Cat Nap = Late Night!

Cannon used to be our easiest child to get to bed. We'd say - "here is your bottle... Say Good Night!" And he'd run off to his bed happy as ever to be going to sleep.

Not so much anymore. :(

I think he learned it was too much fun to have Mom and Dad all to himself while the other kids went to bed. So now we have the battle to fight! Its difficult to keep him in his bed, so we've resorted back to lying down with him until he falls asleep. He has a mind of his own and is quite stubborn, so its not easy to get him to do what we want. Where did my sweet little child go? Oh yeah, that's right! He turned 2!

Anyway, I digress... I was lying in his bed with him, waiting for him to burrow in and fall asleep. I don't know when he fell asleep, but I did pretty quickly! Doug had to come in and wake me up. I don't think I was asleep longer than 30 minutes, but I was sure comfy! I moved into our bed, but then wouldn't you know it! I couldn't sleep anymore!

So now here I've ruined an early night to bed by getting on the computer and playing around with the design of my blog. So much for extra rest tonight!

HEARTS???

Funny I know... I am not a heart person, but for some reason I like all the hearts on this background. Maybe its the Valentines season. But I think I'll keep it up for a while.

Who would have thought that I'd be all about cutesy hearts? :) Well, I am still not wearing them on a fuzzy sweater.

It is my team's last game tonight. We are on the road, traveling to Yakima to play West Valley. We beat them last time by only 10, but it was one of our higher scoring games and I played all of my girls evenly. I am expecting an even greater lead tonight. My girls have played great this week and they will come out strong tonight again. It's a good ending to our season! And I get free "all you can eat buffet" at miners after the game! Yummy yummy!

Cooper's Cheeks

The first time I saw this little face I cried! What a cutie! I just want to reach into the computer screen and squeeze his cheeks!

I missed the kissable baby cheeks when Cannon was born. He had eczema so bad it was difficult to kiss and snuggle his little face. I love the squishy cheeks and fatty forehead of a baby!

Showers vs. Laundry

I am disappointed because I wrote this blog after the announcement of Allie's new baby. I really believe that Allie's new baby is more important and should hold the top spot of my blog for a few days at least! But I had some funny thoughts this morning and wanted to share them before I forgot about them. In any case this posting is not that important, nor is it that interesting, but you should definitely read the next post about the new baby Cooper.

I am proud this morning because I finished laundry. I really finished... as in, no clean piles of folded or non-folded clothes waiting to be put away, no straggling items of dirty clothes that didn't make it into the wash before I was done. No dirty towels, dirty rags, lone socks... etc.

And then I decided to take a shower. Guess what happens when I take a shower! That is an entire outfit that I have to put in the dirty pile, (a few whites and a few colors) plus a towel!

So I am adding "laundry" to my list of why showers are completely overrated. Don't get me wrong, because I like to be clean. I like my kids to be clean. I like the feeling and smell of clean hair. I like the happy, upbeat, "ready to go" feeling when I have showered and am all ready for the day. I like the comfort a hot shower can give you when you ache and I like the solitude of taking a shower. (Except for the kids banging on the door because all of a sudden they can't live without your presence!)

But it takes so much time and effort to shower! And once you shower, it takes longer to get ready to go anywhere. And now I've realized how much laundry one shower creates! Not to mention the giant amount of water used to shower and do laundry. (I know its really bad that I don't care, but I am not really concerned about the water part). And I am really thankful for washers and dryers. I would NEVER NEVER NEVER finished washing clothes if I had to do it by hand. Disposable clothes would be worth it.

Maybe those Germans got it right. Shower once a week! Save water! Save the environment! Wear the same outfit for days until you do shower! Maybe I should move back to Europe. My sinuses are usually plugged up anyway, so maybe I won't notice the BO.

No, not everybody in Germany is that way, so I don't mean to give offense to anyone.

So I am off to take a shower so I don't have BO. And oh yeah, while I was typing this, Zane peed his pants. So thats almost an entire new load ready to go!

In any case, thanks for reading. Hope I made you chuckle. And check out that cute baby in my next post!

WELCOME COOPER HIATT LARSON!

My sister, Allie, gave birth to a big healthy baby boy early this morning! He weighed 9 lbs, 10 oz! And he measured 21 1/2 inches long! He's going to be a looker!

They almost need a bigger crib for him! :) Congrats Allie and Scott! We are so happy for you!

Picture Tag

This is the second time I've been tagged... in my life... and today! This picture tag is the easier of the two.

This is the 6th picture from my 6th folder, in my 6th folder... (I have quite a filing system for my pictures and did not have photos (just folders) in my 6th picture folder.

I think this is Kyah and Zane playing in a sleeping bag.

Because its not really exciting, here is my 6th photo from my 6th folder from this 2008. ( I don't have 6 folders for 2009 yet).

This is Zane and his cousin Spencer at the pool. They are getting warmed up on the deck. There is nothing better than lying in the warm, dirty puddles!

Kyah's Dictionary

High-ness-ty: [hi - ness- tee]

A mix between "highness" and "majesty."

Example:

Yesterday Doug and I asked Kyah to do something for us. I can't recall what we asked her to do, but after we told her, she bowed low, walked backwards out of the room and said "Yes your Highnessty.

We laughed pretty hard for a few minutes at that one.

So Spicy!

My favorite quote today...

"It's so spicy it makes me want to dance!" -Zane, 4yrs old

WAY TO GO GIRLS!

I just have to quickly brag... my basketball team is 11 and 1! Yeah! We are on our last half of the season. The girls have done a great job... even with my limited coaching! I give them all the credit because I secretly have no idea what I am doing! :) They have a lot of talent and they are doing great!

9 more games to go in the next 3 weeks. Its a long season and we'll all be ready for a break when its over.

Sentimental Thoughts

Today we found out that one of our friends in Utah passed away. We were shocked and so sad to hear this news. He was young and newly married (3 months). Doug spoke with his brother this afternoon on the phone. They thought their phones kept cutting out on each other because they were both crying and couldn't talk.

So tonight I am feeling sentimental. I am contemplating life... life on this earth begins (new babies!) and life on this earth ends (death of a friend). But there is so much joy in the middle of it all, that it is quite worth it. I am thankful for the Gospel and that we can have peace knowing that there is eternal life hereafter. I am happy that Jon was able to find his eternal companion and that although they were on the earth together for a short time, I know that they had joy and they will have joy together again.

I was looking through our photos of Jon and found this one from Halloween in 2005. Doug wore my wedding dress. Jon and our friend Adam were Laurel and Hardy. We have other photos of Jon (singing Karaoke, making a graham cracker house with an explosive icing bag) but I love this one the most.

Our love goes out to Jon's family.

Hug your spouses and kiss your kids and be ever thankful. :)