More Quotes

Andrew: "I wish I could scratch my ear with my leg like that."

Grace: "...or never coming out of your igloo..." (??? I have no idea in what context this was said)

Andrew: "NO. They're cookie CRUMBLES."

Grace: "GOOZY MAHOOGAS!"

Jill: "The break room smells like cup-0-noodles and feet."

Tyler: "There's a girl in toys that has a crush on me."

Grace: "Graceland...real land, real food!"

Grace: "Let's poak him until he freeks out because of the germs." (written on a sacrament meeting program)

Grace: "I need to feed my Puffles."

Ryan: "My head feels all minty!"

Ryan: "Can I take my car over to show Elizabeth?" (haha...now you're wondering...more on that to come ;)

Not Much To Blog About

Finished this book tonight. Started it yesterday morning around 4AM when I couldn't sleep due to the unrelenting heat. I was super resentful that I had to go to work today when I really just wanted to read...while actually super grateful that I have an air-conditioned office to hang out in all day. Talk about conflicted :) For tonight's heat-induced insomnia I have the sequel "Catching Fire" waiting for me....The baby is still spending WAY too much time dorking around with my camera....
Jillian and I are deep into watching the "Supernatural" tv series on DVD...we started Netflix-ing it at the beginning of the summer. One disc at a time. This quickly became an unacceptable means of obtaining it. At the end of season 2 I'd had enough of waiting days for the next one to arrive in the mail. Bought 3 and 4. We're now happily sneaking in episodes whenever we can. Which basically means anytime neither one of us is working, and Grace is asleep or otherwise distracted. The unexpected windfall of watching it in my oldest brothers THEATRE ROOM while Jill has been house/horse sitting for him has added an extra layer of terror/fun....

Everyone is just busy working. I don't cook in the summer if I can help it. It's a weird place to be now where we all just rotate around each other coming and going in the house...its rare that all 6 of us are in the same place at the same time.
We're looking forward to a Lake Powell trip in a couple of weeks. And just 4 weeks away to losing Tyler to Dixie....

Road Trip

Jillian, Ryan, Grace and I went to Manti!

Jillian said "I thought they only made statues of real people...oh wait. Yeah. Never mind." Hee.
Super fun road trip with some of my favorite people. We got home at 1:00AM...but old pioneer houses were seen, the pageant (although pretty cheesy) was good, Grace didn't get carsick. Good times.

My Dad

It's funny that I don't feel AT ALL the same need, compulsion, desire, to remember this day the same way I do the day mom died....but still. On this first anniversary, I of course am thinking about my dad today. I loved him. He was hard working and he loved his family. There isn't really sadness today...just happy remembering.

Substitute Mommy

When the older kids were little, and I was a stay-at-home-mom, we always spent summers DOING stuff....working, playing, popsicles, water-fun, field trips, etc.
I have felt so blessed, this first summer that I'm working, that Jillian is home with us to step in as substitute-mommy for the small one.
Yesterday Jill took Grace and her friends on a super-fun filled field trip to the Lehi Round Up Days festivities downtown! They did all sorts of free stuff...face painting, museum, hoola-hooping for prizes....then came home and set up the slip-and-slide and spent the afternoon playing at our house.
I got home, sat with them for a bit outside, then I took the girls all up to play at Brynlie and Carsyn's house. Went straight from there to take my brother's kids to see him in Salt Lake (I'm trying to figure out how to post about those experiences...) and when I got home about 9pm discovered that Jill had even CLEANED and TIDIED up the house after we all left. You all know the huge cluttery messes that happen when everyone is home for summer vacation...
Thank you Jillian! I love you and appreciate you more than you know!

Red, Blue, and Purple

For the first time ever, the older 3 kids all have jobs at the same time! Yay! Jill is at Target, Ty at WalMart, and Ryan at the Megaplex.
Jill gets about 28 hrs a week, Ty is scheduled for more than 40, and Ryan gets roughly 25. Transportation has been a bit of a challenge, but has worked out so far. Everyone's schedules are different every week, but we've also managed to have Grace taken care of between the 5 of us.

The job perks are also fantastic: Ry gets free movies, Ty gets quite the discount, Jill...well, Target is not so perk-y. But we're very grateful for jobs, the means to pay for college, meeting new friends, and being productive. It's shaping up to be a fantastic summer!

Random Summer Boredom Already...and a Nightmare

I grabbed my camera to upload the latest pictures. This is what I found.


There were also a few pictures of the TV...my walls...the dog...clearly SOMEONE hijacked my camera and had a few spare minutes on her hands to goof around :)
This is the picture I was actually meaning to upload and post. When I got up this morning, I walked by Grace's room, and as I always do, I peeked in to watch her sleep for a second. I love her so much. Every morning I look at her little face and say a tiny prayer of thanks.
Anyway. SHE WAS MISSING. I must say, my heart skipped a beat. I knew she wasn't in our bed. I crept downstairs to check if she'd gone down for a sleepover with Jill.
Nope.
I ran back upstairs and decided to check the boys room. I didn't really think she'd be in there. But there she was squished in with Ryan. And Snickers.
I called them after I got to work...it turns out she had a nightmare about 4am and went in to have Ryan save her. He scootched over, listened to her tell the entire dream, then she snuggled in and fell asleep seconds later. I don't know whether to be offended that she didn't come to get me, or happy that she has such love and trust in him to take care of her!?