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The new designated reading space in our house. 
 It is portable.

a sign of the times

Late last night Brax was at his cousin's and I was cleaning up the kitchen when I heard Emma laughing upstairs. She was supposed to be in bed.

She came down the stairs with my cell phone. "Mom, I think I'm in trouble." She handed me the phone and tore upstairs and hid in the bathroom.

The texts went something like this...

Brax: "mom, can I stay and watch the last episode??"

me (actually Emma): "tell them you cant"

Brax: "K, on my way"

When he rolled up on his bike a few minutes later, I told him about his sister's antics and said, "you may want to call next time." 

all he said was, "EMMA!!!"

(Em, trying to run away)

Posting this here, because he won't let me post it on Facebook.

He's so cute.

One more week and her peaceful slumber until 10:00 a.m. is going to end.

poor thing.

Our outdoor movie night in Springville showing:   

Megamind! 

"Oh you're a villain all right, just not a super one!"

"Yea - what's the difference?!"

"Presentation!" 

(Enjoy our favorite part!)

 she picked the outfit.
(I love the little tummy. That pajama top is at least 3 sizes to small)

Summer means dancing around in the water and having a glorious time.

How many dishes can two children use in one day anyway? This was clean when I left this morning...

the 5 minute race might take a little longer tonight.

the 5 minute race!

Location: Home

Time: After Work

Status of House: Extremely cluttered

Offenders: Mostly Em, but Brax did his fair share

Set the timer for 5 minutes. You gt the messiest part of the house (for us that's the kitchen). Set the timer and go! If they can clean up a room before you finish the kitchen, they win, if not, you win. Making mom lose is worth cleaning at a break neck speed apparently.  They straightened every room before I finished the kitchen. I lost multiple times.

but, in the end, it was me who really won (don't tell them).

Emma pointing out that she is number one.

Check out these clean rooms. Wow.

Coming up next: Treats and such or fun and fearless. I can't decide.

Family Night.

I say Family Night counts if you are together for at least 15 minutes in the same room and there is no fighting, backbiting or bloodshed. Em thinks it is only family night if we actually GO somewhere, and that only counts if it takes longer than 20 minutes to get there.

Em was in charge and tonight we covered bullying, honesty and language. We hit all the topics within 20 minutes. We are fast.

The scriptures were included! Mosiah 2:17. Family Night Treat?  Emma picked. Moosetrack Ice Cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles, and. a. cherry.  Ice cream is not ice cream without cherries.

To top it all off we watched BOLT. It started at 10:00 p.m. I made it about an hour, Brax didn't even make it that long. Em watched the entire thing on my bed and woke me up when it was over. Go Em!


Whew' one successful Family Night down.

Coming up next? The 5 minute race!