"I can now buy dry ice"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIKA

18

Dallin was at the party. He helped Connor light the candles and he sang really loud.

Danika is now old enough to buy dry ice.

Breakfast of Champions

Connor's Breakfast

2 donuts and a piece of chocolate pie

I was disturbed until Aaron reminded me that I used to eat very similar things for breakfast including cake for the first few years of our marriage.

30 minutes later he had scrambled eggs for 2nd breakfast

To Plunge or Not to Plunge

Today our toilet got plugged by an unnamed child in our home. This child tends to plug the toilet quite often. Usually it's not a big deal because our Dad is the King of unclogging toilets. Today, the Dad is OUT OF TOWN.

We all took our turn trying to plunge the toilet to no avail. We tried for a very long time. I have a blister on my thumb to prove it. It was getting more and more grimm (no pun intended) as the morning went on. We decided to go to a movie to get away from our toilet troubles.

One child was not with us but instead went with a group of friends out to play laser tag. He arrived home shortly before us and as we walked past our troubled toilet we saw this note:

(Do Not Enter under punishment of passing out due to strong radiation)

I will let the sign do the talking. It was not pretty.

With our Dad being out of town for a couple of days we knew we had to call in the professionals. After paying an arm and a leg, our day was saved by Eduardo from Roto Rooter. Thank you Eduardo!! You're our hero.

SNOW DAY

Here is what happens at our house on a snow day.

Hildi looking for critters in the snow

Tanner playing computer

Taylor playing computer

Connor playing xbox in the newly finished basement!!

View from our deck

Aaron working

Boy shoveling driveway

Two boys shoveling

Connor eating....again. This was his first breakfast at 7:00 am. He is now making 2nd breakfast, Mac and Cheese, at 10:30 am.

The princess sleeping

BRRRRRRRR

The Package

Three boys at our house decided to pool their Christmas/Birthday/job money together to buy another Xbox. Why we need another one I will never know.

The Xbox was purchased on Christmas Day and was to arrive via Fed Ex. Along with this purchase, they also got two games and some kind of cord that you need to play. All of these packages were shipped separately. Some were shipped by Fex Ex and some by UPS. The Xbox arrived a few days after being ordered. They were waiting for the other two packages to arrive when they saw the UPS man come down our street. They watched as he delivered a package to the house directly across the street from us. They were convinced that the UPS man had delivered their package to the wrong house.

I walked by the front door to see this scene.

Connor was trying to see the address label on the package across the street to see if this was his anticipated package.

He then convinced Tanner to go across the street and "scope out the package". Tanner took the phone with him and Connor told him what to do. I heard things like: "Tanner, walk by slowly and see if you can see the address", "Tanner, go up to the door and look at the package, if they see you at the door, ask if the boy that lives there can play". I was then asked by Tanner if he could "take the package up to their door, ring the bell and tell them they have a package, kind of like when someone comes to your house and brings your newspaper to you that was in your driveway". Um no, I don't think so.

This is Connor as he was "covering" Tanner while he checked out the package. It was finally decided the package was indeed delivered to the right house. They had to wait two more days for their package to arrive.

Is this the little girl I carried?

Our Beautiful Daughter

She has grown up to be a funny, smart, talented and nice young woman

Which picture is your favorite?

Sunsets and Halloween

Sunset off our deck

Two boys on Halloween

Scary