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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

For Shawn

Ok, this is for Shawn. He is out of town 5 days out of 7 nowadays. We miss him a lot.

I know you might laugh Shawn :) but I heard this song today and thought of us (you, me, our family). It's an older song, but it didn't really mean anything to me until now.

Even though we are a thousand miles apart you are always with me in my heart and my prayers.

Anyway, here is a cheezy but sweet music video for you! I love you and I miss you. See you Friday.

Blue and Gold Banquet

We had our cub scout Blue and Gold Banquet tonight, and somehow I became in charge of it. When I become in charge of something it's never good for Shawn because then he gets roped into doing something too! He is so good at everything it's hard not to ask him to do stuff. So, this time I asked him to build and Arrow of Light box that lights up. Two boys were getting their Arrow of Light and I thought it would make it more special. Shawn being his wonderful self did build me a box even though he was traveling so much for work. It looked fabulous and added to the program! Thank you my Shawn! I love you, and I'm so lucky you are so so so handy. You amaze me! Here is the cool box. The whole thing went well. Shawn was out of town so he didn't see it in action. Here are some pictures Shawn-thank you again! By the way since I had to bring all of the kids with me Will loved it. He loved seeing all of the boys getting their awards. I think he's hooked and can't wait for his turn in scouts! I'm glad he got to go tonight!

Valentines

Nothing much happened for Valentines, but Claire's Valentines did change a little this year. Everyone in her class got a regular Scooby Doo card, but 4"special" people got "special" cards. She did the cards all herself this year too, so I just happened to notice that her best friends got a bigger card that cutely told them they were her best friends! I thoughts it was cute! Here are her best friends this year:

Belle (has been since kindergarten- they are Anna of Green Gables "kindred spirits")
Gabby
Alexa
Conner

I was trying to see if she thought anymore of Conner than a best friend (like a little crush), but they play together all of the time and truly he is one of her best friends!

Sweet! It was cute to see Valentines through my little girls eyes.

Ice Skating

We have the cutest little outside ice skating rink in our city. Claire's been wanting to take lessons for a couple of years, so finally we let her take them this year. It is only for the month of February since by March the ice will start to melt. The first week she spent a lot of time on her bottom, but now she is really getting the hang of it and having a lot of fun!

Shawn....

....is back at Boeing. He applied for a job at the end of last year and accepted and started a new job back at Boeing right after the start of the New Year! He is really glad to be back! He loves the manufacturing and airplane side of things! It is kind of deja vu though because he works with so many people he knew in Washington. I'll back up.... he got a job with Boeing here in Salt Lake (yes they have a plant here). The bad part for me is that he has to travel up to Washington a lot, and I mean A LOT. Anyway, I am glad that he was able to move into this job... and plus with all of this traveling up to WA I'm bound to get up there sometime too and see old friends!!! It's a big change, but a good one!

Silly Vivi!

Seriously she is such a goofball! She loves to dress up and be silly. She loves her brother and sister. Claire is her second mom and Will is her best friend! She wears us out, but she also makes us laugh out loud all the time. She is our baby! My sweet crazy girl.

This is what you get when you have a bother and a sister. A fairy princess firefighter!

Vivi was riding her horse in her Jessie towel after bath time. A second after this picture was taken she ripped the towel off deciding it would be better to ride bare back... I mean bare naked :)

Winter!

We've been able to spend a lot of time in the snow this winter. Here are some picutes of us sledding and just having fun!

Out Of The Mouth of My Kids

On Easter this year Will had his easter basket full of the little plastic eggs when he accidentally tripped and dropped his basket. When he dropped his basket the plastic egss broke open to reveal the candy inside. Will, in the most excited voice I've ever heard him use said "The eggs open!!!!!!" He couldn't believe there was candy inside- it was the coolest thing to him!
(Easter 2009)

I asked Will one day where the new baby was going to sleep. He said: " in a cage". I guess we now know what he thought of his crib.
(Winter 2009)

I was playing with Will one day. He was pretending to be a robot, so I decided to be a robot too, but he said:
"no you can't be a robot you are a princess"
I said:
"what do princesses do?"
He said:
"they just dance"
(Winter 2009)

We drove by a horse pasture the other day and Claire said:
"I really want a horse. If you don't get me a horse mom I will fire you... ... I mean I will fire Daddy!"
(Winter 2009)

We were talking about where we should go out for dinner one night and Shawn mentioned a new Terriakyi Sushi place. Claire got very excited and said, "Yes! Sushi! Shushi! Please! Please! Please! I love Sushi!" We soon found out she meant a Slushee (like a fruit drink) not Sushi. She does not like Sushi.

Claire: "Mom, I can't make my bed. Will is making me have too much fun." (July 2008)

Will's newest fixation is robots. Yes, we saw WALLE, and that's about when it started. Will can't quite say ROBOT though, so he says "Beebot" instead. It took us awhile to figure out what he meant, but now it's very cute - beebot! (Summer 2008)

William at age 2 still doesn't say too much, but some times he gets on a kick and repeats things over and over, and recently he has found bird poo very interesting. I don't know why, but when we go on walks lately he stops at every white spot on the side walk and says "bird poo- ewwww yuck" this happens over and over and over and over on our walks. I never realized there was so much bird poo in the world! (Summer 2008)

I recently walked in on Claire singing a song she made up to her brother. This is a rare occurance, so I thought I'd better write it here to remember that even though they fight they still love each other. Here is the gist of the song imagine in a very high drawn out soprano:
"I love youuuuuuuuu. You are my frieeeeend because you love to play with meeeeeee and you love to go outside with meeee. I love YOUUUUUU!"
She repeated this over and over and Will just sat there listening seeming to know the song was just for him. I will have to show her this when she is mad at her brother for playing with her "stuff". (Summer 2008)

Claire: "Mom, when I stretch my nose up my nostrils look like bunny ears." (Spring 2008)

Claire had a cough one morning. When she woke up she said:
"My voice is crooked" (Winter 2008)

Claire toes aren't just toes. They are "Weeny Toes" because they are so small compared to everything else. (Winter 2008)

Claire: "Mom, don't step on the cracks or you will get boy slime." (Spring 2008)

Claire (in disgust after we had a carpenter ant problem): "Why did Heavenly Father have to make ants on the Earth?" (Summer 2008)

Claire: "I want to be a cowgirl and a mama when I grow up, and I will have 6 babies and they will all be girls." (2008)

Claire (smiling): "Mom, I can't stand it, I'm so NERVOUS for Christmas" I asked why she was "nervous" and she explains how she can't wait to see what Santa brings for her. I finally figured out that she meant excited not nervous and couldn't wait for Chritmas . (Winter 2007)