City Kids at the Farm

After we took Porter to his final day of cub scout day camp, I took Marik and Autumn to "Morningside Park". They have a section of the park that they have a little farm that is modeled after a typical homestead here in Alachua County in 1870. They sometimes have staff that dress up, and make biscuits, and syrup from sugar cane, and serve it to anyone who visits that day. They have a garden that anyone is allowed to pick (and keep) vegetables from on certain days, and the kids can feed the animals they have there. It is a really cute little place! I included the picture of Marik feeding the cow because he had really had to put on a brave face after being attacked by a rooster. :) The man working there said that a little boy had kicked that particular rooster a while back and now he was a bully towards little kids and was usually locked up now because of it. I felt bad for Marik because it really scared him. He was just standing there looking at the cows, and this rooster flies out and pecks him in the stomach and knocks him backwards! Yikes! I held him for a while, then he was ready to feed the cows pretty soon after that.

This was just supposed to be a picture, but Marik's face was too funny not to include it!

Tooth Fairy

I don't have a picture, and it has been several weeks since Autumn lost her first tooth, but I have to write this down. She lost it after General Conference, because she and Porter slept that night in the "tent" we put up in Porter's room. She asked me if she should put the tooth under her pillow in the tent, or in her room. I told her to put in her room, you know, to make it easy for the tooth fairy. Like the good mom that I am, I forgot about it. This has happened before with Porter, but I always make up some story about how the tooth fairy must have been busy. I heard the kids talking in the morning so I went in to talk to them, and Autumn asked if I thought the tooth fairy had come, and I said..."Just give the tooth fairy a little longer..." I ran to my room to search for money, and when I came out, Porter was standing outside Autumns room with a funny look on his face. When I got closer, he whispered, "Don't worry mom, I put $2 under her pillow." I started laughing, and asked when he figured out the tooth fairy wasn't real. He stared blankly, so I asked if it was because I was so forgetful as the tooth fairy, and he just nodded. What a nice brother to try to keep up appearances for Autumn. She was so excited! :)

Wedding Fun!

I have posted this to the wrong blog twice. I am too ashamed that I was the only one to wear a wedding dress to this girl's night out to post it on the family blog. :) It wasn't my idea to lay across the front of the picture, by the way. Janene hosted this fun event where we looked at each other's wedding pictures and videos. What a fun idea! There were a lot of people there too, although we took this picture after many had left. I stole these pictures from Janene...hopefully that is okay! Thanks!

How fun...it is great to be a girl! :)

Just a quick note because Marik said something cute just now, and I often forget to write these things down! He was being really cute, and I said: "I don't know if there is anyone cuter than you, Marik..it's debatable." (yeah, doesn't make sense.) He said "It's not abatable, it's incredible!" He makes me laugh a lot.

Marik

Marik is such a fun kid. I love watching him do things the way he does! We went to the Firestation for a field trip, and he was so serious about it. Once he got his hat, sticker, and coloring book, he held onto the book tightly and listened intently to everything that went on. I posted the picture on the bottom because most of the pictures were that way...Marik right at the front, SO interested in what the fireman was telling the kids.

Marik is into quoting movies, like this quote from Madagascar...

Girl's Weekend!!

I had the best weekend in Orlando with some really fun friends (L to R bottom picture: Me, Heather, Rebecca, Jessica, Janene, and Bree) It was so nice to be kid free and just laugh and have a good time! Some of us stayed up until almost 5 in the morning (After staying at the Cheesecake Factory until 1am), and woke up at 9:20ish, then we spent the day shopping and eating and watching "Confessions of a Shopaholic". It was so nice of David to take the kids considering his good friend Carlos was visiting from Maryland. I am so glad I was able to go because it was such a nice getaway...I was feeling a little burnt out last week! I hope this can be an annual event!

Tagged: 7 Random Things About Myself

I've been tagged! I think it has happened before, but I have ignored it until now. I am going to do it just because it was my sister-in-law Lisseth that asked, and I like her, so...here goes. Oh yeah, it doesn't mean I don't like those of you who have already tagged me. :)

1. Today I remembered something about my elementary school days when bullying was mentioned at our dinner table. This is embarrassing, but anyone who has heard a few choice stories about me (like when I beat up a doll during the day that I was afraid of during the night) knows that I am a fairly nice girl with occasional bouts of...violence when provoked, I guess? Anyway, there was a boy who was constantly calling me names and teasing me when I was in grade 3, and I just let it go, and sometimes cried at home until one day I had enough and I kicked him...somewhere that wasn't very nice. I can still remember the guilt I felt seeing him lie there the entire recess. Wow. Psycho.

2. I love just being around people and playing games, and talking and whatever. I would do it everyday if it weren't totally irresponsible.

3. I had the same singing teacher as Erica Durance who plays Lois Lane on Smallville. She was a very good singer/performer back then as well. We performed at "Festival" that year: she was the scarecrow, I was the tin man, and Jodi Petersen was the lion. Big names come out of Three Hills...remember Paul Janz? Better look him up.

4. I am going to have to start drawing from my list on Facebook, because I am just about out, I think. When I was 14 my dad put a diamond in my tooth, which remained there until I lost it in June of '08. It is pretty sad. All that remains is a hole, but I hope to get it replaced someday because it became somewhat of a part of me. Also, Erica Durance had one put in after she saw mine. :) I must also note, that I got mine because of how cool it looked on the Thompsons(friends) and Wendy (my older sister).

5. My dad taught me to ride a dirt bike fairly soon after I learned to ride a pedal bike, and it is one of my most missed hobbies. I loved to ride really fast through trails in the mountains and got quite a thrill out of it. My last bike was a Kawasaki KDX 200. (Or was it a 250...it has been a while.) Ahhh. Good times.

6. I went to school at Three Hills School from Kindergarten through grade 12, and I sometimes feel sad that my kids won't have that experience of living in the same place their whole lives. I even had the same best friend for that long and longer. Our mom's were pregnant together. I have some great pictures that I have been meaning to scan, so be on the lookout, Alison!

7. The first time I remember seeing David was when I was 14...it was love at first sight..for me at least! I thought he was the best looking guy I had ever seen, and I still do. :) I wrote his name in all capital letters in my journal and talked about how he asked me to dance and I shook the whole time because I was so nervous.

I am sorry to be lame but I will just tag anyone who feels so inclined.

Oh, and while I am talking about random things...David and I are trying to put family pictures of all of our siblings on our wall, and everyone but Matt and Cami, and Darren and Erin have ignored us!! (Come on guys...just email a origional size picture, oh, and by ignoring I am mostly meaning you, Jon Penny:)