To blog or not to blog... that is the question. I should be going to bed.. but a little sacrifice is necessary to do the blog thing.

A few pee/urine stories seem to be in order. Poor B... he peed (sp?) in his room today. Tyler was here and they were laughing really hard, and you know B. He is destined to never "gut laugh." I can just see him now, on a date, and panicking because someone is being funny. He will just jump up and run out of the room.

The other day S jumped out of bed (from her nap) and ran into the bathroom. Then I heard the distinct sound of liquid hitting the floor at full force. She obviously didn't make it in time. Then a few minutes passed and I imagined her cleaning up... taking off her dirty clothes... something. Then BOOM! She slipped in her pee and fell postrate on the ground. After running up to the bathroom I found her in tears, just laying there in the pee. It was soaking into her hair, her shirt.... gross. Good thing the bathtub is right next to the toilet!

R has started peeing in her diaper once then wanting to change it. She is too little to potty train, don't even think about it.

Hey... my favorite cousin Shauna Rae stopped by my home last night. I was in heaven. It feels like we talk every week... even though it has been three years since we have seen each other. When are we going to do a family reunion for Dad's family? Let's get on that.

Food order lady apparently got evicted and will be leaving the branch boundaries. A lot of guilt to be felt there... especially I feel guilty for being so relieved!

We are gearing up for our big SU trip, and I don't mean Cedar. Edge of the Cedars maybe. : ) E is going to love the Pow-Wow.... can't wait! (Sarcasm? you ask... you will never know).

Love to all!
Julie

Boy oh boy... time goes by. I remember Mom's journal and how every entry started out by saying how she was going to write more in her journal.... but, she never really got into the groove of journal writing. I, however, am going to post more often on my blog. How else will the world know how cute my kids are? Seeing as how, when we are in public, they don't seem to shine quite like I'd hope. The crying and the fits sometimes give people the wrong idea. You know.

We had the most beautiful snow storm yesterday. The flakes were as big as quarters floating down out of the sky. I decided to just sit and watch it snow while the babies were napping and ponder on the beauty of our planet.

The storm through Brigham off a little though. He decided that yesterday was Christmas and he couldn't wait till he heard Santa's "Ho, ho, ho" again. You see, this last Christmas Santa's "Ho, ho, ho" and the sound of jingle bells woke him up on Christmas morning. I explained that it wasn't Christmas... "Well, is it tomorrow?" Nope.... "Then when is Christmas? I know that it is close." We talked too much about the months of the year and how long till Christmas. The topic was revisited repeatedly. This morning Brigham asked if I thought he would like what he was going to get for Christmas. Grrrr....

I planted flower seeds. I am afraid they are not going to make it. Good thing I have more seeds, eh. I can't wait to plant my tomatoes, peppers, garlic... Yumma!

Leah said "Rachel" for the first time yesterday. She refuses to repeat it though. We are getting closer to little Rachie having her own identity.

Kindergarten Round- up was yesterday. Weird, being a parent and listening to them explain how they can't give medicine to our kids. Well, duh. He is going to wear a school uniform. So cute! His teacher is Mr. Garcia, from Spain. Sweet. When do kids learn to read? (Ticee, no need to answer 3 years old... too late) Should we be working on that during Kindergarten?

We were reading a Dora book and R saw a picture of Tico ( friend of Dora's). She surprised me by saying "Tico" excitedly. Then she started tickling me saying, "tickle, tickle, tickle." But it sounded like the exact same word (tickle = Tico). It was so fun watching her make that connection. Who cares that it really shouldn't be a connection. It was adorable.

S's birthday is coming up. I am still gung-ho on going to the rez that weekend, so I think we will have a party here the next weekend. I am thinking of a princess theme, hmmm?

I have the perfect theme for R & L's birthday. "Two by two." We can have animals of all kinds like Noah's ark. They love animals... they are turning two... there are two of them...huh? Good idea... I know.

I just finished reading the series "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper. They were good books. Interesting, fun ideas. I wish I could find an object of the High Magic or be an Old One. Either would work for me. And the stories have King Arthur in them and Wales. I have been searching for some Welsh ancestory... Randy has a lot, of Welsh ancestory that is. Lucky.

Now I am reading "Physik" by Angie Sage. So great! We must make her famous, I am telling you.

E is trying to pass the CDL test. A license he needs for work. He is having the hardest time with it! He is taking it again tomorrow. A few prayers on his behalf wouldn't be unappreciated. I sure would hate to take a test in Spanish.

How many of you out there know what a polyglot (polyglaught?) is? You should hang out with Ana. Now, there is a smart girl.

Well, I just tried to run a spell check, without any luck. So, all of the errors will just have to stay. Sorry...

Love to all!

Happy Easter!
We have been having some great times. : ) Brandon went into the MTC, so we got to have a family reunion of sorts. Di and Susan got tickets for general conference.... lucky ducks. Susan loves hymns more than ever now. "Oh thou fount of every blessing...."

I was so happy to have people at my house that I am afraid I was quite blind to their comfort, or rather their uncomfort. (Not a word, I know) The house was so very full with teens sleeping every where on the floor. Susan got the place of honor, sleeping on an air mattress that has a slow leak... in the kitchen. She wasn't too impressed.

I was just having a great time. : ) Thank you, thank you for staying at my house!

WW is going great. I reached my first goal of loosing ten percent. Hurray! Easter will be sure to throw a wrench into the weight loss works. Bummer. I will just have to do more exercise. I met a very nice girl at WW named Mandy. She is the one with twins. We laughed a lot yesterday, which was fun.

I'm worried about Jaren, the crazy cat. I hope he heals well and doesn't play with gunpowder and matches any more.

It is so late that I can't think anymore.
So...
The End...