My Kids Crack Me Up

Tuesday night's dinner conversations were quite amusing. They went something like this:
Ben:Eat your broccoli Sydnee.
Sydnee: I'm done.
Ben: They're like little trees, eat the trees.
Sydnee: I'm done.
Ben:Do you know who likes to eat trees?
Sydnee:blank stare...
Ben:Dinosaurs eat trees, so eat up like a dinosaur.
Sydnee: When daddy was little there were real dinosaurs.
I'm not sure, but I think she just called you old hon.

Sydnee never finished her broccoli, but she got us to laugh. She then asked for dessert.
Addy:For dessert we have nickel sandwiches with mustard between the nickels.
Mommy and daddy cracked up over this one. Mmmmm nickel sandwiches, I bet they're crunchy. I think she meant knuckle sandwiches, but either way, neither one sounds good for dessert.

Draper Temple Open House

Yesterday we had the chance to go to the new Draper temple for the open house. What a production. We had to park at a designated church, wander around in circles, move from one room to the next to wait and then, wait some more. I normally don't mind waiting, okay I do, but for this I was trying hard to be patient. Our assigned time was right around lunch time and me and the girls had not eaten since breakfast, not a good start. After much waiting and a bouncy bus ride we were able to weave our way through the tents that lead to the temple. It was very pretty inside. I loved the colors and all of the wood work. There were also some gorgeous paintings, many which I had never seen before. I was surprised at how small the temple was. The ordinance rooms were tiny. I guess with several other temples close by, it doesn't need to be huge. After 3 hours we finally made it back to our car. Now to find some lunch. We stopped at Thanksgiving Point for lunch, we have a gift card for the Harvest restaurant and figured that since we were all dressed up it would be fun to eat there. Of course, it was closed until 5pm and it was now about 3:30. Aargh! The girls were starved and so we got lunch at the deli instead. We were having fun until the girls would not eat and both started moping. This is actually quite common when we go out, but I wasn't in the mood for it. Then Addy complained about her tummy hurting. I rolled my eyes. Now here is another point for my mother of the year award. Addy's tummy wasn't over the flu yet. She had been fine since Sunday, but it came back with a vengeance. We drove home as fast as we could. Thank goodness for the trash bags I keep in the car. Addy had a rough ride home and a rough evening. She actually slept through the night and woke up hungry today. I kept her home from school today and she is vegging on my bed right now. Hopefully she will be back to normal soon, poor kid. Until then, our washer and dryer, and our bathroom will be very busy.

A better week, well to start with...

This last week Ben was out of town again, this time in St. Louis. Things went much better at home this time. Sydnee went back to the dermatologist and her molluscum is healing well, and the best part is she doesn't have any new spots, yea! Her arms look much better. Addy is still struggling with her eczema, but we are slowly getting it taken care of. Ben got home Wednesday and after I picked him up from the airport, he headed to work. Ben has a big project at work, so he worked late Wednesday and Thursday. Poor guy got very little sleep, but it's almost done. Wednesday after young women's, I came down with a cold, not fun. Thursday I got to have lunch with two good friends which was lots of fun. Happy Birthday Marie! Friday I was able to help my little hobo laurels with dinner for MORP. They told their dates that they forgot to secure their dinner plans, so they went door-to-door begging for food. I let them in and fed them appetizers under the guise that we were having a party and had some extra food. These kids are so cute and they were so appreciative. That night we had dinner out, which the kids loved. Friday night, Addy came down with stomach flu. I am so grateful for Ben and that he is good to help with the clean up process. After a miserable sleepless night for me and Addy, we made it to Saturday. Then Sydnee came down with the stomach flu too. Happy Valentines Day to us! We spent the day lounging around watching movies and sleeping. Today is Sunday, and the kids are on the mend. I wish that I was too, I am such a whimp when I have a cold. Ben went to sacrament meeting today to represent our family. Me and the kids are in our pajamas watching movies again. Hopefully tomorrow will bring us a better week.

Youth Conference 2009

This year our ward decided to try a winter youth conference since the summer is so busy. It was held at the Heber Valley Camp which is beautiful, in the daylight. I decided that since I'm still struggling with morning sickness that I would only go up for Saturday. There weren't enough rides to get all the kids up to Heber, so I ended up having to drive up on Friday night. It was snowing and when we got to the 7 mile squiggly road that leads up to the camp, my poor mini-van just couldn't make it, we slid and got stuck. I guess we should have prayed like the other cars that miraculously made it up. O ye of little faith. Sorry kids. We waited for an hour until one of the camp missionaries came and towed us up the mountain. Caleb (my brother) was up there for scouts and he actually came to rescue us, but we had already made it up the mountain. I dropped the kids off and headed back down. The road had been plowed, so it was much easier to get down. That was the easy part. After a pit stop in Heber, I started towards Provo canyon. I didn't get far before I was in a horrible snow storm, it was a white out. I'm not sure how I made it home, but I am so glad I did. It was a terrifying experience, I prayed all the way home. Saturday the weather was much better and I didn't have to drive, thank goodness. After making it to the camp and walking in, we met the kids and had fun hearing about their adventures. The kids spent Saturday snow-shoeing and doing many different service projects. After lunch the kids played games together that really made them work together. It was great to watch. Our youth are great, they really get along well and had lots of fun together. Thank you to all those who made this a great experience. The ride home was just as good, clear roads and singing along with the laurels and their theme songs.

Baby Update

I went to my first doctors appointment on the 4th of this month. My doctor is fabulous, he makes me feel at ease and jokes with me. The nurses are awesome too. Val, my favorite nurse had a hard time finding the baby's heartbeat, it couldn't be that I have too much padding on that part of my body. After a few minutes she gave up and said I needed an ultrasound. Darn! The ultrasound tech was great, she remembered me from back in August when I was having some problems. She took extra time with me and checked everything out. Our baby is about 6 centimeters long and growing just fine. I always like to be reassured that I'm not a nut and that there really is something growing in me. I'm glad to know that our baby is doing well. It looks like an alien with a huge head and it had its little arms up by its head. If I ever get our scanner up and going I will post pictures of the ultrasound, it won't be too long and we'll get to find out whether it's a boy or girl. I'm sure it's a girl, but Ben thinks it's a boy.