Stop Thinking About Me

Order Girl Scout cookies instead!
If you are interested in buying Girl Scout Cookies from a really cute little girl who has a mommy who is frazzled and forgot to ask if anyone wanted cookies until the last day, then order them now from Olivia! (How’s that for a sales pitch?)

You can order them by either [...]

Heidi, Holly, Scotty, Robby, and Heather holding Marky 1980
You may be wondering what I am doing in these pictures. I am sucking my finger. I was never a thumb sucker, it was always my finger. Left hand, upside down, index finger. I sucked my finger ALL the time. I sucked my finger for way too long and, [...]

Our family got a Nintendo Wii for our “big” present Christmas 2008. I was the mean wife who bought it in September of 2008 and made Gary wait until Christmas to open it. Like I said, mean.
I just wanted to share some of the games that we love.
 Ultimate I Spy: My kids LOVE the I Spy [...]

A few months ago Gary and I were doing the usual 70 minutes of tag team wrestling with the kids during Sacrament meeting. We prefer the back seat so we are less “on display” and so that there is no one behind us wishing we were inactive. We had only made it to the announcements and I [...]

Remember back in October when I told you about Holden cutting his own hair? Well, he did it again before Christmas. And again, for the THIRD time, last week. It’s. Getting. Old.
I called Gary in frustration after I found hair in the garbage and the scissors on the floor. He very kindly said he would take [...]

Gary and I moved into this house five and a half years ago. I was out running errands when one of our neighbors came by to introduce themselves. When I got home Gary let me know that he met one of our neighbors. 
Me: “What was his name?”
Gary: “Greg.”
Me: “Oh.”
Then I thought about his answer…
Me: ”Wait a minute! [...]