Picture Perfect

It's picture day and this is (hopefully) an idea of what she will look like in her school pictures. Lucy is such a pretty girl! She woke up at 6am this morning and asked if it was time for school pictures- ugh! "No, remember you have afternoon kindergarten in like 6 hours?"
Poor Boyd is sick this week with a yucky cough and fever, so I was sad he had to miss his picture day :(

Ken already put this funny story on facebook, but I'm repeating:

Boyd: In December there's the man who... is kinda fat... and he knows if you're good or bad...
Lucy: Jesus?
Boyd: No!
Lucy: Owen?
Boyd: NO!!!

We could not stop laughing about it! They are so funny! 

Fall time!

The tree in my backyard has just one little patch of red, isn't it cute? Too bad I can't reach it or else I would save them. I'm loving this weather right now... nice and warm during the day and cool at night with the perfect walking- to- the- park- weather in the evening.

I finally got Boyd to wear the new bow tie I made him. I think he looks adorable!

Soup

Creamy Broccoli Soup A La Cami

In a pot I put about a Tb of olive oil with minced garlic and onion powder (you can do a real onion if that's what you're into). I added a can of Chicken Stock, 1 cup of milk, 1/2 a bar of cream cheese (low fat works well), and 1 can of cream of chicken, and of course chopped broccoli. Cook on medium for about 15 min, then whisk in 1/2 pint of cream and 2Tbs of flour to thicken. Stir well to make sure there are no chunky bits. Salt and Pepper to taste, and serve with cheddar cheese on top.

Seriously the best soup I ever made! If only I would have made fresh wheat rolls to go with it, it would have been perfecto!

It took about a half hour of coaxing and bribing to get Boyd to take a bite "It looks gross, I might puke! I don't like the green parts and black spots! I don't like white soup! etc." Once he did take a bite he said "Oh I was just kidding, broccoli soup is really my favorite and I love it the most!" He liked to eat it with a cheese sandwich and even asked for more of both. Silly boy! I am still proud of him not throwing a tantrum or crying, and finally opening his mouth for a bite and admitting that he really did like it.

A cute story: After our bedtime routine last night, I sang the last song and Lucy pretended to be asleep. Daisy went over to Lucy, stroked her hair, gave her a big kiss on the cheek and said "Aw, good night, sweet dreams, Princess!" Lucy still pretended to be asleep, but she had the biggest smile on her face. As Daisy and I were going up the stairs Lucy shouted "Love You Daisy!" Isn't that the cutest thing you ever heard? I LOVE when my kids are so sweet to each other!

Rants, by me.
What else am I going to do when the kids are in bed and the husband is out for a boy's night? I cleaned the house as much as I wanted to, I tried to read but I kept falling asleep because I need a more interesting book, I wanted to work on some crafts but I don't have all the right materials. So, yeah, I'm a little bored am stuck with my own thoughts.

 On friends: All growing up I had usually 1 really good, close friend at a time and then just other acquaintance type friends. That was pretty good with me, mostly because there were so few LDS kids and others with good standards- I was shy and didn't really want to hang out with big groups of trouble making kids anyway. I loved having one good friend to do everything with, and we never had any drama or fights and pretty much everything was understood between us. I am so thankful for those couple of girls in my life and I miss them dearly.

When I came out to BYU, I stayed in the Deseret Towers (V Hall, 7th floor 2000-2001) and it was some of the most fun I've ever had. All of these girls on my floor became instant friends and I felt so comfortable and I really came out of my shell. That was the one and only time I've had a group of really close friends and I loved it. That summer I moved out off campus to an apartment with one of the girls (my awesome roommate Beth!) and after that I was on my own, working 2 jobs and going to school full time for the next year. I had no time for friends and was in my own busy world until I met Ken.

I was back to having 1 great friend and some acquaintances from work and school. That was just how we liked to do everything together just the 2 of us. We had one other couple that we hung out with sometimes and we even moved across the street from them, and had our first kids about the same time, and just really got along until they moved away :(

When I had Lucy, I stopped working and stayed home with the kids and that is when I really missed having friends. I realized that I didn't know how to make friends anymore. It is so different having kids and trying to have any hang out friends, I just felt lost. My crazy shyness was not helping me out, either. I made some effort to meet the women in my ward and in my condo building, I actually called people to invite them for play dates or crafts, but things just never worked out and I lost some confidence. I still don't really know how to make friends or keep them. I don't know how I've gotten so terrible with making conversation or being a part of one.

Anyway, that's what I've been thinking about lately. I've got a lot of awesome people in my neighborhood, I hope they all don't think I'm unfriendly and rude because I've forgotten how to talk to people. I'm working on it, for real, I don't want to be a hermit anymore. I think I need some real buddies and hobbies so I don't end up writing stupid blog entries like this one on my history of friends that is probably really boring if you did end up reading it up to this point, sorry about that. I didn't really mean for it to turn into a sob story about how I have no friends and nobody likes me, but I can't seem to find a real point to it either other than I used to be kind of cool once, now I'm incoherently babbling about how loser-y I am. Maybe some day I'll figure it out, right?

Daisy's hair goes so crazy on the trampoline, it's funny. These kids love playing whenever it is nice weather. I hope we have nice, long fall weather before the super cold comes.

Lucy's such a goof, I love having these 2 girls playing nicely together at least some of the time :)

This is what the Payson temple will look like! What a view that will be from our backyard! The groundbreaking ceremony will be October 8 at 9am. Hooray!

Getting my crafty on

Some of our neighbors got together for a fun craft and these little punkins turned out so cute. I think they just need a bow and we're all set.

Speaking of bows... I think that put me back in craft mode and I ended up making these 2 bow ties last night. It had been a while since I got my sewing machine out, I really missed it. These were super easy and I hope they look cute on Boyd. Bow ties are cool, right?

I can't wait to start up some more projects. Hmmm... what to do next?

Lucy's Art

Lucy draws a ton of pictures everyday, but this is what Lucy drew for me this morning and I thought it was so good! She asked for some help coloring the whole paper blue and I showed her how to go around the edges of her drawings to color around them carefully. She was so meticulous and careful and then talked herself out of flipping out when she messed up a tiny bit... what a good girl! My favorite part is her bird (below the sun) and she was so proud we even had to wake up daddy to show him.
Lucy has such a long time until her afternoon Kindergarten starts. She got all ready this morning, drew pictures, then fell asleep to a cartoon and woke up with a fever so I had to keep her home today, poor thing!

Up Payson Canyon on a little family hike. We love it there!

Carnival

We went to the Payson Onion Days carnival last night. The kids were really excited to be there. We were just going to do a couple of rides and then go home, but since it was 1 ticket per ride night we decided to stay late.

We waited in line for the ferris wheel for so long! We thought it might be the only ride of the night since we got there so late.

Ken and Boyd went on the Zippa ride that goes around and upside down. I can't believe Boyd loved that one so much, it might even be too scary for me.

Boyd was so happy to tell me all about it "we went upside down lots of times!"

Of course we had to go on the Carousel

Daisy kept hitting my hand off her "Don't hold me on the horsey!" Well, carnivals aren't too concerned with safety, I had to.

We made it all the way to closing time, I couldn't believe how the kids just kept going on rides and having fun (much longer than mom). There was just one more ride that Boyd didn't get to go on- they waited in line for so long for the roller coaster and closed it right when they were next in line.

Lucy's haircut

Isn't she a pretty girl? I love her new haircut!