feel like the breakfast in bed thing is kinda dumb. We woke his trash up a little past nine with warm waffles, syrup, sausages, and juice. He was way excited. Then, we all gave him hugs, wished him Happy Father's Day, turned on Sports Center and then we all went downstairs and ate our breakfast. It was actually kinda funny. But, what else are you supposed to do? Within about 5 minutes Ry came down to join us. He kinda got lonely up there all by himself. Funny. And, darn it, we didn't surprise Ry with anything this year. I knew what he wanted, but I wanted him to pick it out. So, on Saturday we went to Lowe's and picked out a new BBQ. It's really nice. I'm excited to have some fun backyard BBQs. Do any of you have some really good BBQ recipes? I'd be very interested in those!! So, you saw the picture of at the top. Why am I having a hard time putting the picture down here? Why am I a blog idiot? But, the important thing is that I'm back. Yahoo!

There is a light at the end of the tunnel...

I know it's been forever since I posted anything. I'm sorry!! I feel like I've been so busy. We've had dance recitals, soccer games, practice, swimming lessons, preschool programs, Young Womens, etc. We've just been going, going, going. But, it is starting to calm down now. Dance is done for the summer, along with preschool, soccer (only one game left) and maybe swimming lessons. YW will always be there, but it's OK, I really do love it. And, Zack only has about 2 weeks left of school. Yahoo! We can start sleeping in again!!! Anyway, when I figure out where all of our pictures are stored on our new computer, I will show all of you Maycee's cute preschool program, swimming pictures and stuff like that. But, tonight I'm going to bed. It's 10:40 and it'll be the earliest I've gone to bed in a while. Talk soon!