They're very tasty

Josh got a Laffy Taffy for a girls birthday in his class. Hours after eating it, he says "I really like that. It's very tasty."

You can call them "plums"

We got Brad nerf guns that he has wanted for his birthday. Josh shot me in the chestal region. I said ow and he asked me-"Oh, did I get you in the plums?" I asked if he said plums, and he said "Yeah, you can call them plums" Where did he get that from? My little 5 year old!

Life as a letter carrier

I am really enjoying my mail-lady job lately. There's a few reasons for this--I am getting done in 7 hours, and I get paid for 9 hours. That's $24 an hour! Which is good for me and for Utah Valley. A little perk is that everyone seems to love me. Almost everybody waves when I drive by and I "make peoples day" a lot when I bring them packages or checks. It is also the perfect weather here now. I love to be outside in the sun! This is a big change from when I first started and I wanted to cry every day that I worked and just kept thinking that I couldn't do it. It is a hard job when you first start! The majority of people that I have talked to about it have actually cried. Some double up on their medication for the day. Not kidding. I knew this day would come that I would be faster and it would be worth it, and I am relieved it is finally here. And just a side note--I have the best hubby ever!! I'm a lucky girl.

Tibert the renamed cat

We went to a friends house so the kids could play. They had a new cat named Max. Kaytlynn was paying a lot of attention to the cat, or "catty", so I asked her if she knew the cats name. She said "Tibert". I told her that the cats name was Max. Kaytlynn called that cat Tibert the rest the time. "Tum here, Tibert." "Where'd you doe, Tibert?" "Tibert eat my bot-tle." Aidan, the cats 3 year old owner, told Kaytlynn "His name is not Tibert. His name is Max." Kaytlynn just looked at him like he was crazy, like she does--ignored him, turned around and ran down the hall looking for the cat-"Here, Tibert!" It totally cracked me up. Tibert. Hm. Where did she come up with that name?

More kid comments

Josh-"You're going for a time out, son."

Connor was chewing on something and Brad asked what it was. Connor went to spit it out into Brads hand and said-"It's just boogers, dad."

The kids-and I don't know where they got this from-say "I just farted in my mouth." when they burp. Disgusting, isn't it?

Ha

Josh went to pre-school today and came home with a list of kids in his class so we could send Valentines to school with him on Thursday. I was asking him about each kid in his class. I asked if Josh was friends with Duncan and he said "Duncans just a little guy." I asked about Dallas and Josh said "He's a big guy. And he farts."

What a day!

What an incredible, amazing, awesome day! At Sundance. It was hard getting there. My Jeep is the absolute worst car I have ever driven in the snow. It's rear-wheel drive and it slips and slides and inches very slowly up a not very steep hill. It's bad. It's real bad. So we got to the turnoff to Sundance and it said 4 wheel drive or chains were required to go up. There wasn't a ton of snow yet, so we decided to take our chances. Argh! I kept sliding into the other lane. I would put the brakes on and then the Jeep couldn't get traction and we'd inch slowly up the hill and around the bend, hoping that no car would come up too fast behind us and we wouldn't slide into an oncoming car. Anybody who has been to Sundance knows that the road is narrow and curvy. We couldn't stop to put my chains on because there was no room on the road and I also didn't think we'd be able to even turn the car around and go back down the mountain. So some nice people pulled up beside us when we weren't getting anywhere. We were just stuck on the road. They really couldn't help us, but then a snow plow came! It didn't have enough room to get past, so I had to back up and to the side of the road. After a lot of spinning of the wheels, we got onto the plowed road and still had a rough time. We finally made it up and the lower parking lot was full. I stopped to talk to the parking attendent and couldn't get the darn Jeep to go again! The parking attendent and Greg (My cousin Paiges friend) had to push. We worked together and got the chains on the Jeep so we could drive up to the upper parking lot. After that--pure snowboarding bliss! The powder was amazing. What a good day! I really do love snowboarding. Especially on days like today. Carving down the powdery mountain was like floating. I stepped down in the snow and was up to my butt in powder. Glad I didn't get stuck! So it snowed all day and on the way home I went 10 miles an hour with bunches of cars behind me. It was so worth it!