Mr. Sandman..Bring Me A Dream..

I guess eating dinner can be exhausting.
Sweet dreams Kaeleigh.

Happy Birthday Kaitlin

Kaitlin . Taylor . Tiffany
Present time!
Chocolate cake topped w/choc icing
decorated w/ choc chips and sprinkles

Kaitlin wanted a movie party. First we ate pizza and cake, then played pin the tail on the donkey. Next it was off to the movie theater to watch Nim's Island. As luck would have it, we had the movie theater all to ourselves. Everyone enjoyed the evening...especially Kaitlin!

A big thank you to Nana Russia (Salkeld) for being the official time keeper and helping Mom survive the night.

"Start spreadin' the news..."

Mike just came home from a training meeting in New York. You might say a little green eyed monster lived in my home for a short time! He only had one night to see the sights but that's not a problem in the city that never sleeps. Mike and three others went around the city in a minivan trying to do as much a possible. There were a lot of pictures that came out too dark or too fuzzie...the Statue of Libery, Coney Island and Chrystler Building...DARN!

A few are good enough to post so without further ado..I present to you..New York City!Times SquareMy kind of building...

yummy!

Brooklyn BridgeThe Peking...now a museum

Fright Of The Century

The kids and I went out for a Sunday stroll around part of the neighborhood that's still under construction. The kids noticed a large depression off the side of the road, somewhat like a ditch, and went to explore. I stayed with the baby on the sidewalk and while we were waiting I heard screaming. Braden came up over the hill shouting "Mom, quick it's really important"!!! shortly followed by Kaitlin crying hysterically. I must preceed what follows with an explanation of a past experience... A year or so ago we were involved in a ward service day in which we picked up trash at a local park. During that lovely germ invested experience Braden and Kaitlin came running up to me holding the spine of some sort of animal. That was pretty comical as the vertabrae was wiggly around in Braden's hand. Am I grossing you out yet?

Naturally, as the kids came running to me for the second time I suspected the same thing but with Kaitlin in a hysterical state I had the sinking feeling they might have discovered something terrible this time. Dun Dun Duuuh!! (drama)
I left a crying Kaitlin with the baby and nervously followed Braden to the scene of the crime. There lying in the tall grass was.... the most hidious looking...... deer bones the kids had ever seen! Did I get you? I bet you thought it was an episode of CSI:Miami.
What had scared Kaitlin to death was the fact that she was the unlucky one who tripped over the animal's severed leg!! I think it would have done me in too.
Braden was convinced that it was a mountain lion but I had to be the voice of reason and explain that a number of things could have happened and that it was probably scavenged by other animals and that's how it's head and other legs where missing.

Later on we drove over there to take a few pictures for posterity.Enjoy looking at photos of the crime scene below. Wahhahhaaa! (ghoolish laughter)

She's smiling in the picture but as soon as the shutter clicked she chewed me out for making her stand so close.

The leg Kaitlin tripped over..yuck!!
Braden, like most boys, thought this was awesome.
Poser!

My New Job

I just started babysitting for some friends of mine. The little girl is only one week younger than Kaeleigh and is quite sweet. It's been a rocky couple of days due to the fact that she's in a new environment and is geting to know us. I'm confident that she will adjust in a short time and that the girls will be great friends. I'm sure I'll adjust also because it feels like I have twins!Kaeleigh is so sweet to Libby and loves to babble and play with her. I'm really pleased that she hasn't freaked out about Libby playing with her toys and taking some of my attention.

I'll have more posts coming soon.