My Daughter Can Dish

Today at lunch Bell was saying her name was Fartworthy...F.A.R.T.Worthy. So to teach her a lesson I wrote Fartworthy on her leg. She looks up, smiles and says "Thanks for the autograph, Fartworthy!" Yeah, I'm in trouble!

Don't Cry Over Broken Plates

Between teaching Ysabel to do dishes by hand and myself doing them by hand I am not going to have any dishes left. Poor Bella has broken a few cups and plates, but today, not 10 minutes ago i topped her off!

I received a beautiful black dish set when I graduated from high school. Everything is shaped as a pentagon, even the bowls and cups. We have lost almost all the cups and two plates. To suppliment the pentagon dishes I also had a set of black round dishes. Today I shattered three of the plates in one fail swoop! Now I have two cups, three bowls, and one plate. Both of these sets were seating for 8.

I let out a cry as the 2 plates immediately shattered, the one rolled around in a circle until it went a little tipsy then shattered as it hit the tile. Hannah and Brock came running into the kitchen to find me laughing hysterically. Fun huh?

Brian's new work term is... "IT IS WHAT IT IS" that fit perfectly for this situation.

Star Search

Ethan got to participate in the Spring Musical entitled "Star Search". He got to sing and play a kazoo. I was unable to make it, Ysabel had a fever of 102, so we stayed home. Brian took Hannah and Brock with him. They had a great time.

Ethan was sent home at 1:30 from school because of gas pains. He wanted to be in the musical however, so we stuffed him full of TUMS and let him go. He said he started to fart during one of the songs so he sang real loud so no one could hear it. Brian asked him if anyone could have smelled it. He said "no, everyone was really focused on singing, besides, it was really hot and everyone was already sweating."

He loves music! He loves to participate in the concerts and musicals. Takes after his mom, aye?

Mother and Daughter Spa Night

The girls and I fared a bit better than the boys. At 2:00 Stacie Ramos picked the girls and I up for a night of pampering at her house. We had 7 of us girls at home...Stacie, Me, Dia (12), Ysabel T (7), Isabelle R (7), Hannah T (6), and Hannah R (4).

Stacie and I love sushi, as do the girls! So, since the boys were gone, we were doing it all our way! We got dinner ready (sushi and yaki mandu) just as Dia was headed off to a birthday party. I stayed with the Ysabsl's and Hannah's while Stacie ran Dia to the party.

As we got ready for the prayer for dinner Hannah Ramos asked to pray. My boys met the Ramos boys at their house earlier that morning for the campout. Hannah had apparently seen Brock in his jacket because her prayer was sincere and heartfelt. She asked Heavenly Father to "please bless the boys not to get wet especially "special little Brock" who was only wearing a tiny jacket." She didn't know that I had packed Brock 3 sweat shirts to layer-up with. But she was so concerned about him.

We ate our Sushi and Yaki Mandu and had peaches and ice cream for dessert. The girls played and had a great time. As a snack later we had smores. Ysabel T made her smore and cooked the chocolate in the microwave, it started to run down her arm and drip off her elbow so I shuffled her back into the kitchen. Just then I went to bite into my smore and it all but exploded on me. I had on a white zip-up hoodie, the chocolate smeared down the side of the zipper and landed on my white sock. I was trying so hard to stay clean. I was even heading for the sink but...I missed. Ysabel and I laughed hard.

Stacie got a big kick out of watching me wind my stretchy marshmellow around my finger. She teased me about that for a while. I didn't know what else to do with it!

After dinner we painted toe nails and finger nails, got our jammies on and ready for Nancy Drew. Stacie popped some very yummy popcorn and we settled in for the night.

The next morning we woke up warm and dry, giggling and happy. At breakfast Hannah Ramos wanted to say the prayer again. She prayed for "special little" Brock again. (she might be younger than he is but she is just as tall as he is.) She was so worried about him! It was adorable!

The girls got dressed then went outside to take pictures of themselves. Stacie had done all their hair in braids before they went out, they were beautiful! As soon as I get a copy of the pictures I will post them. Tally showed up wet around 11:30. Brian and our boys showed up around 1:30. It was a very fun weekend!

Father and son campout

The boys got to go with daddy to Del Water Gap this last weekend for the annual stake Father and Son Campout. It started thursday, but Brian worked into the wee hours of the morning (friday) so he wouldn't have to take a personal day.

The boys were so excited, they were going to share a tent with Tally and Michael Ramos. Ethan got to skip school and that was wonderful! It was a decent temp out as we got the van packed up tight, but there were rainclouds grinning from above!

I received a call from Brian around 9:30 am asking if it were raining at home. It had not started yet but when it did it poured sheets! They couldn't put a tent up because it rained so hard. They were able to get a fire going eventually so they could cook hotdogs for lunch. It rained SOOOO hard on them. It never did let up. It rained, sorry! poured all night!

I got a call from Brian around 4:00 asking what was for dinner and could the boys crash our Mother and Daughter Spa Night. What can I say when its my baby boys out there freezing! They were going to leave in about an hour to get back for dinner.

I'm not sure what time it was but sometime after the 4:00 call two boys from another ward wandered upon our ward soaked and freezing. Their leader had dropped them off the night before without any gear, food, or water! The poor boys were starting to suffer greatly. They had slept out in the rain with only one cup of soup between them for dinner. For breakfast they shared the other cup of soup, cold, and had tried to warm up.

Our boys had gorged themselves on all the hotdogs at lunch and felt horrible now. Brian and Tally found the boys (teens) some snacks to eat. They got them next to the fire and layed sleeping bags on them.

Tally and Brian felt so horrible for these two, they decided to brave the rain and stay to make sure these boys were taken care of. Brian and Tally cooked Ribs for everyone that night. The teens ate at our camp. Brian gave them one of our sleeping bags to share so they wouldn't freeze that night. The tent was full of water so Brian and our boys slept in our van, Tally and Michael slept in theirs. At 11pm the teens knocked on the van, handing Brian back his sleeping bag and told him their leader had just arrived and was taking them home.

(As a mother, if those two teens were my boys I would have been livid with a certain leader!)

The next morning the rain stopped and the sun shone very bright. Brian and our boys stayed and played in the river, waiting for the tent to dry out. Tally and Michael came home. (Michael had a b-day party to go to) Brian and our boys came home in their jammies cause they were the only dry clothes left. They had a fantastic time.

One of the highlights was the dvd player in my van. Brian opened up the back, the men helped him put up a tarp so anyone who wanted could sit out the back end of the van and watch movies. Thank heavens for portable dvd players! They really enjoyed themselves though. My little guys didn't complain at all about the experience.

SIGNED!!!

We signed the lease agreement for the new house today! We are so excited. The new landlord is so great to work with, we worked it out with him to move in on the weekend of the 15th so the kids can finish school! Things are working out so good. I do have to add a little plug in there for our Lawyer/Friend, he helped show the landlady that she messed up her lease and we have no legal ties to stay here. So here's to JUNE!

Mean People SUCK!

I just want it on the record that I have THE MEANEST LANDLADY IN THE WORLD!!!! Yesturday when she came over I seriously started having heart palpitations! I couldn't calm down all night! Everytime she "stops by" (just shows up is more like it) I instantly panic! This is not healthy. She has been antagonistic and insulting since the moment I met her. I hate that she starts this responce in me! My heart doesn't slow down for hours. She must be something "real____" to do this to me everytime I see her or hear her name!

I guess I need to get my heart checked again, this is getting ridiculous! I had to call Brian who told me I was the one who had the right to be mad cause she is the one who allowed crap to flow from my kitchen sink and she stood idoly by and made me clean it up! I am not good at confrontation. I don't like making people upset even if I am right. I paced the whole hour + that she was here.

I wonder if I can get a doctors excuse to move because my heart literally can't handle living under her roof!

I finally understand in the utmost that mean people do suck! They suck the life right out of you! Literally! I wouldn't be surprised if they have to hospitalize me for a panic attack next time I see her...she is pure evil and my heart suffers for it.

Thanks for allowing the vent.

Little Falls Here We Come

The new landlord called me last night and we got the house! We are allowed to move in on the 1st of June. We already have half the ward lined up to help us move, they are so excited to get us out of the "POO POO HOUSE" and into something much closer to everyone else. We are very excited about this! I don't even mind the fact that I have to pack us up again! This is fantastic.

Mothers Day

I hope every mother out there had a great mothers day. Brian got online and knowing that I love poetry found some 1800 editions of some of the greatest American poets. One book I got was GEMS OF POETRY from 48 AMERICAN POETS, the other is a HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW book, but it hasn't arrived yet. I am so excited to have them.

As a primary presidency we talked the bishop into allowing all the women to go to Relief Society. They had never done this before in this ward. It was such a good day. The Relief Society presidency made wheat bread, zuccini bread, and coffee cakes for us. We had a wonderful lesson and just enjoyed eachother.

The male teacher conducted primary and we were able to talk 5 other dads into helping out, three in the nursery, the young women also came in to help out the dads. (we only have 6 young women)

Brian and the kids have done dishes and the cooking. I LOVE DAYS LIKE THESE!

(house update....we are going to make the land lord brownies and tell him we are not above bribing him, he is the type of guy who is going to laugh his head off at that. He's great. Wish us luck!)

Something new

We are looking at a new place to live. Our land lady....so we are looking. The dots are so I don't say anything that will come back to get me. We looked at a place tonight that would be great if it were only Brian and I, but it isn't so I almost panicked!

It was what I feared we would live in when we moved out here....So we are still looking.

Life is different out here, but so good. I love being here. It is still so unreal that we live in the NYC area. (GO YANKEES!!!)