The Funny Things They Say.....

Here are just a few funny quotes from the kids lately....

Ethan today.... "See ya suckers!", to which I said, "Ethan we don't say that" and he said,  "Oh, that's a bad word?" and I said, "Well, it's just not very nice."  The next thing I know, Aidan is saying, over and over again...."See ya, sussers!"      Is it bad that I laughed??

 

Today at Walmart Aidan says to me, "Mom, I Miderman (spiderman)" and then, he makes a swishing sound, and waves his arm, like he's shooting webs. That kid kills me!

The other day, Mason was explaining to Ethan that the shoes Ethan was wearing, used to be his (Mason's). He was explaining that they used to fit him, but now they didn't. Then, sounding totally confused he asked me, "Mom, why do our shoes shrink?". I love the logic of a child.

I was holding Kim's (who lives in our basement) baby the other day and the boys were all loving him and Aidan came to give him a kiss. I asked Aidan if he wanted to have a baby brother or sister someday, to which he replied "brudder". I laughed and asked again (hoping for the answer I wanted!) if he wanted to have a baby girl or baby boy at our house, and he said "BOY!". I guess it's official, I am the mother of only boys. No matter how many times I have asked him since, he always answers for the boys, and never for a girl (DANGIT!!).     p.s. I am not pregnant. Just wanted to clarify :)

Mason knows me too well. He asked me a few days ago if he could play a game on the XBox and I told him, "That is all you think about, Xbox, Xbox, Xbox." and he answered back without skipping a beat, " All you think about is, Computer, Computer, Computer." Well, that shut me up pretty quick!

One of my favorite things that Aidan says now is "Tute" (cute). "Mom, baby tute", "Mom, doggy tute". He is the "tutest" little boy ever!

Today, Ethan told me that he wanted an apple. So, I cut one up, hoping that he would actually want to eat it, which he didn't. He asked me for a seed, so I gave him one, then he asked if he could "put it in the dirt, so it would grow a giant beanstalk". I laughed and said, "Apple seeds don't grow beanstalks, they grow apple trees." so, he insisted on taking it outside to put the seed in the dirt so it could grow a tree. About five minutes later, he was looking out the windows and asked me, "Mom, where is my tree??". If only it worked quite like that, huh?

Cupcake Fun

Today was Teresa's birthday, so a bunch of the ladies in the neighborhood all got together for a little party at her house. Lori (my SIL) just got a new cupcake decorating book yesterday, so we decided to try it out for the party today. Sadly, they aren't as cute as they were in the book, but they did still turn out pretty cute.

Mr and Mrs Frog

Dan and the boys got a little carried away with the camera while I was watching a movie tonight. I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard! Enjoy!

Mr and Mrs Frog

(Mason and Ethan)

Race for Recovery 5k

My friend Jana and I have been running for a little over a month now and we decided to try running a few races, just for fun. 

So, yesterday we ran in the Wasatch Mental Health Race for Recovery 5k. We were pretty nervous, so we were setting really low goals for ourselves, like finishing in under 40 minutes (which would pretty much be walking most of the time!). So, it just made it that much more fun when we had no problem running the whole time, and when we finished well below our goal. Our official times were 29:13 (me) and 29:14 (Jana), which means that we got 3rd and 4th place for our age range. It was so fun! It's such a beautiful course, and thankfully not very hilly. It was, however, extremely cold when we started!!!

This year, Dan and the kids came to cheer me on, which was awesome! I've never had Dan there when I finished a race before, and it motivated me a lot to know that he and the kids were waiting at the finish line. 

I ran this race last year, by my self, but it wasn't very fun all by my lonesome. I told Jana yesterday that I will never run a race without her again! It was amazingly better to run with someone! So, our next race will be the Cougar Run 5k, anyone want to come along???

Blast From the Past

My Dad sent me this picture that he found of my siblings and I in Orderville, Utah (I'd never seen this photo before, so it was way fun to get!). My Grandma Hubbs had a house in Orderville and we used to visit her there quite a bit. I love this picture, even the fields behind us look 80's. How is that possible?

Shown in this picture:

Koby, Kade, Saesha and Saedi

1930's Housewife

86 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Superior Take the test!

When I saw this on Gina's blog, I knew I had to do it. I had a feeling that I would get a pretty high score (I don't know if that's good or bad though). Apparently I was born in the wrong age.

Townhouse for Sale

Dan and I have listed our Townhouse for Sale. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please send them our way. Here is a blog I set up with pictures and info.

http://spanishforktownhouse.blogspot.com

Thanks all!!!

Mason and Ethan-1st Day of School

Wednesday, August 27th was Mason's first day of kindergarten. He was so excited to go! Mason goes to Rees Elementary School and his teacher's name is Mrs. Jenkins (we both like her alot!). 

He lucked out that he knows quite a few kids in his class already. Braiden Stubbs, Ammon Gathercoal and Brooke Martin (and there may be more that I haven't noticed) are all in his class, and in his CTR6 Class at church. I thought I would get emotional about leaving him, but he was so excited about it, that I couldn't help being excited too. Next year will be the killer. I don't think I'm going to handle all day school very well.

After we picked him up we got McDonald's and went to the park and library to celebrate his first day of Kindergarten.

Thursday, August 28th was Ethan's first day of Preschool. Ethan was super excited too. After watching Mason go to preschool all last year, Ethan couldn't wait to get to go.  I was pretty nervous, because Ethan is definitely my clingy child, but thankfully, he only clung for a minute or two, and then he relaxed and started playing. When I picked him up, he was so excited and happy and he told me that he loved it. He goes to "Country Kids Preschool", which is run by a lady in my ward, Chris Kelly. Thankfully, it's just a minute down the road, so it makes drop-off and pick-up time super quick.

Game Night

We lucked out this last week and got to have 2 game nights with the Davies and Lloyds. We love playing games with these families, they seriously are the best! This is Brandee Lloyd, with cute little Stetler above (isn't he the cutest little guy ever?)

We played 2 games, "A to Z "(one of our all time favorites) and our new favorite "Panic". Dan and I are undefeated when it comes to playing "Panic", which I am very proud of, because it's the only game we ever win.

Ryan and Dan asked Jeremy if they could eat some jalapenos from his garden, so Jeremy went out and fresh picked them each a jalapeno. It was hilarious to watch them sweat and drink milk and eat cookies after it. 

Jeremy decided to have a little nibble of the stem of  one of them, but luckily for him, didn't eat the entire thing like the other brainiacs. Dan and I feel so blessed to have such awesome friends to hang out with. They are fun, hilariously funny, and most of all, they're always there when we need them. We love you guys!

Sunny Ridge Ward Party

Saturday night was our Ward Party, and it was so much fun! We went to Canyon View Park and had a great dinner, then played games and visited.

Dan and I did a three-legged race, and then Mason and Ethan did one. They were so adorable, they were the last to cross the finish line (they kept falling down) and when they did, all of the older kids cheered for them. They thought it was great!

They also did an egg race, and I'm pretty sure they came in last for that too! They had so much fun doing all of it though. I was surprised that Ethan was so into it, because he doesn't usually do too well in crowds. 

Dan helped with all of the games (just because he's so cute!), so by the end of the night, all the kids loved him, as well as all the adults. They also played water-balloon toss and kick-ball. 

Our poor little Aidan got his first bee sting while he was playing. He was way tough and only cried for a minute. Dan made me suck the poison out of it, since we were nowhere near our black ointment, and we can't believe how quick it healed. I think we may do that from now on, instead of the black ointment! (sorry, that was an odd sidenote)