snippets and pictures of our not-so-personal lives




Saturday, February 5, 2011

What Do These 23 Items Have in Common?

  • 18 toy cars
  • rubber duck
  • bouncy ball
  • wooden pickle
  • sock
  • crayon

These are the items that Danny extracted from the inside of my in-laws surround sound sub-woofer! I don't know whether to laugh or give Derrick a BIG talking to tomorrow when he wakes up. I think I am doing both. To Derrick's credit the sub does make a pretty neat tunnel for his cars. One thing is for certain, I now know where to look for small toys that are lost in the future :)

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Mary Post

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Mary caught me blogging during the day (I try to blog after they are in bed) and asked to do her own post :)

Homemade Nativity

Mary asked a few days before Christmas why she hasn't been able to dress up like Mary yet? She was the angel for her preschool nativity, so she actually hadn't acted like Mary yet. Of course as soon as I started getting Mary dressed up Derrick wanted in on the fun too, and we just couldn't leave out Allen - so, this is what we pulled together - so cute! As we were doing this Mary was narrating the entire nativity story herself, and a little disappointed that we didn't at least have another child for a wise man or shepherd. All in good time munchkin :)

Behind Again

Once again I have allowed too much time to pass without posting anything. Now I am going to try to play catch up . . . again. Be prepared for a slew of new posts from the holiday's. Beginning with this picture of Uncle Nick. Mary thinks this picture is so funny that it deserves it's own post :) I might add that Nick is serving a mission in Russia right now, so these totally cool hats fit right in with the local styles.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Down To One Again!

Only one in diapers now. Well, almost. I started toilet training Derrick this last weekend and he is doing awesome! He still needs a diaper for nap time and through the night, but with the progress he has made in just a few days, hopefully we can eliminate those too. I just had to share my excitement and Derrick's progress.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Mary Playing With Allen

Mary was so cute with Allen today (she is actually good with him all of the time) that I couldn't resist taking a video of them. She made up all of the words to the song she is singing :) Allen loved it!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Housing Vent

I remember when Mike and Kari were looking to purchase a home and all of the stress and headache they had. Why should we be so lucky to circumvent these problems? Well, we're not. However, my major qualm right now is not with the home purchasing loops, but the Weber Housing Down payment Grant. It has taken a great deal to pull all of the paperwork needed for this silly grant together. Then yesterday I got a call from the Weber Housing Office telling me that I forgot to sign something. First thought was - Impossible. I went through this application several times. Well they were insistent, that I come sign something. I didn't have a car yesterday so I couldn't anyway. Today, I called back and begged the representative to please just double check the application to make sure it really needs to be signed. I wouldn't make such fuss over it, but this place is twenty minutes away, and I'd have to take the kids, so I wanted to make sure the trip wasn't going to be a waste. Well, he looked at the application again and . . . it doesn't have to be signed. Sigh of relief, right? WRONG. My name isn't printed next to the signature. First thought - you have got to be kidding me? Then I realize that they want me to come down and print in my own name. They can't print it in for me, even if I tell them that it is o.k. AGGGHHHH!!! Does anyone out there know if it is illegal or not to print a name. Signing I can understand - but printing, seems a little silly. Anyhow, this is my current housing frustration. But I guess it will be worth it if we get the grant.