6 Quirks Tag

Okay, so I have never played along with the tagging thing. Mostly because well I guess I don't really have any friends to play tag with. But my sister tagged me so I guess I will play.

Please play along and I guess I tag back the first (probably only) 6 readers!?!

1. I hate it when the roll of the toilet paper is put on wrong. Mostly because I am the dork who can't pick up the paper when it sticks itself to the side of the cabinet.

2. It really bugs me when the toothpaste is squeezed in the middle of the tube.

3. I HATE morning breath. If Gregg wants to kiss in the morning it is just about revolting to me!

4. Folding towels. I am a bit obsessed okay a lot obsessed with folding towels and shirts. I don't honestly know if it is me that is crazy about this or if it is just the way Gregg folds towels and shirts.

5. Locking doors. Okay so I admit, I grew up in West Valley City. And so did my amazing husband. Some could say it is a habit, but sometimes I could walk out the door to get the mail in the middle of the afternoon only to return to a completely locked door (dead bolt and all).

6. It is a toss up on this last one, so I think I am going to squeeze them both in. I hate it when there is 2 Tablespoons left in the milk container (happens all the time) back in the fridge. And this one I have just learned to live with and am working on things on my end, but, I hate really not having a plan. Many people are super spontaneous, and heck I would really like to be too but the Accountant in me always would prefer a plan.....you know there are so many different things to think about and plan out (especially if you plan on a vacation that lasts some time...?), call me crazy.

Thanks. I guess that was not as bad as I thought.

Finally Here to Share!!

We have been waiting for months to get these, thanks to some broken bones and other small items it got pushed off. Luckily, we were able to squeeze this in before another set of broken bones and other miscellaneous mishaps! Let me know which ones you like. I was thinking of getting a few printed on canvas, there are so many good ones to choose from I can't decide. What do you think?? Please share!

Confessions of a Candy Thief

So I am (for some strange reason I still haven't figured out) the Primary chorister in my ward. And let me tell you how much I have to talk myself into this wonderful calling each and every week. It is just fantastic to sit up there every week after week and be a cheerleader trying to get these kids to sing. Some weeks it is great others I am totally solo all afternoon (and I don't have a great voice either).
Our adorable Primary President is just as bubbly as they come. She prepares a little chocolate treat for all of the Primary substitutes each week. They are housed in a little tupperware see through container. She saw me eying them one week and mentioned to me what they were for. She also generously offered to me that if I ever wanted one to go ahead and take one.....she needed them often herself. Well, far be it from me to say no to a chocolate offer! So almost every Sunday I have helped myself (of course trying to be sly about it). Mind you I have only taken one at a time, but this has gone on for quite a while. So a few weeks ago when I saw the little container missing I thought nothing of it. But week after week the little container quickly got put away. So this week I got the hint, I brought my own! I felt really stupid in the back of the room snacking on the oh so irresistable candy corns now available in grocery stores (yummy!). The Primary President casually comes over and in a round about way asks if I am hypoglicemic. NOPE! Just a candy junky. How embarrasing they have hidden the candy container from me! I guess I wasn't so sly after all!

Learn to Drive

Okay, I don't want to offend anyone.......but what the heck is up with Minivan owners? This has ALWAYS been a pet peeve of mine. So if you own a mini van or have a deep hidden desire to own one please enlighten me and don't be offended.
Why is it they always feel like they own the road? They (meaning minivan drivers) never look out for other vehicles and feel like they can just drive and do whatever they please. Half the time they are not watching the road and the other half they are not watching anyone or anything else near the road. Bless their hearts those minivan owners, I can only make my own assumptions as to what is keeping them preoccupied but for the love of pete please watch the road and be a defensive driver?!! Stop pulling out in front of other people going either 5 miles an hour or pull out in front of people going mach 10. Stop edging over into other lanes and go when the light is green!
Sorry, I just had to make my little rant! Thanks, I feel much better now.

Not Again???!!!

Could you say accident prone? Well our little Kaden is definately that. The poor little guy, he broke both his radius and ulna on his right arm in June. He was in a cast for 6 weeks and a splint for 1 week. Then he got it off July 23rd. And wouldn't you know it, he broke both bones again on Wednesday. This time they were worse. The first time he broke them he was riding his scooter. This time he fell off a 3 foot slide on the kindergarten playground, the ones with squishy bottoms!!! I don't know about this kid!

I do know however that this kid is one of the toughest kids I know. He of course cried when he did it, but shortly there after no more tears! I wanted to cry for him. They had to put him to sleep to have the Orthopedic docs put his bones back in place. OUCH!!

Boys are so weird.....as I am sitting here typing I am over hearing Kaden talk to his friend Hayden. He says how do you do it? Kaden says what? Hayden says how do you break your arm? I want to do it! Once again, I guess it is just a boy thing???!

Labor Day Fun

We have been needing to go on vacation, just the two of us for quite a while (at least 2 years since the last get-a-way), so when the chance presented itself we took it. We went to Santa Monica over the Labor Day weekend. I had never been there before and it was beautiful. My hair was out of control because of the humidity. I am always so surprised at the amount of uncontrollable curl I deal with on a daily basis here in the desert. So needless to say I looked like I was camping for the entire weekend....what fun! But we did have fun. Gregg had his agenda to fulfill as well as me. He has this thing that whenever he goes anywhere he has to visit the bookstore of the college team of that city. Well this so happens to be the city of the #1 ranked team in college football right now. And yes, not only that but now the #23 ranked team as well. So that was first on the agenda.

This is the beautiful UCLA campus (#23 for those of you who care)
This is Gregg feeling the love at the USC (#1) athletic trophy room.........
Then it was off to visit the stomping ground of his little league world series baseball field. His team won the little league world series in 1984 (man do we feel old--that was 24 years ago!!!) I don't know if he was trying to find it or not, but we totally just fell on to it and it brought back so many wonderful memories to him....yes including the throwing up of soft batch cookies(ask him, he will fill you in sometime).
Then it was off to relax at the beach. It was good weather all weekend. It was fantastic to get away from the heat of SLC. Santa Monica was cool and the ocean breeze was so refreshing! Our dumpy (but very pricey) hotel was within walking distance to the Santa Monica peir. That was really cool.
We walked along the beach and watched the surfers.......they make it look so easy.
Then we visited 'muscle beach' also right along the Santa Monica pier (on the other side of where we were). Gregg thought this would be very cool. I was so impressed with the non-existence of muscle heads! I had to deal with them enough working at a tanning salon as a teenager.....they can be such dorks! But some of the show offs were actually pretty cool to see. If you have ever been there there are just random gymnasium type metal bars and things all over the beach. One guy was doing some balancing jujitsu type thing on a pole that is probably no bigger around that 5 inches and probably 6 feet tall. Then we saw a bunch of guys swinging from rings that were about 10 in a row (that takes some serious upper body strength). Gregg and I did more people watching than I ever remember Gregg doing. That was quite amusing.
Then we finally did my agenda.....no we don't have any pics. Of course, who would you think would take pics of something I am doing? But that is okay. There was not much to see anyway. Not much other than 12,500 people running in a race?! Yes, what was I thinking? I am NOT a runner let alone run a 10K in LA?! The Non-profit I work for is amazing. Of course they do the fun stuff in California. The Non-profit (HCA) assists in providing low income individuals and families housing in CA. Mind you low income in CA is still $1500 a month for an apartment. These apartments we own are very nice and we have about 60+ properties we deal with. Well our wonderfull Resident services guy in CA teamed us up with Nike. Nike sponsored 100 of our kids from our properties. Nike provided these kids with brand new running shoes, running chips and the digital readout for them. Nike was putting on an amazing feat this weekend. They had a 10K in 25 different countries/cities in the world. We all ran trying to overlap at some point in time. Gregg and I flew out to CA so I could help get the kids ready and race myself. It was so humbling and a great oportunity to be a part of it. The kids were so polite and fun! After the race they all got to see Kanya West in concert.
I am not a runner. I have only ran a few 5Ks in my life. But with motivation to get to be a part of this amazing historical event I ran it. I was trying to get under an hour in time (that is what I was getting here in UT). But with that many people it was almost impossible to pic up that much speed I did the best I could and got just over an hour (1 hour 5 minutes). That is not the greatest time, but not the worst either. It was actually the average for the race in LA (and many other countries as well). Take a look at: www.nikeplus.com.

Dad's n Donuts

Jaxon's class had a fun activity on Friday. It was Dad's n Donuts. The idea is to have your Dad bring you to school and eat donuts with him and read books. This is perfect for Gregg and Jaxon. However, Gregg was supposed to head out of town for the day to an important meeting just for a few hours. Well Gregg felt horrible and asked his Dad to take Jaxon in his place. We talked this up for Jaxon because Gregg felt so bad. We said ooohhh Grampa could even take you in his new corvette. That is all Jaxon needed. Jaxon, much like his dad and Grandpa love fast red cars! So when Gregg's meeting got post poned to the next Friday Jaxon was in a big decision as to whether he should have Dad or Grandpa take him. Gregg could tell Jaxon was nervous and didn't want to make him feel bad but he really wanted to show off that cool car to his friends. Gregg said not a problem. Gramps came and they had a blast!!!

I hope you can see in this pic how big Jaxon is smiling.......

Little Politician

We have been a little floored by the amount of work Jaxon has had so far in his 2nd grade class. The first week of school we got a note home saying he would be presenting a demonstration speech to teach the class how to do something he has learned in a book he read. Well I was completely surprised, scared and anxious as to what he would do. He said he wanted to do a science experiment. Okay, but I went and looked and looked and only could find very big science experiments, not ones appropriate for 2nd graders. Then in frustration we were leaving the library and Jaxon ran across a bunch of Chess books. Jaxon knows how much his Dad loves to play chess and has played with him a few times. So he thought this would be great. He read those books probably 5-6 times each and knew exactly what he was talking about. He played his Dad over and over and the last few times Gregg said he even really had to step it up because Jaxon almost won......no, Gregg never let's anyone win even his kids (especially not me--I don't play chess for that reason but any other game either).

We went and watched him present this knowledge to the class. He is so good. I am such a terrible speaker. He definately takes after his Dad. I am much to shy to speak infront of a bunch of people! I HATED public speaking in college!!!! Jaxon has been what we call a politician since he was born. He is always working the crowd! He can weasel anything he really wants from anyone (in a good way), again much like his Dad full of charm and charisma! Love that characteristic in my boys!