NOOO! He'll take your money!

Our 1st grader came home from school today and told us that they 'voted' at school. I asked her what that meant and she said everyone got to say if they would vote for McCain or Obama. Their teacher was teaching them about graphs and was charting it while they voted. I asked her who won and she said, "McCain." Then she said, "Three people voted for Obama." And then she went on to say that when they voted for Obama she told them "If you vote for him he will take your money!" I guess I have been listening to too much talk radio lately. But I was still proud.

Marriage between one man and one woman. Can it get any simpler than that? Prop 102 simply secures the definition of marriage through an Arizona constitutional amendment.
Prop 102 is 20 simple and clear words that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
A YES vote on Prop 102 does one thing and one thing only – defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the Arizona Constitution, the highest law in our state.
One man. One Woman. Prop 102. That's Marriage.

Do we REALLY want to look at these 2 clowns for the next 4 years? I know it makes me ill to think about it. GO VOTE!!!!

Broken Heart Class

I was listening to my girls playing 'Broken Heart Class' in their room tonight when I heard my 4 year old tell the 7 year old, "My heart stopped beeping." Her sister replied in a nonchalant voice, "Well, you better go to the nurses office and take care of that." Maybe you had to be there, or maybe you had to be the mamma of those 2 to understand, but I had to laugh. They also liked playing baby class until I realized they were 'using' diapers. Maybe that is why they have now moved on to broken heart class. Hope their hearts keep beeping!

Some Perkins People at the Beach

Every other year Dan's family has a reunion in Carlsbad California. It is his mom's side of the family (thank you Grammy), and this year there were about 100 people. It started back in the 80's with 20 or so people, and they have gone to the same place ever since. The perfect reunion if you ask me. No schedule (except picture day) and no one is allowed to leave. We all just sit on the beach in front of our hotel and visit with each other. It is very relaxing and fun. I highly recommend it!

The Trouble with Toothies

Our oldest daughter let us yank out her 2 lower front teeth when they were loose without any fighting at all. We had perfected the art of lassoing teeth with floss, saying we would count to three but yanked when we got to two. So when the first upper front tooth was looking loose enough to practice our cowboy skills on, we sat her on the bathroom counter, plugged up the sink (wouldn't want to loose the tooth down there), lassoed the tooth and counted to 3 (yanked on 2), and nothing happened except for blood. We were able to talk her into another attempt at it, but we forever ruined our chances when again...we botched the yank. So weeks went by with this tooth hanging this way and that, flapping in the wind etc. Until one morning after eating her breakfast she turned to me to ask a question and the tooth was gone. "Where did your tooth go?" I asked her. If I had known she had no idea it was gone I would have chosen my words more carefully. A look of horror spread across her face as she realized it had gone down with the fruit loops (yes fruit loops, they are their fathers daughters and will not eat oatmeal without getting physically sick). That and I am a bad mommy. Her next move was to the bathroom mirror where she expressed that same look of horror at the new 'look' she now had. After many tears over not getting to give it to the tooth fairy to get $$$, we convinced her that a note of explanation would be enough for the tooth fairy and all would be well. And it was.

I want legs like those!

If only it was OK to always have legs like these. I would like to be accepted with drool covering my chin and my diaper full too.

Me and My Hubba Husband Dan the MAN!

Just a quick photo of me and my great guy Dan. He takes good care of us and we love him for all his hard work!!

Mommy, your waisting our time!!!

The other day I was on my way to take our kids to my in-laws house (where ALL the fun is) and was stopped for a traffic violation. :) While I waited for my ticket, Emily sounded from the back seat "Mommy! Your WAISTING our time!" They wanted to get to Grans house REALLY bad and my getting a ticket was a waste of their precious time.

In the beginning..........

And so it begins. I have always wanted to try this. I must say I was inspired by a sister and then a friend to get started. I am sure it will be a disaster at first. Is there a spell check on this thing? Oh yes, I see it. GOOD! I hope I will post something interesting or maybe funny from time to time. I am not too sappy or romantic so if your looking for that, keep looking. You may hear alot about my kids. They are funny sometimes. Or maybe something dumb I did, like my washer and dryer moment last week. (I will fill you in a sec.). For now, I am getting the hang of this and hoping I don't make a fool of myself.

So now for my washer and dryer story (perhaps you will relate to my stupidity or just shake your head). We just bought a house in July which came with the lovely GE gas washer dryer set in the photo. Since we already had a nice electric Maytag set I decided to Craigs list the GE set and make a few bucks on it. I was getting tired of my Maytag set taking up half the garage and wanted to move on with it already! So finally last Saturday a lady came and bought the GE set (she brought her worthless 16 year old son with her, but for some reason he just sat on the tailgate of the truck while his mother and I hoisted them up and in). After she left, impatient as I am (Dan was at work mixing drinks for PEPSI) I drug the Maytag set in, gouging the linoleum in the process (hey, maybe I will get my tile sooner) and proceeded to hook them up. Here is where I realized my mistake, as I am sure some of you have already caught on to. Of course any washer will work anywhere pretty much, but you cannot put a electric dryer where a gas dryer used to be. Not unless you pay someone to come fix a few things first. So, it was too late to get the GE set back (not that I really wanted that small noisy set), and I REALLY needed to do laundry. So I hopped back on Craigs list and found my EXACT Maytag dryer but with GAS hookups only a mile away! So I dashed over to check it out, liked it, bought it, loaded it into my minivan (on it's side) and brought it home. Again I was impatient and unloaded it alone bruising my legs pretty badly in the process. Problem solved and all before Dan came home to shake his head at me. It took a bit of elbow grease to get all the hoses on right but finally I did and I fired up a load. When it came time to dry it...the dryer was already full...of 'their' whites which included the wife's lacy thong underwear. YIKES! So I put it all in a bag and left it on their doorstep. And now I can use my nice extra capacity wonderful Maytag set. End of story. Except for the extra Maytag dryer still sitting in the garage. Anyone need a nice dryer?