She drives me crazy!

My daughter!!! Olivia is a very sweet and loving girl, but she has the most mischevious side to her. My mom and I and all three of my kids went to see my ailing grandpa (my dad's dad) and my 95 year old grandma(my mom's mom) last night. My grandpa has a catheter because he can't get out of bed and of course Olivia sees this bag of yellow liquid and starts poking at it and asking what it is. AHHHHHH!!!!I went and grabbed her and took her out of the room and told her that I would tell her later! I never did.

We went to my grandma's house right after and had interupted her dinner. She had been eating in the living room while watching T.V. so she had left her plate of food on a side table by the chair. Granted my kids were really hungry, but when I saw Olivia sneak a noodle of her plate with her bare hands I almost died! My grandma is very in to being polite and so am I, but you wouldn't know it from the way Olivia works! I really hope my grandma didn't notice.

I don't know why I'm always shocked when the person who asked the teenage boy working the checkout stand if he was a boy or a girl(eventhough he was obviously a boy), or the person who told my dad he was too furry and should shave his arms, or the person who told her uncle his hair made him look like a girlie-man, is going to do things like this!

Whoops!

The other day Emmett and I asked Ethan how school went that day.....

Ethan: "I messed up."

Me: "What did you mess up?"

Ethan: "I don't want to talk about it."

Me and Em: "We're your parents, Ethan, you can tell us anything."

Ethan: "Well, Cheyenne (the girl Ethan has a crush on) gave me a letter that said, 'will you be my boyfriend. Yes or no. Check the box'.

Me: "So, what did you do?"

Ethan: "I checked the "yes" box."

Me: "So, you're Cheyenne's boyfriend now?"

Ethan: "No, Cheyenne just gave me the note, but the note was from Sarah!" I thought the note was from Cheyenne. That's why I checked "yes".

Me (laughing): "So, are you Sarah's boyfriend now?"

Ethan: "NO!"

Girls are such tricksters sometimes!

What a catch!!!!

funny girl

Olivia is a funny girl. She was impressing me the other night on how she really notices the details in things and understands underlying meanings.

I said: "Olivia, you are so smart! I think your brain works super good!"

Olivia: "Yeah, but I don't know what two-thousand and eighty-nine looks like!"

So modest.

Eric is gone!

We took my brother Eric to the MTC on December 17th. It was hard to say goodbye, especially right before Christmas. He was defineatly missed. It's funny, I mostly feel sad for my brother Adam, because he and Eric are very close and did almost everything together. It's weird to see them apart. Adam will probably be going on a mission next year sometime too. Those two brothers are the nicest people. They are so helpful and never complain, unlike the rest of us. I'm sure it was nice for my Mom and Dad to have their youngest children be such angels. Anyway, so long Eric and may the force be with you!

Beauty Is Pain, But Sometimes It's Worth It!

Olivia had been begging us for a long time to get her ears peirced. She said she's the only one of her friends who doesn't have earings. So, a few days before Christmas I took her to Claire's and had them peirce her ears. She was so afraid. They had her hold a Teddy bear, but she needed my hand too. My sister showed up out of the blue, so I had her take some pictures. Olivia was very brave and I was very proud of her. She is very happy with the results and couldn't wait to tell everyone and show her friends at school. She always wants to wear her hair in a ponytail to show them off. Now she knows what all us girls know: Beauty is Pain!

Junior Jazz Spazz

Ethan has been playing on a Junior Jazz Basketball team. He is the youngest and smallest kid on the team. He's so cute! He doesn't quite know what to do when he's out on the court, but we can clearly see his trying his best. It's fun because Ethan never really got into soccer. He played four seasons until finally he told us he really hated it. He also did two T-ball seasons and didn't like that either. He loves basketball, though. He gets really hyper during the games and jerks around and dances alot. The boys on his team are really nice and try to pass him the ball and cheer for him. He does some embarrassing things, but that's OK because apparently, I am the most embarrassing mother on the planet right now! So right back at me!

Christmas Pics (Finally)

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. We sure did! I've been very neglectful of my blog lately. It's hard for me to stick with anything, but I'm trying. Enjoy the pictures.

Elementary School Santa (AKA the principal).Livi and my adorable neice, Cora at Grandma's house on Christmas Eve.Christmas Eve.


Santa brought Ethan a new pet. Ethan named him "Cody".