Here's your sign!

During a recent visit to Oatman, AZ on Route 66 Chris and I saw this sign. Oatman is an old mining town and many borro's were left behind. There are "wild" burro's wondering the one small road of this deserted mining town chewing on everything. I assumed it was a joke until we were wandering down the other side of the street and saw the baby borro's with the stickers on their heads. Oh...how sad...HERE's your sign!

Master Yoda

 

A few weeks ago I had Dawn and her 3 kids over for a play date. We were sitting at the table looking at the new Halloween costume catalog that had come just a few days before. James saw this picture and said " Look mom master toyoda"! LOVE it!

sayings of a sunbeam 2

I went to a jewelry party this week. One of my sunbeams was there. We had a great visit. She told me that she had been swimming that day, and that she wears a life jacket. When she wears the life jacket she can do a "Cannonball" and an "Eyeball" I was really impressed and had to inquire "what is an eyeball?" She said "it is just like a cannonball but way BIGGER and with MORE SLASH!" :) Awesome! Next time I go swimming you better believe I will be trying an EYEBALL!!!!!

Eat, Pray, Love

Chris and I saw "Eat, Pray, Love" last weekend! I really liked it. I could relate to the character. She is searching for herself, for her is because she has always been in a relationship. For me I feel like I am at a new beginning, my baby is going to high school. In just 4 years...which now I know will fly like the wind...she will be graduating. I know I shouldn't be getting ahead of myself but with how hard it was for me to cut the apron strings on Sara (not sure they are completely cut yet) I have to prepare myself. I am starting to have a little more alone time...and believe it or not...I do not know what to do with myself.

I love my children and the wonderful people that they are becoming. It is such a joy to watch them blossom! I thank my Heavenly Father every day that he sent the to be with me!

Great Grandma's Cookies

This past weekend we went to St. George for the Bishop reunion. Wed arrived just in time for lunch. Lunch was sandwiches, carrots and grandma's cookies. As we sat down at the table I looked at the plates of John, Tony and Taylor (the only children to accompany us to the reunion) each plate had at least 2 pieces of pizza and 5-6 cookies. I said "where are your carrots". Taylor said "Grandma's cookies count for about 8 servings of veggies because they are so full of love, so we're good!" So what do I say to that? I better grab a cookie and one to go!

sayings of a sunbeam

A few months ago I got a new calling as a sunbeam teacher (which I love). Sunbeams are so fun and they say the cutest things. On Sunday I had cut out little fish and drew faces and fins on them for a game we were going to play. I layed them on the floor and one of the little sunbeams says "why do the fish have mustaches?" I had to explain that what he thought was a mustaches was actually a fin. I guess I won't be winning any art contests

The meanest mom ever

Well after a 6 month break from blogging I guess I will get back at it. I found (through a friend from work) a funny blog that I thought I would share. It is themeanestmom.blogspot.com I have only read one entry JULY 31 called EXPOSED...so funny! I think as mothers we need to remember to laugh at the crazy things that happen rather than stress about them! I wish that I would have done that more when I was a young mother...well and now that I am an old mother too! So today I am going to share a meanest mom ever story. I had taken Sara (6), Jacob (3) and Rachel (6mo) to the grocery store with me. As we walked up the isles of the store of course they (Sara & Jacob) kept asking for things, and whinning that they want to go home. They were fighting and running off. I finally couldn't take it anymore so I get in the check out line where they continue to fight. Jacob bites Sara on the butt, I am sure she had tortured him first, he yells at the top of his lungs "Sara bit my butt"...I was mortified. I couldn't get checked out fast enough. We went to the car; I loaded Rachel into the car and the groceries into the trunk. I got into the drivers seat and started the car. Sara and Jacob were standing out side the car knocking on the windows, saying "let us in!" "what about us?" I rolled down the window and said "yes children?" Sara said "Let us in." I replied, "why would I let you in, you are not my children?" Sara and Jacob in unison "we are your children, we are your children!!" I said, "Really? because my children don't act like you two did in the store". They said "we are sorry mom!" And of course I let them in.

I think every mom has had those moments where she felt like she was the meanest mom or her children proclaimed that she was the meanest mom. That is a difficult place to be at BUT in order to raise good kids a necessary place sometimes!