Just Add Water.

For some reason, the chilluns got a big kick out of this. If you are supposed to "tear here" then why is the slit down there?

Hmmm...

You just have to be smarter than the bag.

Four Out Of Five...

Four out of five sisters were together tonight. 

Lot's of fun. 

We missed you Alicia...

A Christmas Tradition.

 The Christmas season would not be complete without the Spring Creek Choir performance at BYU. Usually, we fight a snowstorm to get there but this  year, it decided to snow during the night. Getting there was super easy. Spring Creek has an awesome choir program- they practice two days a week before school at 7:30 a.m. It takes some real commitment to be in this choir but it is worth it. All five of my kids have done choir at Spring Creek, and mostly without complaint about the early hour.

Love that choir!

Hannah and Will  look a little uncertain, but none the less, sounded  beautiful (from what I could tell amidst 35 other voices)...

Spring Creek Choir Alumnus...
(remember the "mostly without complaint"part?)

A Post For My Mom That I Hope My Kids Won't Read.

Last week I week I had a conversation with my mom that went something like this: 

Mom: Sounds like your kids are doing great.
Me: Oh, we have our struggles.
Mom: Well, you wouldn't know by your blog. 


Okay, so here is the deal. I try to keep my blog positive. Mainly, because my kids read my blog and are kind of sensitive about what I put on it. It may seem like we are just happily sailing along, singing in musicals and winning awards, but let me tell you-we have some wingdingers.


Let me share our weekend at the risk of making one or so of my children not speak to me for awhile. All participants will remain anonymous.


1) Three of my children were grounded all weekend for grades being super sub-par. I don't know who that punishes more, me or them.


2) After being grounded all weekend, one of my children forgot to do the homework in the questionable class that he/she is not passing. Dad got up at 5:00 am and did homework with him/her for 2 1/2 hours and then drove that child to school.


3) I sat in the counseling office this morning with one child to discover that this child is on the truant list for ditching a class too many times. This child is not naughty, he/she has just discovered the happiness of going out to lunch. This child did not realize that there were serious consequences for ditching class.


4) And to top it all off, my phone was turned off this morning for failure to pay the bill. We have had this conversation with Comcast over and over and over again. They can't figure out our auto-pay plan and we "fix" it every couple of months and then it happens again. 


So don't try to call me today- you probably wouldn't want to talk to me anyways.


I'm turning up the Michael Buble' and lighting the Christmas candle...

Kaylie's Becoming A Beehive...

Next week Kaylie turns twelve- she will officially be a "Beehive." SO, we made this cake for her birthday celebration tomorrow. It had some "difficulties", but in the end, it's kind of cute. 

Happy Almost Birthday Kaylie!

Wii Wish You A Merry Christmas...

Is it a little telling that our nativity is gathered around our

Wii antenna?

Bring On Winter.

This is a shout out to my homegurl-Michaela, who ROCKED it last night at the Timpview Benefit concert! 
She and her friend Miranda sang "Winter Song" by  
Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson. 
They truly were awesome and I am speaking NOT just as a doting mother. 
They gave me chills and moved me to tears.

SO good.

Unfortunately my camera died as they took the stage. 
You will just have to take my word for it. 
I have never heard them sound so good. 
The audience loved it.
The people in front of us turned around and asked us "Do you know those girls? They were incredible!"
And they were.

Thanks Trilby.