Say What?

Jay took the boys down to Salt Lake City tonight to a Jazz game.  Santa brought tickets and they were happy to have a fun night of basketball.  Jay texted me a picture of William with two of the announcers so I'll have to post it when I get a chance.  Hopefully the Jazz will win and the boys will have fun.

Since it was another sports event for the boys, Tessa and I went out to dinner again.  Again, she chose Apple Spice Bakery.  We shared a salad and she ate a grilled cheese sandwich and two cookies.  I don't know how she stays so skinny - she eats more than her brothers at times. 

On the way home, she was chattering on about wanting to live until the year 9000 so she could set the world record for the oldest person ever.  We laughed about that and then she said that she thought she'd probably die when she was 89.  I told her that everyone dies at some point but most people don't die until they are pretty old so 89 was a fair guess and a nice, long time away. 

Her response?  "Well, I think I won't die until I'm 89.  Unless I'm murdered." 

And I almost drove off the side of the road.

The Blahs

I've got The Blahs.  I often get The Blahs in January.  January is boring and cold and not fun at all.  This year, January is particularly cold.  I think we've had one day above freezing since Christmas and most days top out around 12 degrees.  I always feel like I have a chill.  I want to eat soup all the time. 

The kids are doing well, though.  They play too many video games and watch too much TV but I console myself with the thought that the weather will turn eventually and they will once again be outside.

I have no pictures of the kids because The Blahs prohibit me from doing anything like picking up my camera and attempting to document something like Henry yelling at the Wii because he missed a field goal on Madden 13.

Mexico is looking pretty good right now.

Later, Alligator

Another Pinewood Derby has come and gone. Henry aged out of Cub Scouts and so we just had William at this year. This year's theme was Animals. His offering - an alligator head shaped car that he dubbed Later, Alligator.

 

 

It certainly wasn't the prettiest car around - Jay mentioned that he thought we'd reached a new aesthetic low with our offerings - but it was pretty fast.  He came in third overall and had the single fastest time in a race.  You can see him pointing to the time - 2.9622 seconds.   Jay was pretty excited since our boys cars generally aren't that fast.  Jay credits it to the axle that he bought from the Scout Store on Monday.  I think it's just luck.  I mean, come on - those cars are all within tenths of a second of each other.  The difference between first and last is pretty minimal. 

Still, William was happy.  All the boys seemed to have fun.  They did a good job of cheering for each other.  It was a good night.

Brrrrrr

It has been incredibly cold here.  Like, highs in the single digits (and not 8 or 9 degrees, 4 or 5 degrees) and lows well below zero.  As I type this, at 8:08 pm, it is currently -2 degrees with a projected low of -12.  Say what?

It's also foggy.  And icy.  And I don't ever even want to leave the house.  But school started back last week and as nice as it is to stay home all the time when the weather is not fit for humans, things must be done. 

Tomorrow we start church back at 9 am.  Part of me is happy to have Sunday afternoons free and to be able to set up the Primary room before church starts.  Part of me is dreading having to crack my whip on Sundays to get everyone ready and out the door at a good time.

Especially when it's So. Stinking. Cold.