Funny things kids say

I know it has been a few months. We have been busy with Zach and Braxton playing Soccer. Now get to add Jr Jazz to Braxton's schedule
This weekend we have had quite a few funny comments from the kids. Yesterday, one of Braxton's soccer buddies, Jaron, spend the afternoon with us. They were talking about this gray haired old person at the Hockey game the night before. I guess that means I am old. I would probably be 80% or more gray if I did not dye my hair.
Then this morning we were at Casey's parents to visit. And we were talking about a couple that were dating one was 19 and the other person was late twenties. Zach said, "That is gross." I replied, "You can't help who you fall in love with. There is 7 years between your dad and me." To which Braxton said, "You are older than dad?"
I do love the laughter that the kids bring to Casey and my life.

Springtime/Summertime

A couple of weeks ago, I finally got the hummingbird feeders out. I caught this bird feed from one of them.



This year we decided to try growing flowers out front. We pulled out the 2 bushes that were blocking the front windows. I am happy to say that the wildflower seeds that we planted were a success. Hopefully, the pumpkin plants work out as well as the flowers did.

Mother's Day

This year for Mother's Day Casey and I had my siblings and mom come over for lunch. It was a nice day to enjoy each others company on the deck. We did miss Nate and Krystal and their families. Right before we started the main dish, we had a plumbing issue. I am so glad I have a husband that is handy with house repairs. Once that was fixed, we got busy making dutch oven sloppy joes. We had perfect timing because everyone showed up just as it was getting done cooking. After eating, Braxton and Eric's girls were racing from the deck to the back of the yard and back. It was fun watching them.

CF walk

In May, we had the opportunity to do the CF walk for Jordan. The goal for our team was to raise $1,000. We missed the mark but were happy that we made $900. There were about 15 of us that were walking for Jordan. This was the first year we have participated. It was amazing to see how many people were there. One "team" even raised $23,000. We started walking from the MTC park in Ogden and went along the Ogden River Parkway. It was a pretty walk in the trees. We even got to see part of the Dinosaur park. My sister in law and I both wish we lived closer so we could walk it more often.
On our walk, Casey saw the weirdest shoes. There was a girl that had shoes that had individual spaces for each of her toes. She claims that they are really comfortable. I had seen toe socks but never shoes. Very interesting. This was a very worthwhile event that I am sure we will be doing again next year.

Real Salt Lake game

Last night we had to opportunity to go with Braxton's soccer team to the Real Salt Lake game. We were asked to drive some the players so we took 4 of the boys. When you get these guys together away from soccer it is fun to hear the things that they talk about. One of the subjects last night was the type of music everyone liked. One of the kids must have mentioned Rap because all of the sudden I hear, "Rap is just a bunch of African American men with saggy drawers talking about ...." That is all I heard. I leaned over to Casey and asked, "Does that mean Eminem is an African American?" I learn so much new information from these kids, lol.
I will post some pictures later today of our fun adventure.

Karma

I am sitting at the computer today just laughing how life can come and bite you in the butt at times. Years ago, I made a really rude comment to someone I loved. They would have me playing farm on the living room floor. I could never do this task to this person's satisfaction. I have regretted this comment for a very long time even longer than this person has been back in my life. This person now has me playing Farmville on Facebook. At least this time around, I can't be criticized for running my farm incorrectly.

Life Lesson Continued

I was working this morning to get billing out and realized why I was so uptight about Jordan moving in with us. It hit me like a freight train. I was afraid that I would be ignored and my marriage would end up like my first one.
Let me back up a little bit. When I was married the first time, Jim's cousin would come over every night, maybe not every night but it seemed like it. Jim and Robert would sit and talk about farming all night long. Wasn't it enough that they farmed all day? So I eventually got to the point that I just tuned them out. I would hear things once in a while. Mostly in the most inopportune times, just in time for them to insult me to see if I was paying attention. No wonder I had no self esteem once it was all over.
We are just finishing up week 2 and it has not been too bad. I must admit in the first week I had my moments of resenting having an extra person around all the time. This week has been a lot better. And tomorrow is date night. Taggart here we come! We will see what week 3 brings, especially since Casey will be in Idaho fishing.
Isn't it great that we can learn from our past and can make the necessary changes? It may have taken me 15 years to learn this lesson but it sure was worth it.