We've got a climber!

Our House Just Got Louder

We didn't think it was possible, but it happened. When we moved here two years ago, the movers were kind enough to destroy our old piano. Since then, we have been looking for a new one. Today we finally bought one. Not only did we get the piano, but we also got the awesome seat cushion with it (you gotta love Craigslist). It sure is nice to have a piano in our home again.

Amos 3:7 (According to Joseph)

Lexie has been memorizing Amos 3:7 this week for Primary. This morning we asked her to say it, but she didn't want to. Joseph excitedly volunteered to do it. He hopped up to his microphone (the treadmill handle) and said, "Amos 3:7- Surely the Lord God will do nothing but he revealeth his secret, unto his friends and they will do whatever he asks them to do because they want to help him, so they will do it."

"I've got a great idea!"

Lexie had the great idea that she wanted to sleep in the laundry basket. We thought it was pretty funny, so we took a picture of her in it. Much to our surprise...she really did fall asleep in it.

How Mysterious!

Today Lexie's teacher taught Sharing Time in Primary. They were fishing for facts about President Monson. A child from each class got to come up & "fish" with a fishing pole with a magnet on the end and catch a fish/fact. I was in the back of the room and overheard Lexie talking with 2 of her friends about how there were 2 fishes left and their class hadn't gone...they wondered which of them would be picked to go fishing. When it was time for her teacher to pick someone, neither Lexie nor her 2 friends were chosen. Stunned, Lexie turned to her friends & said quite loudly, "How mysterious! None of us were picked! Oh Man!" Then she went on to GRRRR about 4 times. I was laughing pretty hard & was grateful that she finally quieted down. But wait there's more...before dismissing for classes we hand out the talk, scripture, prayer assignments for next week-we call it mail. Well, Lexie got assigned the scripture. When she heard her name she yelled, "Yes, I got mail! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
I think we need another talk about inside voices. But, I am grateful she gets so excited in Primary. She loves it.

Guess who got into the suckers?

April Showers

A spring storm left a couple of inches of snow on Thursday. Joseph was so excited to play in the snow. Around 7:30 am he got himself all dressed and ready to go out, but we didn't actually make it outside until 11:30. We had a good time making snow angels and throwing snow. It was such a wet snow that by the time I finished shoveling the driveway, I felt like I had done it 3 times.

Family Pictures March 2008

Some favorites:

I love a good bargain!

Gratefully Becca told me of the great sale going on at King Soopers. I didn't get their ad this week so I wasn't planning on going. Boy, would I have missed out. I went through the line 3 times. I bought 108 items for $83. That is 76.8 cents per item. Not bad considering that includes 6 gallons of milk, produce, bread, & day old cupcakes (because the kids were amazing). If you take all of that out. I got 90 items for $50.70. That averages out to 56 cents per item. By "item" I mean: 48 oz crisco canola oil, betty crocker muffin mix, french's mustard, 32 oz gatorade, bc scalloped potatoes, goldfish crackers, hormel chili, clorox wipes, granola bars, breyers ice cream, eggo waffles, even spam, & much, much more. Not too shabby. Now, if only I could find a place to put all of this stuff!!

Yeah, I lead a pretty exciting life - I blog about grocery shopping.

I'm a Jayhawk!!

YEA! The Kansas Jayhawks are the NCAA Champs!! What an amazing game! I was a little more than nervous at times, but so thrilled with the outcome! I am so excited! Both teams played well- kinda. Both teams wanted to win, Kansas definitely wanted to win more!! Chalmers really stepped it up-alright the whole team did, but WOW, Chalmers was amazing! Kinda fun, Mom & Dad...20 years ago your first son was on his mission and Kansas won...now your last son is on his mission...& Kansas WON!! I sure wish I was home to celebrate with everyone!

The kids were very cute during the first half, telling us each time they saw a Jayhawk or a good blue player & repeatedly said Kansas is going to win. Such faith! Oh, and Lexie had a new phrase while laying there watching the game, "This is the life!" It was so awesome to watch the team cut down the nets!! I love Kansas Basketball! Rock Chalk Jayhawk!! I am so happy!

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

Yea KU!! What an awesome game! This was so much fun to watch! It was a little nerve racking there in the middle, gratefully Kansas stayed strong. It was totally worth waiting to watch until Rick got home from Priesthood Session! Even Andrew was so into it that he stayed awake for the entire game!

Yea Kansas! We can't wait until Monday! Enjoy the game!

Joseph is 3-almost!

Tonight we got an early start on celebrating Joseph's birthday. Becca, Karl, & fam came over, along with Stephanie & Travis (Rick's sister & bro-in-law). Joseph opened a few presents & we had cake & ice cream.

Every time we asked Joseph what kind of cake he wanted he answered, "One with sharks & dolphins & balls & trucks & trains & tractors & dragons & dinosaurs & robots." After discussing and designing a three layer cake we decided that was too much work and showed him pictures of cakes in magazines to convince him of what he really wanted.