Please..I'll do anything!

Carter wanted to invite a friend over to play today.  We called a few neighbors , but it seems to be a bad day for playmates.  Oh well.  I moved onto something else.  A little while later Carter came into the office holding the phone book and the phone.  He opened it to the yellow pages and said,  "Here.  Try some of these guys!"  I laughed. He cried. Poor guy.  I'm gonna go play with him.  

Stop! "Cammer" time!

Any MC Hammer fans out there?  :)

Camdon's basketball team won their first tourney game last night so they move up in the bracket.  This was very unexpected, because, let's face it....they stink.  They only won one game all season, BUT, Camdon had a great game last night.  The leading point guard is out for the rest of the season and I think it must've given all the kids some extra confidence in their own abilities.  We play again Friday night.  

AND we got the letter last night announcing Camdon's acceptance into the National Honor Society (who knew they had this at the fifth grade level?  Not me).  Anyway, there's a whole induction ceremony Friday March 6th.  I think they make a pretty big deal of it.  College scholarships, here we come!  Heaven knows he'll need it!  

I hear ya, Ralphie!

If you love the movie A Christmas Story like I do than you'll appreciate this.  You know when Ralphie gets his theme back from Miss Shields?  The theme he was so sure was going to earn him an A+++++ AND his red ryder gun?  Then he gets it back and he sees his grade....C+ oh no!  

That was me yesterday when I got my first test back.  "C+?  Oh No!"  How did this happen?  I was so sure that poly sci would be the easy class.  I was crabby all day about it.  Then my cousin decided to tell me she got a 90% on her US History test and although my mom would be so dang proud Leslie, I'm so dang annoyed.  Why am I an idiot? 

 Camdon assured me that a C+ was average and my good friend reminded me that it's not a bad grade considering my world last week.  My husband was deathly ill and I missed the review.  The stake threw a giant crater and it hit the primary hard.  I lost all of my teachers (I'm over junior primary).  I'm a mom of three busy boys.  Blah blah.  I know she was just trying to make me feel better, but it didn't work.  A "C"?  I'm not happy about that at all.  Being a student was sure a lot easier 11 years ago before I had three boys and a house and a calling in the primary presidency.  Leslie, what's your secret?  

Oh, and Justin has an appointment with the Stake President tonight.  Dun. Dun. Dun.  I knew it!

P.S. I think I'll shoot my eye out!

Special Olympics

I was going to keep this little story to myself, because even though it's pretty funny, I thought it would embarrass Camdon. BUT, he has his own little blog and HE posted first. So, I figure that opens the door for me. Here ya go:

The special Olympics took place in Idaho this year. Justin took Camdon boarding on his birthday, and the races were going on. The coach lift was closed to the public for the races, so Cam had to go on a different lift than he was used to. He made a run or two without too much trouble, but on the third run, he ate it. As he was lying there in the snow, he was passed by a special Olympian from Sweden. The guy totally laughed at him. He got laughed at by the special Olympics!!! This is funny to me for so many reasons. I know that sounds like I'm a mean mom. But, I think it's good to be served a piece of humble pie every now and again.

Here's a kid who sits at the top of his class, he goes to Gifted and Talented (GAT), he's nominated for the National Honor Society...yada yada yada. He's popular and a natural leader. So, it'll do him some good to be at the bottom for a change. You'll never learn compassion for others if you don't fail every now and again. Think of the confidence booster it must've been for this guy to be able to whiz by and laugh at someone else's struggle for a change.

Justin on morphine is freakin' funny!

So, we've had a touch of the bug at our house.  Its gross and annoying, to be sure, but we can handle it.  Well, some of us can handle it.  When Justin gets sick, he really gets sick! Every couple of years, he ends up in the E.R.  because his reaction to the bug is so violent.  He becomes so dehydrated, that his blood turns to sludge and his kidneys can't process anything anymore.  Last night was no different. 

It started at around ten.  Vomiting. Diareah.  Every fifteen minutes.  It lasted well into the night and I remember saying to him, "Let me know when you're ready?"

"For What?"

 Ha Ha Ha.  For what?  The E.R. He can't recover on his own.  Last time he needed four bags of fluids before they'd release him.  Anyway, long story short, he finally caved at about 6:30 this morning.  I had been feeding him ice chips since 4:30, but he was in such a bad way.  

He was put on morphine when we got there and let me tell you, it was hilarious!  Usually Justin is a calm, mature, too serious for his own good kinda guy.  Hardly utters a word.  Put a little morphine in him and he becomes the town gossip.  This guy was chattin' up his nurse, crackin' jokes, and even saying things too inappropriate for the family blog.  I was cracking up!  

I had no choice but to leave Camdon home from school to look after Carter, so I stepped out of the room to call home.  During the time I was gone, they had taken him in for an abdominal X-Ray.  When I got back he said to me, in the most serious, hurtful voice.  "I tried to talk to that other nurse, but she was all business."  Bah ha ha ha....are you serious??!!  This is so ironic.  Usually it's the other way around.  I was laughing so hard!  Probably the complete lack of sleep had something to do with it, but it was entertaining to see him this way.  He'd be a funny drunk!  

Anyway, he messed up his kidneys so he's on some antibiotics and has been sleeping all day.  Poor guy.  I'm sure when he wakes up he'll be lucid again.  Oh well.  It was funny while it lasted.  

Laptop guy...out, #80...you're in

As I said before, my poly sci class is horribly boring.  So, I look for fun ways to get through the hour and 15 minutes.  Laptop guy was good for a while, until I discovered there was football player in the class.  Now I sit by #80 on the football team.  Here's why:

For those of you who don't know, my nine year old bleeds blue and orange!  He is in the running for the biggest BSU fan of all time.   So, sitting next to #80 is to me, neither here nor there.  But, to Jamon, sitting next to a real life Bronco is the equivalent of sitting next to Brad Pitt!  So, maybe I'll get to know him a little and then ask for his autograph. I'll be my son's hero!  

Change is a comin'

Okay, so they announced in church today that they were "making some changes to the stake". Luckily Justin sits in bishopric meetings, so he gets to be privy to a little more info than the rest of us. He's not telling me much, but I am speculating that by this time next week I will no longer have my calling! Woo Hoo! Yay! Yippee!

Birthday Bash

Carter turned five yesterday.  As soon as he woke up, he announced : "the birthday boy's awake!"

He was just a little excited.....

We went to Camdon's basketball game in the morning and then Justin ordered pizza while I made a sweet treasure chest cake and got ready for the party.  He had a few friends over to the play the Wii and open presents. 

He was beaming all day.  My friends from the restaurant sent him a card and in it was a gift card to McDonalds.  What's better than that if you're five??!!  Not much.  

Happy Birthday buddy!

Carter on why he should get to come to college with his mom

 "I'll pay 'em all my bucks."

I love soup

So, my mom makes the meanest pot of soup you'll ever eat.  I LOVE it when she makes soup! She makes a whole huge pot of it and then her and my dad eat off of it all week.  It's perfect for winter because her soups are warm and hearty.  And really, if you're eating it all week, that's like a $10 grocery bill for the week.  I would like to be able to do that.  

I have two problems...

 1)  My family doesn't really like soup.  They humor me for one meal, but if I made them eat it five nights a week, Id have a revolution on my hands. 

2) I'm not very good at it.  I guess I just need practice, but then I'm back to problem number one.  

So, I'm asking if any of you have really good soup recipes that even tiny, picky eaters love?  I'd appreciate it if you'd share.  Especially if any of you have a chicken tortilla soup recipe.  Yummo!