Kids say the darndest things!

Me: Conner, did you finish your chores?
Conner: Why do we always have to do chores, Mom?
Me: Well if you don't who will?
Conner: My wife will when I'm married, she will do everything I tell her to do.
Me: Oh no she won't!
Conner: She will because I'll reward her!
Me: How will you reward her?
Conner: I'll give her a big smooch on the lips!

Conner and I once had a discussion about how often we would talk on the phone once he moved out to go to college. He said he would call me everyday. I can tell when he is mad at me though because he tells me he will only call me three times a week instead of everyday!

A lesson to learn...

James assigned the boys the chore of doing dishes. When he tells them to do something they have a better chance of doing it than if I tell them to do it. For some reason the dishes were not coming out of the dish washer very clean. I noticed the boys put a bowl of macaroni and cheese into the dishwasher. They must have thought that the dishes didn't need to be rinsed, they would magically be washed in the dishwasher. James said I need to make doing chores fun for the boys so I decided that they needed to be taught how to do the dishes, so I taught them and we had tons of fun and filled up the dishwasher. Low and behold there were still more dishes so we did them by hand. The boys had so much fun doing the dishes by hand, they preferred to do them by hand. Anyway, they now know how to load the dishwasher and wash dishes by hand. And they do a pretty good job at it. What is it with boys and walking around the house in their underwear? Here they are doing the dishes in their underwear!

Another fun week.

We had another fun week, kind of doing the same things we already did. Because we bought the season pass to the Children's Gateway Discovery Museum we decided to take some friends with us this time. This is Caleb, Kylie, Conner, Dallin, and Matthew. Dallin and Matthew were in kindergarten together and they now do karate together. Kylie and Caleb are Matthew's siblings. They all get along really well and we had tons of fun at the museum.

Doesn't Georgia look so big in this car? Time flies!

Georgia loved playing with the balls. She loves collections of things. If I give her a pile of popsicle sticks, beans, spools of ribbon, "suckies", balls, anything she gets so excited.


On the Fourth of July we decided to just relax. So we went over to the Army pool and swam for a couple of hours. Here is the only picture I got. I didn't realize I had my camera until we were getting ready to leave. Georgia loved the water and kicking her legs. We sang "I'm a little fishy, under the sea, I'm a little fishy, 1-2-3" and dunked her under the water. She wasn't sure what to think. The first time she was a little surprised but didn't cry. The second time she fussed a little but was fine.

Finally, we took the boat out of the garage. Next step is getting it to the lake! I am a little nervous taking it out because I don't know exactly what I am doing yet. Here are the kids relaxing on the tube. I wanted to make sure it would still hold air because over the winter we had a stray cat that kept sneaking into the garage and sleeping in the boat. I don't know if it punctured any of the tubes. Better check before I get them out on the lake.

Busy Week!

This has been a BUSY week, but we had tons of fun. Where do I begin...

As the ward Humanitarian Leader I had to be at the church all day Wednesday for our Humanitarian Day. We quilted for 12 hours and collected baby items to donate to the Pregnancy Resource Center. It was a long day but well worth it. Georgia was an angel the whole day, she rolled around the gym in her walker all day and played. The boys were gone most of the time at a friends house. Here is a picture of me and Janet in front of a quilt we were working on.

A sweet lady let Dallin help her on the serger! He got to serge several bandages that are going to be sent to Africa. He did a great job and was proud of himself.


All week Dallin has been attending Karate Camp - Weapons. He spent at least 5 hours a day learning the Bo Staff. On the last day he spent 9 hours in training. At the end of the week he promoted to a purple belt. He was so tired and worn out each day but didn't get crabby at all. I am so proud of him and for all his hard work. Great job Dallin!

On Saturday we entered sweet little Georgia in the Provo Freedom Festival Baby Contest. She was in the girls-age category and the costume category. I made her this cute tutu dress so she would look like a flag. I guess they didn't like it enough because she didn't win. That's okay because we think she is adorable anyway. Here is a picture of her at the judging table.

And last but not least, Conner and Dallin were in the Saratoga Springs parade. They got to sit in the back of Dallas and Arlynn's truck in their karate uniforms. They threw out candy and had a blast.

I hope next week slows down. We need a little break. The suburban broke down and needs a new fuel pump so we probably won't be going anywhere. I have the truck just in case. I am so tired, hope I'm making sense.

Belt Promotion

Conner and Dallin both earned a new belt last night in karate. Conner earned his 6th belt which is green. Dallin earned his 3rd belt which is orange. They are working so hard in karate and love it so much. Here is a picture of Conner and Dallin with their karate teacher J.D. He is an awesome teacher and the boys just love him and look up to him. If fact right this very minute they are both in the other room pretending to be on the SWAT team. One of them is J.D. and the other is Dallas!


This is a picture of the Storm Team and all the karate kids who promoted belts this month.

Karate Tournament

Conner and Dallin competed in their second karate tournament today. They both did really well. Dallin competed in the forms for his division. He placed third, which is pretty good. Here is a clip of him doing his form:

Conner competed in forms and sparring. He earned a ribbon for his form and he placed third in sparring. He hasn't been sparring for very long and he did an awesome job! Here is a video of Conner sparring (Conner is in the red uniform). He actually had to spar against 4 people and he won each time except once.

Believe it or not, I have 2 boys!

You are all familiar with my daughter Georgia. Well believe it or not I have two boys as well. And I do love them just as much. Here are some pictures of them:

Dallin and Conner, here is a rare moment of brotherly love!

Conner and his new lego creation.

Dallin and his lego creation.

More to come on these two trouble makers!