Vote for ME!

Alright, here's the deal. There is an online poem website called poetry.com which I thought was something of a legitimate thing at first. So I submitted a poem to them, actually, a couple I think. Anyway, as far as I can tell they make their money by telling you the poem is great and then asking if you want to purchase "a beautifully bound copy of your artwork" or a "plaque to commemorate your acheivement". Right. Well, supposedly they set up their own little competition and entered my poem, which I submitted to them for something else, into it. The way this one works is people are supposed to read the poem online and then vote for it, and if I get enough votes I win something (like an ipod... alright! one less christmas gift to buy myself...) So any of you who want to spend time getting me free stuff can go to http://www.poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=8154952. Remember.... vote me a 10!

K - When It's REALLY BAD

So having shown you what a bad day for K is like (see below), I thought I'd show you what a REALLY bad day is like. I know what you're thinking... you're thinking "hey, that's just a picture B took after he snuck the camera when Daddy wasn't looking because he knows Daddy probably wouldn't let him touch the camera anyway." You can think that if you want, but the fact of the matter is sometimes pregnancy is REALLY hard. Can you see now why she had a PICC line with the other two? Well, can you?

Cousin E Graces Us with Her Presence

Cousin E came to play today! We had a lot of fun with her... perhaps too much. Even as I write, my daughter is upstairs yelling in her room because she had to go to bed an hour ago. We danced, we played, we threw snow balls (well B did at Uncle M at least), we screamed our heads off until Daddy had thoughts of kenneling the kids for the night. You know, great day.

October 21 - SNOW!!!

In the 5 and a half years that we have lived in Provo, neither of K nor myself can remember having this much snow this early in October in our yard. This is actually after quite a bit of it had melted. Uncle M and E came and visited us today right before church started sooooooooo we waited till everyone went to church, then walked outside to play in the snow. Of course, that was just a good way to see who goes to church just to make an appearance and then walks home.... (we didn't get any pictures of those people though:).

Why Illiteracy is Tolerable

I know that there are a miriad of campaigns out there trying to nip illiteracy in the bud. However, I think that there can be an age when it's too early to teach a child to write. This would be the age where the only concept they grasp is: "Hey this is a pretty cool little stick!!" Despite the fact that B is actually smart enough to spell his own name and write out the alphabet, he recognizes that writing utensils can be used for pleasure as well as educational purposes. As evidenced by the permanent marker on his door.

Just Kickin' Back

I went outside to watch the kids today, and since none of their friends could play very long they actually decided to pay some attention to me! We took turns choking each other and then little K would show how funny she was by pushing me over while B showed how strong he was by rolling me back up.

In other news.... K actually made it out to eat at Olive Garden tonight! Unbelievable. She even made the ride home without adding her special bile based air freshener to the car. She claims I'll be back to work soon.