Friday, January 28, 2011

It's A...

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What I Wish I Saw...and What I'm Glad I Never Saw...

For the first time ever, Wyatt went to Brianhead to ski WITHOUT ME on the mountain.  I missed him terribly, and this is what I wish I would have been able to see...



What I'm glad I didn't see was my husband taking off one of the ramps in the snowboard park, looking down and realizing one of his skis was missing, and getting ready for a nasty landing.  In all of our years together skiing, I have barely ever seen Byron fall, let along injure himself.  So I'm glad I didn't see him land on his face and wrist.  From what I understand, there was blood in the snow, and for almost 2 days we thought it might have been broken.  Fortunately its a really bad sprain and he has to keep it in a black S & M corset looking wrist guard.  Oh and I guess there is a small bone in his wrist that has the potential for breaking off later on.  Fun times, fun times!  Poor hubby.  For some reason, he thinks its ok to still go hunting, but that he doesn't have to do the dishes anymore.  Hmmmm, you're not dead, Sweetheart.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Parenting Training; Canine Version

Both Wyatt and Byron are gone for practically the entire weekend.  And as a reward for this, I slept in blissfully until 8:30 AM.  I happily got up and did my morning routine, and could hear the dogs shuffling outside my door, as they usually do when they know that I am awake.  As I came out of the bathroom, however, I could hear Da Vinci, just whining and crying as though he was in absolute pain.  I couldn't possibly imagine what was wrong, but being a fairly old dog (he's almost 13, I think), lots of terrible thoughts ran threw my mind as I rushed out the bedroom door to see what was wrong.  I hurried down the hallways looking through each room, trying to find him.  I called for him, but being the deaf, old man that he is, he couldn't hear me.  Then I found him.  Both Da Vinci and Duke were in the study at the end of the hallway.  Duke was laying on the window bench, a favorite place for both dogs, as they like to look out at the neighborhood and feel the warmth of the sun.  And there sat Da Vinci, sitting next to the window seat, whining at Duke.  Why?  Because Duke wouldn't move over and share the window seat.  Really Da Vinci?  Really?  Here I am running around thinking you've broken a hip or something, and you are throwing a tantrum because Duke won't share the seat.  Was this just the canine version of what my life is to become when this baby is born?  I don't know if I'm ready to handle the human version of this scenario.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Post #2 "Sticks and Dog" Game, the Continuation

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND READ POST #1 BEFORE READING THIS POST.
As the ingenious son of the Mother of the Year, my son designed his own game, while playing "Sticks and Dog."  Here's what you need and to do:

You will need:
  • Sticks
  • String
  • A dog who likes to eat sticks
The boy with too much energy does the following:
Tie the sticks to the string, and leave the sticks out in the middle of the yard.  Take the other end of the string, and hide behind some bushes.  Call for the dog who likes to eat sticks and try to "fish" for him.

What the boy with too much energy doesn't know is that he'll never be successful at this game, because the dog who likes to eat sticks will lose interest and simply start sniffing around the sticks.  However, as ingenious Mother of the Year, do not share this information.  You will be too busy sitting in a lounge chair, this time with a murder mystery book and a Vitamin water, and yes, the boy and the dog will continue to exhaust themselves!

Post #1 "Sticks and Dog" Game

As the ingenious Mother of the Year, I have created the best game ever for my son and dog.  It is called "Sticks and Dog."  Here's what you need and how to play:





You will need:
  • A boy with too much energy
  • A stick
  • A dog who likes to eat sticks
Show the stick to the dog who likes to eat sticks.  Give the stick to the boy with too much energy.  Tell the boy with too much energy to run and do not stop or the dog will eat the stick.

Go sit in a lounge chair in the sun and watch the boy and the dog exhaust themselves.

The End

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Winter Wonderland

Byron and I are definitely off-springs of mild Vegas weather.  We are fair weather people.  But we do love going to visit the snow in Parawon and Brianhead, and being able to come back to lovely Vegas weather.  Its a tradition to head up to Utah after Christmas to play in the snow.  Of course there was skiing involved (except for me, sigh, there's always next season.  Any volunteers for a free vacay and babysitting job?), along with a snowball fight, and the construction of 2 snowmen and a snow fort the size of a four year old boy or a 8 year old dog.  Fun, fun times.  And the great part is we could just drive away from the snow instead of having to shovel it!










Holiday Happenings

Christmas was simple and quick, but I made sure to cherish the little moments, like seeing what Santa brought Christmas morning, and partaking in a Christmas afternoon nap.  Here's some pics!



We're so thankful the Whettens let us come over to see Santa every year.  Its a really big deal that Santa remembers Wyatt every year and likes to talk about how Wyatt was so scared of him 2 years ago!


Saturday, January 15, 2011

Good News and Bad News

I found my camera, in a place it had no earthly reason being!  Now, if only my home computer didn't get a virus and decide to blow up on me...I might be in business!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Seriously, still cannot find my camera.  I'm starting to get sad about this.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Was There a Christmas This Year?

Um, so I'd love to post my Christmas pictures, but I can't find my camera.  Anybody know where I put it?

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