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LUCKY 7's TAG!!!!!!!

7 things I can't do...
1-keep my laundry caught up
2-give a talk or a lesson without sticking to my notes
3-make homemade rolls
4-jump on the trampoline without going to the bathroom first
5-read a book without getting totally obsessed with it
6-ignore my dirty house (unless I'm reading a good book!)
7-run long distances
(*I "can't" think of 7 things I can do!!)

7 things I can do...
1-do a toe touch as high as Rylee's
2-do math well
3-ski
4-remember dates and birth dates well
5-know what my blood sugar is without testing my blood
6-sew
7-ride big/scary rides at amusement parks
(*I "can" think of a lot of things I can't do!!!)

7 things I always eat...
1-chocolate covered cinnamon bears
2-diet coke
3-pizza
4-strawberries
5-milk duds
6-chicken (any kind)
7-cold cereal

7 things I always say...
1-"Oh my gosh!!"
2-"Are you serious??"/"Really??"
3-"Did you brush your teeth?"
4-"AWESOME!"
5-"How many AR points do you have?"
6-"DUDE!!"
7-"How was your day?"
(*Trevor wanted me to add "I'm too tired tonight"!!!!LOL!!)

7 people I tag...
1-Jeni P.
2-Kim R.
3-Ginger G.
4-Angela B.
5-Debbie A.
6-Stacy B.
7-Rylee

Savior of the World!!

Wednesday night, my neighbor Stephanie and I took our oldest kids(her oldest three and my oldest two) to the "Savior of the World" production at the Conference center in SLC. It was so good!! I was so excited to go, but anticipated another normal nativity type Christmas story about the birth of Jesus. It was nothing like I expected. It was so spiritual and I learned so much from it!! What a great way to kick off the true reason we celebrate this wonderful season!!

Falling, Falling,Falling...!!!

No, I'm not talking about the leaves, I'm talking about the gasoline prices!!! I filled my gas-guzzling SUV up today and paid half the price that I did for gas about 2-3 months ago!!!! OMG!!!! What a great feeling in not so great times!! I'll take it!! I think I'll take my $40.00 savings and spend it, not at Sam's or Walmart, but at some small little business that's struggling to make it in these scary times!! Or put it towards a sub-for-santa family that is really struggling in these rough times!! Anyway I'm so happy to see a relief at the pumps!!! Can they get any lower?? Yipee!!!

Merry Christmas...from Trans-Siberian Orchestra!!

Last night Trevor and I took River and Ryker to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert at the e-center. It was so amazing, what a great night we had. We weren't sure if they would do their regular Christmas songs, being so early in the season, but they did!!! It was so much fun. Ryker was so cute he would clap and cheer and really got in to it!! He was such a great concert goer, I couldn't believe it. We weren't sure how he would like it, but I'm so glad we took him because I had someone who would clap and cheer and be a dork with me!!!(Trevor and River are a little too cool to really get crazy!) We had a great time. So, Merry Christmas, Happy Thanksgiving, Happy New Year, and any other holiday you'd like to celebrate at this time...from TSO!!!

History in the making!!!

"I'm asking you to believe, not just in my ability to bring about real change... I'm asking you to believe in yours." Barrack Obama

Well, I have been way crazy this past week, and I think any spare second I had I spent trying to figure out facebook!! But, I really wanted to blog about the recent events that took place in our wonderful country!! I think I mostly wanted to blog about this for my own memory of how I felt at this time, but I would also like to hear how my fellow bloggers feel about the recent events!!

After many months, even years of campaigning,speeches, arguments, rallies,polls and debates, Barrack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America!! John McCain ended up with 162 Electoral votes and Barrack Obama with 364 Electoral votes. Obama had over 65.9 million votes, the largest total for any candidate in history. I feel very much at peace with the way the election went. I have to admit that I've never been much into politics, as a matter of fact I had a political science class in college and loved it, but had such a hard time understanding it!! But I feel that I have grown so much this past year and have learned so much and learned to appreciate politics more than ever. I truly hope I never lose the understanding that I have gained this past year. I feel more politically educated than ever. It has been so much fun following this Presidential election. From Hilary R. Clinton, to Mitt Romney, to Barrack Obama and Sarah Palin!!! Oh my goodness, what a ride it has been!!! I have loved that my kids were finally old enough to have an opinion about the whole election. I hope they will remember this week and what they have learned from this whole experience. My two oldest both wanted a different candidate and it was so fun to hear their views and opinions of why they felt the way they did!!! What a great learning experience for them. I am grateful to live in a country where I have the right to vote for any candidate, no matter what political party he is from. So whether you voted for Obama or McCain, I think everyone in the United States should feel so proud to be an American right now. I am excited and very hopeful that Barrack Obama will do a great job and that our great country will begin to rebuild itself into the prosperous country that it is!!!
(And if Obama doesn't do a very good job, Hilary Clinton will be waiting for 2012. Who knows maybe it will be H. Clinton and S. Palin in 2012, now that would be a cat fight to watch!!! LOL!!)

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!!!

I have to admit, sometimes I feel very inadequate about being the mother of three very active boys. The other day was definitely one those days!! I have three metal lanterns that adorn the center of my patio set outside. The other day there were only two, one of the three was missing. Hmmmmmm????
Apparently Ridger and his two best buddies from the neighborhood were doing some adventure hunting in the field by our house when they found themselves a new pet! Now, I've had a lot of new creatures brought home to house for a few days until we either starve them or just kill them from not being in there normal environment. We've had worms,caterpillars,spiders, snakes, grasshoppers, ants, even praying mantises'. But Ridgers newest pet was a "dead mouse"!!! He had gotten one of my metal lanterns and made a very nice home for his pet to reside in! He had gathered many leaves and made a very comfortable looking bed for the new pet. He even gathered some food for the pet to eat when it awoke from the very sound nap it was taking. Oh, Ridger thought he had found the jackpot of all jackpots of pets!! The lantern the new pet was residing in was the perfect little home. It had a small door for easy access of feeding and playing with the pet. It also had a nifty little handle on top for carrying the pet from place to place. And the best part of the dead rodents home, was the glass surrounding, for perfect viewing of the new pet! And Ridger was so proud of his sleeping pet, he took it out to all the neighborhood and showed him off!! Now, I've did a lot of analyzing to figure out what in the world would entice him to touch, let a lone pick up and house a dead mouse. I've came up with three reasons of why he would do this:
#1 He is the youngest of four children and maybe he is desperately seeking some needed attention, maybe he is in need of companionship so bad he will take a dead mouse as his new pet! (We do have a dog and a cat, but they are officially River and Rylee's)
#2 Maybe he is just extra sensitive and has some very strong motherly/fatherly instincts and just couldn't bear seeing the sweet little creature all alone in the big field.
#3 Or maybe it is just a typical case of boys being boys!!
Or maybe a little of "all of the above"!! So, if you receive a Christmas card from our family this holiday season, with a picture of our family, the dog, the cat and a sweet little dead mouse please know that Ridger just really needed a new pet!! (please pray for me!!!LOL)