Moment of Fear

I had a terrifying moment yesterday morning--any guesses who it involved?? Okay, so here is what happened:

I was upstairs with Tyson, cleaning the kids' room. I left for about 1 MINUTE to get changed. When I came back Tyson was out the window and on the ROOF (he had climbed on the bookshelf and pushed the screan out)!! Oh my gosh!! Just so you know, the kid's room is on the second floor and the roof outside the window is pretty short and really slanted. I seriously didn't want to scare him and make him run, so I quickly yet calmly made my way to the window. Luckily he let me grab his hand and pull him back in.

What a scary experience. All I could think about was "he could have died". Needless to say, Tyson was not let out of my sight for the rest of the day AND that window will never be opened again.

Can't Live Without...

It's cute the way little kids get attached to "things". Over Christmas Tyson gave up his pacifier, and shortly after was having a hard time going to sleep at night. Once he found his "baby" blanket and a stuffed friend to sleep with, he has done SO much better. Here are a few things my kids, at one point or another, couldn't live without:

Sony Bear and Pacifier (we called the pacifier SuSu and she had it until she was 3!!)

"Uni" (unicorn)--Kya got this for her 1st birthday (from Tina) and Jordan claimed it. She still sleeps with her every night (along with about 6 other stuffies that HAVE to be in her bed)

Care Bear--we lost the small one, but Kya still loves the full-size Sunshine Bear (although she doesn't sleep with it anymore)

Kya still sleeps with her "baby" blanket that Grandma made for her

Tyson was the most obsessed with his pacifier out of all my kids. He wanted it from day one and he could NEVER be without it. Somehow, he was also the easiest to break from it (we couldn't find it one night and he just kind of forgot about it after that)

Now Tyson needs "blanky" and "doggy" every night to go to sleep (the dog is another gift from Tina for one of my girls--but now it's Tyson's)

Activities What??

I got released from teaching Relief Society yesterday (the best calling EVER). Wonder what I was called to?? Activities Committee Chair--that's right Activities Committee! I'm not quite sure what I think of that yet.

Scary

Don't you just love him?!

Oh My Gosh!!

This is what the garden looked like when Mom and Dad planted it Oct. 2005

Thanks Mom and Dad for planting the plants from h%#@! in my front garden! I started pruning back the "crawling" plants that Mom and Dad planted for us (about 2 and 1/2 yrs ago)this morning and thought "maybe I'll take one or two of them out since they grow completely out of control in about 2 weeks"--easier said than done! The roots on those things are practically as big as tree trunks and are about 5 feet long!! I managed to get one out, but the other I had to just cut the roots and leave the rest of it in the ground. Wow, what a project. I spent an hour and a half out there and I am only 1/3 of the way done. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I found under the crawling plants--a hairbrush, a cheetos bag, two shingles from the roof...what fun!

Here's a picture of the garden when I was working on it--those two piles are the trimmings from just 2 out of the 5 crawling plants!!!

Valentine's Day

I know Valentine's Day was last week, but I just had to write about it. Mike took me to this restaraunt (Cafe Beach) with the most awsome view of the ocean--and good food too (thanks Kim for watching the kids). He and the girls had a blast doing the scavenger hunt when we got home. Our house is still filled with love and candy from that special day (although I could do without those conversation hearts--they are so cute, but nobody likes to eat them).

Cafe Beach--all the tables have an amazing view of the ocean

The Clues for the scavenger hunt--I thought they looked so cute

Stories, Stories and More Stories

The girls have started asking for stories at bedtime. Not stories from books, but stories about them when they were "little". We tell one about Jordan, one about Kya, and then they get to pick whether they want one about Tyson or Mom. It is fun for me too, although sometimes it's hard to think of an interesting story to tell. The girls get so excited about the simplest little story. I love this new "tradition" we started.

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt

I made this for Mike to give him his 3rd wedding ring. I wrote it in about an hour last night while watching American Idol, so no critiquing my writing skills :)

Here’s a scavenger hunt made for you
Your Valentine’s present is at the final clue

We’ll start where we met, at The Colony
The clue’s where you sat when you chatted with me
It’s not the same one, but our own will do
Just walk on over and find the next clue

Our meeting in March led to our first date
A volleyball game, and you were not late
I scrapbooked the picture that Doug Wyatt took
The clue’s inside that special book

Our wedding day was one of my best
Although we didn’t get time to rest
We rushed around from here to there
But the clue can be found on what I wore in my hair

Parkside Apartments was our newlywed pad
But we soon moved to Union Square, which we thought was quite rad
You’ll find the next clue by our little sweet pea
Who was born in Utah and made us oh so happy

California called us and away we went
But when the visa fell through, we didn’t have a cent
The next clue can be found in the thing that we got
From old Bishop Boyle, who liked us a lot

Kya was born in San Jose
We never thought we would move away
The next clue is where we now call home
Not too far away from the telephone

With our little boy came a challenge or two
But with that guy around, who could ever be blue?
Your Valentine’s present can be found in his box
I hope that IT will knock off your socks

We’ve had many ups and downs since our first Valentine’s Day
But I want you to know that come what may
I will love you forever and ever I swear
If this wedding ring you will always wear
(AND IF YOU LOSE IT AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANOTHER ONE)