Birds Humming

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008

Flashback Friday- Peter

Here are a couple of pictures of Peter as a kid for Flashback Friday!

Peter is on the far right here-

Peter with his oldest brother, Thomas, and his Grandpa Shirley. (Love the peg-legs, Tom!)

On one of the many trips they took with their dad-
(Peter is in the middle wearing red)

The Shirley men. Peter is wearing the bright red pants.

Maybe this is why Mom and Dad Shirley put a pool in the backyard later on.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

8 Favorite TV shows...
1. The Office
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. Late Night with Conan
4. Friends
5. That 70's Show
6. Backyardigans
7. ????
8. That's all I can think of...

8 Favorite Restaurants...
1. Cheesecake Factory
2. On the Border
3. Pizza Factory (in St. George only)
4. Jimmy John's
5. Carrabba's
6. Benihana's
7. Port of Subs
8. The Blue Plate Diner (ha ha- been there once)

8 things that happened yesterday...
1. Made breakfast for the kids
2. Called Peter
3. Took kids to the park
4. Read in bed
5. Cleaned up toys
6. Sent Jonah to school on the bus
7. Put Eden in Time-out
8. Wrestled with the kids

8 things to look forward to...
1. Halloween
2. Putting in backyard
3. Christmas shopping
4. Jonah's birthday
5. Christmas
6. no debt
7. working out
8. Lasik (if I can work up the nerve)

8 things I love about Fall...
1. Halloween
2. Thanksgiving
3. hoodies
4. football
5. cooler weather
6. pumpkins
7. going to St. George (not this year)
8. my birthday

8 things on my wishlist...
1. Trip to Mexico with Peter and the kids
2. camping gear
3. all of our food storage
4. a room to store all that food storage
5. a Bosch
6. bedroom furniture
7. to relearn Russian and Spanish
8. WORLD PEACE!

Monday, October 13, 2008

My Trip to Provo

I have the nicest husband ever! Peter decided (on his own!) that I needed a break from the kids to get some "me time" and sent me up to Provo to visit my sister, Kira, for a long weekend. He took two days off work and watched the kids so I could go. Thank you, Peter!

I had never been inside the Salt Lake Temple, so after Kira picked me up from the airport, we went over to do a session. It was my first "live" session and I loved it. I got some new insight and it was just a really neat experience.

We bummed around Temple Square for a while and then watched the Joseph Smith movie at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Neither of us had seen it, and it was really amazing. Here I am with my yummy grapefruit!

We ate at the Blue Plate Diner in Sugarhouse, which was sooo yummy! Highly recommended!

Here is my spinach tomato omelet with avocado! It was so fluffy!

On Friday, we went to Jimmy John's, a sandwich shop that Kira and I used to work at in St. George. We love that place. We drove through the canyon and it was really beautiful. We also went to Red Robin for dinner- my first time. I don't know why I have never been there before, but it was good.

Kira works in the Provo Temple every Saturday morning, so while she was working, I got to do Initiatories. It was fun being in the Provo Temple- it brought back a lot of memories of being in the MTC. It was nice that I was able to go to the temple twice on my trip. I don't get to go very often at home.

Saturday afternoon was the BYU game, and we were so happy that it didn't rain or snow at the game! It was cold, but we survived and had pretty good seats. BYU is still undefeated! Go Cougars!

On Sunday, Kira had to go to her ward, so I went with her. It was pretty awkward going to a singles ward now that I'm married and have three kids. I felt so out of place. That was the longest three hours of my life! We ate a yummy lunch with Mike and Donna. (Kira lives in their basement.) They were so nice and hospitable. Thanks for letting me stay there, Mike, Donna, and Kira!

Anyway, I had a great time! It was fun being back in Provo, although I was reminded of how lucky I am to not live in snow (it snowed twice and was generally freezing most of the weekend). I am happy to be back in 85 degree weather! I was missing my flip flops and shorts!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

R.G.I.T.M.B.

My friend, Leah, has a series of posts she calls T.I.M.H. (Thoughts In My Head). I have a lot of random thoughts here and there, and thought I would create a similar thread. Welcome to Random Glimpses Into a Tired Mommy's Brain. (I know it's a long title- I'm open to suggestions, just leave a comment.) These are the things that people who converse all day long with toddlers think about.

1. In the Disney animated movie, Cinderella, the gown that fairy godmother makes for Cinderella is a sparkly white/silver combo. Why is she always portrayed wearing a baby blue version of the dress?

2. Why do they call the lion "king of the jungle," when lions don't live in the jungle, but on the savanna? I would think maybe the tiger would be king of the jungle...

3. Remember when there were light brown M&Ms instead of blue ones?

4. I really trip out over the phrase "the bigger half." I know it's just an oxymoron, but I seriously start this conversation to myself whenever I hear it:

"If it's a half, it's equal, so there's no bigger half!"

"But on the other hand, how often do you cut a sandwich perfectly in half?"

"Oh, shut up, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BIGGER HALF!!!"

I really am crazy...

5. Every once in a while I realize that the Southern Hemisphere is having opposite seasons than us and trip out on that for a while.

6. Why do the kids prefer to play with pots and pans, trash, old (or current) cell phones, and my books, when they have sooo many of their own toys?