We only get that channel sometimes...

So, as you all know, yesterday was the Superbowl. We don't have cable, but we do have an antenna. Under these circumstances our reception is heavily based on the weather pattern of a given day (which is fun). We weren't planning on watching the game, since we are rarely able to pick up that network. However, as you can see below, Ryan worked it out:

See that empty space on top of the entertainment center--that's where our antenna usually resides... Now take a peek out the window.

Yes he did.

The Best Conversation I've Had All Week

Just got home from the gym, hop in the shower, as I am lathering I hear a distinct babble outside the bathroom door directed at me:

L: I can't hear you, you're going to have to come in here.
(Enter Kayla--wearing her bike helmet(?))
K: Um, if you're in your house near any water and lightning strikes close to you, you can get shocked through the water.
(Note: presently, it is POURING rain here, "stormy", if you will).
L: Oh...so should I not be taking a shower right now?
K: Well, you can just hurry.
L: Where did you hear about that?
K: Uh, it was on a science movie I saw once.
L: Huh.
K: Okay, so just be aware of the lighting. Bye.

King For a Day

Benson turned 4 on Tuesday!

His preschool teachers made him this crown for his big day...

So naturally, he wore it at all day. Here he is eating his birthday cookies with his buddy...

(Here's the cookies--mmmm--and yes, believe it or not, everything you see here comes from nature!)

...watching his fave Thomas movie, still crowned--approx. 1 PM.

3 PM.
Present Time! 5:30PM. (the crown.)

He got what he wanted.

6PM. Pizza for dinner--by order of the King.
(Still, with the crown).
Happy Birthday my sweet boy!

I love my kids...

...they make me laugh.

We have a piano!!!!

Isn't she beautiful?!
I have wanted a piano for a VERY long time, and I was beginning to think it might never happen...
As luck would have it, our friend Britain owns a piano tuning/repairing business and was kind enough to give us this one that was just going to sit around in his warehouse!
Thank you Britain!!!!

School!

Here's my little Benny on his very first day of Preschool. He started on Tuesday and Kayla started on Wednesday. Oh, and Ryan cut his hair and I can't stop staring at him because he looks so different!

And here's Kayla on her first day of 1st Grade! She is pumped. Most used adjective when describing school--"awesome".

Use it up...

...wear it out, make it do, or do without. These are words of a prophet (Pres Hinckley) that my husband lives by!

He called me from work around 10AM the other day and said, "I ripped my pants--caught on a nail." These are the same pants he had just recently been boasting on their 7 yr term as his favorite jeans ever that he bought at the base in Japan for $25.
The funniest part about this picture is that he finished out the work day wearing them...

...just like this.