Why I never go anywhere

This is what happens when I leave Josh and Joseph home alone.


I went to a recipe exchange for Relief Society and came home to be shown this pic. That's a Sharpie, folks. Josh was mudding in Joseph's room and came out to find this. He had also taken the scissors out of the drawer and cut up the newspaper into tiny pieces. Luckily with some rubbing alcohol and a cloth, Josh got most of the marker off the monitor. The joys of children.

Ridin' on the Train

So I need to update my blog. Mostly so it's not so depressing.

We have had a very busy summer. And it hasn't stopped yet. Maybe when we retire. But I'm not counting on it.

Anyway, after we went to California, we had a bunch of activities that we've enjoyed as a family. We went ice skating at the Olympic Ice Sheet in July,

we went to a couple of parades that month also.

Also in July, the youth in our stake (along with 29 others) performed at Weber State for parents and others. It was amazing. The youth can really do great things if we let them. The spirit that they brought was so strong. It was so great to hear (and see) their testimonies. Awesome.

In September I ran a 5k at the University of Utah with my sisters (time 44 min. Not my best but since it's the first time I ran in over a year, and it was on hills, I'm proud of myself), over Labor Day we went up to Promontory Point and watched the re-enactment of the driving of the Golden Spike.

We rode Front Runner down to Salt lake about a week ago. Joseph loved riding on the "big train" and the "little train" (trax). Here a just a few pics from that fun day.

Here he is so excited to be on the train.

Sitting with Daddy looking out the window. (not at the camera)

Standing on the moon at the Planetarium (all the good exhibits were closed but he enjoyed climbing over all the "moon" rocks)

On Mars. He's trying to get used to the difference in atmosphere. You know how it is on Mars.

Playing with a fun ball he found at the gift shop. It looks like this until you pick it up and then...

It looks like this. He thought that was so cool. (and so did his Daddy)

On the way home. He fell asleep right after Farmington, but he didn't want to be held. He was a big boy on a big train, and he was BIG tired.

But he had big fun.

Anyway, both Josh and I are in school this semester. Josh is just a few weeks away from graduation (yea!!) and I'm still a few semesters away from a Bachelor's. I'm going full time this semester, but it's not going to stay that way. I'm struggling to get everything done. So we're cutting back next semester. Maybe before I'm 40 I'll have a degree. We'll see.