One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

I have been meaning to write this story down for some time. It's been about 2 years coming...So we have this great little river by our house that keeps Russell busy all summer long. So one day he and his cousin Dallin were exploring the river, they came running home so excited, "Mom, there's a dead cougar in the river!" They took everyone they could think of to see that dead cougar. Days had gone by and his excitement had not dissipated. We were driving by the river and he finally got Rick to concede to pull over and check it out. When they got back, I was like, "Well was it all that you ever dreamed it would be?" Rick said, "Well yes, if my dreams included a baby calf." Russell was slightly embarrassed. It was a few days later when we were all driving in the car again, Rick yelled, "Holy crap, there's a whole herd of cougars!" Russell's head whipped to the side so fast, "WHERE?" We all started laughing as Russell realized that Rick was pointing to the herd of cattle that are our neighbors. Russell said, "Dad you're such a jerk!", as he sunk a little lower in his chair. Poor Russ, he'll probably never live this one down, we'll be telling it to his friends and future girlfriends for years to come.

My friend Suzy is a photographer. She had a bunch of the kids in the neighborhood pose for her in different settings so that she could use them as stock photography. This is one of Ryker in a classroom setting.

Tae Kwon Do-n't Know If This Is A Good Idea?

Ryker started Tae Kwon Do last week, he was really nervous for some reason and he cried before class cause he didn't want to go. I felt bad for him. He is excited now though and really enjoying it.

Do I Have A Licentious Little Lech On My Hands?

I don't know where he learned this, or how he KNEW it was a bad thing to do, but this little kid will reach out and squeeze my boob really fast, pull his hand away and then look at me, with his eyes squinched up like, "I dare you to get mad at me." I slap his little hand and say, "T.K. that's a no, no." He just looks at me defiantly and tries to do it again. It's so funny to see him do it, because he, knows it's bad, so he does it really quickly, like, "If I do it fast, I'll get away with it."

I must say, I'm a little concerned. He seems to have too firm a "grasp" on things of a nefarious nature for his age.

Airheads Aren't Just A Yummy Treat...

So Jade owns this shirt that says, "I'm so confused, wait no I'm not."

She comes down for school one morning and says, "Mom, what does this shirt mean?"

Exactly!

Pretty apropo don't you think?

If She Looks Confused, It's Cause She Is!

We were driving in the car and Eminem's song, Love The Way You Lie, was on the radio, Jade and I were both singing the part where it says, "Now I know we said things, did things, that we didn't mean, then we fall back into the same patterns, same routines", came on and she said,
" fall back into the same patterns, seventeen"
 I was like, "Jade, it's not seventeen, it's same routine."
She responded with, "You're so critisizzle!"
I was like, "Oh my gosh, that's not even a word!" "I might be critical, but I am not critisizzle."
She was like, "Whatever Mom, I think I know my geography."
 "Seriously, Jade, Geography?" "Are you sure you didn't mean to say you know your language, your vocabulary, your etymology?" "Anything BUT geography."
She was like, "Like I said Mom, your so critisizzle, and I KNOW that's a word, how much do you want to bet on it?"
 I was like, "Yeah, Jade it's a word if you're Snoop Dogg!"
WOW!

Rrrrrrraaaaaarrr!

 

Teeky is looking at this picture as I type and saying rrrraaaarr, rrraarr, rrraaarr Papa!
Russ has so much fun trying to scare the grand kids and everyone who comes to the door.












The house kiddie corner from Lynn and Russ has a huge pumpkin walk each year where they have carved like 100 pumpkins, it's pretty amazing. These are a few of my favorites.

The Loot

 

Geez Brooke, You'd think she'd captured Justin Bieber in that bag or something!

 Please, all powerful beings from up above, don't let my children puke tonight, I don't think I can handle it!








Poor Ryker with his intsy tintsy, teeny tiny, puny, little midget sized sack! This'll teach him, ya gotta put in the time. wear down the shoe rubber, walk til your legs lose all feeling, rain or shine. No pain, no gain!

J/K He really didn't care that he didn't get as much as everyone else, imagine how small that bag would have been if Rick hadn't forced him to go back out when the kids came back for him.

Halloween 2010

Jade was a cheerleader, (which really isn't dressing-up since she IS a cheerleader), but Rick insisted that she wear her uniform seeing as how she will have outgrown it before long and we paid a small fortune for it, Brooke was a beauty queen, and Ryker was a rocker. Russell dressed as a girl and went out with his friends to play laser tag.

 




















Teeky was a pirate although with his skeleton mask being worn over his head like a dew rag instead of over his mouth and his hoodie covering his pirate shirt he looks a little like a gangsta.

The weather was so nice all week and even all day and then right at trick-or treating time it started to rain, the kids got soaked.

We went to Lynn and Russ's for a potato bar like usual. Ryker took off by himself while everyone else ate. by the time he got back everyone else was ready to go out but he was chilled to the bone and soaking wet. Jade, Brooke and Chase cleaned house!! They got a TON of candy, they came back after awhile to check on Ryker and he ended up going back out with them for a little while.

Ladies Who Lunch

My friend Merisa was having a birthday so I decided to throw her a party. I invited all her friends over for lunch, everyone brought delicious food to share and those who didn't bring food contributed gifts to a basket we made up for her. Pepsi is her drug of choice, so I put a Pepsi lip gloss in the basket.

Me and Merisa

I made her a little accordion book to put pictures of her party in.

Am I the only one who heard the announcement that we were going to make funny faces in this picture?

Me, Marci, Stephanie, Shaunna, Angie, Heidi, Suzy, Heather, Emily, Alicia, Noel, Merisa and Michelle.

Merisa's mom was in town so she got to attend, but she was taking the picture here.

Steph, Rita, Merisa, Alicia and Angie.

Hallo-I lost My Weenie Dog!

I should be embarrassed to admit this, but I'm not, there are a number of costumes that can be made out of my everyday wardrobe, for example; a grandma, gypsy, hippie, biker, rocker, cowgirl, nerd, Eskimo, witch etc, etc, etc.




Rick frequently calls me his, "Tropican Girl", this meaning that my outfits are so outrageous to him that I look like I could have a fruit head dress in my wardrobe. WHATEVER!

Last year I dressed my BFF as a gypsy, this year she needed help again and this is what I came up with...The sign says, "Lost Dog, Reward-Cookies and Lemonade, Call Thelma 867-5309e-ine, she looked awesome, we had knee-high stockings rolled down to her ankles and orangie lipstick on her teeth, the one detail I didn't think about til after she left was an elastic around her wrist with a handkerchief under it. Poor little dog, he never saw her coming!

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

I lost a little bit of weight, unfortunately none of it was fat. :(
The ponytail ended up being about 18 inches long and then Kelsey cut a little more after the initial whack. I had gotten a trim a few weeks earlier because Rick had not given me his consent to go the distance. Oh-well, Locks Of Love is still getting a good chunk.
Still not quite sure how I feel about it. Glad that I will no longer be confused as a sister-wife or Pocahontas, but the new hair cut has me looking like a mom...oh-well, what's next for me? Maybe a moo moo.

Spirit Fingers

Jade's first cheer-leading competition. The assistant coach didn't show with there music, so they had to perform musicless which they dock you points for. They performed really well, they were clean and they did all their stunts. They didn't place but they did get the, "Best Spirit" award. They all got gloves to keep their, "spirit fingers" warm.

Daddy Daughter Halloween Hoopla

Rick ripped holes right through the knees of his ACU's, sliding across the gym on his knees, in a race.

Disheveled Diva!

 
Like father like daughter; her Dad can't eat without getting it all over is face either.

Gravel Travel

Jadey was riding Russell's bike to the gas station with Kenya, Something is wrong with the brakes and she flipped head over wheels. We had to pick the gravel out of her hands and elbow!

Crash And Burn

This kid can't stay whole to save his life!

Road Trip

On our way to Zions we stopped for lunch and gave Ryker a little pre-birthday gift for the ride. He loves music, so I loaded some of his favorite songs on this MP3 player for the drive

Little Louganis

This kid is a little fish, he loves swimming and diving. The Marriott we stayed at gave him the perfect opportunity to practice, with ledges and rocks galore. I kept waiting for one of the kids to split their heads open, luckily we dodged that bullet.

For someone who doesn't want to get married and have babies she looks like she's in complete adoration of this little punk. Can you blame her?

Mister Mischievous, I love this little monkey, could he be any cuter?

He had so much fun playing in the red sand and rocks.

Pizza Factory

We had Ryker's birthday party at Pizza Factory in St. George.

They baked a pizza in the shape of a 7 for him...

Which he quickly decided was best turned sideways and used as a gun, luckily he got some toys guns as gifts so he could eat his dinner instead of play with it.

The Baby On The Bus...

Riding the bus up Zions National Park

We went on some of the hikes that we hadn't previously been on, they were such pretty hikes.