Snow Day!

Last night we got 3 inches of snow. Apparantly at some point ice also fell from the sky.  They ended up canceling school.  It was a beautiful thing.  It's almost 5 in the evening and it's still snowing.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a snow day too.

Sign on Nicole's Door

I don't really know who she put the sign up for, but I like it.

December 7, 2009

This morning Ken took the kids to school for the 2nd time this year.  I thought it may be icy out so I asked him to drop them off and I'd drive myself, then we'd both have plenty of time and no one would be late.  PERFECT PLAN right??  Of course not!  I got to work with plenty time to spare. (Possible pun intended...keep reading.)  Ken called me right as I was walking into my classroom and told me I needed to come get the kids, his back tire blew out.  I immediately said a prayer of thanks that it was his car and not mine AND that it was the work van and not the Blazer.  A tender mercy from Heavenly Father.

I went and picked up the kids, they were 10 minutes late to school and I was 17.  Oh well.  We had good intentions. 
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Tonight at dinner Matthew had some interesting info for us.  His high was that he is now a cop.  Then he said, 'I have some business to discuss.  I am now a cop.' I was asked him what that means and he said, 'It means that you will now be getting tickets if there are any disturbances.'  I asked him a couple more questions then he finally gave us the details...  If it gets too noisy, we get a ticket. If there are arguments, we get tickets.  If I tell him to practice the piano, I get a ticket.  If Nicole practices her clarinet and it squeaks, she gets a ticket. If anyone blows a tire, they get a ticket.  I asked him who his superior was and he doesn't have one.
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In other news...
Tonight during the prayer for dinner Nicole prayed that 'Dad's funeral would be nice and a lot of people will attend.' NO, Ken did not die...he is just working a funeral today.

Duncan threw up at school today and we were all glad that he had to go home early.

Our low today is 20 and we haven't reached it yet.

Matthew jimmy rigged the Uno Attack game so that he could use AA batteries instead of C's.  He's a genius.  I worry he'll burn the house down one day.

Both the kids had detention today.  I'm a proud Mamma.

Lastly, I cut Nicole's hair on Saturday and I think it turned out pretty well.  ps, when I say I cut her hair, I mean, Nicole cut her own bangs, unsupervised, and I cut the rest of her hair.

Okay, I said that was the end, but I accidentally uploaded the wrong picture and although I know this photo could be the catalist to Matthew burning the house down, I'm going to show it anyway.  No sense wasting an upload, right?   HAHA!!!

Day 2 of my goal...complete!

Recomitting

I had 3 posts in September.  I had 6 in November.  I am going to do my best to post everyday for the rest of the month/year in hopes that I'll lose my antiblogging attitude.

I will go before your face

DC 84:88 I will go before you face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.

My friend, Ben Draper, photoshopped these 2 pictures together, and I LOVE IT! I just thought I'd share. He explains where the idea came from on his blog. Thanks Ben!

Ceramics Classes at the Rec. Center

My friends Ashley and Liz and I are taking ceramic classes at the Rec. Center. So far  I've painted a Turkey and a Santa.  Ashley and I took a toll painting class and we painted Reindeer.  I never thought I'd enjoy classes at the Rec Center but I LOVE THEM!

Feeling Crafty

We had an enrichment night a weeks ago and painted these blocks say 'Family'.  Often times, I'll walk by the piano and see other words spelled out of these blocks...there is always room for sarcasm.

We had our friends, the Drapers over for Thanksgiving Dinner and when they left, David had spelled the word 'filyma'.  Good times!

Ken's birthday cake.

Ken turned 32 on 11-15. We made his cake.  The kids 'designed' it after looking through a cupcake decorating book.  It was fun to decorate and it tasted good.

Coming Soon!!!

All the updates I've been too lame to post about in the last 4 weeks.  Here's your preview...

Birthdays!!  Happy birthday toooooooo
Rhonda, my sister in law 11-3
Larry, my brother in law 11-5
Garen, my brother 11-6
Rick, my brother in law 11-12
Nolahn, my nephew 11-12
Ken, my husband 11-15
Mom, my mom 11-16

Calamities at our house...
more flu bugs
my computer screen shattered...hence no awesome blog updates
I lost my digital camara...found it today!  HOORAY!
My cell phone got ran over...i think.  not really sure on that one.

Good times recently had...
My birthday 10-24
Ken and I went to Wicked...AWESOME as always!!
Out LAST Halloween as trick or treaters. The kids are DONE!  HOORAY again!
We had a GREAT Stake Conference today

I'll end with a couple of things I've heard from school recently...all quotes from Duncan...age 7.

Principal: Duncan, what happened to your face? (He has a large scratch under his eye)
D: I hit myself in the head with a porcupine.
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D: Where's Keith? (1st grade, 6 years old)
Me: At PE
D: Go get him.  Keithy's my dog.  I love dogs.  He's a puppy.
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D: Mrs. Cheney!! I have my underwear on today!
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D: I'm going to kiss you!
Me: I don't think so
D: YES I AM!  MY MOM SAID I COULD!

Wrangling Alligators

So I started this post so long ago I'm not even sure I'll get the details correct!  Just in case I leave anything out, you can go here to double check my facts.  At the beginning of fall each year, our local zoo takes all the alligators out of their swamp and moves them to the airport where they sit out the winter in a lovely heated airport hanger.  We were lucky enough to be at the zoo on that day and got to watch them catch the gators.  Below are some pics from the event.  I took video that was too big to upload on blogger and my computer is too lame to put it on YouTube.  If you click on the link mentioned above, you can go to our friends, The Draper's and they have video and good info.  Sorry I'm lame!