sibling rivalry

So this is the sign that was posted on Will's bedroom door all week. I think it's hilarious, poor Lucy! (the word you probably can't read after "sometimes the" is "girls" meaning Abby and Phoebe, at our house) But do you know what the little sassafrass said when Will read the sign to her? "we have a open door policy." No sign is keeping her out of anywhere! Although she did stay out, probably just to show Will that she didn't want to go into his boring old room, anyways! Then yesterday when it was the small portion of the day that they get along, when Will was away at kindergarten, Lucy said, "Bud can take his sign down now, cuz i'm being nice to him today!" and she repeated the message to him as soon as she saw him. The sign is now lying on the table. I guess she WAS nice enough. ( Luckily, it doesn't take much to win Willie over. )

Go Jazz!

So I'm sitting here waiting for my kids to get home, making their lists for them to do (yay, short day!) and reading my e-mails. I came across this link from my mom. At the Jazz game last week they took her picture w/some of the kids. I wish I could just post the picture, but it won't let me, so here's the link: http://utahjazz.smugmug.com/ Go to March 22 game, green card, p. 4, pictures 53 and 54. Notice my mom's ginormous ice cream cone! Oh I can't stop laughing...there she is with 4 little kids (3 are mine, the extra is my little nephew, Ezra) and she's the only one with ice cream, and why is she holding it aloft like it's the olympic torch? Hahahahha...
also, I found the pictures on there from when we went on willie's birthday... Jan. 18, dark blue card, p. 4 pictures 13 & 14. I'm sure there is an easier way to do this, but I haven't figured it out yet. Enjoy!

Arnell's Easter

this is hard! Next time I'll stick to a slide show! Anyways, we need a Do-over for Easter at our house! Friday I was able to take the kids out to get their shoes and accessories still needed for Sunday, but by Friday night I was sick, and actually only worked for 2 hours. I came home at 8 and we were all in bed by 9:30, hoping rest would help me so I could be ready for the weekend. Saturday we had planned egg dying at my moms at 11, a weenie roast at noon and a Jazz game at 5. Brandon was sick saturday morning also, so we ended up sending our big girls over to gram's but the little ones stayed home with us, i didn't want to overwhelm Gram by sending all 5 of my little hooligans over without a parent! we got up the energy to go over at noon for the fire, but I sat in the house and my kids ran around outside all day with brandons meager attempts at discipline. The Jazz game was great, but neither Brandon nor I could get too overly excited about it. Thank goodness for Pop and Gram! I think all 5 our kids were sitting on them and Shaury and David while Brandon and I sat staring into space on a row by ourselves. ugh. (Oh, I guess I wasn't too sick to ask the scary lady next to me to watch her language around my daughter, or maybe I should say I was sick enough to ask her...she was way nice about it, luckily.) So home to bed and hoping for a better day on sunday. I did manage the Easter Brunch, with lots of help from my girls. It was so very lovely. i totally copied the entire Family Fun Magazine idea, and it turned out wonderful. We even got out the china! The problem was we were too sick saturday to go buy a beautiful tablecloth, so we borrowed my moms, but it worked. (Owen was asleep and Brandon was too sick to pose for pictures.) All but Brandon made it to church, and then we drug ourselves over to moms again for dinner with the cousins, and a quick egg hunt at Tiff's across the street. Monday morning I felt better, but was stuck cleaning up the aftermath of an entire weekend of the house being run by children. What a Mess!!!!! I think my kids had a great weekend, but I still have plain boiled eggs in my fridge and a box of dye on my counter...my little ones didn't even get to dye eggs! and yesterday lucy was eating a peep at grams and told me "I didn't even get a Peep on Easter!" She was sad. It only made it half way better that she was eating one then, and that she had plenty of other candy at home...I guess it's a good thing easter won't be this early again for 224 years. I wasn't ready! I didn't even get many pictures, because I gave that job to brandon, and after looking at the ones he took today, these 2 of Odie were the only ones that weren't blurry or of the back of heads. Good try, B. :)

Brandon told me my post about my mom was a little mean. I love my mom. She has since visited my blog, and left me a nice comment. thanks, mom, sorry if i hurt your feelings. I had my feelings hurt on someone's blog before, so i deleted this post. I left the picture, though, because I really like it. :)

It's All Good
I love this picture of my Lucy. She was, as you can plainly see, raggedy ann for halloween last year. brandon's mom made the cute costume for phoebe when she was 3. I love it. I wanted to blog today, because i've been on my computer all day, but I have a lot swirling around in my head and can't come up with a subject to focus on. when I was rocking lucy for her nap, (yes, I still rock my 3 year old, don't ask) the phrase "it's all good" came to mind. years ago, a little hippie girl called Summer Day worked with my dad and Brandon. She used this phrase frequently, and i think it drove my dad and brandon crazy, but i still like to use it occasionally, to remind myself not to get so "worked up" over things. I have a friend whose husband likes to use the following analogy. Your mind is like a stage, and you cast the players on that stage. Do not let hurtful people on your stage! so that's what i'm trying to do. clear the stage, and make room for the main act, which, i am learning in my loverly book club book this month, should be Christ. I don't want to make religious postings really, but it's a thought provoking book. which brings me to another point, last month in book club we were supposed to say a trait about ourselves that we liked. I went second. I said a dumb one, especially now that i've been reading this book. I want a do-over. and plus...i think mine would have been different that very night if i had been a little later in the line up. I know this is random ramblings to most of you, but if i happen to have a few of the "ladies..." reading, just know this, i realize that was a dumb thing to say. (and don't hold me to the do over unless you all want to go again, too.) most likely i have no one that understands a word i'm saying reading this, sorry. my point is, when i'm with my sweet lucy, reading to, singing to and rocking her, i am reminded that it is indeed, "all good." I am truly blessed. I don't at all mean to offend by doing my own little blogging thing. it's just a way for me to journal my life, ramble occasionally, and connect with friends who are interested in said ramblings. I'm not out to impress anyone or change the world one blog at a time, so to speak, I'm just doing my best with my little family, and that, dear reader, is what is on my stage.

Will turned 6 in January. I've been wanting to do a slide show on my blog, and decided his birthday party would be my first subject. We had it at Jungle Jim's and it was so much fun to see him with all of his little buddies! I just realized I could get in trouble for not getting permission to publish pictures of the other little guys. Please don't sue me if you see your child's photo! Anyway, enjoy! P.S. I think I figured out a little too late how to put my post and the slideshow on the same post...maybe next time!