The Conceited Cardinal

Remember back in January, our red friend... well, he continues to hang around and I was lucky to get this shot of him. It's not the greatest shot, but he sure makes our day with his beautiful music! (Click on the picture to see him much better.)



He tends to see his reflection in the sun window that's in our family room and will constantly "bang" into this window for a few minutes before getting the picture - I ain't going thru!

He then moves on to other areas of the backyard. The other day he was at Glenn's truck "banging" into the bumper. He could see his reflection. Then he was "banging" into the mirrors on the side of the truck too. Once again, he could see himself. We even heard him at the neighbor's house, "banging" and crashing into their clear basketball backboard! Silly Bird!

Big Blue Ball Returns

Remember how we are now the proud owners of two BIG BLUE BALLS... well, this evening we were driving home from Zachary's baseball game and lo-and-behold, what do we run into: ANOTHER BIG BLUE BALL! (This is now #3!)

This BIG BLUE BALL was in another part of the neighborhood than we previously found the others! The sun was setting yet one could clearly see it on the road. Ben was in the front with me and I stated, "Wow, can you believe your eyes? ANOTHER BIG BLUE BALL!" As soon as Christopher heard my words, he jumped out of his booster seat and shouted, "Mom, Mom, we need another one of those! STOP THE CAR! Get it! Get it!" (He nearly lost it with all his excitement! He was beside himself! It was so funny!)

Ben jumped out and ran to the house in which it was in front of. He rang the doorbell and I think we were all hoping that no one would answer. A man answered and said to Ben, "Well, I'm sure it's one of the neighbors. Thank you." He then took it and closed the door. RUDE! Ben jumped into the car and said, "Darn!"

That would just be too good to be true!

Mother's Day 2008

Mother's Day came and went... this Special Day goes WAY TO FAST! I woke up at 7am to Breakfast In Bed. Even tho it was cold cereal and toast, plus a special juice drink in a fancy glass goblet, it was the thought that counted. It was so funny to hear Christopher say, "Mom, Dad cut the juice box in half and poured the juice into that fancy cup! Isn't that cool. I want to do that!"




We also have church at 9am and it takes about 1/2 an hour to travel over - so they really had some timing issues going this year! (In year's past I've had warm cinnamon rolls, pancakes, waffles, eggs, etc.)

After beautiful music at church and tons of candy, we came home to a lazy afternoon. We went on a walk and talked to family and had a GREAT day! I love my children - I truly am blessed!

2,800 Stakes - The Frisco Stake

Our ward, the Frisco 6th Ward, along with a few other wards, make-up the Two Thousanth, Eighthundred Stake in the world! Four members of the 70 (Elders Dickson and Child are the two I remember) came to speak to us at Stake Conference at the University of North Texas-Denton with the exciting news! They spoke of coming out 16 years ago (to this area) to split the first Stake. It's exciting to see the church grow and grow!

Prepared?

I sure hope we don't have any stormy weather tonight... or for a few nights... it may take CHRISTOPHER and EMMA LEE that long to clean out the storm room!

Happy Belated B-day Nick

A few weeks BEFORE Nicholas's birthday we talked about having a friend's party versus a family party. He stated that he wanted to invite EVERYONE from his class, just like some of the other kids in his class do. (I do not like this concept!) I asked him if he was GREAT friends with EVERYONE in his class of 21. He didn't say much. We kinda' decided on a family party since we all felt he didn't really know anyone that good yet.

The day of his birthday came and he stated, "Mom, I think I'll invite Noah and Josh from school, Austin from church and Joshua from gymnastics to my birthday party today!" I kinda' choked up and said, "Great! But we'll have to do it next week or a bit later than TODAY!" I explained to him that we need to give them time to get presents! :)

So, last Friday we had a hum-dinger of a birthday party at The Canyons Of Frisco. It's an indoor rock climbing facility! It was a lot of fun!

BIG BLUE BALL

Last month, Christopher (5) and Emma (3) and I were on a bike ride in the neighborhood. A big blue toning ball was rolling in the street ahead of us, so we grabbed it and began "knocking doors" to see who the owner was.

After about 8 knocks, one of the ladies said to us, "Just take it home and have some fun!" (That's what we needed to hear!) We took her advice! Let's just say we have had a lot of fun with it - just ask the boys!

So, this morning we were on our way to the store in the van and once again, in the neighborhood (a different part than before) a big white toning ball goes rolling in front of us. Christopher was elated, he nearly jumped out of his booster seat! "Mom, Mom, get it! Don't let it get away! Can we keep it too? Oh please Mom!"

I pulled the van over and picked it up. I went and knocked on a few doors, but no one was at home. I stood in the street for a bit, but heard no one yelling at me... so, we now have TWO big toning balls!

I wonder if this is a subliminal message that I need to do some toning! Grrr...