More of the same

The other day Em was sitting at the table, making a card and we had the radio on. A song came on (I think it's called "Back When ", but don't take my word for it). On of the lines in the song says "Back when the world was flat..."

Em: "The world was never flat, I just don't understand this song."

Driving home the other night in the pouring rain (I really mean buckets of rain. If you've never been in a rain storm in AZ, you have NO idea what I'm talking about)...

Em: "The rain just sounds so hard because we're driving into it and it makes it hit harder on the windshield and hood. If we were driving backwards, it wouldn't be so loud because the back of the truck is straight up and down."

So now to Ethan... he LOVES to type at the computer and usually does this over at my mom's house. They'll open Word for him and he'll spend quite a bit of time holding down buttons, watching the letters crawl across the page. Lately he's been hanging pretty close to Nick or I when we're at the computer and he's paying close attention to our fingers and the letters that we push. He loves the letter "E"... he knows that's the letter that his name starts with. Every time we push the "E", he will push our hands away and say "No push E, No push E". He's totally serious and doesn't understand that "E" is used for words other than his name, he thinks it's exclusive to him!

I don't know where they come up with these things, but I'm sure happy that they do!

Happy Sunday!
A

Keep me laughing...

Both of the kids have the sniffles and a cough. We only had one humidifier, but needed two, so the kids and I stopped to get a second one. I was taking the new humidifier upstairs and Ethan was walking with me, asking me what I was doing. I told him that we needed two humidifiers and he said "Why?" I said, "We have two kids, Emily and you, and sometimes you both need the humidifier at the same time." He said "Oh, otay." Then a second later, he said "Us both boogers?" I had to laugh because sometimes yes, they really are both boogers... but I knew that he was really asking if it's because they both have the sniffles.

Happy Monday!
A

I'm so excited!

I'm going to a woman's conference this weekend through my church! Woman's conference... meaning just me and some friends (and a couple hundred other women), no husbands, no kids! Ok, ok, I know that some of you are going to think that I'm looking forward to being away from my family... nope... just looking forward to the fellowship and growth that is sure to happen this weekend, and I'm hoping there's chocolate too!
Lysa Terkeurst is speaking at the event and I am super excited to hear her! Some of you may have seen her on Oprah, telling her amazing story of adopting.
Nick's getting his share of golf out of this weekend too, don't you worry about him!

Have a wonderful weekend (in case I don't post again before Friday)!
Happy Wednesday!
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Happy Birthday Lindsey!

Today is Lindsey's birthday. Lindsey is Nick's sister and she is such a sweetheart and a ray of sunshine in our lives! I couldn't have married a guy with a sweeter sister.

Or a more fashionable one...

Happy Birthday Lindsey, we love you!
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Picture taken in the early 90s

Family Fun

We went camping last weekend and we had a blast! I'm working on a slideshow to post, but thought I'd put up a couple pictures until then.

Happy Sunday!
A

08.08.08

I meant to post this Friday, but accidentally saved it instead.

My eyes will be on the pool during this Olympics. Michael Phelps has the opportunity for eight gold medals, making him the most decorated athlete in history. Will he do it?

Along with Katie Hoff, Dara Torres is also one to watch, as she is competing in her fifth Olympics at 41 years old. Have you seen the muscles on that woman!?

I literally sit on the edge of the couch biting my nails watching the events, or I'm up on my feet pacing... like it makes a difference to the outcome!

I admire all of the athletes and the work that they have done to get to this point. I used to be exhausted swimming for two teams in high school and I'm sure what I did then is only a warm-up to what these athletes do.

Did you know that there is a swimmer named Hannah Miley!? How funny is that with Miley Cyrus/ Hannah Montana craze!? Emily thinks it's pretty cool!

Today is 08.08.08. I think it's pretty cool that the Olympics start today. I've always liked dates like this. Emily was born on 03.02.01, and she started Kindergarten on 08.07.06, at exactly 5 years 5 months and 5 days old. I figured that out when I was doing the scrapbook page of her first day of school.

Have a fantastic weekend! Hopefully you can enjoy some of the Olympics, they are history in the making!

Happy Friday! Go USA
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Second Grade

Today is the first day of school and Emily is oficially a Second Grader now! We had a wonderful morning and Em was so excited to get to school and see her friends and start a new year!

We bought a bike trailer to make it easier to get to and from school since the school is in our neighborhood and there are no buses (all of the kids at the school live in the neighborhood and are in walking distance). This makes for quite a mess with cars and parents driving kids to and from school, and since we don't have the golf cart anymore, we decided this would be the way to go. The kids love it and I know that I'll benefit from riding a bike four miles a day... hopefully! When it cools down, Em will ride her own bike, which will be so much fun for her since she loves to ride to school! Luckily it's not crazy hot this morning and we have a bit of cloud cover to shield us from the sun.

We have several beginning of the year traditions... on of them being going to McDonalds for ice cream after the first day of school, and we plan to hold to it today... I love that we have a "plan" for the first day, and it really cuts down on the stress and the hectic-ness that sometimes happens.

Oh, and I didn't shed a tear... seriously!

Happy Monday!

A

Here are some of the pictures... I can't get the others to load right now.

Looking so grown up!

Every year we measure Em... she's grown 3 1/4 inches in a year!