The family talent show!!!

We have been trying to get our family together for a reunion for about three years and no one has ever cared but me. Well that is a blog in itself, but the reason I sat to write is this. Now everyone is on the bandwagon and the reunion is scheduled for this June. Everyone is planning a day and one family decided a talent show. I was driving down the road kicking myself for not having started, well stuck to any lessons for my children. I don't have anything.
So I say aloud, "Girls, what should we do for the talent show at the family reunion?" Staley says, I can hula hoop on my arm. Brinley says, I can do a scorpion. (a contortionist trick she can form her body into.) Alayna who I think is too little to understand and follow the conversations says, "I can stick my tongue up." Which means she can touch her tongue to her nose. She got a lot of attention for that one night at a friends house and really thinks it is great. Well at least they will be good for a laugh. I think next year I will reevaluate my budget and time and stick to some lessons for my children.

COLD FEET

I am having cold feet about moving to Utah. I will sure miss texas, and especially Lubbock. I actually fasted and prayed for MONTHS for some miracle that we wouldn't have to move here. Now I look back and feel some of our best years and memories have been here. I am sure I will feel that way about utah too. I will love it when I get there. But for now my feet are cold and my heart is heavy.

Happy Birthday Jeff

The top ten reasons I love my brother jeff!!!
1. He is always looking out for our financial well being.
2. He is open and non-judgemental. even when he would NEVER make my same choices.
3. He is so dang competitive at board games
4. He is funny.
5. He let us buy a house in fort worth that he did all the leg work on. He would have made a killing on it. It saved us thousands during school.
6. He is HOT.
7. He has a beautiful wife and family.
8. He hates bird poop on his car.
9. He likes to own everything.
10. He was a great big brother to me.

Happy Birthday Kim

Happy Birthday Kim
The top ten reasons I love kim!!!
1. I can call and complain to her and she still loves me.
2. She pretends I can lose weight.
3. who else can you share a ten pound bag of candy with?
4. She taught me how to wash my used toothpate down the sink.
5. She would do ANYTHING you needed her to. (anything)
6. She is very thoughtful.
7. She is HOT!!
8. She takes my unsolicited advice.
9. she really is my BFF
10. You can cancel your plans at the last minute and she isn't mad.
11. she lives in utah.
12. she is a good laugh
13. She loves to exercise as much as I do
14 my husband walked in on her naked. well he wasn't my husband then.
15. She is a scaredy cat.
16. I can truly be me around her unplugged.
17. she doesn't let matt offend her even though he is always trying.
18. she says my kids are good even when it is a lie.
19. she babysat staley all the time in utah.
20. Well lets go with top 20 I love you kim!!

Can we have a little testosterone here???

I took my kids to the local science museum today. They have a big room that is for kids five and under. (which I LOVE) Canyon's favorite thing in the room is this little water table. You push various buttons and water shoots out, or turn on the water which creates a ripple effect of bucket dumping water into other buckets. So Canyon was playing with this thing that you put a little toy boat in and it goes around and around in about five circles until at the bottom it spits out the little boat. He was propped up on a chair playing with this toy for a VERY long time, when along came three little kindergarten boys. They all grabbed a boat and joined in the fun. You should have seen my son. You could palpate his excitement. He was so excited those big BOYS were playing with HIM. They continued to play for about twenty minutes. The big boys handing canyon his toy and laughing at him. I have never seen canyon so happy. He is a guy's guy. He loved playing with the boys. I actually can't remember a time he has played with a bunch of little boys.

Brinley Elisabeth Smith

Brinley is like a 19 year old rammed into a five year olds body. These are a few of her words.

She will play with anything. One day she had invented something I thought was particularly clever, so I told her so. She said, "mom what does clever mean?" I said, "well it is like smart or thinking of a new idea." She says, "that isn't new me and staley thought that up way back in the 80's"

Today at breakfast, Staley said, "Canyon is so cute, he is a little chubby" Brinley said, "well it is better than the F word." She meant fat. But it took me a few seconds to make the connection.

Rant

OKay!!! This drives me insane.
I usually use this as a brag blog and leave the ranting up to my dearest husband. But lately I can't stand it.
So you are weaving through the parking lot, looking for a parking spot and some joker stops and WAITS.... for someone to pull out. It drives me crazy. Okay so if they are (reverse lights on) in the process of backing out, I am all for it. Back up wait and get the spot. But, no, The selfish, lazy, people I am refering to, see someone putting groceries in their car and assume sometime today that individual will back out. Or worse, some lady has three kids and has to buckle them all in their carseat and some joker is sitting their waiting for her.
So the cars start piling up behind joker while he sits for several minutes just to secure a spot ten steps closer to the store. Save us all five minutes and walk your LAZY tail the extra few steps. COME ON!!!