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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Food Nanny
Have you seen this show? It's on BYU TV. I've seen one episode and it totally cracked me up but it is great. Here's a website. http://thefoodnanny.org/
Thursday, March 11, 2010
What would you do if...?
Do you play the "What would you do if...?" game at your house?
I guess it's not really a game - but it is something we hear a lot here. Evan has been asking these questions since he was a little boy. It's the worrier in him coming out. One of the most memorable questions when he was little - he and I were riding a ski lift up snowy slopes and he asked "What would you do if I fell off...?" he was serious, he needed an answer. I told him he'd probably be OK since it really wasn't very high and the snow would cushion him and as soon as I could I would alert ski patrol what had happened and we'd go get him and pick him up. I answered in the most calm of voices. Questions like that continued for years and years. Now they have just turned absurd and usually with some gruesome detail. My answers are usually something like "I'd start screaming?" or "We'd take you to a psychologist."
So - here are some of the questions of late (Claire likes to get in on the act as well, and I guess I do it too now)
What would you do if...
Claire while at the airport - "...you saw two dogs and a cat running across the tarmac?" (we'd just seen Homeward Bound a few days before)
Claire - "...I sang a solo in church and did horrible? Would I get the special plate?"
Evan - "...I cut my finger and started chewing on it and I *liked* it?" (that has been a running theme - appendages coming off, Evan eating them and liking it)
Evan - "...I had built a stargate and kept it under my bed and while you were watching Stargate I popped out of the stargate on screen?"
The other day, Evan and I went to Office Depot and the car we pulled up to had two flat tires on the right side of the car. Big Bummer! Evan saw that and said "Do you think someone slashed their tires?" We didn't know, we didn't inspect. But there was a note on the windshield. Evan wanted to look at it. I said we should not touch the car. So we went on our way.
Evan - "What would you do if the note was a chain letter saying you have to slash two tires of a car or you'll die? Pass the note along."
Now he's saying "What would you do if I had Alzheimer's?" and he has asked me 4 times.
Yah - the fun never stops!
I guess it's not really a game - but it is something we hear a lot here. Evan has been asking these questions since he was a little boy. It's the worrier in him coming out. One of the most memorable questions when he was little - he and I were riding a ski lift up snowy slopes and he asked "What would you do if I fell off...?" he was serious, he needed an answer. I told him he'd probably be OK since it really wasn't very high and the snow would cushion him and as soon as I could I would alert ski patrol what had happened and we'd go get him and pick him up. I answered in the most calm of voices. Questions like that continued for years and years. Now they have just turned absurd and usually with some gruesome detail. My answers are usually something like "I'd start screaming?" or "We'd take you to a psychologist."
So - here are some of the questions of late (Claire likes to get in on the act as well, and I guess I do it too now)
What would you do if...
Claire while at the airport - "...you saw two dogs and a cat running across the tarmac?" (we'd just seen Homeward Bound a few days before)
Claire - "...I sang a solo in church and did horrible? Would I get the special plate?"
Evan - "...I cut my finger and started chewing on it and I *liked* it?" (that has been a running theme - appendages coming off, Evan eating them and liking it)
Evan - "...I had built a stargate and kept it under my bed and while you were watching Stargate I popped out of the stargate on screen?"
The other day, Evan and I went to Office Depot and the car we pulled up to had two flat tires on the right side of the car. Big Bummer! Evan saw that and said "Do you think someone slashed their tires?" We didn't know, we didn't inspect. But there was a note on the windshield. Evan wanted to look at it. I said we should not touch the car. So we went on our way.
Evan - "What would you do if the note was a chain letter saying you have to slash two tires of a car or you'll die? Pass the note along."
Now he's saying "What would you do if I had Alzheimer's?" and he has asked me 4 times.
Yah - the fun never stops!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Easter Egg?
Look what we found in our backyard!
Whoever left it didn't do a very good job of hiding it.
Isn't that weird?
Whoever left it didn't do a very good job of hiding it.
Isn't that weird?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Annual Snomobile Trip
Every year around this time, for the past 6 years or so, Greg and his brothers have gone snowmobiling around Island Park, Idaho. It's a guys trip - only guys old enough to drive go. Extended family and friends go as well. This year it was Greg's brother Grant (they stay at the brothers' cabin in Island Park) Greg's dad Wally, nephews Blair and Dane, cousin Scott Howlett and friend from Middletown, Duane. Eric picked Greg and Evan and Duane up at the Salt Lake airport on Friday afternoon. Evan missed little school for this, he had a half day on Friday - nice. They made it to Island Park in the late evening. They snowmobiled on Saturday. Went to church in Island Park then part of the group left to head down to Tremonton. Greg, Eric and Evan stayed Sunday night in Tremonton and then left early, early in the morning to get Evan and Greg on a first flight out back to CA. Evan missed a tad of his first period class Monday morning.
Did they have fun? Of course.
The group stopping for a rest.
Eric kickin' back.
hmmmm, is that Evan?
Yep, that's Evan!
Did they have fun? Of course.
The group stopping for a rest.
Eric kickin' back.
hmmmm, is that Evan?
Yep, that's Evan!
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