Disney on Ice

So my mom treated all of the girls in the family to Disney on Ice this Thursday and we had a lot of fun!

It was so cute to see all the little girls dressed as Disney Princesses and to hear them squeal in the audience every time a new princess skated on.

The best part was watching my neice, Anna, during the exciting parts of the show.

Of course we had to sing with Aeriel. Ah Ah Ahhhh......

and we laughed at the dancing spoons, and all the princes that couldn't land their jumps.

And then their was the finale, complete with fireworks. But mostly, it was just great being with all the cool girls in my family.

True Confessions

Our daughter eats dirt, and loves it.

*sigh*

Two Idiots, a pair of keys and a window

So the air conditioning in the Jeep went out again and so as we were on our way home from choir practice last night, we decided we'd drop it off at our friendly repair shop so they could look at it on Monday.

So went to pick up Brian's mom's SUV to borrow while it's in the shop and we left the Jeep in the shop parking lot and put the keys in the over night drop box. Well we get into our neighborhood when I started to think and I stopped the car dead in the middle of the road and said, "Brian, we don't have a way into the house." You see, Brian only took the car key with him, so the house key was in the house. Our garage door opener is programmed into his Jeep, and the key to the Jeep was in the lock box at the shop. No problem, Brian said, I'm sure there's a window open. Nuh-uh. When Brian first started going out of town I made sure the house was completely secure. Go me. All the doors and windows were locked, We didn't have a way in, both of our wallets were in the house, but luckily Brian's brother lives down the street.

So we went to Scott and Carries to try to call a locksmith, which is virtually impossibly on a Sunday evening. Don't people want our business? Good grief! Meanwhile, Dad and Eric and Sheena head to our house to have cake to celebrate Kevin's birthday (He's on a mission but we thought we'd celebrate anyway. ) and see that we're not there. So they go to Scott and Carries and after much deliberation, all the men went to our house to try to "break in" while the girls hung out with the babies.

So this is how it all went down. Cue "Mission: Impossible" theme song please...They take a hammer and after a couple of tries, Scott broke an apparently hard-to-break small picture window. They said it was so loud and our neighborhood is SO quiet, they were afraid someone was going to come out and call the cops. Then the three other guys hoisted him up (he's the smallest) into the very high window and he unlocked the door. They cleaned it up and that was that. Now we have a patched up window we've to to get fixed but I hope since it's small that it's cheap. ugh. At least it's good to know that it's hard to break into our house.

You'd think that two college graduates like Brian and me could have thought through the process before doing something so stupid, but no. So that was our crazy evening, and it will NEVER happen again.

Abby and Brian on the Plane

Aren't these sweet?

Fun in Utah

Okay. I'm having major issues with Blogger and it's making me mad. This is like the 4th time I've had to re-write everything.

Some of us have never been to "This is the Place" monument, so we took a little side trip after we went and saw Music and the Spoken Word Sunday morning.

The preggo girls sat and relaxed while Brian and Mark took off exploring.

As for Abby....she spent her time inspecting every crack, rock, stick and blade of grass she could find. I love kids at this age!

Aside from spending some great quality time with the family, we got to do some pretty fun things.

Monday afternoon we went bowling at the Wilk at BYU. We practically had the place to ourselves so Abby got to do some exploring.

She got some sun earlier that morning and her cheeks were rosy-red all day. Isn't she a cutie?

I bowled a 64 which is the the WORST score of my life! But I think I can rightfully blame it on pregnancy, don't you? Michelle, who is 8 months even bowled a frame.

Brian, Carrie and Dad all scored over 100, Mom tied with me and Scott blew us all out of the water with a 148. Great form, Dad!

Grandpa McMurdie

We found out Thursday morning that Brian's grandfather, Chatley Neil McMurdie, passed away in the night. Both grandparents have not been doing well for a long time so we knew it could be any day when we would get the call. So we all picked up and flew to Utah on Friday morning. This picture of Abby and Grandpa was taken in September. He was such a loving, charitable man and I know everyone will miss him.

My Crazy Daughter

I love Abby. I mean, not just cause she's my daughter, but because she is a really cool kid. I love her quirkiness, her melodramatic antics and her zest for life. And I love this picture because it kinda sums up how she takes on the world...she attacks it one huge, yummy bite at a time.

Speed Blossoms

I'm suprised at how fast blooms come and disappear! It happened so fast I didn't have time to take pictures of our little Bradford Pear tree in it's first full bloom, but I did manage to find a few lone blossoms.

Quiz Answers

1. Abby's middle name is Reese.
2. I'm older than Brian by four months.
3. I played trombone in high school and college.
4. My favorite TV show is "So You Think You Can Dance?" I think most people thought American Idol, but there's a point where the singers on AI drive me crazy. Plus I don't know much about dancing and so it's fascinating to me.
5. Brian and I met on a blind date (set up by my now sister-in-law Carrie.) We didn't hook up then, but that's how we met.
6. There are so many things I want to do when my kids are all grown. Music Therapy, Realty and Photography are three of my favorites. Luckily I have a long time to decide. :)
7. This one was close, but my favorite movie is Singin' In The Rain. That's even the ringtone on my phone.
8. I am the primary music leader for Jr. Primary, and the pianist for Sr. Primary. Another girl and I trade off. It's really fun!
9. I hate the word MOIST. ugh.
10. I'm 30, but don't feel it.

Oops.

I think I told myself five times to move the cup full of water, but I kept getting sidetracked...

so Abby moved it for me.

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Idiot Teenage Voters

Okay. I normally don't get all worked up about stupid, insignificant stuff like this, but something is really bugging me.

There are some pretty great singers on American Idol this season, mostly girls. There have been two elimination rounds so far and the two people that should have gone home weeks ago are still in it. The first one is the "hot" girl of the competition who just sucks, and the other one is a 17 year old prissy boy who's so bad he can't tie the other guys' shoelaces. He's just not good. Embarrassingly bad, I think. But of course, he's 17 and kinda cute so all those hundreds of thousands of teenage girl voters out there are putting him through. Why are they voting for these people?!!

Now I know why the voting age in America is 18. Cause if the teenage population had a voice, Justin Timberlake would be the next President.

Two Cool Things

Just wanted to let you guys know about two of my favorite things for mommies. The first is a website called Book Pals Story Line Online where "celebrities" read childrens books aloud. There are even activities and lesson plans along with each story. It's really fun for the kids, and a nice break for moms.


The second is the greatest event known to moms, coming up this weekend in Plano. It's called Divine Consign, where hundreds of consigners sell their baby stuff at really great prices. The stuff is "gently used" and there's TONS of it. It's a pretty crazy event, so I would suggest taking a couple of friends along and man yourselves with whistles (like on Friends) in case you get trampled by a stampeed of bargain hungry moms. It's definitely worth it though!