Oh Man . . .

Just registered my daughter for HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!

This is so wrong . . . . .

Marta

Ok, ok Amy. I'll get my pictures posted! : )

Here we are at the airport waiting for Marta to come. We made these signs so she would find us easily. This was our first glimpse of Marta as she came out of the terminal.

Here we are driving home from the airport.

We managed to get her on the swing at your house. She really loved your backyard, even without flowers.

Scoping out your house.

We showed her your wedding picture. She told us that mom told her all about her big hairdo at the time of her marriage!

This is what she was referring to when she said she sat in your legacy chair. Not sure why she called it that. She said it was like the legacy movie. Is there a rocking chair in that movie?

Standing in front of your house.

The rest of the pictures I took were on my cell phone. I already emailed them to you.

We sure enjoyed her visit. Not sure how you can love someone so much that you only spend 8 hours with, but I already miss her terribly. I hope you get to see her again, but I hope I get to see her again too. She just fit right in with our family. She could definately be another daughter of yours! And she definately loves you. That's all she talked about!

Entrepeneur

This is Jarod in his "store." He has been open for business for about three days now. He has this little table set up in his room back in the corner. You can't see it, but there is a sign hanging above him that says "employees only." Can you guess what the name tag on his shirt says? You guessed it - EMPLOYEE. He tells us all when he is open and we have to come in and buy things from his room. Apparently he is selling off all his possessions. And he expects real money, too. I think he has raked in about 5 bucks so far (because we are all a bunch of suckers of course).

What an imagination!!!

Superhero Daddy

Well, we had a little "drama" this morning. Dean (despite my repeated warnings NOT to do it) started his truck to warm it up while he ate breakfast. When he went out to get in the truck, he saw it driving down the street. Someone had stolen his truck!!! He ran in the house, dumped my purse looking for my keys and took off in my van chasing after them while I called the police.

Mr. Superhero caught up with them in front of WinCo's as they were waiting at the red light. He pulled my BRAND NEW van sideways in front of the truck so they couldn't drive off and jumped out and started yelling at the lady (yes, a lady) to get out of his truck. She threw the truck in reverse and rammed the car behind her (which turned out to be her accomplice). When she figured out that she couldn't get away she jumped out of the truck and ran off.

So Dean got his truck back with very little damage to the back bumper and we spent the next half hour with the police giving statements. Lucky he didn't get pulled over driving the truck home because we had reported it stolen and he took off so fast he didn't grab his drivers license!

Dean promises never to leave his truck running again!

(And no, they didn't catch the theif. Bummer)

Fun in the Snow

The last time it snowed, we took our new sled to an empty parking lot and pulled it around with the truck. The kids thought that was GREAT.

The kids built a little "jump" and Dean would speed up as he drove past it. Here is Jarod getting some nice powder.

DJ taking the jump on his knees.

Wait a minute? Where did Lindsie and Cheyenne go?



Looks like they didn't quite make it.

Lindsie tries it again solo . . . and makes the jump!

Who is this masked man? Apparently when you are freezing, eating snow makes it so much better.

Looks like a couple of criminals. But where is the sled? I'm pretty sure it's on the other side of the parking lot following the truck . . . without riders!

Lindsie tried really hard to jump on behind DJ, only to face plant!

Deacon

Today was DJ's first time to pass the sacrament in church and then collect fast offerings after church. We are very proud of his desire to serve his Heavenly Father and to please Him in every way.

And doesn't he look COOL in that awesome suit! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Happy Birthday DJ!! . . . (sort of)

Poor DJ. His birthday falls so close to Christmas that sometimes his parties get put off. This year he had his party on the 29th. Why do they always have to be slumber parties???? Five 12 year old boys. . . . it's amazing I am still alive (and they are, too)!!

First they went to see the movie Sherlock Holmes. Then they came back to our house for pizza and cake. And apparently balloons up the nose.

Blowing out the candles. DJ likes cheesecake, so that is what he chose for his cake.

This can only be trouble.

While we were busy celebrating his birthday, my neighbor called to tell me that his wife was sick and he needed to take her to the doctor and could I please watch his three kids? SURE! What' s a few more, right??? Well . . . he ended up having to take her to the emergency room. You know what they do in the emergency room? KEEP YOU ALL NIGHT. So I had TEN CHILDREN at my house, including an 8 week old baby, all night and half of the next day. Needless to say, nobody got much sleep, especially me. The baby did really good and slept most of the night, amazingly, but I was so worried about him waking up that I kept waking myself up. I forgot what it's like to have a baby around.

Can anyone say BIRTH CONTROL??!?!?!?