9-24-08
Speed crawler
4 years ago
Sunday, October 12, 2008
At the ABQ ZOO
9-19-08For Eli's 3rd Birthday we went to the Zoo! It's always a good time at the Zoo! He's wearing underwear!! Since Eli made it a whole week going #1 & #2 without any accidents, we let him pick out a train at walmart the night before his b-day. He picked out Percy and since he had his train to play with he didn't mind waiting until later to open presents.
8-3-08
Eli & Isaac cheesing for the camera:)
Blogging update:
My does time fly. It seems like a lot has happened since my last entry- speaking of- I have been meaning to put anything up so that annoying entry I wrote wouldn't be the first thing that pops up when you come check us out on our blog.. Unfortunately, my plans don't always turn into action as soon as I would like. So after a few misfortunes- minor really-
Our computer getting a virus or two and being out of commission for about a week or two...(But fortunately, Stan is great at figuring things out and he fixed it!
Our A/C broke for the 2nd time in 14 months...The repair man got a nasty spider bite that delayed us getting a new motor for a few extra days.. We all camped out in Eli's room for about 2 weeks because his room is the coolest at night.
I just downloaded pictures from our camera for the first time since July- so that always puts a hamper on my desire to blog- because I like pictures.
Everytime I would get on to possibly start blogging, I would start hopping around because it is so fun and addicting to catch up on family & friends that I have now and from back in the good ol high school days:)
But I need to stop telling you about these things so I can start blogging more photos- my favorite:)
Oh- I have to mention one other misfortune that is kind of funny because it happened to Stan, not me:)hee hee
Yesterday our ward was having a Chilli Cookoff/Fall Activity (last year I won the prize for the best chilli:) I wasn't really in the mood to make it this year, so Stan picked up the slack and made it himself. He asked me if I thought he should cook it in the dutch oven this year instead of the crockpot-- My first response was- No, it will be a lot messier--and then he thought it would be easier to transport the chilli in the dutch oven than the crockpot-- so I said-- it's up to you (since he was the one cooking it) Anyways, I had to make a quick dash to the APS Lamination store to get my FHE packet all done on time for the upcoming swap this week and left poor Stan with the 2 kiddos to go to the activity & I would get there asap. Well they pulled out of the driveway and as they were turning the corner (1 house away) the chilli fell out of the dutch oven that was suppose to be easier to transport-hee hee- all over the van.
I can't help but laugh about this because it seems like on so many occasions I try so hard and fall so short and in this instance-- this was the case with Stan.... He spent all morning cooking the chilli (I even ran to Smith's with the boys to get some missing ingredients that it called for) and then just like that- it didn't even make it around the corner. There was enough in the bottom of the pot for the two of us:) I enjoyed my serving yesterday after the mishap which would have certainly won the grand prize again--don't you love how the story gets bigger and bigger-hee hee. While Stan was in no mood to even touch the chilli after cleaning up a pot full of it out of the van- Thank goodness I didn't get back until after the cleanup was done. So now our van smells like chilli instead of smoke hee hee. (We bought a used van that was a smoker's van-- I know I know-- But it was a Smokin Deal:) no it really hasn't smelled like smoke for quite a while)- Later. Stan- I love you:)
Sunday, August 10, 2008
What are the odds
Last night we had a tri-ward pool party at the Rio Grande H.S. Pool. I drove the van so that I could take the boys and pick up another member of our ward, Hailey. Stan drove the car so that he could stop by the church to pick up some cups and the store to pick up some ice.... Anyways, we actually arrived at the H.S. at the same time- which is kind of crazy cool timing. Stan pulled around to the back so he could unload coolers and cups etc. I pulled into the main parking lot with all the other cars and before we were all unloaded, Stan came back to the main parking lot and parked the car not too far from us in order to help us in with the load: chairs, 2 side dishes, towels, and kids. I had my hands full as I was carrying Isaac. Right before we left the van I grabbed a diaper from my diaper bag/backpack from the front of the van and then left the bag there with my wallet in it... even though I thought to myself I should probably take it in... dang it.... so you know where this is going. We came out around 8:30 to head home. Sister Graham was asking me if it was my van that was parked next to hers-- which it was... and then she told me that the driver's window was smashed in and somebody broke into it.. .... and then she asked me if I knew who the green car belonged to-- -Us Again-- those were the only two vehicles broken into--- We still can't believe our dumb luck. Punks. It's frustrating when I don't listen to that still small voice. They got my driver's license, ss card, lots of plastic and probably 2 cents--I hardly ever carry cash. They got both of our cell phones and Stan's work briefcase and Ipod. I can't help but picture in my mind my Grandpa Ward or Uncle George saying "Damn the Dirty Luck" or one of the boys immitating how he would say it. I know better than to leave my wallet in the car. Hard Lessons. Arghhhh. At least we are all safe and sound---Just in case you are curious-- which I would be... They made two charges on my debit card at gas stations by 7:30pm and the 3rd one declined-- They attempted using another credit card at a different gas station which thankfully declined-- great work anti-fraud departments.
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