The Next Mary Lou

Lily has been taking gymnastics for a month. It is pretty funny to watch her. She has all the right poses, heals clicked together, arms above the head and a big toothy smile. What she lacks is the discipline to focus on all the tasks and not just the ones she likes. She loves hanging on the bar. She loves jumping on the trampoline. She enjoys the hand stands. She even tolerates doing V-sits and tabletops. She absolutely refuses to walk across the balance beam unassisted and she hates somersaults. It is fun to watch her for the hour that we are in class and she tries to learn new things. My most favorite is that she usually crashes Tuesday night because she is so exhausted from class.

Conference

We really enjoy General Conference weekend. Who doesn't love staying home and watching church on TV. The only downer this time is the fact that I feel like a plane is going to land on our house every time one of the airshow plans flies over head at moch speeds. We have really enjoyed the music as well as the speakers. We really enjoy the fact that we can do it in the comfort of our own home.

Field Trip Thursday

So today's field trip was rather limited due to the fact that Damon and I were going out later. It was Lily's turn to pick what we did and she wanted ice cream. So I changed it to frozen yogurt and we drove down to Hillcrest to get Golden Spoon. We drove down there because our most favorite babysitter works there now. So we got to visit her and get really yummy yogurt. We had never been there before, but we loved it. The kids loved trying all their yummy flavors. Lily was absolutely funny. She kept leaving hand prints on the windows that Kaitlyn would clean. So they made a game of it. Adam loved his cake batter yogurt. Lily liked the chocolate, but loved the peach and Noah stuck with the safe chocolate with M&M's in them. We will definitely go again. We will probably go to a closer one though. On the way home we were able to see a lot of the planes as they practiced for the airshow. They were flying right over our car. The boys thought that was great. What a bonus!

Family Science Night

It was 3rd grade family science night at school and since I am a scientist at heart I convinced Damon that he should take Noah. I like cultivating young scientists. So they went and had a great time. They created chemical reactions using baking soda and vinegar, studied Newton's 3rd law, studied different types of sand and did a little research on acid rain. They both had a really good time, but Noah keeps saying that math is his favorite subject. I must try harder.

Just some random things

So lately I have been hearing a lot of New Kids on the Block songs on the radio. I just about die of laughter every time one of them is played. And it is so terribly sad that I have every one of those stinkin' songs memorized. Since they are on tour again I guess that means I can blow the dust of my tapes and play them as I do fabulous dance moves around the kitchen. Then on Sunday night after the football game Damon was flipping through channels and came across scenes from their tour. It was their Boston show so of course it was huge. They have changed the key of most of their songs, but they still sound the same. They still have the same dance moves. They should probably redo those. They are just so terribly cheesy. The camera would pan the audience and they were all 30 somethings in there. So funny.

Everyone knows I love to read. I really feel like it is the best form of personal relaxation. There is nothing like a good book to rescue you from reality for a little while. I think that is why I end up falling in love with so many fictional characters. Well, I just read this great book with a great, sweet, wonderful story and I wanted to share it with everyone. The story was just so simple and the author isn't to verbose. Anyway... the book is called A Company of Swans and it is by Eva Ibbotson. Go read it. It isn't even very long. 244 pages. If I were really talented and new the right people I would so love to write this into a movie. I would love to see this on the big screen. I know who I would cast as the lead guy, but he is starting to look a little old. Oh well. Enjoy the book.

Pack Meeting

The family went to Noah's pack meeting tonight. I can't remember the last pack meeting I actually attended. It had to have been before I had a say in things so maybe around the age of 10. It wasn't to bad. Noah got his Bobcat award and we were all very proud of him. He is well on his way to becoming the next Eagle Scout. I spent the afternoon sewing by hand all the patches and numbers on his scout shirt. Only one minor needle stab to the thumb and I only had to redo one number that didn't want to stay straight while I was sewing. Not a bad job after 4 years of 4H. Most people don't know that about me. Damon did a great job playing an Indian chief telling a story about the most important duty being to take care of others. All the scouts sat around the campfire while he told it. Every time he said duty he pronounced it very clearly. I think if he hadn't the 8-11 year old boys would have laughed because it would have sounded like "doodee". I kept snickering inside. A good night for all. Stay tuned for family science night.

Field Trip Thursday

Well Field Trip Thursday took us to various place in Poway today. It was so wretchedly hot that I didn't feel like being outside. ( I would never had said that 85* was hot when I was growing up in PHX.) It started with a trip to the orthodontist. Noah is very excited to have orange and black bands on for Halloween. After that we thought we would head off for some yummy cold treats at Baskin Robbins. Can't beat that on a hot day. We all enjoyed our ice cream and yummy milkshakes. Then to end the trip we had to fill up our gas tank at Costco (yea) and pick out new flowers for the front patio at Home Depot. Lily picked purple flowers, Adam picked orange and Noah picked red. No shocker there. My kids our so unoriginal. Hopefully they will get planted before they die. We don't have much luck with keeping things alive in this house. Eventually we will learn.