Right this minute…

Well, right this minute everyone except me (& maybe the frog) is asleep! But about forty-five minutes ago I walked around the house & snapped a few pictures.

   

The story that goes with the pictures:

A few days ago I made the boys all pose & flip their hair for me. None of the pictures turned out, but they did all get haircuts.

At 9:15 tonight:

Jared was working on his homework. Every day it’s the same routine. Come home from school. Get a snack if you’re hungry. Sit down & do your homework. Then, play play play! Today was a bit crazy & it somehow slipped his mind.

Isn’t his smile cute & quirky? He had four teeth pulled a few weeks ago & now there is major movement happening in this little mouth. His teeth are definitely bigger than the space available & the orthodontist is planning his next Caribbean cruise paid for by us.

Scott is talking to his mom on the phone in our room. He has been up since 3:30 a.m. so he could run before working twelve hours today. I am so grateful that he is so hard-working & dedicated. He is a super-fast runner too. Saturday he will be running the marathon & hopefully get a super-fast time. (3:15 if all goes well)

Ryan is busily trying to enter all 10,000 password combinations possible on his iPod touch. I would just hit restore but my computer is being stinky lately & it is more than I can reasonably do right now.

Chris is working on homework. His work load is heavy this semester & he has a major project due every other day. Tomorrow is the regional cross-country meet & his team had a pasta dinner tonight. He ate four huge plates of spaghetti & was (of course) the kid who could claim that he ate so much that he puked. Really. My fancy spaghetti sauce recipe will not be on the recipe blog – it was simply a jar of Prego, a can of tomatoes, & some garlic salt.

I am taking pictures. Ryan took a posed picture of me taking pictures. :) Someone recently asked me how many cameras I have & I really don’t have a definite number. Plenty though.

Just so you know that everything is not perfect in our world

• Groceries are still sitting on the counter because the coaches moved the cross-country team’s dinner up by forty-five minutes & rocked my world. (Did you notice that Trader Joe’s came to town? Lots of fun & exotic ingredients. I am most excited about mahi-mahi burgers.)
• Dishes are on the counter because we have no sink or dishwasher because the pipes are not connected correctly under the sink.
• Ryan & Jared were running around the house like banshees yesterday & the light cover over the basement stairwell fell & shattered into two million pieces.
• The freezer is not freezing perfectly so we can have soft-serve any day of the week.
• If I don’t send in my ecclesiastical endorsement to BYU by Friday, I will be kicked out of my program.
• We are out of crickets & Pacman the frog is most likely a little hungry. He is warmer though & looks much more content. I don’t know what has authorized me to be the judge of a frog’s happiness level, but he really looks happier than he has for a while.
• I had a massage today that was truly awful. My hip popped in my sleep on Saturday morning & I have been very uncomfortable. I should have gone to my regular massage guy instead, but I had a credit at ME.
• I want cheesecake!!!!! Rich, decadent, creamy, yummy cheesecake. Maybe Saturday night after the race.

But I am really & truly happy. I have a great husband & good kids. We have great family & friends. We are healthy enough. I have learned that I need to eat relatively “clean” (not a lot of chemicals in my food) & my body & my mind feel a million times better. I hope you are well too.