Lisa and Eric's disturbing facial expression watching Star Wars on our 120 inch home theatre system.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Every day stuff
I can’t believe how fast time is going by and how fast the kids are growing. Below are some everyday interactions with the kids that may become easy to forget but might be fun to read later.
Lisa:
I was flexing in the mirror and Lisa saw me. I said “I bet you don’t know anyone as muscular as me” to which she responded very quickly, “Yes I do, my gym teacher Bruce”.
I took Lisa to a football game a few weeks ago. I had a lot of fun. Lisa wasn’t really interested in figuring it out. I had front row seats, but Lisa kept asking if we could go to the very top row to sit. So, finally I gave in. She kept looking over the edge as we climbed our way to the top. Once at the top she seemed satisfied. I think her favorite part of the whole experience was getting a $.99 corn dog at Dairy Queen before the game.
Eric:
I substituted Eric’s primary class the other day. He has trouble sitting still, but he is the first one to blurt out the answers to W. Inkley’s questions during sharing time. I also had fun watching him at the Christmas program for his preschool. He is very smart (doesn’t every parent think their kid is the smartest?), knows his lines, grasps what the teacher is teaching, and asks a lot of questions. He seems very happy and likes to interact with the other kids. He often has that smirk on his face when interacting with other kids and adults. Pretty funny to watch.
David:
When I acted out as a kid, my Dad would give me “the look” and I would immediately behave. I don’t have any pictures, but it is so funny when I give this look to David. As I give David the stern look, he stares me down while giving me his own look that says “You think you’re tough? I’ll pound you and everyone else to the ground if you don’t leave me alone!” And he means it.
The kids were opening presents on New Years and I guess the day before they all went to the zoo. David wanted to read the zoo pamphlet at the zoo but Eric and Lisa would not let him. Anyway, one of the gifts was a yearly zoo pass with maps and pamphlets along with it. He grabbed the literature and just took off out of the room. I’m not sure the kids were paying too much attention because they were just excited to open more presents. But we all thought it was funny he disappeared during all the fun and was finally able to read his maps. We later found out he was hiding in a corner in Eric’s room.
Wendy:
What do I say about Wendy—she is amazing. Wendy has been working a lot with contractors this year with our basement. She is able to communicate what we want to these contractors, knows how to tell them no, and understands this stuff well enough to offer alternative solutions that the contractors themselves have not offered. Sometimes I wonder if she knows more about this work than they do. With some of these people, I know she knows more than they do. I wish I was half as good with people as she is
Lisa:
I was flexing in the mirror and Lisa saw me. I said “I bet you don’t know anyone as muscular as me” to which she responded very quickly, “Yes I do, my gym teacher Bruce”.
I took Lisa to a football game a few weeks ago. I had a lot of fun. Lisa wasn’t really interested in figuring it out. I had front row seats, but Lisa kept asking if we could go to the very top row to sit. So, finally I gave in. She kept looking over the edge as we climbed our way to the top. Once at the top she seemed satisfied. I think her favorite part of the whole experience was getting a $.99 corn dog at Dairy Queen before the game.
Eric:
I substituted Eric’s primary class the other day. He has trouble sitting still, but he is the first one to blurt out the answers to W. Inkley’s questions during sharing time. I also had fun watching him at the Christmas program for his preschool. He is very smart (doesn’t every parent think their kid is the smartest?), knows his lines, grasps what the teacher is teaching, and asks a lot of questions. He seems very happy and likes to interact with the other kids. He often has that smirk on his face when interacting with other kids and adults. Pretty funny to watch.
David:
When I acted out as a kid, my Dad would give me “the look” and I would immediately behave. I don’t have any pictures, but it is so funny when I give this look to David. As I give David the stern look, he stares me down while giving me his own look that says “You think you’re tough? I’ll pound you and everyone else to the ground if you don’t leave me alone!” And he means it.
The kids were opening presents on New Years and I guess the day before they all went to the zoo. David wanted to read the zoo pamphlet at the zoo but Eric and Lisa would not let him. Anyway, one of the gifts was a yearly zoo pass with maps and pamphlets along with it. He grabbed the literature and just took off out of the room. I’m not sure the kids were paying too much attention because they were just excited to open more presents. But we all thought it was funny he disappeared during all the fun and was finally able to read his maps. We later found out he was hiding in a corner in Eric’s room.
Wendy:
What do I say about Wendy—she is amazing. Wendy has been working a lot with contractors this year with our basement. She is able to communicate what we want to these contractors, knows how to tell them no, and understands this stuff well enough to offer alternative solutions that the contractors themselves have not offered. Sometimes I wonder if she knows more about this work than they do. With some of these people, I know she knows more than they do. I wish I was half as good with people as she is
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Park City
Last weekend we all got together in Park City to hang out for a couple of days. It was fun to be with the family for a short while. Peter kept us entertained with his comedian bits (Home Depot and INS) and all of his ENT stories. I have never heard anyone use the term "dirt bag" since the 80’s movie Police Academy. It was also funny that Heather, Peter, Wendy and I had all been to Eubank’s institute class. Back when Wendy and I were dating Wendy would comment that she did not care for his class. I would respond that I thought he was entertaining. Heather was telling me how he calculated how much soil I would get in my cube during the millennium. That one was new for me. I always found him interesting but some of his theories are out there. No wonder they didn’t like his class.
Eric and Josh playing cards
Swimming
All the cousins eating dinner
Mom and David Looking Cute
Eric and Josh playing cards
Swimming
All the cousins eating dinner
Mom and David Looking Cute
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Misc Stuff
Favorite Scripture-- I swear I have never read this until recently: Luke 18:1-8.
Priesthood meeting-- In our priesthood meeting at Stake conference a guy gave a great talk on the tree of life in the Book of Mormon. It was an excellent talk, but he kept talking about how we are not doing a good job on selling the benefits of the fruit to our children.
I don't like the word sell. Growing up my Mom and Dad (who I regard as the best parents ever) never tried to "sell" me anything with the gospel. Maybe I will have to expound on this later. Note to self--this should be a topic of conversation at the next family reunion.
Went bowling with Shannon a few days ago -- cousins bowling together:
David loves to be held by Grandma Saundra.
Lisa and Eric with Luggage
Priesthood meeting-- In our priesthood meeting at Stake conference a guy gave a great talk on the tree of life in the Book of Mormon. It was an excellent talk, but he kept talking about how we are not doing a good job on selling the benefits of the fruit to our children.
I don't like the word sell. Growing up my Mom and Dad (who I regard as the best parents ever) never tried to "sell" me anything with the gospel. Maybe I will have to expound on this later. Note to self--this should be a topic of conversation at the next family reunion.
Went bowling with Shannon a few days ago -- cousins bowling together:
David loves to be held by Grandma Saundra.
Lisa and Eric with Luggage
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day Off
Wendy traveled to Phoenix in the afternoon to look at some real estate we are interested in. So, I took the day off to watch everyone. I had been looking forward all week to spending a day just having fun with the kids. So I slept in, then took Lisa to the bus stop. She thinks it’s the coolest thing ever to have me walk her to the bus stop. Side note—Last week Lisa was going on and on about how excited she was to be the “helper” at school on Friday. She even picked out an outfit that she thought would be good to wear as the helper. Anyway, then I came home and asked Eric if he wanted to go to the store. He said yes. On the way out, David had a tantrum because he wanted to go. Going outside is D’s favorite thing, and he bolts out the door and is gone before anyone can catch him if not careful. So I took D and Eric. We went to the Nursery, and then to Lowes. We bought some fertilizer for the grass and some different stuff for our apple and peach trees. Then we went to DI (one of my favorite stores). Then we drove home, unloaded the stuff, took Mom to the airport, then came back, picked Lisa up from the bus stop, went home had lunch. Then we spent all day out in the yard, washed the truck, and fertilized the yard. We all had a lot of fun. Eric helped me turn on the weber water or what ever they call it here. This is amazing for him. He never helps me do anything except wash the car. Lisa said “Dad, I love it when you are here because we do fun stuff.” It was a fun day. Wendy’s flight arrived at 10:00 PM and I got the kids out of bed to go pick her up. It was funny because David was bright eyed and just wanted to play the whole time. He kept me entertained while waiting for Wendy. Lisa was half awake. Eric was sleeping the whole time. But the next day He was confused because he was not sure how mom got home and did not remember going to the airport at all. *************************************************************************************
*****************************************************************************************One week before easter.
***************************************************************************************************************************************************************David will often come up to me and either want a hand shake, a high five, or knuckles. He likes to give Lisa and Eric High-fives.
*****************************************************************************************One week before easter.***************************************************************************************************************************************************************David will often come up to me and either want a hand shake, a high five, or knuckles. He likes to give Lisa and Eric High-fives.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The kids
Stuff the kids have done recently:
Lisa “I’m going to skooch right up next to you.”
Lisa noticing every time I change my shoes or clothes.
Lisa telling me my black shirt and blue pants don’t match.
Lisa trying to pee in Eric’s trash can in the middle of the night.
Lisa obsessed with watching conference in her Pajamas because Bishop Isaacson said “ The best thing about conference is that we can watch it in our PJs.”
Eric frequently asks if he can watch “Squad 51” and “Super Friends” I have the kids convinced 70’s and 80’s television shows are cool. I'm such an awsesome Dad!
If Eric doesn’t want to eat something on his plate “ I don’t love this”
Eric deciding he is going to coach soccer instead of play it. So he gets a chair, sits down, and starts bossing everyone what to do.
Eric spending most of the day in time out.
David following me around on the basketball court with his ball that is bigger than he is.
David giving me high-fives
Lisa and Eric asking David questions like “do you love Batman?” or " Do yopu have a girl friend" and David nodding his head yes. All three thinking it’s the funniest thing ever.
Sunday School Story
Everyplace I have worked, I have associated with coffee drinkers and I admire the energy most of these people have to get things done. I drink too much Coca Cola, consume a lot of sugar, eat red meat, blah, blah, blah. But this is an interesting story.
In Sunday school a couple of weeks ago, our instructor (Roger) told a pretty cool story about the blessings of obeying the word of wisdom. Roger’s grandfather fought in the South Pacific during world war II. While stationed on an island in the pacific, an unknown disease was infecting the American soldiers. The disease was unknown and was extremely contagious. If a soldier started exhibiting symptoms of the disease, they were immediately quarantined. The survival rate inside the quarantine was 0%. Because of the low- or no survival rate, one of the tasks the soldiers performed in the quarantine was to write letters home telling loved ones how they cared for them, clearing up any matters, and to write a final good bye to their families.
The doctors tried desperately to figure out what this disease was. The doctors conducted several experiments, giving some soldiers a certain drug, taking another group and giving them other drugs. The doctors would have some smoke cigars, some drink coffee, and some drink alcohol. Eventually Roger’s grandfather contracted the disease. He was placed into quarantine, wrote his letter home and worked with the doctors to try and cure the disease. The disease eventually progressed, and in desperation the Dr. finally told him to drink coffee X times a day, so he did. After a week he wasn’t getting any worse. Then he started to get better. Finally he recovered and he left the quarantine. Of course after this they started to give everyone coffee. But it didn’t help the other soldiers.
The grandfather thought he was blessed because he obeyed the word of wisdom his whole life. Then he drank coffee as a medicine and it did something to his body that healed him.
Lisa “I’m going to skooch right up next to you.”
Lisa noticing every time I change my shoes or clothes.
Lisa telling me my black shirt and blue pants don’t match.
Lisa trying to pee in Eric’s trash can in the middle of the night.
Lisa obsessed with watching conference in her Pajamas because Bishop Isaacson said “ The best thing about conference is that we can watch it in our PJs.”
Eric frequently asks if he can watch “Squad 51” and “Super Friends” I have the kids convinced 70’s and 80’s television shows are cool. I'm such an awsesome Dad!
If Eric doesn’t want to eat something on his plate “ I don’t love this”
Eric deciding he is going to coach soccer instead of play it. So he gets a chair, sits down, and starts bossing everyone what to do.
Eric spending most of the day in time out.
David following me around on the basketball court with his ball that is bigger than he is.
David giving me high-fives
Lisa and Eric asking David questions like “do you love Batman?” or " Do yopu have a girl friend" and David nodding his head yes. All three thinking it’s the funniest thing ever.
Sunday School Story
Everyplace I have worked, I have associated with coffee drinkers and I admire the energy most of these people have to get things done. I drink too much Coca Cola, consume a lot of sugar, eat red meat, blah, blah, blah. But this is an interesting story.
In Sunday school a couple of weeks ago, our instructor (Roger) told a pretty cool story about the blessings of obeying the word of wisdom. Roger’s grandfather fought in the South Pacific during world war II. While stationed on an island in the pacific, an unknown disease was infecting the American soldiers. The disease was unknown and was extremely contagious. If a soldier started exhibiting symptoms of the disease, they were immediately quarantined. The survival rate inside the quarantine was 0%. Because of the low- or no survival rate, one of the tasks the soldiers performed in the quarantine was to write letters home telling loved ones how they cared for them, clearing up any matters, and to write a final good bye to their families.
The doctors tried desperately to figure out what this disease was. The doctors conducted several experiments, giving some soldiers a certain drug, taking another group and giving them other drugs. The doctors would have some smoke cigars, some drink coffee, and some drink alcohol. Eventually Roger’s grandfather contracted the disease. He was placed into quarantine, wrote his letter home and worked with the doctors to try and cure the disease. The disease eventually progressed, and in desperation the Dr. finally told him to drink coffee X times a day, so he did. After a week he wasn’t getting any worse. Then he started to get better. Finally he recovered and he left the quarantine. Of course after this they started to give everyone coffee. But it didn’t help the other soldiers.
The grandfather thought he was blessed because he obeyed the word of wisdom his whole life. Then he drank coffee as a medicine and it did something to his body that healed him.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
FHE
We decided to let Lisa conduct FHE a couple of weeks ago and we let Eric conduct the week after that. It was funny to watch how they react to different situations.
Lisa
Lisa spent all day making a program. Then, by hand, she copied the program so everyone had their own copy with their own name on it. It was placed in the assigned seat Lisa wanted us to sit in. Lisa conducted, had Eric lead the music, Mom said the prayer, and then Lisa gave a lesson on politeness. The lesson was fine. It had a little participation by Mom and Dad to keep it going in the right direction. Then she had us play a game she made up, and we had treats. It was fun to watch her plan all of this.
Eric
It was Eric’s turn the next week. Lisa made a podium (made out of empty diaper boxes) to stand behind and rest papers on for the lesson. So Eric stands behind the podium, welcomes us, and tells us if we are sitting in the right place. Then he picks the song and leads the song. At this time, Lisa kind of gets an idea of what is going on (that Eric is controlling absolutely everything) and she refuses to participate, folds here arms, and looks irritated. Then Eric announces he is going to say the prayer. After he says the prayer he gives a lesson which really ticks Lisa off because Eric is doing everything. Then he gives about a 30 second lesson on the scriptures. So we all took turns getting behind the podium and sharing our favorite scripture. Lisa still does not want to participate. Then we play a game, which Eric explains, leads, and referees. Then he says the closing prayer. He knows the right way to do things but I was too amused to argue with him.
Lisa
Lisa spent all day making a program. Then, by hand, she copied the program so everyone had their own copy with their own name on it. It was placed in the assigned seat Lisa wanted us to sit in. Lisa conducted, had Eric lead the music, Mom said the prayer, and then Lisa gave a lesson on politeness. The lesson was fine. It had a little participation by Mom and Dad to keep it going in the right direction. Then she had us play a game she made up, and we had treats. It was fun to watch her plan all of this.
Eric
It was Eric’s turn the next week. Lisa made a podium (made out of empty diaper boxes) to stand behind and rest papers on for the lesson. So Eric stands behind the podium, welcomes us, and tells us if we are sitting in the right place. Then he picks the song and leads the song. At this time, Lisa kind of gets an idea of what is going on (that Eric is controlling absolutely everything) and she refuses to participate, folds here arms, and looks irritated. Then Eric announces he is going to say the prayer. After he says the prayer he gives a lesson which really ticks Lisa off because Eric is doing everything. Then he gives about a 30 second lesson on the scriptures. So we all took turns getting behind the podium and sharing our favorite scripture. Lisa still does not want to participate. Then we play a game, which Eric explains, leads, and referees. Then he says the closing prayer. He knows the right way to do things but I was too amused to argue with him.
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