The shaping of things to come?

After Ashlee left for school this morning Zachary turned on the TV to find something to watch. He watched a little bit of Higgley Town Hero's, but then he got bored. I was cleaning up breakfast and noticed he stopped on Sports Center. He started flipping back and forth from SportsCenter to ESPN2. Ahhhh! he's 4 years old! I would take SportsCenter over some cartoons that are on in the morning. That Hi-5 is enough to drive me insane.

We found out what we are having...

It's a girl! Due February 3, 2009.

TARANTULAS!!

There have been tarantulas spotted in our neighborhood. People are on the look out! I have been browsing for Christmas presents and I found this remote control tarantula. I am so tempted! Should I get it? Check out my friend Emily's blog to see the spider that they found down the street.

Zachary the HUNTER!

Zachary is full of surprises! He got to go to the fish hatchery with his preschool. And to our surprise he brought home a dead fish in a zip lock baggy. When he got home he ran downstairs to his dad and while he was swishing his fish back and forth in the baggy he asks “Dad, do you want to touch it?” After I took his picture of the fish, he caught a moth in the backyard. After the moth flew away he was on the hunt again for a “hitch-hiker”. For all of you that don’t know what a hitch hiker is…it’s a grasshopper that hops on you for a ride. This was explained to Zachary by his cousin Stephen, when he was out from Georgia.

Every single one of these girls is so cool! When I got called into Young Womens I was SO NERVOUS and overwhelmed! Every Wednesday I wanted to cry because I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. And then a miracle happened…. Kristi, Marti, Beth, Gretchen, Kiera, and Kaydee! These ladies know their stuff, and are so AMAZING. Last Wednesday Kiera had a great idea for Personal Progress, and it was a HUGE success. We called it “Rainbow of Values”. We had stations set up where the girls could pass one thing at one table. First Janelle Carter taught us how to make and roll homemade rolls. They were so yummy! While the rolls were rising the girls went to the other stations. They made collages at one station, scripture reading with journal writing at another, wrote thank you notes to people that have been good examples to them, put a family home evening package at another, learned about the ” integrity”, and even tied a quilt! Whew! Next week we will all be “packing the heat” as we go trap shooting! AND word on the street is we might be getting the winner of the BIGGEST LOSER of last season for a sweet fireside on goal setting.

Go-Cart Fun!

Darron has been talking about getting a go-cart for the kids ever since Ashlee was a baby. We found a good deal on ksl.com so he couldn't resist. The kids LOVE to drive it around the neighborhood, but it’s a toss up on who is having more fun. Darron or the kids!

The Sock Site

Darron just switched the picture on TheSockSite. I think he does a great job at web design. Since I started the site, I still claim it...even though I haven't done done anything with it since '06. Darron has been so busy lately and keeping up with it all! He amazes me everyday!

We took the Young Women in our ward to the Orem Owlz game last night. The Owlz outscored the Ogden Raptors. I should have taken more pictures of the actual game. Ashlee and Zachary came too. We had our own cheering section with Ashlee on our side. She kept yelling at the Raptors pitcher "Raaaggggg AArrrrmmmm!" And when our team was up she would yell... "Take it deep, Perez!"

For Family Home Evening this week we had a lesson on following the spirit's voice. Of course,
my voice was the voice of the spirit that the kids had to follow while they were blindflolded. Darron's voice was evil Satan, trying to get Ashlee and Zachary to make a mistake.
The kids made it through our maze of chairs and stools unharmed.

Some of us went on a 4 wheel rid up to a water fall on Saturday Morning.
Maylee did NOT want to take her helmet off for anything!
They all made it back to the cabin unharmed.

We went out to Joe's Valley last weekend to go canoeing, 4-wheeling and just hang out with the Robbins' clan. Jennie found out that they rent "cabins" for only $45 a night! We had a blast! It was an upgrade from a tent, and we didn't worry about the kids getting attacked by bears in the night.

Can you see the two owls? We saw these guys right off the side of the road.

Officer Zachary is on our side!