Tysen had his first soccer game last weekend. He had so much fun! Most of the kids on his team are new to soccer and the team they played in their first game has had all those kids together for 3 seasons so pretty much they got slaughtered. But he came home and told Grandma Day that they won! His coach tells them if they had fun then they won.
Good Game Everyone!
Tysen's chasing him down!
Warming up
I couldn't help myself - I had to play around with the effects and it was fun.
Here's what's bugging me (this is the short list)
1. If you're dropping you kid off at school and there is any reason whatsoever for you to put your car into park, undo your seatbelt, turn the vehicle off, take your keys out, and leave the vehicle, then for the love of everything holy just pull into a parking space and don't block the drop off area for the other 87 parents with kids who need to go to school this morning as well.
2. If you own or run a small business, don't bring a years worth of accounting work into your accountant's office THREE DAYS BEFORE THE DEADLINE!!!! You've had since December 31st of last year to get this stuff into us - I'm pretty sure you can find time in the 9.5 months before the extension deadline to pull together your info and bring it in. Especially sine our office has been calling you EVERY WEEK SINCE FEBRUARY!!!! And please don't try to placate me by apologizing when it's clear you do this every single year.
3. If you are LDS, please don't assume everyone in the world you come into contact with needs to be and will be converted by you personally. I have a coworker who is not LDS, has never had the discussions, and has no real interest in religion whatsoever. Neither does her family. Her oldest child received as a wedding gift from a friend a big huge matted piece containing the words "Families are Forever" and a copy of the Proclamation to the Family and a picture of Christ. It was very nice, but really? They have no use for this item! It's now in my living room because they didn't know what to do with it. And, not to be picky, but according to our doctrine, their family won't actually be forever if they're not sealed in the Temple so that phraseology doesn't even apply to this couple! Seriously! Just give them a Book of Mormon if you want to share with them but that huge thing for a wedding gift? Just don't.
Last night I was downstairs getting Audrey's nighttime bottle ready and Toby was upstairs in the bedroom watching TV and he had Audrey with him. Tysen was in bed reading. I hear Tysen yell "hey dad! are you missing something?" and Toby said "yeah, I guess so" and Tysen said "does it have 2 legs". Apparently Audrey had escaped from Toby and crawled into Tysen's room. I thought he was just funny the way he said that!
Here's another thing he did a few weeks ago. Sometimes when he has a bad dream Tysen will come in and sleep on our floor. Usually it's the middle of the night if he comes in, but one night he came in at like 10:30 and we weren't asleep yet. He laid down on the floor where he usually does and he'd been quiet for a few minutes. I thought he was asleep and Toby and I were ready to go to sleep too and I said to Toby "goodnight, I love you" and Tysen groggily replies "love you too mom". We just chuckled that he was still half awake and listening.
Last night we're laying in bed channel surfing and there was absolutely nothing on. So Toby stopped on GSN because who doesn't love a good rerun of a 70's game show? So we're watching some random cheese-tastic show called "Double Dare" (not the Nickelodeon version) and the host looks vaguely familiar in his 70's fro and thick moustache and grey bell-bottomed suit.
I was thinking it was the guy from the old TGIF show Step By Step - you know the "modernized" Brady Bunch show that lasted WAY too many seasons and has Suzanne Sommers in it of all people? Anyone remember that? So I thought it was the guy from that show and Toby was like, no, that's Alex Trebek from Jeopardy. We argued the point during the commercial and it turned out it was in fact Alex Trebek.
Now, Toby doesn't often win arguments in our house, especially ones involving anything remotely pop culture related. He leaped on top of the mattress and proceeded into an embarrassing display of victory dancing and singing. This went on for a solid 3-4 minutes. I was crying I was laughing so hard. Maybe I should let him be right more often - apparently it's entertaining!
8 things I am passionate about:
1. Toby
2. Tysen
3. Audrey
4. My Family (other than the aforementioned members)
5. The Gospel
6. Honesty (you'd be surprised how many cheaters there are in the world)
7. Being a good mother
8. Having fun with my kids
8 words or phrases that I say often:
1. I love you!
2. What's the baby eating off the floor?
3. Baber (in reference to Audrey)
4. Tysen, stop doing headstands!
5. What the H? (I actually say "H" not the word, mom)
6. Is it bedtime yet?
7. You've got to be kidding me!
8. What's for dinner?
8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Lose 50 pounds
2. See Tysen serve a mission
3. See my kids get married in the Temple
4. Make a million dollars (in one year without winning the lottery)
5. Get my CPA license
6. Retire at a reasonable age to spend more time with Toby (that million $ would really help)
7. Move back to Utah (eventually)
8. Right any past wrongdoing I haven't already rectified
8 things I have learned from my past:
1. Heavenly Father is always in charge - and knows what's best for us
2. Paying tithing will always benefit you
3. My mother is the most amazing person on this earth
4. Be close to your family - friends tend to disappear
5. Don't burn bridges
6. Don't judge people just because you don't agree with their lives or decisions - try to see things from their point of view
7. No one can tell you how to raise your kids
8. Be honest ALL THE TIME
8 Places I would love to go or see:
1. Washington DC again
2. Alaskan cruise
3. New York City
4. Any and every amusement park with big roller coasters
5. Church history tour
6. Atlanta (for the millionth time)
7. Sherm's beach house in Florida
8. A spa
8 things I currently need or want:
1. A housekeeper
2. A chef
3. A personal shopper
4. A trainer
5. A diaper-changer
6. Ambition to do all these things myself
7. A raise
8. Toby to get a raise
8 people I tag:
1. Rebecca
2. Darcy
3. Janey
4. Jodie
5. Sara
6. Shannon
7. Mary
8. Joanna
In keeping with my sister's theme of nerdiness I thought I would share a couple of stories about my exceeding dorkiness.
The first story happened a few years ago when I worked at my old firm in Provo (quick shout-out to Richards & Duckworth). I was working on a project with my friend/coworker, Heidi. We had been working on this client for a while and their QuickBooks file was a disaster because the in-house accountant though it was necessary to have ten million expense accounts and each of them had 5 million subaccounts. So it was taking us forever to go thru their general ledger. We were getting frustrated at all the extra work the other accountant had made for us by adding all these unnecessary accounts. And then we came across the motherload of useless accounts. It was under an account called "other" then the sub account was "other" and the account was called "other non-food items". Other:Other:Other non-food items. What kind of craziness is that? We just started cracking up. I'm sure you had to be there but it was hilarious!
The second story happened just last week at work. The whole firm eats lunch together each day in the conference room so we can go over any issues anyone is having, or so we can gossip about clients, whichever is more useful that day. So something came up about Batman at lunch and I said "Does Bruce Wayne file form 2106 for unreimbursed business expenses for mileage on the Batmobile?" It was hilarious - you may have to do tax work to think that's funny, but it totally is! And then we started into an amusing discussion about if Batman's expenses would go on his personal tax return at all or if they should be charitable contributions on Wayne Enterprises' tax return. Is the Batmobile being depreciated properly? I'm laughing right now - it was so funny!
When I come home and tell Toby my goofy stories, I think he might be a little ashamed of me. And I totally don't care!
I am officially a soccer mom. It's a little disconcerting. Tysen had his first soccer practice on Wednesday. Toby had a football game and so I had to take Audrey with me too. So here I am with my 5 year old hauling his soccer ball and water bottle down to the field and me pushing the baby in the stroller to watch practice. How uncomfortably normal is that?
I have always thought of myself as being a little unconventional. I am just slightly outside the proverbial box, so to speak. So being a soccer mom with 2 kids is just a little mainstream for me. Thank goodness there wasn't a minivan involved - I have close friends (April & Mason) who may have disowned me! I loved seeing Tysen out there having a good time with the other kids. He had a blast! So it will be fine and he will enjoy it, I'm sure. I just have to get past my own perceptions of myself, try to fit in, and possibly become a little more "normal" - perish the thought. Wish me luck!
Over the past few months that I've been blogging I've been able to reconnect with some old friends which is fun. Some people have found my blog and I've been able to come across some of yours. I love it! If you visit my blog and your name is not on my list, please leave me a comment. And if your profile isn't set up so I can get to your blog by clicking on your name when you comment, please, please leave the link to your blog in the comment as well. I love it when people visit my site and I click on all my links to check out everyone else's blogs at least 3-4 times a week! I know, I have too much time on my hands, but that's another issue. So keep visiting my blog and let me know how to find yours!
