While going through some paperwork and files to get our taxes done today I came upon this…
Made me sit back and think on where these 3 little kids are today.
Author: Jere
Nasty & Nasty & Nasty Winds
So, here it is 12:40am and we just pulled the kids out of bed for the second time tonight as the tornado sirens went off again. They went off earlier about 10:40pm. We’re all camped out in the living room with the weather radar on the TV ready to move to the hall at a moments notice if we need to. We decided to just have the kids sleep in the front room tonight. There have been a couple funnel clouds but nothing that has touched the ground… yet. This tornado warning is supposed to expire in about 10 minutes, but we have another round of this predicted to hit us again at around 2am. I’ll probably stay up as long as there’s a chance of bad weather, the tornado warnings are off and on but we’re under a watch until 5 or 6am. Ashlee is trying to sleep with the pounding rain and thunder going on along with the sound of the play by play weather people in the background on the TV and she just popped her head up and said, “All I heard them say is nasty and nasty and nasty winds.” It’s pretty funny, Becky is on Facebook with a lot of her friends in the ward as it seems most of us are all up watching the radar and wondering how we’re going to make it to church in the morning.
Day One
Sights from the first day of the wedding trip…
I’ll redo this post with captions and order them correctly when I get a minute with internet access. No free wifi in our room… have to go to the lobby.
That’s it for now… we’re off to San Antonio!
Doppleganger Action
Uh… did anyone else notice the Chris doppleganger that seemed to be hovering around the conductor’s left elbow during Praise to the Man at the Priesthood session? It didn’t look exactly like Chris… just eerily similar, lol!
Oh… and I’d like to thank the CoJCoLDS for changing from a Microsoft/Real video stream to a Java based one. We’re enjoying conference in the living room via live stream to the TV. It’s awesome!
This Could Be Bad
Well, hair is cut, so is the lawn. And we’re off. Taking Becky to her very first U of M game at the Big House! Although it should be decent, there is the potential that things could go bad. Then straight from there to watch the BYU vs. Oklahoma game. Which is almost certain to be bad on one scale or another.
Bacon!
There are few things that ALL of us like to eat, bacon is one of those things. Saturday morning… breakfast. After I had to make up a second batch of bacon.
Jere: “I can’t believe you guys like bacon so much.”
Becky: “Who doesn’t like bacon?!”
Nick: “Vegetarians.”
Ashlee: Busy laughing.
Then a couple of minutes later there was this awesome idea…
Nick: “We should dip bacon in bacon sauce!”
That kid’s a genius!
Small Change
What’s up all?! Just a quick note to mention a change I had to make with the comment system. There has been a huge influx of spam comments the last month, many of which are getting through to actual posts before I have a chance to delete them. So, I have changed the settings so that it won’t let anyone who already doesn’t have a previously “approved” comment post a new comment without it being moderated. Moderated just means I have to look at the comment and approve it before it will appear on the website. This should be retroactive to those who already have posted before, once you’ve been approved the first time, you can post freely without being moderated. But if not, and you post something that doesn’t show up right away, give it some time and it will eventually get through. Questions? Just leave a comment (hah)! ;)
Expect the Expected
So disappointing, so kind of expected. That’s the way they’ve looked in the first round for awhile. Doesn’t matter the sport, I just don’t think our athletes have the mind set to win in the post season. I’m just afraid they’re going to stop inviting us eventually.
How To
Two front teeth
Remember that record from when we were all growing up where the “hit” song was, “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”? It was Mom’s or Dad’s. The cover of it was a good bokeh shot of a little blond kid with a bowl haircut smiling with no front teeth (and perhaps a red sweater?) standing in front of a Christmas tree. I always thought that was a silly song for whatever reason. I mean, who loses their two front teeth right around Christmas? And why would you want them for Christmas.?
Well I thought about the song the other day as Ashlee was trying to eat some pizza. Now Ashlee’s four food groups are pizza, apple juice, corn dogs, and frosted flakes, with some milk thrown in there every once in a while. She didn’t finish her pizza. /GASP /SHUDDER (Oh the horrer!) When I asked her why she said it was getting too hard to take a bite because she had to do it with the side of her mouth. Poor girl. Now I understand the song much better. And I feel for the poor kids who can’t finish their pizza because of this. I’d want my two front teeth for Christmas as well if they were hampering my pizza ingestion in any way!