Hot Diggity Dog

I have forever, for all my 33 years of life, HATED

h o t d o g s

YUCK! I am very sensitive to smells and from the time I was a little kid the smell of hot dogs cooking made me want to puke. We rarely eat them at our house for that reason. I have tried several times throughout my life to eat one. Like the time I was at youth conference and we spent all day doing a service project. I was starving and all they had for dinner that night was hot dogs. I couldn't even get one bite down I was gagging so bad. Or there was the time Steve and I took the kids camping and they had hot dogs for dinner and I had a PB&J sandwich. That was the first time a hot dog even looked slightly appealing to me. I took one bite and it quickly lost it's appeal. So when Steve came home in the middle of the day today to cook hot dogs on the grill for him and the kids for lunch, I figured I would make a sandwich or eat some soup. But for some very odd reason I decided I wanted a hot dog. I kept trying to suppress the urge because I knew I wouldn't make it past one bite. But I couldn't. I just wanted it. And I ate it. The whole thing. This is a big deal for me. This is the

VERY FIRST

hot dog I have ever eaten. EVER. It was alright. No gagging.

WEIRD.

Monday Morning Musings

What's going through my mind this morning?

When they make socks, why do they put the seam at the toes on the inside so it rubs against your feet? Wouldn't it be better to do it so the seam faces out and the smooth part is against your foot?

I still can't believe I made it through my first Harry Potter movie without falling asleep. It kind of made me want to read the books.

Oh yeah. That's why I don't play video games with Zac. He doesn't even give me a chance to figure out how to move before he shoots me down and laughs his evil laugh.

The most fun food to eat ever is Pull-'N-Peel Twizzlers. You can braid them, knot one strand over and over, just bite into one big chunk, smush one strand up into a ball, eat one strand like a worm, roll a line of three strands up, the possibilities are endless. I probably ate too many this weekend.

I wonder how long Emily is going to be scared. We let her watch the Michael Jackson Thriller video last night and she wouldn't go to sleep and she woke up and came into our bedroom twice. Right now she is sitting beside me because she can't be alone. Aubrey on the other hand wasn't fazed by it.

So that's what Michael Jackson used to look like.

Now that the Tour de France is over I won't be falling asleep every night with tales of the peloton and blood doping playing in the background.

Thrilling I know.

What's going through your mind?

Little Late Over Ladies

Aubrey & Maddy and Rylee & Emily making pizza

Aubrey & Maddy and Rylee & Emily eating pizza
Last night I let the girls have a late over. If you don't know what a late over is, it is a sleep over minus the sleeping over. They made pizza for dinner and played dress up and watched movies. They had so much fun.

It's A Family Thang

Steve and Aubrey

Allyson and Emily

Zac

On Thursday we got a babysitter for Addison (thanks D) and took the other kids up the canyon to ride ATV's. We took a little picnic lunch with us. It was so much fun. I have never seen Zac ride his ATV, except up and down our street, and I was very impressed. He was so cute shifting gears and everything. He knew exactly what he was doing. We had a great time.

To see all the pictures click here to view our summer album.

Flashback Friday - Little Zac

I just sent my little Zac off to Cub Scout Day Camp. I don't think I can call him little any more though. He is getting to be so grown up. He will be 10 years old in a month. My baby is no longer a baby. It is hard to believe 10 years have gone by already. In 2 years he will be a Deacon and will be passing the sacrament. In 9 years.....here come the tears.....in 9 years, that is less than the amount of years he has been alive, I will be sending him off again. Not for the day but for 2 years. My sweet little boy. He has only been gone for 30 minutes but I miss him already. I love you Zac. You are the bestest boy in the whole world.

Wizard Boy And The Deathly Hallows

A very special thanks goes out to Aunt Lauren and Grandma who stood in line until after 2:oo am on Friday night to get the new Harry Potter book for Zac. He has been deeply involved since he got it.

Some Husbands Bring Their Wives Flowers

Not mine. This is the surprise Steve came home from work with on Friday. My very own ATV so I can go riding with him. We got a babysitter on Saturday and the 2 of us went up the canyon on our ATV's. After I got over the initial freak out helmet induced claustrophobia it was a ton of fun. We drove up pretty high and found a quiet spot with a nice view and all we could hear was the wind blowing and the birds chirping. It was nice. Thanks honey!

Monday Morning Musings

As this new week begins I have all sorts of thoughts going through my mind. Here are a few of them:

♦ I think I will take the kids swimming today. I really hate the first woman who ever shaved her legs.....

♦ I am so glad I took Emily out and bought her earrings on Saturday. Now I have something I can take away as a punishment that she really cares about.....

♦ Yep, my clean house didn't last long at all.....

♦ I keep laughing at what Zac said yesterday. He asked who the youngest girl in my family was. I said it was Lauren. He said, "Really? I thought it was Kristy. She is the smallest". Actually Kristy is the TALLEST of us all, she just happens to be SKINNY. Thanks for the morale boost Zac. He knows I am the oldest, what is he saying???.....

♦ My kids have the same silent belly roll laugh as me when they laugh really hard.....

♦ I wonder if my sinus infection is ever going to go away.....

♦ Why the heck did I buy that Symphony chocolate bar at the store last week. It is not like I am going to eat it. I just want to torture myself and listen to it screaming my name all day everyday.....

♦ Is milk really considered a staple? 'Cause I really don't want to go to the store today.....

What thoughts do you have rolling around in your head today????

Ahhh...Behold The Beauty

We ended our 2 week trip with the Hobbs family by spending one night in Jackson WY and then 3 nights in a cabin in Montana not far from Yellowstone. It was so BEAUTIFUL there. Not to mention that it was probably 20 degrees cooler there than it was in Moab or St. George. The first few pictures were taken when we were in Jackson. Steve and his brother-in-law Steve drove up the day before us because my Steve had a job to finish there. Heather and the kids and I met them there the next night. These pictures were taken where Steve was working. If you look really hard in the background in the pictures where the kids are on the rock you can see Harry's house down there. You know, Harry. Ford. Indiana Jones. Han Solo. One of the houses in the "neighborhood" (more like side of the mountain) was not much larger than my house now and they were only asking 17 million for it. We are thinking about getting it for a summer home. You will have to come visit.



Anyway. We loved Yellowstone. We have been there a dozen or so times before. The last time we went was with Sam before he left for his mission so it reminded me of being there with him. We saw a lot of wild animals, unfortunately (?) we didn't get to see a bear like our guests from Missouri wanted to. But we came close. There was one not far off the road but the park rangers were not letting people stop or even slow down to see. RUDE!



The kids had so much fun at the cabin. Aubrey is my little bug girl and she took her little bug house and the kids helped her catch all kinds of bugs and a ton of butterflies and lady bugs to put in it. In fact, some of them are still alive today. There was also a little creek that ran through the canyon we were in and the kids spent hours catching little minnows and other various water creatures.



If you are looking at the slide show saying- DANG! What does she have 500 pictures on here or what??? Just be thankful. When I downloaded them there was almost 200 but I cut it down to 97 and then went back through several times and cut it down to 59.

It was a very fun trip and I am so glad we were able to go. We had so much fun with Steve and Heather and their family. Thank for coming to visit us and letting us be a part of your family vacation. We miss you!

To view the entire album click here.

Flashback Friday - Life Long Friends

Bart, Kay, Sue, Nick, Jim, Earl, Cheryl

Kristy, Allyson, Farrah, Jessica, Lauren, Katie, Jim

Zac, Sam, Zoe

The reason I chose this photo for my flashback this week is for 2 reasons. It has to do with topics that have come up this week. This is a picture of my family, the Snows and our friends the Hastings. We have been friends with their family for about 100 years or so. Well at least for as long as I can remember. We have pictures that go way back to the time when Farrah and I and Nick and Jim were just wee little ones.

The Hastings youngest daughter Jessica is good friends with my sister Lauren (they are both in the center of the couch in striped shirts). She is on her way back home from college and on her way she stopped to spend the day yesterday and today at my parents house with Lauren. Also my sister Farrah posted a picture of her cute son Gabe with his new haircut given to him by his grandfather and it reminded me of the time Zac got his very first haircut by his grandfather which just happens to have occurred the night this picture was taken.