Pest Control

For those of you who have been wondering what ever happened to my foe Freddy, he has departed from this world thanks to my hunter husband.  I am still not sure what he was after, but I hope he enjoyed his stay in the Waldron hotel...it is where he spent his last days.  Thankfully he won't be a repeat customer and hopefully he didn't give any of his friends good reviews of his stay here.  Farewell Freddy...and good riddens!

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, please refer to my previous blog entry.

Furry Foe

Peter was gone to a Merrill convention in LA all day yesterday, stayed the night and will be back sometime this evening.  I never like being home alone overnight...I always have visions of "the man who lives in the attic watching me" or the guy from Poltergeist coming to get me through my mirror.   I guess I have watched too many scary movies in my lifetime (and somehow they have stuck with me).  

When Peter is gone, I try to stay as busy as I can.  I read, watch TV, listen to music (sometimes all at the same time to block out the visions of the man hiding in my shower :)).  Last night was no exception.  The moment the kids were in bed, I ran downstairs to watch my Wednesday night fill of American Idol.  As I sat watching (and reading a magazine) my fear came to life...someone ran across the room.  Here is a basic sketch of the culprit (he ran so fast, I couldn't get a better description):

Yep, a mouse broke into my house last night while I was out and decided to scurry out in front of me while my hunter husband was gone and I was crazy on-edge.  I jumped up on the couch which scared Freddie Kruger (that's what I named him) back behind the desk.  I climbed on every piece of furniture possible, took a quick jaunt on the ground to the kitchen, climbed on the kitchen counter, jumped to the island, grabbed the broom and showed some self-defense against this unwelcome burglar.  We had a little go around as I tried to show Freddie outside, but he was unwilling.  

Who in the world knows where he scurried off to, but hopefully it was back to his family in the field to tell them about the scariest lady he has ever met.  I had nightmares last night about my home being infested by mice (some wearing glasses :)) and I hope Freddie had nightmares about me as well.  It would only be fair...and I hope his wife was gone for the night and he had to deal with the baby mice all by himself as he constantly thought I was around each corner waiting for him with the broom.  

The only explanation for Freddie breaking in, in my opinion, is the fact that we have been watching the movie 'Enchanted' a lot.  Maybe he heard Giselle summon the city animals and he came running.  All I can say is he better start cleaning!!!

Family Fun

This weekend, we took a mini-family-vacation to San Diego (1 hour away).  Priceline gave us a great deal on a nice hotel where we stayed Friday and Saturday night.  On Friday, we walked to Seaport Village along the waterfront, had a fun Hawaiian dinner and bought way too much candy afterwords at a cute little candy boutique. To get back to our hotel, we took a Pedicab...a definite highlight for all of us! We hoarded our candy back in the hotel room while we snuggled in bed watching "The Sound of Music" on TV.  

Saturday, we slept in (I love the dark, black-out curtains in hotel rooms).  We had a yummy family breakfast and then walked the streets of downtown San Diego.  There was an Easter bonnet competition and parade next to Petco stadium with booths set up as well as a bouncy house.   Dallin and Claire had fun running and bouncing around in the beautiful 78-degree weather.  After some naps, swimming and escalator riding, we met up with our good friends, the Lowes at Mission

Beach.

The kids rode the carousel and some other rides on the pier, Peter won Claire an inflatable pink dolphin by using his muscles on the high-striker, and we had a picnic dinner together.

The Lowes claimed a fire pit on the beach and the kids had a blast

playing in the sand, sword fighting and roasting marshmallows. Our friends, the Scotts, met up with us a little later and it was fun sitting around the fire chatting it up.  The fire eventually burned out and so did the kids.  We left around 10 p.m. and 

were so grateful to have a close hotel to go back to.

Easter morning, we woke up and were happy to see that the Easter Bunny had found our hotel room and left some fun things for the kids.

We went to the pool and relaxed for a little bit, changed and went to a local sacrament meeting...they had a wonderful Easter program.  We then headed back home with a car full of sand, wet swimsuits and tired kids (and parents).  It was a wonderful weekend, and we are happy to be

home! 

Happy Easter

"I am the resurrection and the life: 

he that believeth in me, 

though he were dead, yet shall he live." 

John 11:25

Tennis Tournament

Last Saturday, Peter and I went to the Tennis Pacific Life Open in Palm Desert.  Merrill Lynch was a sponsor, so we had an amazing box suite with delicious food and an incredible view.  We don't know much about the professional world of tennis, but we had a great time hanging with the Johnsons (James and Gale) and watching the incredible athletes play.  We forgot our camera, so you will have to imagine how relaxing the event was, how beautiful the flowers looked, and how great the tennis players were.  It was a wonderfully relaxing afternoon!

Drumroll Please

There is this great place in Costa Mesa that will tell you the gender of your baby as early as 13 weeks.  I was officially 13 weeks on Sunday and so yesterday I felt the need to find out what we are having (such patience, I know). Drumroll please........

There will be more snakes and snails and puppy dog tails, cause that's what our little boy will be made of! We are so thrilled to be having another little dude in our home.  The ultrasound technician mentioned that he was really calm...let's hope it wasn't just a good moment yesterday and is more of a personality trait :)! Can't wait to meet you baby boy Waldron!

Congrats to the 48% of you who were correct in our voting poll!  

Church Confessions

Have you ever had the price tag hanging out of your shirt for all to see?  I have.

Have you ever had the dreaded piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe or skirt as you proudly toted it around?  I have.

Have you ever spilled something in the wrong spot and it dried even worse?  I have.

Have you ever applied self-tanner and had it go all streaky and wrong in places you can't really 

cover up in the desert summer?  I have.

I'm sure there are many more, but the best part about these "moments" is they all happened at church.  Thankfully it is a place where I am surrounded by wonderful people who easily overlook the horrific

tanning job, or will kindly tell you you sat in something really messy or that my tag is still on and they are impressed by the deal I got.  The situation could be worse, but it is always embarrassing.

Today my sweet Claire had a "moment" at church.  Dallin and Peter stayed home today due to the nasty bug that is going around, so it was girl's day.  I woke up extra early for our 8:30 church (really 7:30 today...thanks so much daylight savings) and quickly got myself ready.  Peter offered to wake Claire up and get her dressed and I was so grateful for the help, especially since he was drugged and not feeling well.  Claire was excited to put on her new dress that we bought at the Carlsbad outlets yesterday.  I did her hair, grabbed "the bag" and we arrived at church just barely on time.  Church was wonderful and when I picked Claire up from nursery, one of the leaders (Jen Nielson) was laughing.  She lifted up Claire's dress and there her "moment" was (or maybe it was Peter's).  The diaper cover was still attached to the inside of her dress with the tag holders hanging it in front of her diaper.

As I walked down the hall and word spread quickly, the women thought it was hilarious and my sweet little Claire also thought it was pretty funny when she finally caught on to why everyone was giggling and lifting up her dress. 

Claire - welcome to the wonderful world of embarrassing moments at church...and if you are truly my daughter, there will be many more to come.  

Riotous Reading

For those of you who have reached your weekly quota of bragging parents for the week, please skip this blog entry.  For those of you still reading, I have to share with you how proud I am of my little Dallin...he has become a reading machine!  I am amazed at how quickly he has picked it up.  It all started with a bookset my mom sent called BOB books.  They have simple words that turn into simple phrases and apparently are quite funny to a little boy.  The other night we busted out these books again and realized that we had not read them for awhile.  He read through each with ease and it was fun to see how much he has progressed in the past few months.  He laughed his head off when he read the "Sam" book and came to this page (see picture).  First Sam sits on Mat and then Mat sits on Sam... Dallin started laughing uncontrollably (one of my favorite sounds in this world) and it became so contagious that I began to laugh histerically as well.  Thanks Mat, for sitting on Sam and making the end of our night so happy!

Popcorn Popping

I looked out the window and what did I see?

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree!

Ok, so it's not an apricot tree but it's still pretty exciting to see beautiful pink blossoms "popping" on the tree we planted last year (more like a large stick, but we still love it).  Dallin and Claire were so thrilled to actually view and touch the object that they so passionately sing about every Monday night for family home evening.  It has been a nice winter, but we welcome spring (and the popcorn) with open arms.