Saints and Sinners

I'll just say it right up front. My husband is a Saint. Today was our big Primary Program Practice. . . my husband came to support, help, and pick up pizza for the hungry. Now, while we were there I asked him to do something else and he declined. I was a little annoyed. I shot several eye daggers at him during the next hour until it was finally time for him to go get the pizza. Off he went, even taking Emily with him. We continued to practice for another hour. When we were finished I was surprised to find that Nathan had not returned yet. I ran out to the phone to find out what was going on at the same moment he walked through the door. "What took you so long?" I could see my question irritated him for some reason. He was now throwing daggers at me. "I ran out of gas." Oops! The worst part was he asked me as we were leaving the house "How long has this low gas light been on." I thought about it. . . it didn't seem like it had been on long. "Just since yesterday." I must have estimated poorly. So sorry husband. But I am sure that God has a special place reserved for the patient husbands who put up with sinner wives in heaven. :)

The Ten Minute Kidnapping

Oh the afternoons. They can be so long and boring. Rachel came to me today. . ."Mom, I have nothing to do." Well, I am a quick thinker so I suggested she go see if our neighbor could play. About 20 minutes later the door bell rang. I opened it to find our little neighbor wanting to know if she could play at our house. I was confused. "I thought Rachel was at your house." No. Well, then, she must be here. I yelled throughout the house. In every room. "Please go home and make sure that Rachel isn't at your house." So, the little girl left and returned shortly affirming to me once again that Rachel was not at her house. Now I was starting to panic. My heart racing, I went outside and began to yell Rachel's name. No answer. Emily was in the bathtub, so I pulled her out, quickly dressed her, and said a prayer. Then I told Ben to start looking for his sister. Ben was only worried about his stomach. . . he wanted a sandwich. "She's lost!" I told him with less than kindness.

Now it just happens that the neighbor girls Father is a police officer. I saw his patrol car in the driveway, so I headed over there. I was ready to put in a missing child report. . . Rachel does not wander off around the neighborhood. If she wasn't at he neighbors and she wasn't in our yard then she was kidnapped. I was near tears when I got to my neighbors house. They opened the door and I said "I can't find Rachel."

They looked at me with a confused gaze and said, "She's here." Oh my gosh. I can't tell you the relief I felt. Even after I left and went home I had to sit down. I laughed and cried together. Apparently, Rachel arrived at there house before her friend was home from school so they invited her to come in and wait and watch Tinkerbell. Well, when the friend came home she didn't even go into the house. She just jumped out of the car and headed to our house. That explains why she didn't think Rachel was at her house. Whether not she actually went home to double check when I asked her to is unknown. All I do know is I never want to have that happen again. It was terrible. The worst ten minutes of my life. I gave all three of my kids huge hugs afterward.

This is Halloween!

We had a very busy Halloween this year. We abandoned our own house. I was surprised our pumpkins survived. I thought for sure some snotty teenager would take revenge on our empty house. We decided we wanted to spend Halloween with the family. We did miss the super fun Halloween Party because of the swine flu so we had a lot to make up for. Our first destination on Halloween day was the Pumpkin Patch place on Geneva road.


Way fun. Then we headed off for some trick or treating with the cousins.

I think our kids came home with about 10 pounds of candy this year.. . which was all gone in a week. Amazing.

And the best part of all. The ride home was very quiet.


You can't beat that. Thanks to all who made our Halloween killer. :)

Oh yea, and if you were wondering. The girls were dressed as

and the boys were. . .

Moms and Daughters

I've mentioned how Rachel was having a bit of a tantrum problem. Well, I was really worried about her. So, in the midst of thinking about it, I decided that we needed an outing, just the two of us. I told her about it and we looked forward to it for a week. Color Me Mine just opened in Ogden, so that was our destination. Every part of it was fun. From picking out what we were going to paint, to laughing as we painted together. Rachel loved her finished project which is now displayed in her room (when she is not carrying it around the house). I made Nate a BYU mug which I forced him to take to work and put on his desk. . . really, he loved it.



Food also had to be part of our night, as no night out is complete without it. We went home happy and I will be anxious to do it again. Consequently, spending more time with Rachel has been part of the answer to her tantrums. They have improved a lot. I love my girl.