Part III: Just a Big Nuthin'

Pre-post, I'm committing to this being the last of my marathon memory posts. It's getting obnoxious if you ask me. Speaking of obnoxious, what are we thinking of this Thanksgiving look? I like my same old header, I like the background, but the two together? Could be too busy. Oh well. I'm too busy so...it fits. Onto,

#10! I've been nominated. Que? My awesome sister-in-law Katy nominated me for--hang on while I go reread it--a blog award because my blog inspired her! Shucks, that is SO nice!! She says this award makes me part of the cool club. I've always wanted to be in that club. However, I'm still trying to figure out how to get the cool sticker thingy on my blog. Obviously it's not a 'smartest blogger' award. I will try to figure out my response to this, the highest of blog honors, and post it later. Thanks for the love, Katy!

Post script: After finishing this post, I figured out the sticker thingy. Umm, not hard. Just embarrassing. Look how special I am!

#10b. Another Award!?! Just before publishing this today, I discovered that my cute friend Dana nominated me for another blog award! A Super Scribblers Award! WOW, you guys are SO good to me! Dana is this supermom of SEVEN and we met when we were first time moms back at BYU. She is the girl who just rolls with the punches when I myself would be having a nervous breakdown. She said such nice things about me, but really, she's gets all the kudos and more. Thanks for starting my morning with a compliment, Dana! Glad I know you.

#11. HSM3 Mania! How is this not very first on the list? Naturally, we had to see it opening day and then we just had to stop at Target to buy the soundtrack on the way home. Did I mention how much we love reserved seating at our theater? Walking into great seats five minutes before showtime? Awesome. We heart HSM. (Boys included, they just didn't want to pose about it.)

#12. PJ Trouble
Every morning lately, I go in to Logan's bedroom when he wakes up only to find one variation or another of this:

It's like a Dr. Seuss book...One arm out top. Two legs in one. One leg in none. PJ sleepers are so hard.

#13. Facebook Quandary
I've been "making friends" on Facebook this month, but I'm feeling very confused at whether I can 'commit' to another computer commitment. Fun to see old faces? Sure. Fun to see faces I already see in person? Sure, but I already see them in person, so... I'd also like to know, who are these people with hundreds of friends? Don't they have a life? I can't imagine how anyone has time to (a) track down and (b) keep up with hundreds of people simultaneously?! I can barely blog and I love blogging. It's history. But Facebook just eats my time. If you are a successfully time-managed Facebooker, good for you! It's a fun place to be! But sigh. For me, it's a little much. I think I need to retract my face.


#14. Rick & I went to see the musical "Into the Woods" at Hale Centre Theatre a couple of weeks ago. Catchy, clever, funny. Well, at least the first act. Act II got a little bit depressing. The other time I saw this play was on my first date ever in life. Funny guy, outdoor theatre...no wonder I didn't remember it turned out depressing.


#15. We've been passing Brian Regan jokes back and forth for weeks with the kids. We crack ourselves up. See obscure, yet clever if you think about it post titles. It just never gets old.

#16. Frightmares!
Our family had season passes to Lagoon this summer. In the beginning Rick & I thought we were so smart--we had provided family fun on any given day for the entire summer, only 40 minutes up the road for a great deal. I could just imagine the slideshow of all slideshows I'd create, filled with all the fun times we were having. But alas, by September, I was so-oh Lagooned out (you haven't seen a slideshow, have you?) that I would have been happy not to visit again for about 4 years. Enter Frightmares.

Frightmares is Lagoon dressed up for Halloween, so we sentimentally decided to make one last visit on a crisp October night. I have to say, Lagoon redeemed itself. Cool air, dark sky, lighted rides, spooky music, hot chocolate, a walk through a haunted house...all good fun. To top it off, Brayden and I (and our 9-yr old friend, Noah) did this:

The Sky Coaster. It's one of those giant lay-in-a-harness-so-they-can-pull-you-seriously-high-in-the-air-then-drop-you adrenaline contraptions. Brayden was dying to do it all summer. I'm always up for a good thrill (and I've done it before, which made me brave), so we finally did. The way up? No problem for him, little freaky for me. It is HIGH. The way down? Rush for me and he thought we were going to die. Who could ask for more fun?? I guess Lagoon will see us again afterall.

And finally, (I'm out of memories!)

#17. Picture of my Children in the Fall
It seemed like such a good idea at the time. It was Logan's birthday, why not snap a quick picture of them in the front yard? No problem. Think again. We COULD. NOT. get them all to look slash smile slash keep their eyes open at the same time, so we ended up with a compilation of like 400 partially good pictures. If only we had a video of the insanity that was Rick trying to get their attention.

(a car!)

(a tree!)

(and we're losing Connor...and on and on...eyes closed, grumpy face, squirmy yelling baby...)

Cue Dad making a complete crazy person of himself. I'm talking electric turkey, neighbors can hear him from inside their houses, here.

And that's as good as it got. I must admit, Rick's electric turkey is pretty entertaining.