was this my idea?

so tomorrow we are leaving for costa rica. i decided it would be a great idea to take our two kids, and meet my sister and her 4 kids (oh yeah, husbands too - but they kind of count as kids anyway). so make that 2 women and 8 kids travelling through central america.

did i mention we leave tomorrow and we have yet to secure any type of lodging?

donations please

a while ago dan was walking into the house and looked over toward the neighbors house to where they have a trailer parked. standing behind the trailer (away from the road, but in plain sight to dan) was one of the guys that lives next door peeing (toward our house so dan got a good view). this is the same guy that we were talking to one sunday afternoon when he was drunk and his fly was wide open.

well the other day, i walked onto our deck in the back yard and i looked over toward the neighbors house (our house is a split level, so the deck is up high and we can see into the neighbors yard) and i saw the little girl who lives there squatting by the side of the house, then get up and pull up her pants.

so, due to the recent activity at the neighbors house, i am taking donations to fix their bathroom, or at least rent one of those porta-potties to put in their yard.

it's just allergies i promise

so last weekend during conference dan was "touched by the spirit" i guess. we were watching tv church, when i looked over and saw dan crying. what was on you might ask? the deseret first credit union commercial.

check it out

anyone up for this concert?

colorado

well, alyssa did a great job summing up our trip to colorado last weekend, but i'll post a few more pictures of our fun weekend.

we went into denver for lunch since we needed some nourishment before driving to eagle. we ended up on a fun pedestrian street and got some burritos at chipotle. i fed eva some of the burrito then opened up some baby food for her. she took a few bites of baby food, then wouldn't open her mouth for it anymore. however, when i offered her some of my burrito, she eagerly opened her mouth. smart girl.

some cool dancing statues in denver
at the huge mothership of rei stores

liz in front of her cute house

eva loving swinging at the park.

tucker bauer burton (or as alyssa likes to call him "tuckahoe" when he is in trouble)

anna and mikey

alyssa at the loaf 'n' jug getting some yucky hot chocolate

a few miles out of eagle we were stopped on the freeway. there were accidents all over the place on the way back to denver. at least we left a few hours before the huge 70-car pileup that apparently caused the freeway to be shut down for about eight hours.

other highlights from the trip (but i don't have pictures since i didn't do a very good job at documenting everything):

• air boxing to "eye of the tiger" on the drive from denver


• the welcoming commitee of anna and mikey and their sidewalk chalk arrows leading us to the house


• guitar hero


• staying up way to late talking


• red velvet cupcakes


• anna dancing and singing to high school musical


• the neighbor kids coming over every ten minutes to play with liz's kids


• sunday night "baby got back" dance party

eva's first plane ride. she did great.

thanks liz, anna, mikey and tucker for a fun weekend!

engrish

jane and stuart brought engrish.com to my attention. i thought this recommended menu was worth a post.

(not-so) bright idea

whoever came up with the idea of that fake plastic easter grass for easter baskets obviously did not have a 2 year old.

but none for the little boy who lives down the lane

another funny thing annie does lately is when i ask her a question to which the answer is "yes", such as "do you want something to drink?" she will sometimes reply "yes sir, yes sir, three bags full."

the way

apparently annie has been learning the song "i am a child of god" in nursery. she loves singing, and lately she has been adapting the song. the other day she was eating some marshmallow maties, and instead of singing "help me find the way..." she was singing "help me find the marshmallows". other adaptations: "help me find the treasure", and "help me find nar" (nar is her cousin xander). if she doen't find "the way", hopefully she'll at least find something else -whatever it may be.