From Liz

These guys from Questar Gas came to switch out our meter. So I unlocked the gate to let them through. They were making a lot of noise while they were doing it and Tori was looking out the front window trying to see. I showed her that she could look out the other window right above them. So she watched them then she told me "mom the one with the hat waived at me!" then a minute later she was so excited telling Danny "There are these two guys and one has a hat and one doesn't and they're handsome, Danny, they're so handsome!"

The TV Monitor

A few weeks ago I was really tired so when I put Cailia down for a nap, I turned on the tv for Xan and fell asleep on the couch. After a little while, Xander woke me up saying "Mom, I'm about to watch too much tv!"

Carter's prayer

I was helping Carter say his prayer tonight and when he paused for my help I saw my chance to help bedtime go smoother, so I whispered to him, "Please help me to be good." So he said, "Please help Mommy to be good."

Baby Name Ideas

A couple of days ago, Kai yelled in to me from the other room where he was playing with Carter, "If we have a boy, we should name him Santa Claus. Carter wants to."
Then Carter piped in,"Yeah, liddoe baby anta cuash" (translation: "little baby Santa Claus"--with Carter lately everything that is at all small is described as "liddoe baby . . .")
Then Kai said, "And if it’s a girl we’ll just name her Mrs. Claus."
I guess that makes our job easier. :)

Kai likes to rock

We were eating lunch and Kai was singing, “Santa Clause is coming to town . . .” then he says, “Mom, let’s rock this house with that song.”
That may have come from the fact that he really loves the Bruce Springsteen version of that song and always asks me to play it again when we hear it on the radio.

Nice Try

Max's latest excuse for doing things he's not supposed to do is, “Well, Ella's teaching me how.”, or “Ella taught me how to.”

Don't You Wish...

We were at a park in St. George today and there was a label on the playground that said “Max systems.” Max said, “It says M-A-X! That must mean it's my park, Mom and Dad!”