While the cats away, the mice will try to become cats all by themselves without daddy noticing. That's how it goes...right?
Flying expedition
Favorite book. He's my book lover.
On our way to Vegas we blew a tire, ate a sit down dinner in Kingman while they attached new tires and then we were on our way.
We stayed at circus circus. You can tell she was thrilled. :) No, really, they loved it. Especially the little shows. We were bummed we got in so late and missed so much. Maybe next time.
In my cousin's back yard there are chickens. And not just any chickens, the ones with the crazy Einstein hair. It's name wasn't Einstein though, it was Ice cream cone.
Learning the tricks of the trade from the master...
Dinosaurs can be found in Utah. It's true.
New best friend. They got to pick out a prize for being so good on the drive up. The drive back was a different story. A messy kind of upchuck and screaming story.
We rode the gondola 9 times that day. By my calculations we were on it for 2 hours and 15 minutes. Not all at once but basically. The guy at the top finally asked us how many times we had been on, on our last tour.
We found some cousins at the park to listen to the band with. Yay cousins!
Apple throwing, it's a skill...
Looking for things...
My cousin gifted us some new costumes! They have been in use since the moment we got home and some, as you have seen way before...
Kitty cat princess.
My husband tricked him into trying his salmon. He is not a fan. Bats don't like salmon apparently.
Went to a concert...
Date night for them, dress up with even more people for us. :)
Helping daddy with the yard work. Oops, I mean, "helping".
Darth does not approve of this meal. :(
Doctor Who. I found him two suit coats at the thrift store for $4 a piece! I know! Some people (my husband) think it is crazy to be preparing for Halloween in June. It's not crazy at all! Plus, look how happy he is.
The other coat. Bonus, I don't have to tell him he can't dress up as someone for church. Score! I love that moonpie joined in. This is probably the longest any sort of tie has stayed on this child and the most dapper he has looked for the duration of church in a long time. Score one for the doctor.
The sonic toothbrush, er, I mean screwdriver...
Toying with the idea of taking a break from facebook. Maybe my break will just be spending less time there. It's going to be hard because I love my friends and sometimes being a stay at home mom can be a bit lonely. The last month or so I have been loving my friends less, and it is because of facebook. The plan is to take a break and actually connect with my friends in real life. Gasp! I know! Because I don't want them to become only a political rant, or a multilevel marketing product and that's kind of what happens on facebook. We become the sum of our posts. When your day to day "interactions" (and I use that word generously) are passively reading a few words and hitting like or getting upset that's no way to live. We forget that we are people I think. Relationships have become disposable. Isn't that sad? You don't agree with me, click, and done. It's because we become so flat, so 2 dimensional. We can't see the common ground. We don't remember all of the reasons we love someone when all we are seeing are angry political rants or links to words someone else wrote day to day. And it's hard, the few times I have opened up on facebook and been really real, someone has called me out and told me I was wrong to feel that way, or I shouldn't share that there. Mixed messages, that facebook. Be you, be authentic but only so long as I agree with what you say. Any one who knows me, knows I despise small talk. Facebook is small talk. Small talk and all of those topics you are told polite people do not to discuss with people in public rolled into one. Gives me whiplash. So, I am going to try to keep up with my photography project. I am going to try to interact with people in real life. (what?!?) I will disagree with people eye to eye and hope that they can see the love I have for them even while having that disagreement, I am going to try to blog in a timely fashion. I will still be posting my pics on instagram user name Kellykubellyboo. I am going to be mulling over what I wish facebook was and then try to be the change. Sounds mystical and wise when I say that. "Be the change you want to see." It's better if you imagine James Earl Jones saying it. Try it. Makes it like a million times more mystical. His voice is so cool. Anyway...
Great things have been happening with my scripture study journal. I recommend it to anyone. It's been unreal how much more worthwhile my meager time spent in the scriptures has become. Really phenomenal. Try it, do it, ask me about it if you want to, I am not shy and I will probably need someone to talk to. More time for that would be a great thing.
Cleaning out my garage...that might happen. You don't know, it could, okay?
So if I seem absent and gone and kind of not present, it's because I am busy being present. I'm an enigma like that.
Also, I have grave concerns about tech neck. That's a thing.
