Tyler says Monkeys grow up to be Gorillas and Tigers grow up to be Lions. I honestly cannot convince him otherwise. He is right and I am wrong and apparently one of his arguments is that "my Daddy told me that" I sure hope he is lying otherwise I'm not sure about the man I married. I remember when we went to Yellowstone this summer and I read a pamphlet about weird questions people have about the animals and one question was something like: "what time of year do the Elk turn into Bison?" I was laughing so hard. Now I understand they must have gotten their information from my misinformed son.
I guess it is a good thing we got a Zoo pass for Christmas right? It looks like we are in desperate need of some investigating.
I won tickets to see an advanced screening of "Bride Wars." That in and of itself isn't that extremely cool, but through the TV show "Good Things Utah" I have won 14 things in the last 4 years. The really funny thing is, I haven't watched the actual show for a long time. I mostly just go on their website every once in a while and sign up for whatever they are giving away. I usually sign up for things that I don't think most people will sign up for ie: a Rated R movie (here in good ole' Utah, nobody signs up for it.) and if I win, I take it to Wal-Mart for a sweet 20 bucks. But I have won some pretty cool things:
“My country to defend” book
Miche bag (purse $50 value!)
The English patient DVD
The pirates of the Caribbean DVD
Free movie tickets (4)
Free movie tickets (4)
Mommys market tickets
Haunted railroad tickets
Free groceries (grocery guru $100 worth)
Green pearl Necklace
Motown CD
Children’s party tickets
Hannah Montana DVD
Free Movie Tickets (4)
I have yet to win the $500 pot and pan set that they give away once or twice a year, but then again everyone wants that one. Randy has become a finalist in their Lexington heights Dental free teeth makeover three times. They usually do free lumeneers or veneers which would be awesome! (He didnt' try again this year for some reason though I guess he is sick of getting in the top 2 or so and having them pick someone else)
Anyway, so I saw "Bride Wars" on Tuesday night with my friend Nancy. We had a lot of fun. It was a very cute movie with a lot of funny parts. It was a little over the top, but that is what I expected. I love Kate hudsen and Ann Hathaway almost as much as I love a night out with the girl(s). don't know that I would pay 7 bucks to see it, but it is definately worth a $1 redbox rental. if you want more info you can go to http://www.bridewars.com/
BTW, don't start signing up for things just because I win every once in a while. I don't need the extra competition. you probably won't win anyway. :)
Every 1st Saturday of the month, Home Depot does kids crafts and this month the made football helmet bookends. Tyler loved it. When he went with his daddy to do the craft, he came home and said he "loves Daddy-Tyler time" so cute. they get little home depot aprons and pins to put on them each time they do a project. Tyler's paint job wasn't originally BYU themed; it was ninjas, but after he painted the "ninja?" he said it looked bad so he was frustrated and asked me to help him. I suggested blue on blue with the Y. Needless to say, he loved my brilliant idea! (I guess the example one at Home Depot was U of U red and Randy got a lot of crap for wearing a BYU shirt that day) He loves them and won't let Jacob go near them. I'm very proud of my crafty little boy. It would be awesome if he got into woodworking when he gets older. He could make his mama all kinds of cool stuff.
Me: "Ty, I am going to go take a shower. Will you please watch Jacob?"
Ty: "OK, but can I play a game on the computer?" Me: "can you watch Jacob AND play the computer?" Ty: "Yeah, Yeah!" Me: "OK Watch Jakey!" I leave to go get in the shower, but before I turn on the shower I hear Ty say: "Jacob! DO NOT do anything you are not supposed to so I can play my game!"
Wow, if only I had known sooner all I had to do was tell Jake not to do anything naughty so I could "play my game" my life would've been so much easier these last 2 years. Amazing.
I thought since I constantly have pregnancy updates and pregnancy announcements given to me all the time (the count is 19 pregnancies again!) I would give a shout out to one of my top 3 must-have books*.'Hypnobirthing The Marie Mongan Method" is the way I chose to give birth to Jacob and I am really excited to do it again with this baby. It is an interesting technique of birthing that teaches you self-hypnosis. The theory is that fear causes tension and tension causes pain. So therefore, if you take out the fear in birthing, you can birth your baby without any pain. It sounds crazy I know. But I also know that I have done it once and it totally worked for me! You learn relaxation techniques so you don't tense up during labor and you keep relaxed through the whole thing so you don't need or even want drugs or other interventions. I actually never even thought about asking for anything during my labor with Jacob. Anyway, I could go on and on about the book/CD/Classes, but I guess if you would like more information, you can go to www.hypnobirthing.com . I would also send you my personal hypnobirthing story via e-mail if you would like it. It is awesome and totally worth it. I had a not so good birth experience using Lamaze and an epidural with Tyler (it hurt a lot) and a great experience with the natural labor Hypnobirth with Jacob (didn't hurt). If I can do it anybody can. Anyway, give it a read!
*the other two books in my top 3 are "The Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey and "Good Night Sleep tight" by Kim West.
FYI: 97% of women in Utah opt for an epidural for their babies births. interesting.
Even though the pregnancy count is down to 18, the babies expected are up to 20 thanks to two of my friends who decided they are having twins instead of one at a time. Congratulations to Lindsey and Whitney! I am so excited for you guys.
I stole the picture from your facebook hope that's ok.
The pregnancy count is down to 18 now. Congratulations Heidi (my sister-in-law) on your new baby girl! I'm sure Roxie will love being a part of your family! BTW, very smart of you to have her right before the new year. now you can claim her on your taxes for this year.
The family/friend pregnancy count is up to 19 thanks to a couple of Christmas surprises. I hope some of you have your babies here pretty soon so I will be able to keep track of who is pregnant and when they are due. Congratulations to those expectant mothers! (I would name all of them, but I'm not sure If I am allowed to tell for some of them)
We were able to stay home all of Christmas day. It was nice not to have to run around to a bunch of places and just have a quiet time with our boys at home. We got up at 8:00 and we had to wake up Tyler so we could get going. Santa came the night before, so we had lots of presents under our tree. We were able to have Randy's parents join us from Iceland via Skype which was really fun. They just watched our whole christmas morning and they boys showed them there new presents on the web cam. It was an interesting way to have them there. I was also able to listen in to my brother Ben's phone call home from his mission through skype. I just sat and listened while they had him on speaker phone. It was nice to hear his voice. The funny thing was, was Tyler and Jacob were so excited that I bought chocolate milk for breakfast. They absolutely loved it. When I asked Tyler why we celebrate Christmas, he said "because of Santa" that was sad b/c we have been doing an advent calendar and reading scriptures every night this month to talk about the true meaning of Christmas and even the night before talked about when Jesus was born. oh well, maybe next year. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
On Christmas Eve, we went snow tubing with my mom, Dad, my brother Dan, his wife Amber and my cousin Bryan at Gorgoza park in Jeremy Ranch. Well, I didn't tube, but Randy and Tyler did while I watched Jake and his cousin Megan play in the snow with my mom and sister-in-law Amber. We had fun watching our boys, but it was a long two hours just watching. It looks like a really fun park though. After tubing, we later went to my Grandma Aird's house for Christmas eve dinner and had the Christmas nativity story acted out by the great grandchildren. We had a lot of fun.
Tyler says Monkeys grow up to be Gorillas and Tigers grow up to be Lions. I honestly cannot convince him otherwise.
He is right and I am wrong and apparently one of his arguments is that "my Daddy told me that" I sure hope he is lying otherwise I'm not sure about the man I married.
mber when we went to Yellowstone this summer and I read a pamphlet
about weird questions people have about the animals and one question was something like: "what time of year do the Elk turn into Bison?" I was laughing so hard. Now I understand they must have gotten their information from my misinformed son.
need of some investigating.
