Sunday Fun . . . NOT!

This is what happened to us on our way to church today!  This is only a picture of part of the damage!  Luckily it wasn't our fault by any means.  The other driver drove into our lane.  Not so lucky, though, that it was a member of our church.  I wish I had a picture of his truck!  The entire wheel, axel, rod, everything just popped right off his truck!  Pretty crazy!   We seem to all be o.k. just pretty sore.  But it happened to be the day of Hailey's primary program so Robb ended up missing that.  DEPRESSING!  I had to rush from the scene of the accident to go play the piano for the program and because I was so shaken up from the accident I don't even remember the program.  We will keep everyone posted as to what happens with our car!

Anatomy Lesson :)

So this morning we were lying in bed with all of the kids and Carson was being silly and climbing all over and Hailey very sweetly said "Carson has a piggy tail on his bum, doesn't he?"  It took me a minute to register what she had said and then I realized what she was talking about.  I couldn't help but chuckle a little.  Now I know you are thinking she should probably know these terms by now, but I kind of feel that when she is ready or shows signs of curiosity that I would then take the opportunity to address it then.  I mean she definitely knows that there is a difference between boys and girls, but when changing Carson's diaper she has never said anything to the effect of "what's that mom?" or anything, so I just figured she wasn't ready.  So this morning after this comment I felt that she was mature enough to handle the more mature terms, if you catch my drift.  So I took her aside by herself and explained what the real deal is! She was very sweet about the whole thing.   Anyways, just thought it was cute story that I thought I would share!

Oh my goodness!

I could not believe this when I saw this!  This video brought up two HUGE issues for me.  

1)Marriage is and should remain a sacred covenant between a man and a woman.  It scares me to even think about what our nation would become if this sacredness is removed.  For those of us that belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, what would become of our sacred and special temple sealings.  It makes me sick to even have to think of it . . .

2)The second issue that this video brought to mind was the indoctrination of our children in schools.  Now granted this isn't something that is being taught in our school district, but if it was passed they would probably incorporate it into the curriculum.  I also thought that if issues like this are being taught in schools in other states what are they teaching in the schools in my state that I am not even aware of?  What kind of things are they indoctrinating in the minds of kids in our area?  And maybe a third issue is what gives the state the right to take away my rights as a parent.  I should be the one to determine if something is right or wrong for my child.  As Dr. Heath Cliff Huxtable said on the Cosby Show, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!"  J/K! But you get my point, right?  After watching this video I again became very grateful for my decision to homeschool.  

What to do? :)

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas!  For those of you that know my husband he is an amazing man whom I love dearly, but enough is enough!  He has a serious problem.  He has these sleep episodes.  In the course of our six year marriage I have been thrown out of bed, punched, talked to in a Harry Potter accent, found pieces of furniture in different places than they were the day before, found pillows by the front door, the list goes on.  Well last night was another one of those nights.  He kept trying to leave somewhere and then get mad at me when he couldn't go.  Then he came and sat on the edge of the bed right next to me and insisted that is was his side of the bed.  There were many other things that happened, but I will spare you the details.  All I can say is that I'm TIRED!!!  I have tried to get him to go to a sleep clinic, but he never seems to make it there.  I have thought of bringing a club to bed, but I really do love the guy and don't really want to hurt him, but common!  Enough is Enough!  Just wondering if anyone has any similar experiences and/or suggestions!  Most of the time it's pretty funny, but other times it's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!  What to do?  What to do?  

Blackberries!

So I am trying to play catch up from our vacation so I will start with this.  Here are Robb and Hailey picking blackberries at my mom's house.  We were supposed to take them to Robb's parents house to make a pie, but we forgot them.  Hopefully they did something with them.  But they had fun picking them anyways!

Tag, I'm it!

So I've been tagged! Thanks Katie!  So here is the picture I found.  This is my sweet husband and our oldest daughter Hailey!  She must have been just over a year old when this was taken.  Why won't she sleep like that now?  I mean I know she's five, but come on!  She just doesn't like to sleep.  Oh well, at least we have the memory of her sleeping! :) 

I tag Rebecca (my sister-in-law), Rebecca (my cousin), Jeff or Mary, and Amanda.  Here are the instructions.  Go to the fourth file on your computer and post the fourth picture on that file and tell a little bit about the picture!  Good luck!

Cookie Dough

I have to admit that my kids have NEVER tasted cookie dough or any other batter for that matter containing raw eggs!  For those that know me well, I am a huge germ-a-phobe.  So the thought of my kids getting salmonella poisoning has never been worth it for me to let them have any.  Lately, though, I feel that for some reason or another they are missing out on a right as a kid to eat cookie dough.  So I made up an egg free cookie dough and they were finally able to partake of a kids "right of passage"!  And it was tasty . . . you'd never miss the egg!  I am sure that I am probably making a weaker generation by not exposing them to such things as raw eggs, but I don't really care.  The thought just grosses me out way to much!  So here is the "cookie dough".