Jackson the 'callipitter'

Alex and Rachel found a caterpillar at Grandma & Grandpa Braithwaite's house yesterday. They thought it was really fun letting him crawl on their hands. Alex named him Jackson (because that's a perfectly good name for a caterpillar!). Well, he set Jackson down for a while and then couldn't find him again for a while. Eventually Alex found him and picked him up and started playing with him again when suddenly he tossed him to the ground and said, "That's not Jackson" I asked him how he knew that and he said,"That callipitter tried to bite me. Jackson wouldn't bite me!" Okay bud, whatever!

p.s. I figured out how to post with pics from my phone! I am soooo smrt!

(Her-uh-kin)

Yup...that`s officially how you say it! That`s where we are spending our first camping trip of the year. Ok, so it`s Sand Hollow (but isn`t it so much more fun to say Hurricane?). I haven`t figured out how to add pictures directly from my phone to my blog so I`ll have to add them later. The fact that I can post from my phone still amazes me...I know, it doesn`t take much.

After spending the night in the in-laws driveway in our motorhome we headed over here to thw campsite. It`s been a really fun day with great weather.

Alex had a chance to ride his 4-wheeler around for a long time which made him really happy.

Rachel was just happy to be having "the best day EVER!"...which, by the way, she says everyday. She rode on the back of my 4-wheeler and talked my ear off the whole time.

Cole went on his first of many to come rides behind Daddy. He LOVED it! He also learned how to climb out of his play n` pack today so that`s fun for me!

I had a day of much diminished whiny/bored kids and I don`t think they asked for a snack even once! Plus, I got to ride my 4-wheeler around for a while which I haven`t done in a long time.

Jason was able to go for a long ride on his motocross bike with his brother (w/o kids) so that made his day.

Hopefully tomorrow can be just as great as today!

A Post a Day...

I have really been slacking on doing new posts lately. It makes me sad because when I go back to a year ago I was doing pretty good about posting 1-2 times a week. So, I was challenged by Maranda to try to do a post a day for a month

...letls see how this goes! Ready, set, POST!

Who wants to see my Fruit Basket????

Uhhhh, I mean my Basket o' Fruits and Veggies! Okay, I hesitate to share this information with the world because I'm selfish (there are only a select number of spots per site) but anyone who knows me, knows I can't find a good deal and not brag about it! These fruits and veggies come from a co-op called Bountiful Baskets. Basically you sign up for your produce on Monday from the Bountiful Baskets Website and then pick it up on Saturday (in your own laundry basket) at your designated location. Easy, huh? And CHEAP!!! I got all this produce for $15!!!


Here's What I got:

• a bunch of Romaine Lettuce
• a bunch of celery
• a bag of potatoes
• 3 bunches of broccoli
• 4 artichokes
• 6 mangoes
• 18 clementines
• 4 tomatoes
• 4 zucchini's
• 2 bunches of bananas
• a bag of apples

Now, you don't get to pick what you get, but DANG, I didn't know I liked mangoes and I would NEVER have bought artichokes...it's kinda adventurous and fun!

Alex and Rachel couldn't wait to taste the "healthy food"...oh boy, what does that say about my cooking?

And here's a direct quote for Rachel, "If everyone ate all the fruits and vegetables in the whole world, then we would all have diarrhea everyday!"

Insightful.

So, if you're interested, check out the website. They have a ton of different sites all over Utah and in Arizona and Idaho. Thanks Maranda for the tip!

Excuse me glove, what did I do to you?

I am probably really immature, but I walked into my patient's room and saw this:

Couldn't resist snapping a picture of it!

Does this girl need something to do, or what???

Oh, this girl. She exhausts me sometimes. She is ALWAYS making messes, and the most random messes at that. Yesterday I came out of my room from folding laundry to find this:

What is it, you might ask? Well, each step has a slipper, shoe, my little pony, bear, or some other toy on it. All the way up the stairs. Why? It never makes any sense to me!

But she sure is proud of herself!

I opened up the pictures on my phone and this is a random sampling of pictures she has taken (without my knowledge):
There was about 50 more...all the same great blurry quality. All the same random subjects. Oh, she makes me laugh sometimes! (what's up with the jewelry photo shoot?)

I know I've been a total slacker about blogging lately...no excuse really. If only I didn't have other distractions like Super Mario Bros!

Santa's a SCARY guy!

Last week we went to see Santa and Cole wasn't a big fan...But at that age neither was Alex...or Rachel...It's probably mean to say, but these are my favorite kinds of pictures. Here are 2 more that fit into that category:I hope you all have a great Christmas filled with Family, Food, and Fun! I know I will!