Lightening Storm

Thursday night we had a massive lightening and thunder storm.  I love them!  However, considering that my not-so-little girl was at her first girl's camp by a lake and we were watching the lightening light up all around them, it was not as fun as when everyone is safely next to you.  The bolts were amazing though and I wanted a picture, but I didn't want to spend too much time messing with settings, so I didn't have much success, but it was entertaining.

11 minutes
211 pictures taken
7 pictures eventually not deleted
A memorable night for all of us!

And he's going to . . .

We've been counting down the months, days, and now hours (soon it'll be minutes) until we find out!  The girls want to watch him play again!  He'd better go to a team we like.  Maybe between this and BYU footall and basketball games we will finally decide we need to get satellite!  =)  Go Kemba!  Just Kidding!  Go Jimmer!!!! 

I'm sick today--maybe it's because our Jimmer is nervous and anxious for the real Jimmer!  =)

I've got good kids!

Thanks to Primary, preschool, and school, I got some great cards from my girls.  I think they must be the right ages because I don't remember them being so funny. 

My favorites:

My mom taught me how to ignore Sarah when she is being annoying.  *Allie

Mom always makes me feel better when she gets me a pillow and blanket for a bed and Tylenol.  (Only I usually tell them to get their own pillow & blanket.  Allie said she thought it wouldn't look good if she put "she ignores me.")  *Allie

I love you mother . . . I'm in your belly before I was born.  *Charity (with a picture included)

My mom likes to Sleep.  *Kit

My mom is the best at sleeping for a long time.  *Kit

My mom likes to help me get my backpack ready at the first of the year.  *Kit

My mom is 13 years old.  *Charity   (She was very embarrased by this because she knew it was wrong.)

My mom likes to cut apples.  *Charity

My mom is the best at getting my cereal and helping me clean the mirrors.  *Charity

My mom is the best at giving hugs, making cheese bread, and doing hair.  *Allie  (She brought the cheese bread up several times.  Who knew?  It's just hot dog buns with butter and cheese melted on!)

My favorite thing lately is how Charity writes Mom!  She can do M's the right way, but I like her loopy way.

And then there was the family poster that I woke up to.

Our favorite that I'm getting milage out of--  Ben wanted to write that I was #2 something instead of #1 just to be funny so he had to find something that I admit I don't enjoy/am not fabulous at.  So he wrote:  #2 Sewer.   However, that word has two meanings:  one who sews and a system of pipes to transport waste.  Thanks Ben!  I just told him that was the correct spelling for both, he said, and I quote, "Now I feel like crap!"  =)

I got the present I asked for.  Usually when I tell Ben what I want, he tells me that's not what I really want.  But I promised him it's what I really really really want and then verified it again in a second email, and so he called to get someone to come spray sterilent on our driveway so I don't have to worry about pulling weeds and having to look at dead weeds from round-up.  That makes me very happy!  And Sarah spent lots of time outside with me Friday night and Saturday and fulfilled my other wish--we got the back flower bed weeded and around all the trees weeded.  Happy day!  Thanks family!

Spring!

There's nothing better than go from this . . .

To this!

Unless it's this!

I love the sun!  And after many rainy days and the weeds overtaking everything, it was finally dry enough and not too cold to get a few pulled.  Really, I barely made a dent, but at least it's a start and it's the part that's bugged me the most.  I think I'll convince Sarah to go out with me this afternoon (I like early release!) and see if we can tell the difference finally between the new flowers and the weeds in the front flower bed.  Now if it'll just warm up enough for the flowers to really grow and finally bloom.  These new flowers are slow, but they are getting close!  Yea!  It's spring!

Charity Hates Loud Noises!

Charity: "You are all yelling loud!"
Mom: "It's a BIG game!"
Charity: "If it was a small game, would you be quiet?"

We love Charity!  (Even if she doesn't like ballgames!)

Baby Names

So, we've searched, pondered, prayed, and tried to come up with baby names.  We'd like your help in picking your favorite.

After much consideration, we've come up with the following list:

Jimmer
Jimmer
Jimmer
Jimmerette
Jimmer
Jimmer

What do you think?

Photo by Kit

We love BYU Basketball!  We love Jimmer!  We love Jackson Emery!  We love the whole team!

Jimmer for POY!  BYU to the Final Four baby!

You know what this means!

Allie wants everyone to know, "This is what my mom does now.  And you know what that means!"

Charity says, "Why are you laying down again mom?" and from the other side of the bathroom door, "What are you doing in there mom?"  But she's very excited to have "a baby sister" and to "play with her" although September is a looooooooong ways away.

Is it another girl?  Part of us hope so (we like girls!), but for Ben's sanity, we hope he gets a boy to help with the odds a little.