Memory Lane

I saw this on a friend's blog and thought it would be fun to see what (if anything) people come up with. :)

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! I guess good or bad but be nice!!!!!!!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Family Pics

Here's some pics of my side of the family from our reunion this summer. We had a LOT of fun. Next year we are going to relax and play in Mesquite...can't wait!

Wrinkles

Kelley asked me tonight, "When will I get ribs on my forehead?" I was confused until she explained that she was talking about wrinkles...not sure where she confused it with ribs...but whatever. Anyway, I said "Well mommy is starting to get some" and she said "yeah, cause your old right?" I had to laugh. She then went on to point out to me that her grandma's all have LOTS of wrinkles on their foreheads because they are old too. (Sorry grandmas!) I thought it was funny....

If the Olympics were held in Rural Utah...

So I've mentioned our garden in New Harmony. Now that it's harvest time Kelley LOVES to go out there, but it's still a lot of work. Last Thursday we went out and it had been raining the last few days so the ground was really wet. I decided to tackle the raspberry patch. We have a big patch and the berries are doing great, but so are the milkweeds! There were many that were nearly as tall or taller than I was. I've tried to pull them before but when the ground is dry it's impossible. Because the patch is so "healthy" (the plants are almost up to my chest and spread everywhere) you can't really just walk up and down the rows picking weeds. It was like a jungle excursion. To get the weeds out of the patch without going in and out (nearly impossible, once your in, you in until your done) I came up with my own idea for an Olympic sport...I call it milkweed javelin. Those things throw quite nicely. Could be funny...

I'm DONE with my 2 summer classes. This last week was CRAZY, but I survived, getting 100% on my last test and all three assignments I turned in last week. I'll get an A and an A-. I'm signed up for some classes in the fall, but the more I think about it, the more I feel like maybe for now, my energy is best spent other places. We had stake conference this week and the focus was all about family and how we spend our time. There were several references to the talk "Good, Better, Best" given last year at conference. I think school is Good, even Great, but not it's the best for me right now... I don't know, I haven't decided for sure. I like taking classes, but I think I have a lot of valuable information already that I could use to improve the daycare and my family...which has been my reasoning for taking the classes in the first place.

I've included a picture of Kelley that I thought was so funny. She loves books. The other night she was "reading" using her finger to trace the words and she fell asleep like this. I also put one in of Tyler, "chilling". He spent half of his time at the playground in this thing... Finally I put a few pics of Kelley in her soccer uniform. She was playing and I started taking pictures. She started posing like a pro...I just wish my delay wasn't so much in between photos! She got so caught up in that she didn't realize they were starting play again!

I was made for cramming

So I just finished up one of my two summer classes I was taking. I've been frustrated all semester because every time I took a test I couldn't seem to get better than an 84 or 86 on the stupid things. I did much better than that in college generally and I even slept through half my classes. This class I was actually reading the textbook, which I NEVER did before. AUGH! Well we had 8 tests and they were basically go at your own pace. So this week I ended having to finish 4 of them between Saturday and today because I've been so busy with the daycare and other assignments that I have put these off. Anyway, I got better scores on these last 4 tests than any of the others...90, 88, 96 (!) and 90. The last test I didn't even actually read the chapters, just skimmed the definitions and summaries. So all that time in college I didn't need to feel guilty for being such a slacker (writing 10 page papers the night before they were due, sleeping through class, cramming for tests)...I was just doing what I was made for!

As a side note, I wrote the research paper for this class...the night it was due and got a 100% and ended up with an A- in the class. 100% on all but one assignment, but those darn tests....

Of course

So I'm sitting here, trying to sift through my email and catch up on blogs, that kind of thing. My son comes in and is just hanging out, when I get the nagging feeling...it's WAY too quiet. But he's standing literally right next to me, he can't be getting into trouble...oh, but wait, there was a SHARPIE right next to me too...

Then he says to me "I need a bath mommy..." HA!

Fruits of our Labor

This year we were given a patch of land in New Harmony (just south of Cedar City) on which to plant a garden. Joey's parents live out there and have a great garden spot that they were willing to share. We've been working really hard on it whenever we can, but it still seems like more weeds than anything else. One of these days I'll get pictures up. But this week we went out and there were raspberries ready to pick! Kelley was really gung ho about them and so we ended up with a bunch at home. She sat there all night eating them, but then told me "Daddy said if you eat too many berries you will get a 'berry ache'." She thought she was terribly funny...so did we.

Tyler loves to play ball! When we go outside if the pools not out he heads straight for the ball and bat and comes up to me "Can you throw?". On this day he set up the rugs so they were side by side and had to have one foot on each for proper form. He's actually pretty good at it and when he doesn't hit it says good naturedly "oh man! I missed" or "almost"...