I found a picture!

Ok, I just cleaned out my e-mail and there it was, but it's still a photo! I've been getting braver and taking the kids to D-land all by myself!! I even take the tram! It's usually easier to just walk in, but it takes a lot longer (we found out when we raced with Becca and her friends while they were visiting) and makes me more tired before we've even started. The most recent time we went (last week sometime - Thursday??) we went on Buzzlightyear twice. The kids loved it. I totally stole the gun from Jason the first time, but had pitty on him the second time (for the first 30 seconds or so - then I stole it back since he wasn't using it anyways...) Geez, I'm a horrible jerk of a mom!!


Like how the only visible face is the one who's not holding a gun? :-) At least he seems to be enjoying himself... I was pretty impressed with Shelly getting any points at all, let alone 3,300! Go Shelly! The first picture didn't show up - technical difficulties or something, but I did better the first time, 240,000ish... (since I didn't let Jason have it at all that time) and Shelly did worse the first time, only 2,400 points.

Jason's 18 Month Checkup

Jason got to go in for his 18 month checkup on Monday. He's officially tiny!! (at least compared to my oversize side of the family). He was in the 20-25 % for both height and weight (one was 20 and the other 25, but I don't remember which was which and I don't have my paper in front of me). It's quite the switch from Shelly who was in the 60+% for most of her 1st year or so and then jumped to 95% at some point. Jason still fits into 12 month closes, while Shelly at this age was in 2-3T. I even found a 6 month outfit in his dresser just today! (I put it away without seeing if it would still fit - I couldn't handle that it might still fit him :-)

I've been meaning to get pictures off my camera and update this thing, but we've been busy around the house - and there's stuff blocking my drawer where the uploader thingy is, and I'm too lazy to get it out when I think about it, and when I have the energy I'm not thinking about it.

Shelly has taken to stripping to go to bed. We'll get her all dressed in pajamas (or just leave her in whatever clothes she's been wearing all week - we've done both) and while she's sleeping/napping she'll take off all her clothes and sleep in her diaper! We haven't figured out why yet... We have been able to tell when she's actually ready for bed at night though. If she comes to the door and hollers for something and still has her shirt on - she's not ready for sleep yet. Last night I got her a glass of water about an hour after her bed time and she was fully dressed for bed, then 10 minutes later when we went to check on them, she was a 'naked baby.' I love the way Shelly says 'naked baby'! I can't duplicate it, but it seems to sound like 'nekey baby'. It's adorable!

The other day Shelly was super cranky so I tossed her in the office to take an early nap, (I seperate them at nap time, they both sleep better apart during the day) and let Jason watch George while I finished doing some small stuff around the house. When I came back about 15 minutes later, he was passed out on the couch - sitting up. He is his father's son. I could never fall asleep sitting up like that! I don't know how they do it, but I wish I could take notes or something...

One of these days I'll get some pics out of my camera and put some up - maybe even with some small explanation of what's going on in them (they also help me remember what I've been doing with my life). Until then, I got nothing. :-)

I Voted!!

I hope you all remembered to go out and do the same!

Random thoughts...

So, I must be a weird mood or something, but I'm watching Curious George with Jason and it's an episode where some farmers bring in a gopher exterminator to get rid of some gophers. The exterminator is digging holes and going hog wild on this farmers field and destroying the crop just to get rid of some gophers. I'm sure this doesn't really apply to what it made me think of - but it occurred to me that if it were the farmers making the decisions they would have weighed much more carefully the value of the crop vs. the value of having the gophers gone. There's a lot of work that goes into planting and raising a crop and while gophers are damaging to a crop, there's a point at which getting rid of them would damage more of the crop than the gophers would have. So, my thought was that if the decisions about pretty much anything in life (crops, kids, etc) were left up to un-invested parties the results could be disastrous. Of course, that goes both ways. Sometimes people are too attached to see how much damage is really being done and make bad decisions... I think I just lost my point and talked myself into a circle with no real good way out... Oh well - I did say it was random didn't I?

Gay Marriage

So, living in CA with this whole issue at the forefront of our days, we as a ward (and I'm assuming this is happening elsewhere than just our ward) have been constantly reminded of how important this upcoming vote will be. There have been dozens, if not more, e-mails sent around with examples of what gay marriage is already influencing and how we can expect it to effect our lives in the future if Prop 8 doesn't pass. There's the story of the 1st grade class that took a school sponsored field trip to see their gay teacher get married, and the 'pro-gay' assembly where they had 14 year olds sign confidentiality waivers disallowing them from telling their parents (that one REALLY bothers me!! - I'm not nearly as worried about the gay issues as the fact they're trying to hide it from parents!), and the father who was arrested because he wanted to be informed about when they were teaching his child about gay issues, and many, many more... There have also been e-mails with links to several different articles written with intent to persuade people to vote for Prop 8, written by people with a wide range of political beliefs, from liberal to conservative and very religious to purely social. I've avoided sending any of them on because they all seemed to only address one or two of the many issues that's I feel are at stake here.

I got one this morning that I think is worth looking into. It's a 25 minute video (it's also probably my computer, but the visual and the audio didn't sync, so I played solitaire while I listened) that I think does a very good job of addressing most of the issues that I believe are on the line. Even if you don't want to spend half an hour playing games on your computer :-) - I think the first 10 minutes or so are probably the key issues for me. It talks about the legal side of things and how we're losing the right to govern ourselves.

For me (personally), while I feel strongly that the best way for people to be happy and raise healthy children is far and away in a traditional relationship - I would be more willing to accept the situation if it wasn't done so obviously against the constitution of the US. If the people of the state of CA had decided that gay marriage was what they wanted, I would have little to complain about (mourn, yes - but not complain quite so much) - but instead the liberal community are making a mockery of our justice system, checks and balances, and constitution; and at the same time abusing that mockery to create the life they think all of us should be forced to endure. What ever happened to government of the people, by the people and for the people?! What's happening here is government of the people, by the judges and for the few. I think it's a shame that too many people either agree with what they did, don't care enough to try to fix it, or - even worse - don't even realize it's wrong! Have we been so indoctrinated with the idea that the judges have the end say that when they start creating legislature (not their job!) that we just let it slide and completely forget about the concept of checks and balances?

Ok, enough from me on that one - I could go on all day! Here's the link to the video I found worthy of passing on. Or if that doesn't work - http://www.afa.net/prop8video/index.html

Confusion...

So, I'm watching this show called 'Pushing Daisies' that my sister and aunt said was entertaining; and I must say I'm am thoroughly confused! The narration reminds me of 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' and I'm in the middle of the story and they talk so fast! I struggle with names and faces and apparently someone's supposed to be dead, but alive and has an aunt or something... This is one of the most random things I've gotten my self into since Dr. Who! I think I need to start considering my sources when it comes to tv shows :-) (yes, Katie - I mean you!)
I was however impressed with myself for being able to recognize the original G'linda from when we saw Wicked on Broadway! Go Me! And I swear that Aunt Vivian (maybe that's her name?) is the girl from Little Shop of Horrors...

I just looked them both up - thank goodness for imdb.com. I was right on both counts!! I'm still trying to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing... How come I can recognize an actress in a movie that I haven't seen in over a decade, but I have trouble recognizing a face 3 minutes after I've seen it? Am I the only one?

Back to UT

So, the kids and I are back in Utah again. Grandpa passed away on Friday night and we're up here for the funeral. The kids and I hitched a ride with my parents and arrived way to late last night (or was that way to early this morning? I can't tell anymore...). We got here safely, even if it took longer than it usually does for the parental units. Mark wasn't able to make it with school, so my parents had pity on me and helped us get up here so that I didn't have to miss it too. It all went well, except I neglected to take into account the lack of entertainment available for humans under the age of 5 in the house. I had brought some toys for the car, but if I had remembered I needed toys and books for them in the house, I'd have brought more... Thanks heavens for large fenced in yards! Too bad Shelly is now dreaming of swimming! It's not even 10 in the morning; it's freezing outside; and she wants to get wet! Crazy child!