Seriously, so rude!

Today I went to Walmart to get our food for the week. I only had to take Jack because the others were both at school. Jack decided to make sure it wasn't really easier just taking one kid to the store instead of three by crying a lot and saying, "MOOOOMMMYYYY, MOOOMMYYY," over and over again for 20 minutes. Nice. This actually has nothing to do with what happened in the parking lot but I just thought I'd mention it. While we were putting the food in the car a moving van pulled up the row behind us and an adult couple got out. As they were walking into the store they looked over at us and the guy said, "Hey, some La Grandites. Hi Opie!" in a kind of stupid sounding hick voice. And then he and his lady friend laughed together at how clever they were and went in the store to buy some more smokes. So I said, "Hey, you guys look pretty white trash. You'd fit in just fine here." Okay..... so I didn't say it out loud.... and I didn't come up with it until five minutes after they were gone..... and no offense to the good people of La Grande, most of whom are not white trash. The more I type the words white trash the more offensive it seems. I'm going to stop now. Anyways..... take that moving van people. Don't make fun of my little red haired boy!

Utah Trip, Camping and Throw Up

We went to Utah last month for a family reunion and I'm just getting around to putting the pictures up now. I took a break from blogging..... we both needed some space. The kids had so much fun camping and playing with their cousins. They loved the sandbox, zip line and border line dangerous swing. The swing is actually really fun but I'd be lying if I said no one got hurt. Jack was sick the first two days we were there. He threw up in a Jack in the Box we stopped at for dinner on our drive down. I know what you're thinking...... but he threw up before he ate. We cleaned it up the best we could and quickly left. After two days and two nights of camping we (Sam and I) had had enough and went to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Kimball for a few days. It was fun to see everyone and hopefully we can make it down to Utah every summer.

Penny

I think we might be a little crazy but we got a dog. She's a really nice little puppy and the kids are in love with her. She still doesn't like walking on a leash but hopefully she'll figure it out. They are not very good but here are some pictures. Apparently she likes to hold still for pictures as much as the kids do.

Mud

Anybody want to buy two extremely muddy children?

Fishing

Last weekend our home teacher invited us to go fishing up at Morgan Lake. We got two small fishing rods and decided to give it a try. I really didn't think they would catch anything but not five minutes after Mason threw his line out he caught a fish.......and then the same thing happened for Maddy. Definitely beginners luck. I think the pictures of Mason are funny: First he was very excited about fishing and was having a great time. Next, after catching an actual fish he didn't want that thing to touch him at all. And then finally he decides fish are okay and proudly holds his slimy fish. Maddy caught the biggest fish. I didn't get a picture though because Jack and I spent most of the time sitting in the car. One year olds and big muddy lakes don't really go together well. The kids really seemed to like fishing so we will probably do it again sometime. And yes, we did eat the fish when we got home. Definitely way better than any fish I've ever bought at the store.

Spokane

We went up to Spokane a few weeks ago. There was a really fun park kind of downtown by the river. We rode the merry-go-round, slide down a giant wagon, and Jack chased some geese.