Kids Say the Darndest Things - Jul. '12 Edition

Taken from the sidebar...

Brookelle LOVES to have her back scratched [on her actual skin]. Matt was doing it tonight...
Brookelle: "It's not good when the nails are LOWER, only when they're HIGHER -- like Mom's!" 7/12

Pure Torture

On Monday, I took my, University-of-Utah-FANATIC, loves-The-U-so-much-it-hurts, pure-crimson-through-and-through, defender-of-"his UTES"-forever, never-lets-an-opportunity-to-debate-the-superiority-and-excellency-of-THE-U-pass-him-by, cries-if-the-U-of-U-loses-to-BYU, crosses-the-line-of-respectfulness-frequently-when-speaking-to-zoobies-(BYU-fans), has-ill-feelings-about-anyone-who-opposes-his-beloved-University-of-Utah, SON down to THE ARCH ENEMY, BYU campus, to attend EFY (Especially for Youth)!

When we started heading "down South" he told me he didn't feel well.  When we entered Provo, he said he was SICK!

(I'm sure this didn't have anything to do with the fact that he hadn't eaten anything that day, yet -- because he was still packing [surprise, surprise!])

He tried to pack ALL of his UTAH shirts that he owns!  I limited him to ONE - either go there wearing it the first day, or pack ONE for another day - and he was not happy with me.  I tried to teach him my "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" philosophy, but that lesson was TOTALLY lost on him!  I have a feeling he may have smuggled more in after I closed up his suitcase, removed it from his bedroom, and took it upstairs for our "doorman" to handle.  (Wait, that "doorman" IS Ryan!!)

He chose to make his statement from the start.  I found it humorous to see him walking around BYU campus housing sportin' his "U"  Just while I was with him during check in, he got several comments about his shirt, including one EFY staff member who [jokingly] said, "And now you'll have to leave."  Ryan didn't even crack a smile -- quite the opposite, in fact -- good thing his sunglasses were covering up "the evil eye" I KNEW was under there!  I told him he's asking for it - swimming in dangerous waters - and IT IS TO BE EXPECTED!  So, break out that sense of humor and DEAL WITH IT!

And because he was starving, I went over to the BYU Creamery outlet store and bought him something to "hold him over" -- When I saw it in the bakery case, I just couldn't resist!  A "Y" glazed doughnut!  He was thrilled.  ;)


Ironically, after arriving at his dorm, his counselor instructed all the kids to change into their EFY T-Shirt for the first day's activities....so, his UTE wearing glory was cut short.  :(  I'm sure he feels SO JIPPED.  He'll find a way to "compensate" though - like PASSING on all the "BYU worthy" clothes I made him take and pulling his real shirt back out again for another day - or two - or three....

{Oh Dear}

But, seriously, I hope he can let his anti-BYU feelings GO and have a great time at EFY.  I LOVED [all four years of] EFY when I was a teen!

How Many Days Does it Take to Build a House - Part 3

{Part 1 back here}
{Part 2 here}

Let's find out! Watch our House Time Lapse with us.

DAY 93
 {new front door}

DAY 95

{sheet rock}

DAY 101

 {brick}

 (Does anyone else see that freaky line of orange brick above and kinda connecting
the two garages?  WHAT THE....?!?)

 {mudding and taping} 

 

DAY 112 

{Tile} 

clockwise from top left: Mudroom into Laundry room, Kids upstairs bathroom, 

fireplace in Great Room, Master bathroom

DAY 113 

{more brick} 

{Master Bathroom Tub}

{doors}

DAY 117 

{Finish Work} 

...and a foot of saw dust in the Living Room!

DAY 123 

{"black paper" (don't know the official name) and wire lath -- backing for stucco} 

{window sills} 

  {Pantry Shelves} 

the workers are already using it for their own "food pantry" :) 

{Mudroom}

{railing beginnings} 

ONLY 40 MORE BUILDING DAYS TO GO!!?!!

Irony

I got rear ended today while driving in Salt Lake City.

While waiting for the cops to show up, we pulled over to the side of the road.  I turned my car around and parked behind him......

......and I noticed his van had one of THESE bumper stickers on the back:

 {But it had his REAL 1-800 number to call on the 2nd line}

 But, maybe he should consider changing it out for one of these instead:

hahaha :)

Another reason why I should just stay home!

Blog Post Request Granted

Remember LILY?

She's Haylee's hamster - despite Mom's opposition to pets, Santa went ahead and gave it to her for Christmas 2010......ring a bell now?

Well, unfortunately, she died during the night a couple of weeks ago.  (From old age?  She had been wobbling around lately in stark contrast to when she jumped out of our arms and zipped up the Christmas Tree the day she arrived at our home!)  Matt always checks on her since she shares his weight lifting room.  During Friday night's workout, she was alive.  Saturday morning, she was not.  At the time, Haylee was up at her Grandparent's condo playing with her cousins, so she didn't find out until we went to pick her up and we were about to come home.  ALL the girls started crying.  We only had her for 1 1/2 yrs., and we're not sure how old she was when Santa bought her from the pet store. 

Matt told her we could have a little memorial service for her and bury her in our backyard.
Ryan, always the Teaser, laughed at that idea and asked what we were going to SAY at a HAMSTER'S "funeral"....

Which brought to his memory the scene from Cheaper by the Dozen when the family buries their son's pet frog, Beans.

Which then set Ryan off on quoting [through his laughter] the lines of the dad's speech in the movie:

"Beans was a good frog.
He...he was...uh...not like a lot of the...ya know...bad frogs you hear about today - all hopped up.
He was loveable.  He was almost human.  He was like...uh...one of the family.  Except that...uh...of course he was green and he ate flies.
But he was a HOPPER!
He hipped.
And he hopped.
He loved HIP HOP."

(see actual clip below)

Bean's Funeral
Cheaper by the Dozen — MOVIECLIPS.com

And right then and there, Matt banned Ryan from attending Lily's memorial service because WHO KNOWS what he would do?!?

Matt went outside before Haylee woke up and dug a hole, then found a box that was just the right size for Haylee to put Lily in.

She covered her up with tissues.

Placed her into the hole in the ground.

 Then she shoveled the dirt back to fill up the hole.

I let her use my paints to make her a ROCK to mark the "grave."

The kids were asking if we could "exhume" her when we move and re-bury her in the new house's yard.......... I told them we could take the painted rock and place it in our future flower beds. They were satisfied with that idea. (WHEW!)   Sshhhh.....Just don't tell the new owners they have a dead hamster in their yard!

After this, Matt, I, and the girls were standing around the "grave" in the yard and Matt asked Haylee if she'd like to say anything........

"WILL YOU MAKE A BLOG POST, MOM?" was all she said.

So here it is!  I'm happy to grant her wish.  :)

Past Posts about Lily:

I'm not a [Wo]Man of my Word
The "Incident"
Good-Bye 2011