Tuesday Tidbits

Bryce and Joe are a dangerous two-some as they are drilling holes in the walls to install Bryce's surround sound speakers in the family room. These kind of processes are not good for me to witness so I am here in the office trying to catch up on my virtual "to do" list that I seemed to have created for myself. I just keep telling myself that blogging is like keeping a journal and the church is always telling us to write in our journals!!! :) Anyway- I am sure that Bryce will get everything to work out nicely. He seems to care about this stuff and I think that the volume that comes from the massive tv is just fine.

I don't have anything dramatic or new to add so I will just tell you a few things that I have loved about this week!

Landen came up to me and gave me such a big tight hug around my neck this week! He hasn't really given good tight hugs before (besides the ones that he does to not be put down or given to the babysitter... but those aren't the same.)

Braxton's Sunbeam teacher always comments on how he is the MOST reverent kid in their class! I am impressed cause he is even one of the youngest sunbeams! He did a great job on his part for the Sacrament Meeting Primary Program on Sunday!

Abbey is such a great singer! She is always singing some sort of song in the morning. She doesn't enjoy getting up for choir but seems to really like learning the songs. I think that we know the words to the Grinch song pretty well now! It is her facial expressions that make everything else come alive too. We were just laughing with Bryce and I about how our kids are sucked into the infommercials on tv. They are completely sold and give us the sales pitch with exactness. They still can't figure out why we don't own a "pancake puff pan," a pasta bowl that you can microwave, some sort of storage bag that vacuums out the air to conserve space, etc... They keep working on us each Saturday morning.

Bryce will be heading out to "5 Miles of Hell" on Friday morning. It will just be me and the kids this weekend! Not exactly sure what we are going to do besides the usual chores. We will have to come up with something special for being ditched!!! :)

I survived another orthodontist appointment. I got some new rubberbands to wear and they are not fun. I can barely open my mouth to to fit a ritz cracker sized piece if I am lucky. I guess this takes care of me sneaking the kid's halloween candy during the day! How do people survive this? I guess more milkshakes will have to replace my healthy eating of fruits and veggies that are hard to chew! :)