Friday, January 28, 2011

Happy 40th!



I simply adore my parents. I mean look at them, they're adorable. My dad is a cross between John Wayne and Bob Newhart and my mom's world revolves around him. Today they celebrate 40 wonderful years together and couldn't be happier. As a gift, my siblings and I arranged for them to get their pictures taken at the Temple like they did 40 years ago today.

Here's to you Mom and Dad, you're the best!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Boobs!

So I bet if mine were bigger "somebody" would spend less time on the crapper. Seriously. I think "somebody" has spent about half a decade there.
"Food Nazi" begins her reign again tomorrow. This I vow!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

This is how it's gonna go down...

1. get Oliver to school on time.
2. organize 2 week of coupons...ugh!
3. shower get ready for the day.
4. work a little.
5. go to mall with Simon.
6. work a little more.
7. soccer practice.
8. make something yummy for dinner?
9. run 4.23 miles.
10. go to bed before 11:00pm.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Too many teeth...

Yesterday I went down an picked up my Utah fruit order before Oliver got home from school. We LOVE fruit here at Truschke central, so I ordered half a case of some Galas, half a case of Pears and a whole case of Peaches. Mmmmmm. I love that stuff. Well Oliver was so excited when he got home and saw 3 boxes of fruit! He asked if he could have an apple and I said yes. Then he started telling me a story about one of his friends eating an apple and it making their tooth come out. As soon as he was done with his tale he said, "I think my tooth is loose!" I gave it a wiggle and said I thought it had a couple more days and to bite his apple on the other side if it bothered him. He left the room and cam squealing back in 30 seconds later with his tooth.

I was amazed at how fast it fell out. It seems like it took weeks of wiggling to get that 1st tooth out. So I told him to just bite his apple on the other side. So he did but he came to me 2 minutes later and said his other tooth was loose. I of course thought the tooth needed a few more days of wiggling so I sent him away again and not 10 seconds later he came squealing back to me with yet another tooth!

Seriously, he pulled out two teeth in less than 10 minutes! I was amazed. Then he said he hoped the Tooth Fairy would bring him $120. I told him she couldn't possible carry that much $$ for every kid and is teeth aren't worth that anyway. $2 a tooth is the going rate so he shouldn't try to rip her off or she might stop coming. So this is my little Goobers mouth now. He said he feels like a "Reverse Vampire", cute huh? Jarred saw him after work and said how he hoped they grow in fast. Ditto!

Oliver was happy with the $4 he got especially since good portion of it was in coins. He insisted that it was $65, but I made him count it a little better. I in NO way wanted him to show up to school bragging about the $65 he got for his 2 teeth. If any teacher heard they might expect me to donate more time and money to the school than I already do.
And so begins the "Awkward Toothy" stage of Oliver's life. Nice....

Monday, September 13, 2010

Happy Birthday Bompa!

Sunday after church Jarred, the boys and myself went to meet Jarred's family in Tucson for dinner to celebrate His dads birthday. Jarred hardly sees his parents at all since they never come to visit so this was one of those things we needed to do.

And I of course couldn't pass up an opportunity to get a picture of Bompa on a saddle horse. The trip was well worth it for this shot alone! He was a good sport, I think because his grand kids were so excited to see him sit on it as they sang happy birthday. He's a great Bompa and his grand kids adore him.

This is Jarred's family. We don't have many pictures of us all together. Notice how the balloon is totally blocking the girlfriend in the back corner. It's funny because in every picture for the past few years that could have her in them, something always blocks her out of the shot. It's like fate. Oh my gosh, you can't plan stuff this funny!

And this is my niece "The Girl." Truschke's are very "Boy" so just the simple fact that we have one of these is amazing. Good thing she takes after her tiny dancer mom, otherwise who knows what we might have gotten. She is just precious and I love her bratty, little guts. She smiles like this every time she sees the light on the camera. What a Ham!!

Friday, September 10, 2010

One down....Three to go.

Like most homes built in the 1970's our couldn't escape the curse of the "popcorn" ceiling. Oh, how I have loathed it for the past 5 1/2 years we've lived here. So last week I got on the phone and gave my friend John the Handy Man a call to see when he could come relieve my house of it. He said he would be by next week.

So yesterday he showed up at 8:30am and began the removal process. I thought we would start with the boys room since they have bunk beds and are always picking at this cancerous stuff whilst sitting on the top bunk. He had all the "popcorn" down by 10:00am and was done texturing by 2:00pm. That was fast!

Hopefully we will have the other three rooms done by the end of the year. So if anyone shares this awful "popcorn" ceiling curse with me and needs a handy man to do the job. Consider my friend John. Call me for his number.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Wednesday's list...

1. Make sure Oliver's rash is gone by school picture time today.
2. Take Simon and Lilly to preschool on time.
3. Run 3.4 miles
4. Take shower.
5. Clean kitchen.
6. Work.
7. Play with my boys.
8. Grocery shop(optional).
9. Make a nutritious dinner.
10. Run 3.64 miles.
11. Be in bed before 11:00pm(optional)