Kiersten's Lost Tooth

I was down in my office on my computer, when I heard Kiersten wailing upstairs. She came down, followed by Jared, and was trying to tell me what was wrong through the washrag she had over her mouth. She apparently was pulling on a pillow in her room, and a gameboy fell off it and hit her in the mouth. She was crying and walking down the hall to find me, when she reached up and her tooth fell into her hand! She remembered we put a wet washrag on her bleeding gums the other times we took teeth out, so she got one for herself and came and found me. She was really upset, but I was so glad, because we didn't have to fight her to get that one pulled out, anyway! This is the tooth that she hit as a toddler that sort of died back then, so I think that's why it came out so easily. She has the cutest lisp now! Well, at least her s's are whispery.

More Canning

Okay, the fun is wearing off a little, but it's still fun to see all those pretty jars! Here's salsa and tomatoes.

New Scrapbook Pages

I have managed to do six more scrapbook pages since my scrapbooking trip. Check them out here.

Cat Heaven

There was a photo of an elephant on the front of the newspaper today. Kiersten saw it and remembered that she had seen that elephant at Hogle Zoo. I explained that the elephant had died and that's why it was in the newspaper. She decided it must be in elephant heaven. Which is like cat heaven.

Here's what cat heaven is like. The ground is made of yarn. There are lots of birds. They have a temple; it is a big building that is a scratching post. All the buildings are made of scratching posts, but they don't live in them; they just scratch. It never rains, but it is windy when the cats are hot. There is never water. There are no trees or plants so they don't need water because cats don't like it.

Just wanted you to know.

What my kids will eat

Not much!!

Kiersten eats bread, hot chocolate, chocolate milk, chocolate toast, peanut butter and honey sandwiches, and m&m's. She will eat peas, carrots and corn for vegetables. No fruits. Oh, and she likes buttered spaghetti noodles. She prefers to eat this at the table with a candle lit and with the desktop waterfall thingy running so it's romantic.

Tanner eats bread, pizza, bread pizza (made by putting pizza sauce and cheese on bread and microwaving it - ick!), pita pizza (same idea), pb and whatever sandwiches, grilled cheese sandwiches, bananas, strawberries. No vegetables or meat.

Jared eats meat. And chocolate. Lots of it. And milk.

Brittany prefers fast food!! Mexican, if she can get it.

Weekend News

So Mark went on Friday night and had a full sleep study. They hooked up wires all over him and told him to sleep and they'd watch. Hah! Needless to say, he was really tired yesterday!

I got to go last night and help work on a Disney trip scrapbook for a lady in our ward who is suffering from metastatic breast cancer. It was really nice to be able to do something for her and be with friends who are all so great. We finished the book and another smaller book of photos, and they will be given to her tomorrow to celebrate her 42nd birthday. Her husband has a blog and he sometimes writes about how she's doing. He's pretty funny.

This week hoping to get the network all completed, and we are going to order some furniture for the house; yay!

I figured out some more stuff on my facebook page, so that was fun. I'm working now on getting my movies off my computer's hard drive and onto an external, so I can have more room for scrapbooking. I was inspired watching these ladies work on Susan's scrapbook; the word "cute" was used many, many times as we were looking over all the pages.

Networking

As an update to last blog: the N network thing is being a pain. It works fast when it works, but it doesn't work all the time. I think it's because our G network cards for our macs are struggling with it. So today after much search, I discovered that there is a solution to this problem. USB internet adapters! They are small like a USB thumb drive, and they work like the card in your computer. I managed to find one that would work for my macs, so I bought 4 (2 desktops and 2 laptops). Yay! I'll let you know in a few days if they work. One upside of this is I can put one on the old laptop Tanner is using for school, and take it away when  I don't want him to have internet access!

N-Router and Exercise Ball

Today I spent some time working on our network. Our airport expresses keep getting knocked off the wall and broken, so I bought a Belkin N1 router. It's great! It's supposed to have a much greater range than our old G routers, and when we upgrade the wireless cards in our computers, it will be even faster.

And I also got an exercise ball. I get tired of my treadmill, and I think I need to build some muscle to help me burn these calories, so I thought I would try this. I'll let you know how it goes!

School is going great so far; the kids are staying caught up and Brittany is working quite a bit at Arby's. I love it when she has money!

Alpine Eagle Walk

Tanner and Kiersten had the Eagle Walk on Friday last week. They had to get pledges for each lap (or a flat donation). I went over and walked (ran) with Kiersten for 40 minutes, and we did 2 miles!! That's 12 laps. She was great.

Here's the Alpine Eagle.

And the tired mom.