A Hunger Games Clip

Wow! My cute little neighbor from across the street is submitting this audition short for The Hunger Games movie...{she is playing Rue}.

Isn't she great?

I just finished watching it with Jordyn...we both cried!

So good!

My Shopping List

So, my twins BOTH need braces.


Good times.


I called around today to get some quotes...one ortho wanted $4800 PER kid. It doesn't take a math genius to know that's a lot of money.

Do you have any idea what I could do with $9600?

I could...

...get a new kitchen table...with some money left over to redecorate my house.

...buy my soon to be 16-year-old a sweet ride.

...buy lotsa shoes & new wardrobes
for me and my girls.

...go on a fancy vacation.

...Ooh! Lasik surgery!

...provide a really nice Christmas for SEVERAL families...mine included.

...Speaking of surgery, I could have a coupla things lifted and a few things tucked.

{Just sayin'}


But, I guess I'll do the responsible thing...and fix my kids teeth.

For the love.

The Sunday Funnies

Yesterday, my vacuum sucked. Actually, it wouldn't suck...that was the problem.

Being the slave-driving mother that I am, I decided to unclog it--so my darling little Cinderella mouse could finish her vacuuming.

Once I had found the clogging culprit (a pumice stone no less!), I attempted to show my family how I had singlehandedly fixed the vacuum. I did this by turning the vacuum on, and sucking my cheek the one on my face into the vacuum attachment.

I thought it had quite
a humorous effect.

Until the teenager said, "You're going to give yourself a hickey, Fool."

Savvy said, "What's a hickey?"

El Jefe said, "It's a bruise."

Then Savvy knowingly said, "Oh, I know what a hickey is. It's from hormones."

We all laughed.

{Needless to say, I immediately stopped the "sucking my cheek up in the vacuum" joke.}

P.S. I didn't mention how I got the pumice stone out of the vacuum hose because it ruined the flow of the story. Let's just say, it involved cutting the hose open (like you would if you were saving an infant stuck inside a boa constrictor). After I surgically removed the stone from the vacuum, I then duct-taped the hole shut. Call me MacGyver or just call me white-trash, but you can fix anything with duct-tape. I'm just sayin'.

Last Thing about Being Robbed

{I promise this is the last of the robbing saga. I know I've milked it for all its worth.}

When my purse was stolen, so were our library cards (mine, Savvy's and Auz's).

Now, I'm not the type of person who loses library cards and then immediately replaces them. Mostly because I've memorized the numbers on the cards and can just enter the code by hand.

Case in point, Jordyn's library card. Her card has been lost for about 2 years. Anytime she needs to use her card, I just enter it in for her. I'm smart like that.

And it's not like I was worried that the thief was going to check out Jane Austen's entire series of books and never return them.

But, the library does have CD's and DVD's that an enterprising thief could check out..and then sell on Craigslist...which is where I think the criminal sold my stuff.

So, on Saturday I went into the library to pick up {Austin's Paul Revere book that he absolutely had to have for Monday} some things on hold.

I decided to be on the safe side and talk to the librarian about replacing the library cards.

This is what I found out.

*Collectively, our 4 cards had about $15 worth of fines. Which I paid. {I like to call it my annual donation to the library.}

*Each card was $3 to replace.

*They would only let me replace MY card. The children needed to be present to receive their own. Which I could totally understand. I mean, here I was...a suspicious character...owing fines upwards of $20, claiming my wallet was lost...I could totally be pretending to be the mother of those delinquent children who had racked up all of the fines...that I was now paying for.

So, she cancelled my kid's cards. I gave her my fine money, replaced my card, and left.

Yesterday, while I was cleaning off the phone cupboard (my VT's were coming and you never know where they may look during their cleaning inspection), I discovered the 3 "stolen" library cards that I thought were in my purse.

I wonder what other things I'm missing that I've been blaming on those poor thieves?

For the love!

I'm Taking My Twins for a 1 Mile Run!

Oops! Do you like my title?

I forgot I wasn't updating my Facebook status. I'm thinking that keeping a daily Facebooking journal would be much easier for me to do...than this daily blogging goal.

Anyway, I really am taking my kids out for a one mile run.

I haven't ran since September 7th. Yes, I remember the exact date, because it was the day my sis-in-law, Ali and I ran the Swiss Days 10K.


It was also the day I injured my leg so badly that I couldn't even walk around and shop at the Swiss Days craft fair afterwards.

A crying shame, I tell you!

Not to worry, I ended up taking Ali's prescription IBU 800...which kicked in after about a 1/2 hour and worked like a dream (just in time for the Park City outlets...much to my hubs dismay).

You may note that a 10K is much farther than a one mile run.

I'll let you know
how it goes.
(For now, I'm heading over to
Facebook to update my status)

Post Edit: Just got back. I totally tricked my kids and we ran out a mile...and then back for a total of 2 miles.

I guess I should say we ran a good, solid mile out.

Then, Savvy, realizing she'd been duped into running 2 miles started walking and said, "I can't do it! We're so far from our car!"

I said, "Honey, we are less than a mile away."

She replied, "That's like 5280 feet!!!!"

Needless to say, she was not happy with her tricky mother.

{I, on the other hand, was pretty impressed that she threw down that 5280 feet fact.}

We Are Family

See the cute girl in this picture? She's my sister-in-law, Ali...

{She's married to my awesome bro, Zach...and has two darling boys Franky and Drew}

...And she's a freakin' photog genius!


She took my family from
goofy and gawky....

To fabulously fantastic...

Sunday Funnies (on Monday)

{I guess I'm still trying to get the hang of this blogging daily plan..so I missed a few days. But, one thing I'm for sure starting back up is the Sunday Funnies...cause my family seriously cracks me up...I'm just a day late this time around.}

My twins turned 12 last month. It was a sad occasion for me. It made me feel really old that my babies were going into YW's and YM's!

One really cool thing about turning 12, was Auz received the priesthood.

He passed the sacrament for the first time a couple of weeks ago.


It happened to be the day of the primary program. {I'm thinking passing the sacrament on primary program day has got to be a toughie for even the most seasoned deacon.} I was nervous for him.

When it came time for the sacrament, I watched my boy like a hawk. He led the deacons out, and headed up to the stand to pass it to the bishopric.

Heart palpitations ensued!

"Did they tell him to pass to the bishop first?" I whispered to El Jefe. {I'm pretty sure El Jefe rolled his eyes at me...but I was too jittery to care.}

Whew. He did it!

Then he walked over to the primary pianist and served her.

Finally, he came down our side. He passed that bread like a pro.

Now, it was time for the water.

He walked very, very, very slowly, trying not to spill the tray. It was pretty cute.

We were sitting on the second to the last row, and by the time he got to us the water was almost gone. I ended up taking the last cup.

Luckily, one of the other deacons had already served the row behind us.

I figured Auz had seen him too.

Unfortunately, he hadn't.

He took that empty tray and attempted to pass it to the cute elderly man behind us.
They informed him they had already been served the sacrament.

Auz got back in line with the rest of the deacons.

After sacrament meeting was over, the cute elderly couple behind us said, "You're son did a real good job on passing the sacrament for the first time. Except for that part where he tried to pass us an empty tray."