Man Night

Grandpa Brent volunteered to have the boys sleep over last night.

He called it "Man Night".

Kyler called it "Fat Man Night".

Kacin called it "Man Date".

Whatever it was called,

Grandma was not invited (well, until they wanted her to make Rice Krispy treats and the biggest breakfast you've ever had).

They did a lot of manly things.

They wrestled, had a water gun fight, watched Peter Pan, read scriptures and looked at pictures of spears that may have been thrown at Samuel the Lamanite, and slept in the tent they set up in the living room.

Grandpa Brent ran out of time to glue fake hair on the boys chest.

I guess that will have to wait for the next manly adventure.

Livin' it Up

Motorcycle rides and flips. These are some good times.

Tooth Fairy Sighting!

Kyler and Kacin explained to me this morning that Kyler slept all night with his eyes half open (he demonstrated with a little squinty face). Kyler went on to tell us that he saw her in the middle of the night! Ky described her as "glowing white, no wait, yellow. Like Tinkerbell." I'm kind of disappointed that in all my tooth losing years I never saw her myself. Sounds magical to me.

He also spent quite a while washing the quarters the Tooth Fairy left for him. He said they were dirty.

Lost a Tooth

Kyler lost his first tooth! Literally. He couldn't find it anywhere after he bit down on his apple and it fell out. His letter in his own words:

Dear Tooth Fairy,

I lost my tooth in the cafeteria. I was eating my apple and then I heard something drop on the floor and I felt it was a lost tooth. I looked everywhere and then I couldn't find it. So I asked my friend, and he couldn't find it. So I asked my teacher, and she couldn't find it either. And then lunch was over. Can I please have money anyways?

Love, Kyler

P.S. How do you get inside our house?

The note he worked so hard on and slipped under his pillow:

Top: "Here is how to get my tooth. Love Kyler Love"

Bottom: a map of his school cafeteria

What We Do

When the boys fall asleep, the cards come out . . .Loser: Wash a big ol' pan by hand

Winner: Glory and laughter because you don't have to wash the yucky pan by handTonight's Score: Eric 2, Laura 2

Memories Recorded

My sister, Jacqui, gave me my birthday present yesterday.

It was a book of my first few blogs--all of 2008!

What an awesome gift! Especially since this was the reason I began blogging in the first place, to have a scrapbook of sorts (without the actual scrapbooking part) of all of the mundane and not-so-mundane adventures and moments of our lives.

I read it to the boys last night as our bedtime story. By far, there was more laughing out loud than you can imagine. (I need to get a recording of Kyler's laugh, so contagious). When I got to the part about Kyler talking about boogers at the court adoption, Kyler could not stop laughing. He exclaimed, "I was only 4 and that's why I said that." I guess a 5 year old is much more mature and would not be saying such things. (Don't tell Kyler, he was 5 at the adoption).

At my moms house, I pulled out a home video to watch with Kyler.

He thought I was funny and I just enjoyed and relived all of the time my sisters and I spent playing and dancing and doing gymnastics in the front room with the green carpet. I remembered thinking how big that room was . . .

Last night, I pulled out my (I think #15!) journal to record more personal thoughts and experiences--things like my trials, testimony, frustrations, hopes, and blessings.

Blogs, videos, journals . . . all special records of our lives . . . we remember, relive, reflect . . . and grow . . . a source of inspiration for years to come.

Eric keeps telling me to write a children's book.

I'm so not ready for that right now. (He should probably stop telling me that because at this point in my life, I get terrified at the very thought. I have much to learn still).

For now, I am satisfied with writing and recording things for me and my family to go back and read at bedtime and laugh our heads off.

Bathtime with a Twist

The perks to bathing with your clothes on:

1. Saving money (less clothes to wash in the washing machine)!

2. You can take cute pictures of playing in the bathtub without being too revealing.

3. A dull evening at home turns FUN!