3 Signs you know you aren't wanted somewhere

If you ever wonder whether or not someone is annoyed at your presence, take note of the following:
-After getting off of the escalator a little boy named Cade, couldn't resist touching that big red button that's on the escalator. The escalator stops and it starts making a really loud beeping sound. Immediately "Mr. Security Guard" walks by us, looks at me and said in a extremely sarcastic tone, "Oh, that's nice!" Cade got a lecture and he really did feel horrible.
-Ten minutes later in the same store (different department) my mom sees a security guard and asked if it was the same guy. I look at him and he immediately makes a b-line for the opposite direction.
-Probably another 10 minutes later (different department) Brooklyn and Cade kept laughing about something pretty soon that same security guard walked by through all of the clothing racks as if to see if we were causing any more trouble.
So I think it's safe to say that Mr. Security Guard would not like it if we were to frequent his store. He was obviously annoyed. Lucky for him, I hate to shop so there is a good chance that by the time I go shopping again he will have moved on to another job.

Bad things come in 3's!?

So I've heard the saying that bad things tend to come in 3's. Well I sure hope that is the case because if it is then I'm out of the woods.

You see, back in the middle of December we were driving along one rainy evening to my parents' home, and we were stopped at a traffic light. As we were patiently waiting for the red light to turn green all of a sudden we were jarred forward and heard some crunching noises as a teenage driver had rear ended us. Yes, everybody was fine, and there was barely any damage to our car so not really that big of a deal.

Then, on Christmas Eve as we were driving yet again to my parents' home for dinner and we were again stopped at a traffic light getting ready to make a right hand turn. There was a car in front of us and they were turning right as well. The car in front proceeded to make the turn, I looked to my left to make sure no traffic was coming and I hit the gas to make my right turn. Well for some reason, that I'm still not sure about, the car in front of me decided not to make the full turn and had stopped and I smashed right into the back of their car. Again, no one was hurt and our car seemed to be okay, but their poor car was pretty crunched.

And now, since bad things do come in 3's, last night as I was leaving work I see a note that is on my front windshield under the wipers. I pull it out and the first thing it says is, "I am VERY sorry." When you read those words first you know the rest can't be good. The note continues to explain how this girl was backing out and accidentally hit the back end of my car! You have got to be kidding me. I just had to laugh at the whole thing. My rear bumper was scratched and buckled out from the other paneling. I was very thankful, however, that she did leave the note and her number to call her for insurance information.

There you have it. A perfect example that if something bad happens in your life, don't get to upset about it yet, because you've got two more "bad things" coming you way. I am living proof! Lets just hope it has ended and this trend doesn't continue in multiples of 3.

Quick Update

Our friends from dental school, the Rasmussen's, came to visit earlier this month. The Mitchell's came over as well and we had a great time visiting and laughing. Thanks for coming guys! We have been loving the nice warm weather!

Ever wonder what you would look like without any teeth?

Brynlie has recently started to get into things. It might not have happened this soon except for the fact that Cade, being the helpful older brother that he is, showed Brynlie how to get in the cupboards. It went like this. "Here Blim, you open the door and then you pull everything out. See!"

Cade started Preschool last week. Can you tell by his cheesy grin that he was SOOO excited to go?

My parents were in town for almost a week! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures with them but we had such a GREAT time with them here. They did so much for us (like always) and I already miss them.

No one told Cade that Halloween is over.

Does this look like a baby that has a high fever with croup and can't sleep? She is such a content and HAPPY girl. I am so thankful that she is such a good baby!

Still Alive

Yes, we are still here though our lack of posting suggests the opposite. Christmas has come and gone and we had a great time. Sorry no pictures this time, I'm too lazy to download them tonight. I just had to write a few things before I forgot them.

Lately Cade has really been into Star Wars. OK, let me rephrase that, he has been OBSESSED with Star Wars. It's pretty fun to watch him get so into it. Quite often he reminds me that he's not Cade he's "Luke Skywalker". Grandma DeEtte gave him the Star Wars Trilogy for Christmas and that was a hit. He got a light saber for Christmas as well and I think he finally feels complete. Well the other day the kids and I got in a water fight and I kept laughing and pretty soon Cade turns to me and said, "Laugh it up fuzz ball!" I wasn't quite sure I heard right so I asked him what he said. This time he said it with a wag of his head, "I said, laugh it up fuzz ball!" So he really does pay attention to all parts of the movie and not just the fighting scenes. I thought it was pretty funny.

Brooklyn and Cade have nicknamed Brynlie, "Bryn". Cade seems to struggle with words that start with "Br". He calls Brooklyn, "Brookie" but it sounds more like "Bicky". So of course Bryn sounds like "Blim". He's always concerned that she's sad or tired. "You sad Blim? Blim are you tired? Huh Blim? It's OK Blim." Who knows it might stick.

The Things They Do

So the other day Brooklyn and Cade were playing together and soon enough they started arguing. It was one of those times that I was pretending that I couldn't hear what was going on. Pretty soon I heard a loud smack and then Cade started crying. I'm sure I rolled my eyes and thought, "Here we go again." Shortly after, Brooklyn started crying. It wasn't her hurt cry but sounded more like her really sad, I'm sorry cry. I was hoping she was feeling badly that she had hurt her brother. So I walked up to them ask what happened. No answer. I got closer to Brooklyn and kept asking why she was crying so hard (Cade was fine at this point). Finally between sobs she managed to get out, "Because my song is on!" What? As I paid closer attention to what was on the radio, I recognized the song, Where are you Christmas? from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas soundtrack. Earlier this summer Brooklyn watch that movie for the first time. She was watching it by herself and I decided to check on her. It happened to be the part where Cindy Lou Who is singing Where are you Christmas? Brooklyn was bawling her eyes out. I thought she was hurt but she told me she was crying because the little girl sang that song so beautiful. Yikes, is all I have to say. The girl is only 5 years old and she is so emotional about a song! I'll be honest, I was trying not to laugh. Wow, we are in for a treat when Brooklyn is a teenager. Good thing she's so lovable!

On the flip side, Cade is such a boy! If there is anything he can throw, he throws. If there is something to kick, he kicks it. If there is a pile of whatever on the table, he knocks if off. For example, I was at the store this morning and Cade saw a huge Christmas tree with pretty ornaments on it. So what did he do? Yep, he walked right up to it and knocked this huge bulb right off the tree and sent it bouncing. Nice Cade. Luckily it didn't break. Don't get me wrong, I love the little guy and he is a good kid. We'll just work on not being so destructive. It'd probably help if Heath and I weren't always laughing. His faces are too funny not to.

Nine Months Old and Kids That Fly!

I think each kid grows up a little faster than the last. Who knows where the last nine months have gone. This is a typical expression for Brynlie. She is definitely a squealer turning screamer. I know she's trying to communicate but it would be a little more pleasant if it was an octave lower. She is such a fun baby though. She is pretty much always happy unless Brooklyn is over doing it on the hugs and kisses (which happens often) or Cade is squeezing her cheeks too hard, or he's sitting on her like she's waiting to give him a horsey ride (which also happens often). They've got a lot of love for their little sister.

She's crawling everywhere. If she sees something she wants to play with she laughs until she's got what she wants.
Brynlie is such a little Heath. We've tried calling her Heather and Heathina but...no.
She loves to suck up necklaces like she is eating spaghetti. Of course everything goes in the mouth at this stage. It's like she has her own built in pocket.
The kids LOVE to jump on the couches. This morning they were showing me some of their flying techniques.

Nice form Cade! He's working on getting his back straight. They had to check out each picture and then they tried jump a little different or a little better. Not bad entertainment for a Thursday morning!

Family Pictures

A few weeks ago we were able to get family pictures done here in our house with the main purpose of them being used for my dental office. So thanks to Kim, Josh and Dusty for hooking us up with free family pictures. Here is a sampling of what an amazing job Dusty did while setting up his own mini studio right here in our house.

Chin Talk

This is the fun we have on Sunday evenings.

Brooklyn



Caden

Photo Shoot

We recently had some fun taking pictures of the kids in the backyard. We were waiting to get some pictures done for Heath's office and thought we'd take advantage of the kids being clean. They actually had fun posing and listened pretty well.

Trip to Utah

The first part of October I drove with the kids to Utah. I tend to get really tired when I drive so I was lucky enough to have my mother-in-law, DeEtte, drive to Utah with me and my mom drive back to AZ with me. Thank you both for your help! We had such a great time. I hadn't seen my brother for a year and a half and it had been two years since I'd seen my sister Tiffany. Cade is sporting his BYU sweatshirt because he watched his cousin Graham play football and he wanted his own football shirt. He wore it for two days straight.

It is always fun to be around my parents. Mom took such good care of us and dad was always playing football or something fun with the kids.

Brynlie got to meet her Great Grandparents Mary and Bob for the first time. Grandpa is so great with the kids and they all love him.

My dad took us to eat lunch at the Church Office Building. After we got to meet my mom after some of her meetings and she showed us around the Relief Society Building. The girls in the picture are Secretaries there. Emily is on the left and Anne Marie on the right. They are so fun. I also got to meet Sis. Allred and Sis. Beck (I met Sis. Beck at General Conference).
We had to get some pictures of the kids at Temple Square. My dad was taking our pictures when Cade runs off and is kicking the flowers! Apparently Cade didn't get the memo that says you have to at least act like you listen to your parents at Temple Square. Poor flowers.
The kids had such a fun time playing with their cousins. Cade loved having Graham around to play with.
Quincee and Brooklyn got along well also. I wish we lived closer to them all.
The kids had so much fun clearing out grandma's garden before it snowed. And it did snow Sunday morning. The kids were SO excited to see snow and make a snowman. We walked out of church and it had all melted. Caden cried and wondered why someone would take all of the snow away. We are missing Caitlin and Jonah in this last picture. I'm so glad we were able to go and play and have so much fun. Thanks for letting us leave you for so long Heath. We are happy to be back home with you!