Sea World

We also spent a fun day at Sea World.

Can you believe a bird pooped on our table while we were eating? (SO close to pooping on our food!)

And who would have guessed I would run into a friend there? I saw Katie (Lewis) Holmstead! I was so excited to spot her in the middle of the Shamu show. So I stalked her down. Can you tell she sat in the soak zone? Wow! I hadn't seen her in like 20 years!

Old Town, Aunt Sally, and Coronado

Tuesday my sister Sally came down to have fun with us. My Kids LOVE their Aunt Sally. She is now 30, but they think she is like 12. When she does anything they double check to make sure she is allowed. "Mom, can she go down there all by herself?" Yep. I think she can make it. We spent one day with her at Old Town and Coronado Island.

The yummy candy shop is always a treat. Jake came down on Vacation with us. This jaw breaker was messy, but lasted him the entire week.

Brandon was picked to dress like a soldier at the Mormon Battalion Center. That was a fun place to visit! The movie tour was so fun to watch. They panned for gold, and all sorts of fun things. I would highly recommend it!

Just proud of my photo work.

All of us together having fun!

Vacation Post from Oceanside Harbor

Oceanside Harbor is one of my favorite beaches. Maybe because there are bathrooms and showers. Maybe because there are life guards. But most likely because I am totally comfortable there. I know it well and went there nearly every day.

Tis is where we spent our entire Monday. It was totally overcast and freezing cold, but we had a blast.

It is always a BIG DEAL if Brandon goes in the water. He can be a chicken, but notice the toes are wet! We were all quite amazed!

He had no idea he grew this beard.

This cutie got cold really fast!

Ainsley spent the whole time boogie boarding. I don't know how she could stand it. And as a side note: We went to Costco that morning and picked up the boogie board.

Ainsley:What's this leash for?

Ryan: You attach it to your ankle so you don't lose the board.

ANKLE! hmmm. He obviously grew up in Utah. I set them straight.

House update!

Most of you know we moved in a little while ago. I thought I would write a little update on the process.

First of all, we were SO stressed about the double move. We had to get a storage unit and put in all of our furniture (except the piano went to my grandmas.) We were staying at her place for about 3 weeks while she was in Utah.

One day Ryan called me and said he wanted to place a complaint against Chase with the OCC. We had just been waiting SO LONG for that lein to be closed and wondered if it ever would. If you know Ryan, he wouldn't just write a letter. He got all of the account numbers, dates, facts. I would have just written an emotionally charged hate mail-type letter. Not Ryan. As he gathered all of his important information, he looked up the previous owners information on the internet with the assessor. No lein. hmmm. Owner before that. hmmm. Lein cleared June 24th! ARE YOU KIDDING??? He was furious. We called the title company, realtor, etc. Oops. Their response? Chases fault for not informing them. Really? Because I kind of thought your job was to research these things. So we finally moved in after an unecessary double move and lots of money down the toilet.

Then, two days after we moved and closed we went to the ward campout. The day after that we went to San Diego for a week. The day after that school started. And here we are! Whew! Finally moving in! I swear I will get some pictures up here soon. :)

CSN review

I hope you all enjoyed that little giveaway a while ago. Well, I am so excited because they asked me to become a "preferred blogger!" That means I get to have a gift certificate, too! With the new house (hopefully) becoming ours soon, there are many things I am excited to buy!

CSN Stores is the place where I can find everything! CSN Stores has over 200 online stores where you can find everything from cookware to toys.

Check out the dining room sets! Pretty much anything you can imagine can be found here. So pretty soon I will let you know what I pick out and let you know about my personal experience with CSN.

And heaven knows I can use some therapeutic shopping these days. :) How about you?

A shot of my life...

This is my life in a storage unit. Blah. I have had so many things to post about lately, but this has been keeping me busy.

We moved out of our house and into a storage unit. Our renters are moving in this weekend, but we are STILL having problems closing on the new house. Some crazy idiot at Chase messed up a second on the house with the previuos owners and we can't close until there is a clear title. Ooops. They didn't notice that small problem until closing day. June 16th. Still waiting!

So we moved into grandmas house for now. We are lucky to have it, but it is so hard not having drawers and space and your own stuff. And kids running around driving you crazy with no friends or neighbors nearby. And Ryan is at Scout Camp.

I think I am going to go crazy.

Hello? Our phone etiquette night

Back in the old days my little sis Sally used to answer the phone with the loudest hello you ever did hear. Then she would ignore the caller and start licking the phone.

Things aren't too different in the Sims' household. Here is a more typical scenario. Ainsley answers. "hello?" Then without another word she drops the phone on the counter or looks for me while the caller is wondering if anyone is still there. She says she is too shy to say "just a minute please." And if Brandon answers (And that is a big IF as he will let the phone ring for hours) he yells, "huh? What? Huh?" Over and over.

So for our family home evening on Monday we decided to have a lesson on phone ettiquette. We went over proper things to say and I brought the 2 cell phones in to use as practice.

This is about how it went.
Ainsley: Hello?
Dad: Hi, can I speak with Brandon please?
Ainsley: I'm sorry, he can't come to the phone, he is taking a dump.

Try again in the midst of laughing and rolling on the floor.

Brandon: Hello?
Mom: Hi can I please speak to your dad?
Brandon: No, he's stuck on the toilet.

hee hee giggle giggle.
With 10 minutes of practice phone calls, at least 95% consisted of bathroom business. Alexa even got in on it.



So here is my question for you today? What makes PooP so funny?