Dog for a week

We had our friends' dog for a couple of weeks while they were out of town. His name is Copper and he is a good dog. We didn't want to let him go. The kids loved him, but we didn't take enough pictures of him, but here are a couple of Henry and Copper napping together.

Trundle Bed

I have been meaning to make a trundle bed since Henry has graduated from his crib, he has been sleeping on the bean bag, which isn't ideal, so yesterday I went to Lowes and had them precut a bunch of wood and then I put a bunch of screws together and put some wheels under it. This being my first carpentry endeavor I was pretty proud of how it turned out. I was going to paint it yesterday too, but it started to rain, just as I got everything ready, I'll have to do that next week. Luke slept on it last night, and loved it so much he marked it as his territory in a very special way. I won't bore you with the details of how I put it together, but needless to say it was pretty simple. Here are some pictures.

Magical.

Even when you are starving students Magical things can still happen.

My Brother Jack volunteered in Disney's Give a Day Get a Day program and got us all free Disney Park Tickets! Thanks Jackie! My Parents had a time share that was running out that they had to use and we had 2 weeks off in between semesters so it was perfect timing. Thanks Parentals! So we decided to just pack up and go. Then my Mom who hadn't seen her grand kids in too long happened to get two free Southwest tickets the day I told her we were going, so her and Jack were able to fly out. My sister Katherine just graduated from BYU and had some time off to come and also a free ticket to Disney courtesy of Jack. Perfect!

More Magical Things:

I hand the parking guy at Disney a $20 and he says "Want to see a magic trick?" And gives me back the $20 and says, "parking is on us today!" With big friendly smile. What!? That kind of stuff kills me...with joy.

We ran into my cousins, The Murphys, who live in Utah and we had no idea they were going to be there. A very magical moment!

Apparently this is the down time at Disney, right before school gets out. The only line longer than five minutes was Dumbo and Peter Pan. We shot to the front of every line with Fast Passes and by 7pm we had done basically everything.

We were looking for something to do and just happened to go into Philharmagic which looked like it was going to be a really lame 3D version of Fantasia....We were wrong!!! It was one of the most magical things ever. Luke was on the edge of he seat cheering and shouting...Pure Disney JOY!!!

We just happened upon 3 awesome shows One of which was a Dance Party in front of the Castle with All the favorite Disney Characters. At first it looked like just a parade, but then they invited us to come in the street and dance with them. SO FUN!!!!

The best part of course was seeing the kids wide eyed at every moment...I love them.

Magic=Tender Mercies

Disney World

Spring time

It is spring, the perfect weather for anything, Kim recently bought some patio furniture for a steal at a garage sale and it has changed our life, we eat outside whenever possible. The other day we got out the custom made slip n slide Alabama style (Tarp, hose, kid slide, dish soap). We have to take advantage of this weather before it gets too hot.

Hirt Diggity Dogs

I contacted the guy that owns this hot dog drive through, it is closed at the moment, and I might be renting it from him. More details later, but here are some pictures.

Also, note the poll to the right about what I should call it

Happy Birthday Wookey!!!

Yesterday was my sweet Lukey's 4th birthday!

A few things you might not know about Luke:

His nickname is Wookey.

He would rather be in a superhero costume than anything else. We let him wear his costumes anywhere except for Church and pre-school, but he found a way around that. Whatever outfit he is wearing, he'll put on a tie and say he's Bruce Wayne. There was a new lady in Primary and they were all telling her their names, without skipping a beat he introduced himself as Bruce Wayne, the teacher was rather confused. He also wears his Batman t-shirt to soccer and makes sure his teacher calls him by that name.

He sleeps next to his favorite toys. Last night it was the new Lego tractor he got for his birthday, the night before I told him his Eva Robot was tired, the next thing I knew he was fast asleep in his bed with a big blanket around the robot.

Biggest Pet Peeve: When Sammy steals his imaginary Yoshi eggs, or imaginary costumes.

Favorite Word: Poop! hand's down. Yesterday we took him to a fun pizza place for his b-day and I thought I would make his day and gave him a brownie and called it Yoshi poop. He burst into laughter...priceless.

Favorite meal: Waffles! well really any breakfast item. He downs breakfast like no one I've ever seen. 3 waffles is nothin to him.

My favorite thing he says: "It's like super, super awesome" with a huge lisp and dramatic pauses and emphasis.

He LOVES kissing! It's a little out of hand, but it is sweet to randomly get kissed on the arm and be told that you are loved.

We love you Luke, I hope you never stop being a wonderfully sweet weirdo.