Get Your 5 Cents Worth: August 2008

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Proofs

Our photographer, Richard Link sent us the proofs of our pictures we took. He'll do some work in photoshop on them before they are printed. I'm not posting our family pic on here because he will have A LOT of photoshopping to do on that one! ;) It seems like we can't all smile at the same time AND have all of our eyes open. But he is a genius at photoshopping so I am sure they will turn out great. I hope that you get a kick out of them as much as I do. -Laurel

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Amber Waves of Grain

The big thing here is to have a family protrait taken in a wheat field. I am trading a photographer some artwork in exchange for our family pic. Last night we went and took the pictures. We made a path in the wheat and then Zack got stuck in it. :) These were some outtakes I snapped but the real pics will be forthcoming. You can double click on the images to make them bigger.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Enjoying the last days of summer

Today the kids and I went to the river that's about 45 min away. The last few times we have gone, we have caught little fish by hand and brought them home to live in our little pond. Today was no exception. The kids had a blast!

Silly boy

Zack recently painted his first painting. I am so proud!

At dinner Zack cracks us up by clenching his fists and jaw and shaking. Johnny decided to get in on the act last night.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Here's some recent pics. We went to a river and even though it was cloudy Zack had a good time. Then he got his first haircut. The last pic is of the kids in a wheat field about a month ago. Now the fields are golden. You can see Johnny in the background walking down the mountain.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Why a Blog

Living so far from family I've realized that the internet is a great way to keep in touch. The whole idea of having a blog seems pretty weird to me but I've noticed that I am more up to date on what is going on with those of our friends and famliy that have a blog. So, to keep in touch better I've created this blog. I will try not to fill it with lots of boring info. but I know that could very well happen and so I apologize in advance. :) I'll try to keep it entertaining. Love, Laurel

Quotables

Zack: "Mom, when I grow up, I am going to be an indian."
Laurel: "Oh really?"
Zack: "Yeah, and I'm going to wear those funny shorts that indians wear."

At dinner the girls were commenting on the upcoming events their schools were holding for Earth Day. Zack remarked that he had some big plans for when it was Neptune Day soon.

Our family eats fresh salsa daily. We are addicted. Zack and I recently started eating more mild salsa than everyone else. Zack calls it "warm" salsa, since it is not as hot. We were out of warm salsa today. Zack wanted me to put the hotter salsa in the empty container that used to hold the mild kind. He was convinced that if it was in the right container, it would turn mild, like by magic. When I informed him that it would not work that way, he said, "let's just try it and see."

Zack after hearing the word "chase" on tv:

"Chase? I have a friend named Chase."

Jeremy: "Oh yeah?"

Zack: "Yeah, he's from Saturn."

Jeremy: "From Saturn?"

Zack: "Yeah, his family is from Saturn and our family is from Earth."

This Sunday at church, Jeremy gave the opening prayer. As soon as he finished, and as he was walking down off the stand, Zack yelled out from our pew, "DAD YOU DID AWESOME AT THAT!" It took awhile for the congregation to regain their composure from laughing.

Zack has an amazing memory. Last Christmas our church stake put on a nativity showing. While there, the kids had a chance to dress up and take pictures in a real nativity. (Zack was a sheep.) This week, we attended stake conference in the same building that the nativities were held in. On the way there, Zack asked, "Do I have to dress like a sheep?" It took us awhile to figure out what he was talking about.

Recently Jeremy and I went on a date to go get hot chocolate and do some shopping. When we came home, Zack asked if we went to the "new Walmart." I told him no, that we went to get some hot chocolate at a hot chocolate store. To which he exclaimed, "Wow, you must have been really thirsty!"

While sitting during a quiet time in church Zack affectionately gave Laurel a kiss. When Clara asked for one too, he yelled for all to hear, "No, you're too icky!"

Zack loves space guys. Today he told me that he really likes "Fuzz" Lightyear from Toy Story.

After seeing Zack's messy room Jeremy asked him, "Zack, did bad guys break into your room and set a bomb off?"

While Laurel and Clara were reading a book, Zack came up to them and out of the blue announced, "Mom, screwdrivers are totally awesome!"

Clara: "I'm thirsty. Zack is too." Zack: "I'm not two! I'm three!"

Zack: "When I'm a teenager I'm going to learn some things so I can poop in the potty."

Zack spied a school bus in a parking lot, "Mom, kids ride that bus." To which I replied, "Yes, and are you a kid?" Zack-

"No, I'm a machine."

Zack is very concerned with what day of the week it is. Last Monday when he asked Laurel what day it was she replied, "Monday.," to which he said, "Oh Wow!"

On Sunday Hayley asked, "Zack, what day of the week is it?" He responded, "Poop-day!" (Great)

While having a snack afterschool Clara declared, "I'm glad that I'm not a bird, and don't have to eat with rocks in my gizzard!"