Locks of Love

Alice chose to donate her hair to Lock of Love. She has been growing her hair out for a while now. She was pretty excited to finally be able to have her hair long enough.

Doesn't she look so cute?

Montana 2009

4 tickets to the Gates of the Mountains... $36. Pedal boats....$6. Seeing my kids so excited about our trip to Montana.....priceless.

Mom (grandma the great), Luke, Chlorine and I took a road trip to Montana. The kids were so excited about everything they saw. They wanted to see everything "where mom was a little kid."

We played at parks, swam in the pools and lakes, went hiking and mainly just drove around looking at everything.

Thanks to my brother and his family, we had the best pork chops and salad in the world!!! Fresh lettuce and broccoli from the garden. Yummmy!!

Chlorine asked, "if they had technology when I was a kid." She is such a hoot.

We went up to hear Alice sing with the choir, that is touring through Montana to Canada. They did such a great job. I was very proud of her and I wish I could see all of the concerts they will be performing. However, I am glad I don't have to travel on the 4 buses.

Here is a picture of the 4 buses that is taking 180 youth to Canada and back.

Here are some pictures from our trip.

Montana Flowers 2009

A few weeks ago I visited Montreal for the weekend, with a little "jaunt" to Quebec for the day. They were both beautiful cities. Here are some of my favorite pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=26701&id=1134249227&l=cd501ac19f

Things that my kids say that make me laugh...

First I wanted to let you know who each of my kids are with their internent names. They choose their own names.

This is Alice: She is the one in the red jacket and blue pants. :)

This is Luke:

This is Chlorine: I asked her why she choose that name and she said that it is a beautiful girls name if you don't think about the stuff in the pool.

I have been keeping notes on little things the kids say that I find funny. Here are a few:

Alice: I only have to make a poster for homework. It’s not due for a week so I have time. It’s only a poster.
The details of the poster:
· One page report on the Great Depression and World War II in Utah.
· A timeline including important events and/or people
· Artifacts from that time period
· Pictures from the same time period
· Map showing everything (mines, mountain, cities…..everything) Also all natural resources during that time period.
· Prepare a 3 min oral report on what you have learned.
“IT’S JUST A POSTER!!!!!!”
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Luke: “Mom, I have made a commitment to myself.” “I am going to watch just a little bit of TV on the weekends and on the weekdays I am going to………watch a little bit of TV.”
Mom: so what changed?
Luke: nothing but now I have made a commitment.
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Chlorine: Alice and her friends were talking and giggling about boys. Chlorine leans over to me and says, “they grow up so fast, don’t they?”
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Chlorine: I had a bad dream
Mom: Really what was it about.
Chlorine: Me and Luke took a trip to the moon. We missed the balloon that was suppose to pick us up. We didn’t have enough air in our tubes. It was scary.
Mom: I am sorry, it is a good thing you don’t have any trips to the moon anytime soon.
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Mom: Son, if you could pick anywhere in the world to serve your mission where would you pick.
After some time to think about it…….
Luke: I want to serve in Kansas.
Mom: Kansas, why there?
Luke: because they have cows.
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Chlorine signing in the bathroom, “I am free, free falling.”
Chlorine - “my favorite veggie is the white broccoli.”
Chlorine – “Mom, if you wore those clothes on What Not to Wear, they would take them away.”
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I needed to take the scouts on a field trip. The scouts were in the back talking…..so I just listened. (ok so this wasn't any of my kids, but still made me laugh)
Webelos (speaking with intensity): In Japan they use just chop sticks and a spoon to eat. They eat sticky rice and if we stop shipping them sticky rice they would starve because they only can eat with chop sticks.
ME: I am laughing a little bit to myself.
Webelos: (even more intense) All the rice fields are here in the US and we want to stop sending them sticky rice but we can’t because they will starve!
ME: I had to butt in at this point, “So you don’t think they have rice fields in Japan.”
Webelos: No they only have them here in the US.
ME: So you don’t think they have rice fields in Korea? Or even China?
Webelos: No
ME: “ Well they do have rice fields in these places, I’ve seen them.”
Webelos: Silence.

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Chlorine – “mom, when I was 3 I was sssooooo cute and then I turned 4 and now I look like this."
Mom – And you are still sssooooo cute.
Chlorine – “Yeah, I am, but I liked my chubby cheeks when I was a little girl."

Colin's crazy plan to run through San Fran!

Hello Family!
Colin has asked me to spread the word of his crazy idea to run through San Francisco (isn't that the hilliest city?) at the end of July. I will be there to support him with a Starbucks latte in my hand as he attemps to run his first marathon. Better him then me....

With that being said, I'm very proud of him that not only is he VOLUNTEERING to run this far, but he will also be raising money for The Wounded Warrior Project. If you would like to check out his letter or donate go here: Colin’s Marathon Details

Other then working on Colin's fundraising campaign :) things are good here, just busy at work. But I'm glad that I'm busy and still have my job with the handful of layoffs. A couple of weekends ago I went to Montreal & Quebec with some friends, what a beautiful city! I will try to post a couple pictures once I download my pictures.

Happy Mothers Day!