Kindergarten Birthday Bash

Lizzy graduated Kindergarten...and they had and end of the year party and birthday bash to celebrate everyone's b-day...

So I made a little CAKE...and all the children cheered...and we had fun...

GARDENING...

CONDUCTING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS...

and then EATING the CAKE.

Yeah, it was a fun day.

My Brother, The Inventor

I am so proud of my family. They are my best friends. They are all amazingly talented. Here is just one example that I want to brag about:

My brother, Doug was named Top Inventor of the year 2008 in a company called Luminex, which he works for. This is actually the second time that he has received this very prestigious award. He also won it in 2006. He works with genetic testing and this is what he did:

"I invented a new method that allows DNA to be snapped closed so
that it will pop open ONLY when viruses are present in the patient sample – allowing for detection of the specific diseases.This invention brings us closer to the goal of providing tests to doctors that can indicate (within an hour) what disease their patients have.
It seems silly at times to claim these ideas as our own when they are only given to us to benefit mankind. I can personally attest the influence from the source of all knowledge above." -Doug

So Ryan graduated Pre-school.

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It was pretty adorable...

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and kind of a big deal. ;)

Myself and 4 other mothers in my neighborhood/ward got together and did a "Joy school". We rotated weeks (2 days a week) and that way we only had to teach one week out of the month! It was awesome. I highly recommend it but you MUST pick women that are very reliable so you don't end up picking up slack. My friends are awesome, of course, so it wasn't a problem. :) We used the curriculum that my lovely BFF gave me and learned so much. :)

What??

What?? You mean I'm NOT supposed to sit in the sink with my shoes and socks on, let the faucet run free and smear soap everywhere? I don't get it...

Gosh! It's a good thing this kid is cute!

Roller Derby!

So I have this tiny, gorgeous, adorable friend/neighbor...

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She is a Roller Derby Chick...And she KICKS BUTT at it too!

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She is the "Jammer" and the star of the show.

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The 'bout' was SOOO fun to watch. I highly recomend going to one.

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Rock ON, Carrie!

Namma...

Namma came to visit...hence the ice cream from Baskin Robins

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She likes to help us plant our garden...

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Take Lizzy to the bus stop... and things like that.

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We kind of love her.

Meet Paco...

So I finally gave in to Jacob's pleadings to get a puppy... (sigh). Jacob loves dogs so ever since we FINALLY put in a fence (hallelujah!) Jacob's been on the prowl for a dog. We found this little guy on KSL.com for FREE! and just couldn't pass him up. His previous owners paid quite a bit for him so he was quite the deal. He's the perfect size! We've had large dogs before and they were just SO much work-hence the reason that I have not wanted another dog. I didn't realize that small dogs were SO different! And now that we took up all of our carpet and put in concrete floors, I don't stress as much about having a dog in the house. We are currently training him to not step foot on any piece of carpet (in the bedrooms) or rug in the house. :)This little thing is a 15 month old Chihuahua mix (we think mixed with terrier so he's quite a bit bigger and longer than a Chihuahua) and he is so sweet and animated and playful. He's just about fully housebroken and kennel trained. He is very submissive. Anytime he thinks he's in trouble he immediately shows his belly to show that he knows you are the boss. The previous owner's took him through puppy preschool so he comes when you call him and sits when you tell him. He's great with the kids and they just LOVE having a puppy. I'm just excited that now I have a running partner! I forced Jacob to get him some "Bling". He said that boy dogs don't need bling but I insisted and since I have such a wonderful husband, you will notice his pretty sparkly collar. :)