FHE @ the Park

Last week for FHE we rode our bikes up to main street, about a mile away and got some ice cream from the SantaQueen. Yum! There is a park across the street called Squashhead Park so we decided to sit and eat our chocolate dipped cones there instead of inside the packed icecream joint. We had so much fun! We watched the funny red lumpy faced ducks in the neighbors yard, played hide & seek, then a very rousing game of freeze tag! The kids found those helecopter like pods from the trees and found that if you peel them open they're pretty sticky so they were sticking them on their noses! Jacob said it was the best FHE night ever! Not too bad huh!

Tagged!

The Rules:
List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts and then tag 5 other people. Leave a comment of the people you tag so that they realize that they have been tagged.

Joys (besides the obvious family answer)
1. Coming home after a long weekend to a clean house.
2. Seeing birds in our newly planted trees!
3. Paydays! Not nessisarily the money kind, but those special moments when I realize that all my hard work, prayers and tears have finally payed off. Like the moment I sat back and watched Isaac and Afton play together without fighting. They were actually laughing. cha-ching! Payday!

Fears
1. Grasshoppers, OK, maybe I'm not totally afraid of them as much as they just totally gross me out!
2. broken bones
3. One of my children getting lost.


Obsessions
1. Digital scrapbooking (definately obsessed!)
2. Lists - I make lists for everything.
3. Family History (obsessed sounds like a negative thing though, I think I'll just say that I've caught the spirit of it.)

Surprising Facts
1. I haven't had my hair cut in over a year. ( It's not even very long. I have trimmed it myself.)
2. I have reaccuring dreams about school and not having my assignments finished.
3. One day I want to be a "Master Gardener".

Tag 5 people
I'm afraid that my entire list has already been tagged. Sorry! I'm not as popular as some or blogging isn't as popular with those I know.

Manti Pageant

Last night we went to the Mormon Miracle Pageant. We got there a bit early so we were able to meet a few of the cast members who were out walking around the temple grounds.

Cast members were: a Nephite, Samuel the Lamanite, a Nephite dancer and Queen Lamoni. Afton loved the Queens headress and wanted to meet her. Isaac got excited when Samuel told him he was going to stand up on the high wall by the temple!

Geocaching

I'm so excited that I finally get to post that we actually went out Geocaching! We finally settled on a GPS unit after looking for more than 6 months. It's an eTrex Vista HCx. The children had a lot of fun finding their treasure and trading up their toys for the stash. They've been asking when do we get to go again, so we better get to it! We took it with us last weekend to our family reunion. It was great for the kids. We didn't hear "Are we there yet?" because they just kept watching the little black arrow getting closer and closer to the little white arrow.

Why We Have Rose Bushes

OK, so I have to brag about my hubby. This morning he comes in before work and tells me it's a beautiful morning and asks if I'm going to get up. I shake my head & roll over in bed. He kisses me good bye. Well, I finally roll out of bed walk into the kitchen and there on the counter is breakfast all ready, and a glass full of fresh cut roses that Dennis got from our front yard! How sweat is that!! I sure love that guy!

Always a girly girl!

I just had to post this picture because it totally defines Afton. Here we are in the middle of the most manly store, Cabellas, and Afton finds a way to accessorize! She just had to stop at the sun glasses display and try a few on! They seam to be as tempting as shoes. I love it!

Cabellas!

Well, move over dinosaurs, big game animals have replaced you as Isaac's #1 favorite thing. It's been close for a long time but I think hunting deer instead of T-rex has taken over. Last weekend Isaac wanted to visit Cabellas to look for a black tail deer. It's as good as the life museum in Provo, so we took the kids up for a visit. They loved the fish in the aquarium and this time we discovered the target practice range. It was a lot of fun.