Beads or peas?

This is kind of a gross story but funny too. I would have thought that 2 years ago Rian would have learned her lesson. She had stuck a bead that had fallen off a braid in her hair up her nose and after 3 days I discovered it. (I knew she had something going on with her nose but never thought anything was stuck up there). Well, last night while we were out picking a bunch of peas, she comes up to me and says " Mom, look! Help!" Sure enough, there was a PEA up her nose. I mean really, she will be 7 next week! And she had done this before! Luckily it wasn't too far up so I had her blow and the thing shot out like a bullet and hit me in the leg. They laughed about that all night long.

Andrew

This is a video of my cute little nephew Andrew trying to sneak ahead of everyone at the candy chase at the Genola Rodeo.
Make sure you Pause my music below and let it buffer all the way before you watch it.

Busy weekend

We have had a very busy but fun weekend. I only have a couple pictures because most things we did was just me and the girls so it was harder to take any pictures. But I did make sure to take pictures of the girls in their Tie Dyed shirts we made. I wanted them all to have a 4th of July shirt so last Wednesday night we whipped out the supplies and made them. Kenni is mad in one because she wanted to hold Shelby. I took Shelby in for her 6 mo. appt and she is now 12.5 pounds. Brians sister Ali is here from California and we hadn't been able to see them much until Friday when we all decided to go to the Payson pool. We had a blast and now I know I can handle it alone with all 4 girls. Shelby really liked it. We had a great time. Then Friday night Ali took Rian kenni and Graci to the Genola Town dinner while we went to Meilssa Hales wedding dinner. It was at Thanksgiving point and soo nice and great food and I LOVED her dress. It really hit brian hard when he saw Mark dancing with Melissa and then the groom came and took her away with the song and everything he got emotional thinking of giving away all of his girls.
Then Saturday brian got up early and went out to do the Genola Fun Run and took 1st. He was even racing against some cross country stars from Nephi and he beat them all. Then at 10 we had the annual Genola parade. It is so small it has to go by twice and if you blink you will miss it. THen we ate hamburgers and goodies and bought raffle tickets for a bunch of stuff we wanted to win but of course didn't. There was a silent auction and I was bidding on a calf but got outbid at the last second. Brian said he will get us one from one of the many dairys around. I did win a cute juice pitcher though. Then last night was the rodeo. Brian is on the rodeo comittee so he had to work it all night. He even had to say the opening prayer. They always have the animal chase and all my girls were in tears because they didn't catch a bunny. (last year they caught a rooster that was half dead). I told them to just get something that looks alive and healthy. But no kitties since we have plenty of those. Shelby slept in my arms the whole time. Then we watched fireworks. After the rodeo they had to do the Slack and there were a ton of people so brian didn't get home until after 1 this morning. Our church starts at 8:30 and we all had a hard time getting up so Brian took Rian on time and we were going to go later but then they came back saying the church was all taped up. At first we thought swine flu scare but called a neighbor and he said there was a fire in the building so we were meeting at 9 with another ward. I think we were the last ones to know. They only did sacrament meeting this week for our ward then next week we will switch and have classes while the other ward goes home. Anyway, that was our weekend. Today all of Brians fam is coming for dinner.

Christmas in June and Fathers Day

For an early Christmas present, my parents came up last weekend and gave us a new Epoxy'd garage floor! It is great. It took a while to clear all our junk out of the way and cover it with tarps so things wouldn't get rained on. Dad worked hard 2 whole days and it is just wonderful. They stayed and went to church and ate Fathers Day dinner with us. We haven't had a Fathers day dinner with them for a long long time. My dad has been taking a painting class so we gave him an easel and paintbrushes. I thought the picture with Shelby was cute.


My messy garage before new floor
And After!
Before most of our stuff got put back in

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Photo of the Week

This is my favorite picture this week. I took this just now when Brian was snuggling with Shelby after not seeing her for 2 days. He picked her up and she just snuggled and layed her head right down on his shoulder. He had a fun race and he said they all did better than they did last year. They don't know official times and results yet though. I am glad he is home though.

Good Luck

Brian took off early this morning for the Wasatch Back Relay again this year. He has to do about 19 miles.(same hard leg as last year). Maybe next year I will be able to join him.

Kitties

So I posted earlier that Tiger had kitties. I thought there were 5, but really I guess 4. Then one died, so now just 3 Brian checked last night and of course, they are ALL girls. He walked in saying "what is UP with all the girls around here?!?!"
I am also sad to report, that Bella has never returned from wherever she is. The last time I saw her was the day before we left for Panquitch 3 weeks ago. (or more). I am wondering if she went to find a nice place to have her babies and died or something. whatever happened, I hope she is well and not suffering or is happy in kitty heaven now.
We have also been tending our good friends (Heather and Jared Morris) cat Lucy. She is the sweetest thing. She is a bit shy, but has warmed up to us now. I might just have to take a picture of her when we go see her today. I fell in love with her so now I am trying to talk Brian into letting us have one of Tigers kitty's in the house with us. He still hasn't relented. Yet.....

Giving Up Chocolate

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy chocolate intead of dinner?""No, I had to stop eating chocolate years ago." the homeless woman told me."Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" I asked."No, I don't waste time shopping." the homeless woman said. "I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive." "Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?" I asked."Are you nuts?!" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair doen in 20 years!""well," I said. " I am not going to give you the money. Instead I am going to take you out to dinner with my husband and me tonight".The homeless woman was shocked. "Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I am dirty, and I probably smell really disgusting". I said "thats ok. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and chocolate".

I Spy and then some

I Spy a pink shirt, blue nightgown, a whole lot o'clothes to fold, and a Shelby.


We went to Fish Lake last weekend for the Ewell Family Reunion. We had a wonderful time except for the rain, wind, cold, and of course Graci throwing up all over her nice warm bed and new sleeping bag she just got tucked into 27 seconds earlier. We tried fishing and Brian caught just one little one. I didn't get many pictures taken because of the weather. We were happy we had a tent and Grandma and Grandpa's trailer we could get in. Below is one of the very few pics I took. With Rian, Whitney, Madeline, Kenni, and Zach. We went to Church at the lodge Sunday and were pleased to be able to hear Alison and her family (cousins) speak. Then we went back to camp to eat and packed up and left.
On the way to the Lake to try to catch a fish.

Sitting in the truck
2 weekends ago on Sunday we drove around West mountain like we like to do, and stopped at Lincoln beach (Utah Lake) and waded around.
The girlies were downstairs watching a movie one night and I went down to bring them up to bed. This is how I found them all snuggled up to each other.