Yummy in my Tummy!

McDonald's anyone??? The kids had fun this morning enjoying some pancakes with mommy.

So we had some friends over for dinner last night and we were telling some stories about how disgusting we can be. A story happened to pop up in Rach's head about me and my toe nails...
Unfortunately, I'm out of time so I'll continue this tomorrow.

Hope everyone has enjoyed this beautiful day God gave us!

Rock Climbing Kids Eat Hot Wings Despite Anal Leakage

For all of you who read my blog, I apologize for disappointing you with my lack of posts for the past two months. I've either been too busy, lazy, or too malnourished to move my fingers - which usually isn't the case. A lot has happened these past two months that need addressing. But first I'd like to record some things that the kids have been saying/doing so I don't forget.

Go to your room! - Mom & Dad
No! I'm sad. - Lacie and Oz
No! I'm frustrated - Sean

Putting them in their car seat and they are telling us they want to buckle their seat belt themselves.
My seat, my seat - Lacie
I uckle up, I uckle up - Oz

I was playing my guitar belting out my vocals and I look over at Sean in the bath with a big smile on. I stop playing and he says...
That's really nice Dad - Sean
You really like my music? - Dad
Yeah, it's nice - Sean

Can you ask nicely please? - Dad & Mom
drink peesh - Lacie
may have drink please - Oz

Whenever I do something fun with one, the others comes running saying, "my turn, my turn, my turn" A couple nights ago Greg showed me a fun move that he does with Lauren called, body slam! I've only done it with Sean. I don't think Oz and Lace would like it very much right now. Anyway, for a body slam, you hold the child above your head over a couch, yell real loud, BODY SLAM, and letting them go for a nice little free fall.

We've been going through the books of the Bible with Sean and he's up to Ezra/Nehemiah. After 1st and 2nd Corinthians I have to prompt him for Ezra by saying, "And don't forget...", then he says Johnathan instead of Nehemiah. :-) Pretty funny. Oh and he doesn't say, "1st" for all the 1st and 2nd books like Samuel, Kings, and Corinthians. Trying to work on that.

We've been potty training Oz for the past few weeks and have had some recent successes with going number 2 in the potty. Yay! I can't wait to stop wiping butt! We are waiting a couple more months to start with Lacie. She doesn't go in the potty at all right now.

 

I can't think of anymore kids stuff right now. I'll try and remember for later posts.

We watched The Burbs with Eric and Katie from across the street. I started to fall asleep about half way through. It wasn't as funny as I had remembered, but Rach liked it. Katie fell asleep and I think Eric was distracted with his studying for his tests he's been doing. It was still fun watching a movie about neighbors with your neighbors.





This is why I'm glad I go climbing on fake rocks. 



I went rock climbing with Chris (co-worker) this past weekend. It was a lot of fun going with someone as competitive and strong. We found a wall that we could free climb and was so challenging that neither of us were having any luck. Well, I was determined and went for a rock with my foot that was at waist level and ended up ripping my shorts right at the crotch! It's okay though, I made it to the top and I've had the shorts for over 5 years. So I'm okay with it. There was one wall where it had an overhang and pretty much made our legs useless forcing us to hang from one rock to the next. We felt like real rock climbers in that moment... and that's all that matters!

Following the climbing Chris took me to a local place where I ate the hottest wings of my entire life. I think they were as hot or hotter than Native New Yorker's suicide wings. I felt like I was hyperventilating after 3! It didn't matter! With my awesome mental skillz I pushed through the pain like every person learning to ride a unicycle and ate the rest of them as quickly as I possibly could. The pain eventually subsided, at least for a few hours. Then my intestines hated me for the next 18 hours. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhf9U5Wf3Q Needless to say, I'll never be doing that again.

Rachael's involved with another friends business in that she's doing a giveaway for her cookies. Rach said she loves doing giveaways. I'm really glad she's found something she loves to do.

http://eventfulcookiesaz.blogspot.com/

"We love him because he first loved us." - 1John 4:9-10

Poor Brothers Eat Yellow Popcorn While at the Gym

I'm eating Poor Brothers Jalapeno chips right now that I bought from the gas station, and they DO NOT taste like what I'm used to! I think the gas station I go to for snacks gets the reject Poor Brother chips. I wish there was a way for me to grab a chip and not get my hands all greasy. That stuff gets all over the keyboard and mouse! I wonder if I accumulate enough grease on the keyboard and mouse if I'll want to lick it.

I'm such an idiot when it comes to popcorn. I grew up with my Mom and Dad making popcorn the old school way in the popcorn maker while melting the butter on top. So you can tell which piece of popcorn is going to be good if it's yellow with butter. So now whenever I see yellow popcorn I think yummy... but I bite into it and I don't taste any butter! Whaaa! So I keep eating you know, hoping that I'm wrong and I'll get a nice bite, but it never happens! I wish there wasn't yellow popcorn unless it had a bunch of butter on it!

I was at the gym this morning and besides almost fainting twice after doing some squats I noticed something... There was a guy who put an extra 10lb plates on a machine that already had a 25 and 10lb plate on it. He did his workout and when finished he only put away the plates he put on - leaving the other plates on that were already there. What?!?! That's the problem with people today. Everybody does only the bare necessity and doesn't want to do anything extra! I know your thinking why should he clean up somebody elses mess? Sometimes in life to make things right you have to pickup the slack where others have either forgot or decided it wasn't worth it.

It was so cute when I got home from work yesterday. I'm approaching the garage door to the house and out pops Sean, "Daddy?! Oh I missed you! I'm so glad you're home!" How's that for a welcome home?! It gets better... I turn the corner to get in the house and Oz and Lacie start screaming daddy and hugging my legs. I swear, they get any bigger and I'll need to take a defensive stance so they don't knock me over.

Now Working Towards SB1070.1

Holy Cheese Fries! Mmmm that sounds good... I found out yesterday that we get free stuff for giving blood. They give you a number of points each time and you can go to their store to order stuff. I just ordered a pair of movie tickets for me and Billy, I mean Rach *cough* ... Totally Rad!

On a crappy note! I heard yesterday that our immigration bill (SB1070) got neutered by a one Judge, Susan Bolton.  She took out very necessary things that we need to control Mexico's take over of AZ! She might as well have said, policy over law, that we think it may interfere with the priorities of the Obama administration. Can you say legislating from the bench!? Doesn't lady justice wear a blindfold for a reason??? What was taken out you ask?

• The requirement that officers check a person’s immigration status during a lawful stop
• Arrest them if they suspect they are illegal immigrants
• The requirement that immigrants carry their papers at all times

I don't know how many exactly, but a lot of people were leaving AZ for LA or Mexico due to this bill passing. I thought it unfortunate... I mean nobody should have to pick up and leave home due to a new law passing. But one can only wonder what else they were expecting... can't stowaway forever right? I guess we now know why LA was boycotting AZ and didn't like the bill. They don't want more illegal aliens coming their way! And what's with all the aggressive protesting yesterday!? It really scared me to hear that the Sheriffs deputies couldn't handle the protesters and had to retreat back to their building.

Last thing I'm going to say about this is that all the money that's going into fighting over this bill could really be going into the pockets of needy citizens - for both gov's fed and state.

I wonder if she's going to go to ASU? Not unless she pays for it! ;-)

My wife sent me this pic with the caption:

I love you daddy.

That peach looks good...

I started working out again on Wed! Totally Awesome! I feel so buff right now! Like I'm going to grow into Hulk and get all green from the intense nitric oxide flowing through my blood. That's not possible though, because we all know it was a gamma bomb that turned Dr. Bruce Banner into The Hulk. Actually, I really feel very week and sore! Like my boobs and triceps are going to fall off!

I'll leave you with a quote from Charlie from 2.5 men - "Alan, there's something you should know about me. When I say "I understand", it doesn't mean I agree, it doesn't mean I understand, it doesn't even mean I'm listening."

Bitter Sweet Week

It's been a little while... And for good reason people! My life has been so busy and awesome, I knew this blog couldn't handle it!

We visited my parents in Alb. NM over the last weekend which was tons of fun! The drive there was kind of crazy with some intense storms, but due to my complete awesomeness we made it. The parents put us up at a hotel with a built in water park! Good thing too because it rained or sprinkled everyday it seemed like. Going to the water park...

The Zoo...

The Natural History museum...

And we had the grandparents watch the kids so we could go out. I can't find any blasted pics of the kids playing at the grandparents house!

I tried to meet up with Keith while in Alb. but he decided to move to Las Cruces which is too far to drive on such short notice. We'll meet again... someday... On the way home from Alb. we stopped in Payson for a while to soak up as much of the 80 degree weather as we could and also to try and prolong our vacation. We ate at a good BBQ and grill place where the kids had grilled cheese's and peaches. Lacie and Oz ate like cows but Sean wasn't too interested. I think because he knew we were getting ice-cream afterwards. I hate mind readers. Right next store was Scoops. An ice-cream shop where we visited last summer and liked it, so we were glad to be able to visit again and enjoy the creamy goodness that is ice again. Sean almost ate all his but Oz and Lacie didn't want any of theirs. So along with my bowl I shoved their bowls into my mouth too. It's been a long time since I've had that much ice-cream and felt the way I did. Looking back I'd probably do it again which is really the sad part.

There was a very unfortunate event the Tues night before last... we found out from Ali that Ricky Partain had died. I walked into the bedroom after driving home from work to find Rach in tears. I immediately thought the worst. However, nothing could have prepared me for news this bad. I knew Rick for 9 years, since I started going to Trinity Baptist. He was a big influence in my life and helped me with many things. He was always joking and having so much fun with everyone. I mean, he taught me how to catch a fart in my hand and throw it! I wanted to start playing golf, but didn't have any clubs so he gave me my first clubs. They were really old, but nonetheless he was more than willing to give them to me. He knew I stunk at the game, but invited me to play anyway with him Sat mornings. I could go on and on... Say hi to Jesus for me Rick! I'll always miss you!

Pain!

I am sooooooooooooooo sore!!!! My boobies are starting to freak out! My triceps are only allowing me to type and my lats are getting worse! I’m in trouble! I think I pushed myself wayyyy too hard! This’ll be me in no time though right?

I think it’s hilarious how photo shopped the head looks.

No, I'm not gay. This is my wife of whom I'm very in love with!
 
 
Sorry, just felt compelled to offset the picture above. Oh and I'm way better looking in real life than what you see here.
 
 
 
 
 
Sean said, "Look Daddy look, I'm shaking my butt!" as he points to it. hahahahahaha
I watched him turn his back to me and attempt to shake it when really his entire body was shaking all weird.
 
Austin was watching Mickey Mouse and whenever Mickey asked if he could help him do something Austin would say no. Ornery little kid! I guess he's preparing to "just say no".
 
Lacie is really into hitting and throwing her attitude all around when she doesn't want to do something.

McDonald's Has Ring Worm!

Grossssss! We are pretty sure our daughter contracted the ring worm at McDonald's! Clean your play gyms Mc E D's! Geeeez!

Looks like someone took a big bite but she has another on her calf, that looks more connected all the way around.












At least they had fun eating and playing. I hope they don't need medication or feel uncomfortable from it. Sean was at school so Oz and Lacie got some good one on one time with Mommy and some special treats!

So we lost one of our star players to NY, so what! Who needs Amare Stoudemire anyway, right... ?  :'-|  I haven't heard or read what's going on with the Suns with respect to who else we might be picking up.

I guess the running of the bulls happened today and a few dudes got really messed up! I think it would be a rush, but even with my stealth like movements, it's still a death wish.

By Monday afternoon last weekend Rach and I were done! Don't get me wrong, it was an awesome weekend, we were just ready to have some alone time together. So we got a sitter and ate at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant and watched Grown Ups. It was a funny movie, but like every Adam Sandler movie it had it's moments where scenes weren't that funny and you just look at each other like, huh???

Work is getting more stressful. I definitely got 10 new gray hairs just from this morning. I hope the kids are nice to me tonight...