Dayna, aka....

I saw this on my friend Camille's blog and thought it was fun.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Sam Intrigue
2. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR'S NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Scrap Sun
3. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Lemon Macadamia
4. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) D-Hil
5. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Green Zero (I am not an animal fan)
6. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Zilch Rexburg (zilch meaning I don't have one)
7. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Hilda (hey, that didn't work! That's just old fashioned!)
8. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Navy Zero
9. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Cornelis Boyd
10. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Flirty Skor (Wow, that's scary)
11. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Kay Nil (nil meaning he doesn't have one)
12. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Barger Boise
13. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Fall Daisy
14. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Kiwie Clipie
15. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Energy Bar Maple (usually I have granola, so Granola Maple, that is a true tree hugger name!)

I tag my sisters and my sisters-in law.

'Flour' Power!

It's official, Payton is now a get-into-everything-toddler! I was making sugar cookie dough last night in preparation for FHE and didn't realize I had a helper. She is so sneaky and quiet when in mischief. I had forgotten about that in past 4 years! I think she was proud of herself.

I think I forgot something...

Oh yeah, a bib!

Doesn't the bib look nice and clean? Too bad the child doesn't! Oh, well at least kids and their clothes wash!

Quirkity-Quirk-Quirk

So, I was tagged by my cousin Amber to list 6 quirks. I read her list and my other cousin Jessica's list and I think I have all of their quirks plus some of my own.
1. I am a bookworm: Once I start a book I physically cannot put it down until I am finished. Worse, if I start a series of books I cannot stop until I finish the series.
2. I hate when my rugs are crooked. I have to straighten them.
3. I can't handle it when my kids have runny noses. I have to wipe them before they get crusty.
4. I have to sleep on my left side. I cannot sleep any other way.
5. Also when I sleep, I have to have the blanket over my ears, but not over my face or I get claustrophobic.
6.I type everything. I type lists, letters, lessons, talks, you name it. I don't know why, but I don't feel "finished" until I type up my projects.
These are my quirks, what are yours? I tag my sisters, sister-in-laws and exercise group!

Our baby's growing up!

...And don't anyone say it's time for another one! So, Payton has seemed to grow up so much, so quickly just in the past month since her birthday. She doesn't consistently walk, but I am OK with that. I just don't remember Sydney growing up quite so quickly! Anyway, here are some pictures of our 'big girl'!

I'm irreverent!

This may not be funny to anyone else, but I was literally in tears during Sydney's prayer this evening. I tried so hard not to laugh out loud, but I honestly could not help it! Here's what happened: Syd was saying her bedtime prayers and Brian and I were kneeling with her by her bed. She said the normal stuff and then said, "Please bless us to eat something good like raspberries for breakfast tomorrow. Raspberries are berries and are good for you...." Then she continued on with her prayer, but I missed the rest of it. See, earlier this afternoon a very nice lady in our ward brought us a large container of fresh raspberries. I told Sydney she could have some for breakfast. Ever since school started she has been in 'explanation mode.' She explains everything to us, step by step. It just struck me as funny that she was explaining raspberries to Heavenly Father. Before Brian could say our family prayer I had to stop and compose myself for a few minutes. But, I didn't feel to bad because I could Brian was having a hard time too, but he didn't laugh during his daughter's prayer! At the end of Brian's prayer I was still having a hard time controlling myself so Brian prayed for "Mommy to be reverent!" That did it, I started laughing all over again. Some kind of example I am!

I'm a PTO mom!

I felt old when Syd started school, now I feel ancient! So, my friend is the Co-President in our school's PTO. I told her I'd love to help. It is sad, but only about 10 people showed up for the meeting the first week of school. So, needless to say, I am "helping" a lot more than I thought. I am the chairman of the fundraising committee. Right now I am also THE committee! Scary, but also exciting. We have generated a lot of fun ideas for fundraising, but if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment! I'd love to hear what your schools are doing or what you'd like to see done at school. It is a lot of work, but I really like being involved with Sydney's school. Go Broncos!

School Days!

It is official... I am old! Sydney started kindergarten this year. School actually started on August 25th (26th for Kindergarten), but I have been horrible about blogging lately. Sorry! Anyway, school is going great. Syd loves her class, her teacher, recess and the bus ride home. She doesn't even notice that she is learning. Usually when I ask her what she learned in school, she says nothing, we just played. But, her reading is getting so much better. Yes, she is learning to read! When we read bedtime stories I will point out 3 and 4 letter words and she can sound them out. It is crazy!

I do have one cute story. I know, I share way too many of those! But, here it is: Syd came home from school last week and said they had learned about shapes. I figured she meant triangles, circles and squares; which she already knew. She surprised me by telling me about a hexagon, a rhombus and a parallelogram. She giggles every time she says those 'huge' words. It is so exciting to see her excited about learning!

I hope all of your school kids have teachers as wonderful as Mrs. Francis. She is awesome! Syd loved her the first time she met her.

P.S. The shirt Syd is wearing in the pictures below she calls her "mommy shirt". She thinks she looks like a mom in this shirt. Funny girl!

Jack Johnson in Concert!

Brian got tickets to go see Jack Johnson last Monday in SLC. We drove down Monday afternoon and got to the USANA Amphitheater at about 4:30. I thought that was pretty early-- the doors didn't even open until 5-- but I was wrong! There was already a line when we got there and when the doors opened I was glad we got our pick of seats. The concert didn't start until 7, so we had two hours of waiting, but it was fun (and interesting) to watch the strange array of people that attended the concert. There were two opening bands, one I liked, one I didn't. Jack didn't even play until almost 9pm. So, that gave people 4 hours to get really truly drunk. It was quite a sight! Then, when Jack did start performing, out came the drugs. I have no idea what people in the pit were smoking, but it definitely wasn't a cigarette. So sad! But, even with all the crazies, it was an amazing concert. We had a few songs that we really wanted to hear and we lucked out and got to hear all of our favorites. The concert lasted until 11pm. It was great! But, we made the mistake of doing the trip up and back in one day. Yeah, we'll never make that mistake again. We didn't get home until 3am. Next time we will get a hotel. It wasn't worth saving money, we were both so tired that we had to switch off driving. But, overall we had a great time! Hooray for Jack Johnson!

'Who Let The Dogs Out?'

Preface: We are dog sitting this summer for my parents while they put their yard in. Our dog's name is Toby and he is a Border Collie.

The Story: On Saturday morning at 5am we awoke to the sound of someone banging (I literally mean banging) on our front door. We jumped out of bed and Brian ran to answer the door. An Idaho Falls police officer was at our door. He said there had been complaints about our dog barking and bothering the neighbors. Brian said, "We haven't heard our dog bark at all tonight." The officer said it was Toby and it had to stop. Brian was furious. I think he was about to kick poor Toby out! I looked out the back window to see if Toby was barking and he was curled up sound asleep. I knew it wasn't Toby! I know his bark and he is not a yappy, barking dog. He is a really good dog. Anyway, Brian went outside to make sure Toby was quiet and he saw another dog in our yard. A stray dog had squeezed in through the fence, eaten all of Toby's food and then proceeded to bark up a storm all night. Coincidently, this stray mut was also black and white, just like our border collie. But, how do we apologize to the neighbors? "Hey, sorry about the barking, but it wasn't our dog it was another black and white dog that just happened to be in our fenced-in back yard." Yeah, right. That sounds unbelievable even to me-- even if it is the truth. Luckily, Brian scared that darn dog so bad that it has not been back. But, Brian did look at pellet guns at Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon!