Jake's new bike!

Well, since Becka got a new bike with her birthday money, Jake decided he needed one too. He was so excited to go and look for one. We spent about an hour at the store watching he and Steve debating, and in the end, he decided on a cool Tony Hawk "trick" bike. It has pegs on both the front and back wheels, and the handlebars can spin all the way around. That's his favorite part, as you can tell from the picture.

As for me, I don't think I want my little boy to have a bike that encourages fancy stunts and tricks. I can just imagine the trips to the ER once he gets a little bit of confidence. I do have to admit though, it is a pretty cool bike!

You know your child is addicted to Star Wars when...

I LOVE this!!!!
Jake definitely has a great imagination! I about died laughing when I looked over his homework before we sent it into school.

Phew!

The bazaar is over! It was a lot of fun, and surprisingly less stressful than in years past. I think only having two projects to make and sell instead of the 10-15 I have always done helped with that. Almost all of my I Spy bags sold, but no one bought any of my tutus. I am not too worried because I have lots of nieces and friends' kids who will like them. Steve made me a great bar to use to hang the tutus on for my display. I also put one on my time out doll and had her stand in front of the table. Here are some pictures:


Melissa and Angie and Angie's cousin Lisa also had tables there. It was fun being together. The day went quickly, which I was grateful for. Usually by about 2pm, we are watching the clock and wishing the day was over! I got to see lots of old friends from Gladstone ward. Pam and Rob even stopped by!
I was very good this year, and didn't buy anything from other vendors, well, except for the marshmallow blow guns I got for Jake and Becka, but those are Christmas gifts, so they don't count against me, right?

Winners!!!

A couple of months ago, Steve's work did a photo contest. The winning pictures would be blown up and used as artwork in the different buildings on campus. We have some winners!!!!







Woohoo! Go Candent Photography Go!!!

Look Alikes

Thought this was fun on Afton's blog, so I copied her!

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Pedigree charts - Family photo sharing

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

My Brave Boy!

Jakey has always been a mellow kid. He is the easiest of my bunch so far. I am so grateful for his sweet nature!

He is so brave!!! He had 4 teeth pulled out on Tuesday afternoon! The orthodontist wants to make room in his mouth for the big teeth to come up, so they went ahead and pulled them out. He did such a great job! Poor guy. He was such a trooper!
He got to pick out a movie to watch while in the dentist chair (they have TV screens on the ceiling), he chose Nim's Island, and he got to wear sunglasses and choose a prize out of the treasure chest. He chose a Whoopie Cushion, lol! He was a bit hyper from the nitrous oxide gas they gave him. We got home and he didn't complain, just laid on the couch and watched TV. He even got up an dplayed Rock Band with Steve and Becka for a while. Right about dinnertime, the anesthesia had worn off, so he asked me for some medicine because his mouth hurt. That was it! Yesterday morning, I told him he could stay home from school f he wanted to, but he was excited to go. He had fun showing his friends and teacher the holes in his mouth!

Here he is right when we got home from the dentist office:


Here are the teeth!

Becka-ism

When Becka was little, she always said the funniest things. My mom and dad even started keeping track of them and we call them "Becka-isms." Here is another one for that list!

On election day, we were talking about the candidates. Becka was telling us that at school, they had talked about why people would vote for different candidates. She said that a lot of people would vote for Obama because they thought he was African-American. Here is our following conversation...
Me: "Well, isn't he?"
Becka: "No, he isn't"
Me: "Okay, then what is he?"
Becka (in her most 'know it all' voice): "He's AEROBIC!"

I swear, I laughed so hard I was crying and seriously thought I was gonna throw up. I wish you could have heard her. Little Miss Smarty-Pants. Oh, it was hilarious! The rest of the evening, Steve and I tortured her by saying things like, "Oh Becka, don't be so aerobic!" "You'd better watch out or people will think you are aerobic!"

It was awesome!!!