more cuteness and a another birthday

Is this not the cutest face you've ever seen? I wrote about our foster dog last time and we have more pictures of the little ball of adorableness....we are calling him Jasper. My in laws already have a dachshund named Diamond so we thought it fitting to pick a name for this dog that has to do with rocks and stones....at first we thought Rockford and call him Rocky...but Jasper was more fitting...at least we think so, we'll see if the in laws keep the name. Molly and Murphy have become very attached to him very quickly....they are going to miss him...we are too!

My little Joshy turned 16!!! Did you hear that??? 16!!!!~ I remember him being my little cuddle bug. He was so sweet and snuggly. He was also so full of mischief...I remember when he'd sneak off to the bathroom and create "potions" in there with whatever he found in the cupboards and medicine cabinet. I remember the time he rubbed gold bond cream all over his face and head and when I asked him why he did that he told me "I had to". I remember the time he turned on the faucet on the water heater and drained the entire thing all over the basement floor. And the time he unwound the entire box of film (remember film?) we'd just bought at Costco....six rolls!!! all ruined!!! and when asked "why did you do that?", his answer was "because I had to fix them.". Now he's 16 and he has his drivers license...got it the day after he turned 16....when did I....I mean he, get so old????

so stinkin cute!

Sometimes my little Hannah just tickles me....I just want to squeeze her! Today I was kissing her all over her face and she said "mom, you got kisses on my eye!"

This week

Matthew turned 12! I remember when he was born and was so cute with his head of lots of beautiful red hair! Well, he still has the red hair and LOTS of it! I asked him to please get his hair wet before we had cake....he got his shirt wet too....such a boy! Anyway...he's growing into a fine young man. He has discovered that reading is kinda fun this summer...he takes trips to the library on his bike to get movies, books and wii games...that has been a wonderful discovery for us...wii games at the library! He plays with the little kids and fights with them too....such a brother....and he also loves taking care of our dogs. I'm super proud of him and the young man he's becoming.


We also have become foster parents! My friend had a little sweet dachshund who needed a loving home. I immediately thought of my in laws....they already have a doxie and so Aaron called them and they said they would love to have cute little boy doxie.....so, we are fostering him until my sister comes in August and can take him to his forever home. He is so cute and sweet and is already puppy pad trained....I think it may be very hard to say goodbye....Murphy is overjoyed to have another playmate...Molly is just tolerant.

Resemblance?

*yep...that's my dad holding me...

fun

Aaron put a swing up on our big oak tree in the back yard....the kids have LOVED it!

conversations

Megan overheard this one at the dentist office when she and Hannah were having their routine visit.

Dental Hygienist: Is that your sister over there?

Hannah: MY SISTER IS A DEMON WITH NAILS!!

zoo trip with Grandma and Grandpa

We went to the zoo almost a month ago and I'm finally getting around to blogging about it.

They have a new exhibit at the Henry Doorly zoo called Madagascar. The Lemurs are right there with you! It was a bit creepy for my taste but the kids loved it!

Hannah spent some of the time hitching a ride with Grandma

a group pose....gotta love Joshy.

Grandma and Grandpa had enough fun for a day and decided to ride back to the entrance and wait for us.

He's a monkey! I knew it all along!

Six

Joe is six...he's at that age when I cringe each time he opens his mouth in public. I'm never quite sure what will escape his lips, if will be embarrassing or cute or both. A couple days ago at the library he was sitting at the coloring table with another little boy and the boy's mom and teenage sister were there too. I was wandering through the children's books...picking some out to take home. I heard Hannah run up and hug him and say "I love you Joey!". Then I heard the mom say "oh, is that your sister? She's so sweet". Then I heard a lot of laughter from the mom and the teenage sister. I asked them what he said....He said "I'm glad I'm going to die before she does so I won't have to be around her....for a while, anyway".

Scatterbrained

A few days ago Megan and I went to Goodwill....like D.I. for all you Utah folks. They had Scattergories...have you ever played? We had the game several years ago but at some point over the years it bit the dust. We checked inside the box and discovered it contained everything needed to play and so we got it....just 4 bucks! Last night we finally played...it was a blast! We played 12 rounds! There was no fighting...just laughter. We discovered that google is awesome for times when there is a question as to whether or not Alexandria is an actual city...or if Turkish is a real language. It was round 12...the letter was S. I was so excited to come up with "Snow Pea" as a vegetable....I came up with the rest of the answers so easily and actually filled every space....it wasn't until we started to go through our answers that I discovered that instead of the rest of my answers starting with an S.....they all started with a P. That was when we decided that it was time for mom to go to bed.....

In Laws

My in laws are here...it's nice to see them but it hasn't all been a bowl full of cherries....I won't get to into it...for those who want to know more you'll have to call me. But here's a funny thing....we were sitting at dinner last night and my father in law was talking and Joe blurts out "He sounds just like Eeyore!" For those who have met my father in law you'll know why this is so funny! We're going to the Henry Doorly zoo in Omaha tomorrow...I hope it'll be fun.