Dad of the Year

At the mall today the kids got ice cream. Jared was sitting next to Corbin and smelled poo. He turned to Corb and said,
"Did you toot?"
Corbin said,
"No, I pooped my pants."
Jared said,
"What?!"
So he took Corbin into the bathroom and cleaned him up. While we did our other shopping he had a pair of dirty underwear in his jeans' pocket.

Then tonight the toilet overflowed which he cleaned up. He came upstairs and said,
"I HATE toilets." The kids are always flushing something down or using too much toilet paper.
I said,
"Honey...."
Jared cut me off with,
"Don't even go into how wonderful I am."
I said,
"You are so wonderful."

Family Home Evening at the Laudromat

Corbin peed on my down comforter last week. I had lofty goals to go to the laundromat to wash it the next day. A week passes....but see I still had my normal king-size comforter to keep me warm. Well, two nights ago Corbin peed on that one too. So it became mandatory to wash my only blankets which means we ended up having Family Home Evening at the laundromat. It was actually kind of fun. We did the story of the birth of Jesus with little figures on popsickle sticks and played a Christmas matching game. I'll always remember our Family Home Evening at the laudromat.

Singing in Sacrament Meeting

In the van driving to church.

Mom "Sing good and loud today in Sacrament Meeting."

Corbin "I just like to hum because opening my mouth makes me tired."

Jared "But don't yell when you sing. Just sing nice."

Asher "Sometimes I just have a little bit of yell in my singing Dad."

Triple Muchacho Kiss

This is what we call the triple muchacho kiss when all the boys give Jared a good night kiss at the same time.

Jared eating salad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Newsflash, just in. During a card game last night Jared Guy Speaks chose salad for a snack instead of junk food. He just might live until he's 35. Stay tuned for more healthy eating choices.

Haircuts

Gavin tried a Mohawk.

But in the end everyone decided to go with Daddy's army doo.

I am still growing my hair out. See how long it is? I am so proud because this is the longest I've ever gotten it. Yeah me.

Fun Breakfast

3-D Movie

We rented Journey to the Center of the Earth to watch in 3-D. It wasn't that great on our small screen but we had fun just being together.

Getting the Christmas Tree

Here is the Alaska terrain. Evergreens everywhere dusted with snow. Isn't it beautiful? Do you think this means it's east to get a live Christmas tree here? Why no it's not. You know how you can get a Christmas tree at your local Wal-Mart or grocery store? Not here. They IMPORT all of their Christmas trees from Oregan. The first place we went was a greenhouse in Eagle River. $100. Enough said. We spent the whole day trying to find a decent priced tree. We finally had to suck it up and spend $60 at Lowes in Anchorage. It's a beautiful tree though. It smells like heaven...well...at least like Pinesol.

Corbin being silly on our long search for a Christmas tree.


Here's the tree before the decorations.




And after! Good job guys!

Mom and Dad still love each other after all of the drama!

Toothfairy Dilemmas

When we lived in Missouri the Toothfairy brought a dollar. Our children would then go to Dollar General and get a sword or something and they thought they had just won the lottery. Then we moved to Alaska. The toothfairy left a dollar. You can't buy a pack of gum for a dollar in Alaska. So then the Toothfairy brought five dollars. There were 2 items at 4 stores you could get for five dollars. So we bought one and it broke as soon as we got in the car.

So the Toothfairy decided that just while we are in Alaska she would bring ten dollars. Oh no. There's nothing you can get for ten dollars that doesn't break the minute you open the package!

The Toothfairy is very resourceful and doesn't easily get discouraged. She is now bringing $5 gift certificates for McDonalds which is great. At least the children get a meal with their junk toy that breaks in a day.

Here's Gavin who just lost another one.

10 Degrees

It's 10 degees in Alaska so what do Karen Melander and I decide to do? Take the kids out for ice cream! Yes!
Carter and Corbin.


Jake in his coat walking outside with his ice cream cone. Doesn't this picture just make you want one too?

Quilting

My first finished quilting project. I am only a little proud. :o)

Remembering Corbin's picture taking

So we're at the vet and they FORGOT about us! We waited 45 minutes in the little room and I didn't bring anything for Corbin to do. I have to say he did an exceptional job. I let him take pictures to pass the time. Here they are for him to remember when he's 25.
The door stop. Always a classic.

My feet.

Our cat in his box. Can you tell?

So close to a full shot.

Here we go! A full shot of me!