Kids Interpretations?

So lately Zoe has been getting a little sassy. When she talks back to me (usually telling me "no' when I tell her to do something) I tell her not to sass me. Well yesterday we were at speech and she wasn't listening to her speech teacher very well. We have had issues with her being good at speech in the past, she really struggled with it for about the first month. However the last month has gone really well, but yesterday she regressed a little. So when we got in the car I told her that she was going to lose a privilege for not listening, and this is how the conversation unfolded:

Mom: "Zoe, I have to take your new teaset away because you made a bad choice and didn't listen to Jill (her speech teacher). "
Zoe: "NOOO,(in a pleading voice) please can I have it? It's mine! "
Mom: "No, you have to earn it back by being good next time you go to speech. "
Zoe: "PLeeaase can I have it? "
Mom: "No! "
Zoe: "Mom don't sass me! "
Me: "Excuse me? "
Zoe: "Mom, Please don't sass me? "

We'll have to keep working on that one!

Hot Air Balloons

Ok, so it took me a while, but I am now finally getting to blog about the 4th of July. It is my favorite holiday so I have to blog it even if I am a slacker! I was actually just overwhelmed with all the cute photos I have to post and couldn't decide which ones to use:)

So we started the day off bright and early, oh wait, dark and early. There was no light at 4am when I had to get up and function in preparations for the Hot Air Balloon Competition that started in Provo at 6am. Dan's mom has gone to it every year for quite some time now, but this is the first year the kids and I joined. People are CRAZY, and now so are we, but we had a great time and I think it is going to be a yearly tradition. The kids stared in amazement as the many balloons were filled with air and released into the sky, it really is a pretty cool thing to watch with lots of color and excitement. Dan's sister Tracey, her husband Craig and Dan's niece Brianna were also with us and we had a great time! I took a ton of pictures though and Zoe did her fair share of picture taking, so between the two of us we didn't miss a single kodak moment.

Max was uncertain about the flames, but he ended up fascinated in no time!

This was the balloon that Zoe was so excited for because we thought it was a bull dog. She wanted to stand right next to this one until it was up, however it ended up being Smokey Bear and she was quite disappointed it wasn't the bull dog she was all hiped up about:(

Here we all are at 6am, the kids look like they are still half asleep.

Max pointed at the balloons until he could point no longer, which was an impressive amount of time.

And I think Zoe could've layed there and taken pictures of the balloons all day (or until she filled up my memory card with the same picture of her favorite flower balloon and all of the people around us.) She had to take a picture of the sad baby walking by, and about twenty of Max on daddy's shoulders, but I was pretty impressed with how well she did. She actually got some pretty good shots. I think she is getting the hang of this photography thing. Here's one of them:

Max always responds better to the camera when Zoe is behind it. Come to think of it, so does Dan.
We actually didn't even stay for the whole competition, so I don't know if Zoe's flower balloon was the winner. After so long Max was fully awake, energized and ready to run. Chasing him through crowds of people didn't seem too appealing, as fun as it may have been for him. On the way to the car Zoe spotted two motorcyles. She has an obsession with motorcycles because her Uncle Sam has one and she thinks he is the coolest. She actually has a little mini one of her own now and drives it around very well. (I'll post pics of that soon, it is so dang cute watching her cruise around on her little red pocket bike) Everytime she sees one parked she has to stand by it and always asks for a picture by it. Well, this time I was prepared!
This is the view when we were leaving as the sun was finally starting to rise. I was hoping to sleep with the kids when we got home, but no such luck. They slept for an hour on the way home and were awake and ready to go again by the time we arrived, but it was all worth it!

I've Been Tagged!

The "rules" of the game: Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and their post names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you now when you've posted your answer. Here it goes:


Ten Years Ago: I was 15. Wow that feels like forever ago. I had actually just met Dan for the first time and didn't stop thinking about him until we hooked up two years later. I was just getting ready to get my drivers license, Wahooo!


Five things on today's "to do" list:

1. Laundry (it is starting to pile up...again!)
2. Mail my student financial aid form in.
3. Clean my messy house, and I mean messy!
4. Entertain two grumpy children until 7:00 when I will put them down for bed. (Usually I nap them in the middle of the day, but today I am skipping naps and putting them to bed 2hrs early because we have to wake up at 4am-yes we're crazy-and drive to provo to watch the hot air ballons lift off! It's a4th of July tradition:)
5. Get the mail.


Snacks I enjoy:
Chips and Salsa
Homeade baked pastries! Pretty much anything sweet, fattening, and bad for you:)

Things I would do if I was a millionaire:
Pay off Debt!!!!!!!
Buy a house with lots of land!
Buy Dan a new car.
Share with all my friends of course
Donate to kids shelters in 3rd world countries
Travel with my family.
Set up college fund for my kids.
Etc, Etc, Etc,

Places I have lived:
Sandy, UT & SLC, UT - Kind of boring, huh

Here are the people I am tagging:
Becky, Maggie, Jessica, Shellie, Tracey, Alisha

Sunday Picnic

Yesterday we went on a sunday afternoon picnic with my parents. We went for a nice walk down Dimple Dell Canyon just behind their house. It was so pretty and the temperature was perfect! The kids had a blast and got good and dirty (it's guaranteed fun when you can play in the water and get dirty, right?) There was a stream right next to the picnic area and they could've been there all day if I let them throwing rocks into the freezing water.We passed this dog along the way and the kids thought it was the funniest thing. I was quite amused myself. Zoe walked, or should I say ran, the whole way there and back which surprised me. Usually she wants to be pushed in the stroller or carried if it is too far or strenuous. She was having such a good time walking little Odie (her cousin's little dog) that I think she could of walked until the dog dropped!Max however, preferred to chill on Papa's shoulders the whole time. He had his Papa (who he adores), the great outdoors, and his sippy cup-what more could he want?

We had a great day, the only thing that would have made it better is if Dan could have joined us. He was home studying:( We'll have to do round two with him soon!

The best part about baking with mom is...............

licking the beaters of course!

Crab.......Yummm!!!!!!!!!!!

Last time we went grocery shopping Zoe requested fish. She really hasn't eaten alot of seafood in the past because Dan doesn't like it and I didn't figure the kids would really like it either and I dont' want to cook if just for me. I usually get my seafood intake when we eat out or at my parents house. But Zoe was craving fish apparently. Well when we got to the grocery store and went to pick out which fish to get she spotted the King Crab Legs and was sold. Of course it is the most expensive seafood in the box and that is what she wanted. (She takes after her momma, I have expensive taste which is really not a good thing, especially on a student budget.) She has had crab once before at my parents house and she actually liked it and obviously remembered how yummy and exciting it was to eat. We didn't want her to get used to the idea of having crab on a regular basis because $13 a lb. is too expensive to eat very often. So we told her she could get it for her special birthday dinner. She was so excited and carried her crab leg around the store while we finished our shopping. Well the girl downed the whole pound of crab all by herself. It was so cute though because everytime she took a bite she would close her eyes and say mmmm. She totally savored every piece and thought it was the best treat ever. What have we done?

I'm on the Band Wagon

After much pressure, I have finally given in and created a blog. I have been checking out my friends and families blogs on a regular basis and am finally convinced that it is a great way to journal our lives for everlasting memories. It is also a great way to keep in touch with friends and family from afar. So enjoy and I will try to keep it updated and exciting!