JT's Prayer

So tonight when I was putting JT to bed, he made me promise that I wouldn't laugh at his prayer. I'm thinking, that's an easy promise. And why would I laugh at his prayer. That would be inappropriate and rude. Well, during the prayer he blessed that he could go to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch tomorrow. He said his prayer so quietly that I could barely hear him. So, during the prayer I'm thinking did he just say Sweet Tomatoes? After I figured out what he had said (of course after the prayer) I broke my promise and started laughing hysterically. Whoops! I just think it's funny that he would be thinking about lunch and Sweet Tomatoes in his prayers. Silly guy.

Can I have some Elmo please???

Nate learned two more words today-one of which my sister will love hearing. He's been saying "Elmo" this last weekend and I just figured out what he's trying to say. This morning when I asked him what he wanted for breakfast he started saying "Elmo" and getting really excited and ran to the pantry and pulled out the oatmeal. Oatmeal = Elmo. (My sister hates oatmeal by the way) And then I asked him if he wanted an orange and he said apple. Cool. My son is not going to be mute and we will eventually understand him.

Mother's Day B-Ball

All the guys playing basketball at Mom's house. Of course, Donovan had the most rebounds. Did you see air Jordan or I mean air Josh.

Are you hungry???

I'm not sure if Nate was hungry or just proving a point. But here he is eating his flip flop and really stressing his brother out because "he might get sick."

Ready, Set, Blast Off...

Okay, so this picture isn't that great to see the people underneath. But wow, these rockets are huge. I couldn't even get the whole thing in the picture.

Golden Spike

Did you know that this is the most famous picture in America's history? Okay, well maybe not this exact picture. But the most famous picture in America's history was taken on May 10, 1869 when the Central and the Union joined their tracks. The boys and I tagged along with Donovan the last couple of days. He had a business project in Tremonton. Yes, sounds boring, but the hotel had a pool. And if the hotel has a pool it's a vacation for the kids. We visited the Golden Spike Railway as you can see. And JT absolutely loved it. Why hadn't I thought to take him there before. He only sleeps, breaths, and eats trains. We also visited ATK and saw the rockets that NASA has used. Cool! They are quite large and impressive. JT loved this little get away. Nate on the other hand loved the swimming pools and the "bubbles" of the hot tub. I know we only let him go in for a few moments. But he loved it. He didn't mind that the water was hotter than hot.

My Rollercoaster Week

My week has been somewhat of a hard one. Nothing particularly bad has happened. Just the womanly rollercoaster. When I was walking JT home from school, he said "Mom, yesterday you weren't in a good mood, and today you are. How can you be so happy so fast? " Good observation son. One of which he will have a lifetime to figure out. A midwife I work with told me that the worst 5-7 years of her life was menopause. (not that I'm there, thankgoodness) She said it was like going through puberty all over again. She said you lose all sense of self and who you are. I am not looking forward to that. I thought I had it bad now. I just hope that in 10 years they have all the kinks worked out with hormone replacement therapy. Because my family probably won't live through that. So, anyways to cheer up my week and possibly yours, I'm posting a few cute clean jokes. Read on.... Oh by the way, no pictures today, because I have lost or possibly thrown my battery charger away on my camera. Way to go Katherine!!!


Adam was walking outside of the Garden of Eden with Cane and Abel when the boys were young. Cane and Abel looked into the garden and viewed waterfalls, lovely birds, lush forests and fruit trees bending over because of the large amounts of fruit on them. Then they took a long look at where they lived at. It was dry, dusty with weeds and sickly-looking trees. "Daddy? Why don't we live in there instead of out here?" they asked innocently. Adam said, "Well sons. Eve and I use to live in there at one time. But your mother ate us out of house and home."

At a friend's wedding, everything went smoothly until it was time for the flower girl and her young escort to come down the aisle. The boy stopped at every pew, growling at the guests. When asked afterward why he behaved so badly, he explained, "I was just trying to be a good ring bear."

If it's true that girls are inclined to marry men like their fathers, it is understandable why so many mothers cry so much at weddings

When Suzy got home, she told her dad that she got a 100 in school. Her dad told her to sit down and tell him all about it. She said, "Well, I got a 20 in math, a 30 in science, and a 50 in spelling! Two kids were trying to figure out what game to play. One said, "Let's play doctor." "Good idea." said the other. "You operate, and I'll sue." I guess you can get too health conscious. My wife and I don't have a lot of "junk food" in the house. Upon eating a snack of some munchies or other my Grandson asked what vitamins they had in them. I told him I doubted there were any at all. He replied wide-eyed, "You mean these are just for fun ?" A kindergarten teacher asked, "What is the shape of the earth ?" One lil' girl spoke up: "According to my Daddy -- terrible!" Trying to come to the aid of his Father, who was stopped by an officer for speeding, the lil' tyke piped up, "Yeah? Well, if we were speeding, so were you !"

After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard her three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was that?"