Yesterday in Young Womens our lesson was on journal writing and since this is the closest thing to journaling I've done in quite some time, I thought I'd catch up a bit. I broke our camera a couple of weeks ago at Mia's dance recital, so I'm sorry I don't have any pictures to liven up my blog. So here goes:
May 14th: Tonight for Family Home Evening we watched the massive rain storm outside. I procratsinated preparing anything for FHE, so I decided to wing it. We had major thunderstorm warnings today and the big one hit just as we were getting ready for bed. We popped a bag of popcorn and turned my big 2 1/2 person rocker(one of my favorite possesions...just the right size for one hippy adult and two scrawny kids) towards the big window and watched the sheets of rain come down, and the lightening flash. Mia insisted that if this was going to count as FHE that we say the prayer and sing songs...so we did and then we took turns saying how thankful we were for the rain...I think Mia's real reason for being thankful for the rain was that she got to stay up late and watch the storm. Our conversation turned to the earth and how pretty it is after rain and then mia asked how God made the earth and so we discussed the seven days and what God created on each day and then that led to the Sabbath day...long story short.... Procrastination rocks. This was a really fun FHE.
May 13th: Mothers Day started with a bang...literally. The electrical box thingy to our building blew up at 6:30 a.m. taking our electriciy with it. Since our kids were watching T.V. while Jared and I unsucessfully tried to get a few more minutes of sleep, this was a major tragedy. We took the kids outside to show them that the explosion wasn't anything major and then they wanted to go for a walk so we walked around the nearby buildings...we then realized that most people have their windows open and don't appreciate being woken up by giggling kids at 7:00 on Sunday morning. So, to entertain the kids Jared took us on a ride downtown(the real reason was get his lesson manual that he left in his office). The kids love going to Daddy's work. They love going downtown and riding the big elevator to the 33rd floor to see where Dad works. Mason particulary likes the oddly painted horse statues as you walk into the office(they cost more than a very large house and are hidious looking). The kids enjoyed running around the big empty office and twirling around in Jared's work chair. The best part of the trip...free candy and hot chocolate in the break room. Aside from Mia spilling hot chocolate all over herself, it was a fun little trip.
The biggest thing I look forward to on Mothers day is hearing the primary kids sing in Sacrament meeting. Because I was out with Mason, I didn't realize until I got into the chapel that the kids had already sung their song in Relief Society. (I'm rarely in Relief Society because of timing issues...our ward is weird and until recently we had young womens during Relief Society) anyway, the music leader sat in front of us and said: you didn't get to hear the primary sing, we were going to skip the song in sacrament meeting, but I'll let you make the call and decide.....I got to hear my song. I had heard Mia singing "Mother I love you, Mother I do" all week and it was even better and so much fun to see her singing up on the stage with a beaming smile just for me...
May 10th: We planted our "garden"...we have two planter boxes of flowers and two tomato plants out on our deck. I almost killed the tomato plants before I even bought them. I was frustrated with Mason because he kept grabing stuff out of the Walmart cart and throwing it out(he has really long arms...he was buckled into the cart and could still reach the food). So finally after he had done it a million times I grabbed what he had in his hands and threw it back in the cart and totally smashed the plants that I had carefully protected by putting up a barrier made out of dipers and milk. Luckily it was only a bag of marshmellows and only one major stem broke off. I let Mia invite Abby and Payton over to plant the seeds in the planter boxes. They were great at taking turns and poking the holes and setting the seeds in really soft and then patting them down with more dirt. They did get a little impatient and ended up dumping most of the seeds in big clumps, so we'll see if they grow or not. Even if the flowers actually do grow, they don't have much of a chance at success...between Mason's irresistable urges to dump out the dirt and Jared having to take care of the flowers while I'm in Idaho for five weeks this summer...they don't have much of a chance. But it's fun anyway.
May 5th: Mia had her dance recital. I wish I had my camera to show you all the pictures, but as I mentioned before, I broke the camera and I can't download them till we get a new camera. A lady in our ward gave the dance classes for free for the last four months. Two moms made the costumes for ten dollars and they looked fabulous. The kids had a blast and Mia is still singing the songs from it.
Mia and Mason were eating their sandwiches under the table for some reason. They were quiet for quite a while and I just assumed they were eating. When I checked, Mia was fast asleep still holding her sandwich. Mason just thought it was fun they were eating under the table.
Mason was sneaking a treat from the counter and didn't know that I was watching. This is him sneaking.
This is him running away after he realized I caught him.
We spent the last few days of our trip in Malad. Memorial Day has always been a big tradition day for my family. My Dad makes huge boquets from the flowers in his yard and then we load them up in the cars and take them to the cemetary to put on my brother's and grandpa's graves. As a kid it was an honor to be allowed to ride in the back of the station wagon to hold all the flowers and to be entrusted with not letting any of them tip over. Mia got to help with that this year by holding the pink rose boquet she helped make. We also had our trational cook out on the deck and croquet game which I never win. 
Mason was obsessed with the horses this trip. He spent every moment he could with them. He tried sneaking into the corral several times and even succeded once for a brief moment till grandma pulled him back out. He took his first solo ride and threw a major tantrum every time he had to get off. He also was very brave when it came to feeding them. I am always scared they will nip my fingers, but he sticks his hand right up to their mouths and gives them grass.
Mason is not thrilled that I am making him get out of the corral.
I took the kids to Idaho for a week and we had an amazing time. We headed up to Rexburg to see Sara graduate. Other than a few boring speaches, it was really fun to be there and see her graduate.
We took the kids to the new splash park in Rexburg. They had a lot of fun despite the wind. Sara and I even got in for a picture.
A trip to Rexburg wouldn't be complete without Mia getting her nails done by Aunt Sara. Also notice that Mia's hair is done way cuter when Sara is around.
Mia lost her first tooth. She was really excited, but for those of you thinking "isn't she a little too young to be getting adult teeth already?" you are right. Mia and Mason were jumping on the bed several months ago and Mia's chin collided with Mason's head. Mia damaged four teeth and one of the top ones even started turning gray. The dentist said not to worry about it. They might stiffen back up and be just fine. We thought that was what happened, becuase the gray one turned white again and the others stopped moving...till a couple of weeks ago. Mia was eating a sandwich and told me that her tooth hurt. I looked and it was very wiggly. The next night we were in Idaho and Maxine was helping Mia brush her teeth and it popped right out. Mia was a little shocked at first, but then she was really excited. The next morning she found the money under her pillow and looked at me suspiciously and said "did the tooth fairy really leave this under my pillow?" I asked her what she thought and she knowingly pointed at me. I said, "Well, we can pretend it was the tooth fairy huh."
Here is Mia singing "Tomorrow" from Annie.
