Jack's cup runneth over...........with personality

Today I put batteries in the bumble ball. You know, the ball that has rubber bumpers on it and some sort of mechanism inside that makes it jump around like it's possessed. Those of you who know Jack...........


Well, when the tapers got here to work in the basement, I decided I should take the little ones out of the house to run errands. We drove up to Costco to buy groceries and a piece of pizza for Jack. When we sat down to eat the piece of pizza, Jack noticed I hadn't gotten a cup for a drink. (I had left my water bottle back at the check stand where I checked out a few minutes earlier. But I wasn't about to push the overstuffed cart with two kids back through the crowds to get a water bottle that's been refilled with tap water too many times to count. I also wasn't going to buy soda for a kid who needs no sugar to act like, well the bumble ball.) So after noticing I had no cup, Jack said "Big Helper!" jumped down and ran over to the lady at the counter. I couldn't hear what was being said, but the lady was leaning down and listening while Jack pointed to the soda fountain. Now if I could just get my 11-year-old to be so helpful. She won't go up and ask for mustard at Burger King.

This evening Jenny, Lydia, and I were sitting around the computer looking for bedding sets for their new room downstairs. Jack came in and wanted to look, too. So I picked him up and sat him on my lap. A few minutes later Jack said "Diaper change, mom!" It was that moment that I remembered he had gone into the bathroom a while ago to go "Poop in the potty." I set him down really quick, and you can probably guess that I had a present on my lap. He's really into using toilet paper (a whole role in one sitting most times). But he's not really very good at using the toilet paper correctly.

So now I have a load of laundry going, and the timer just sounded for dinner.

ta-ta for now

NDPA Choir Concert

Jenny and Lydia sang duets at the concert last night. They did a great job!

Speaking of jobs, Dave got the job at Challenger schools! His first day was today.

DRYWALL!!!!

We worked hard and finally finished the girls room today.

First real snow of the season

Jenny and Jack really enjoyed the snow yesterday. Most of it has melted today :(

Drywall goes up TODAY!

We just had our insulation inspection. Yep, we passed (after staying up until 1:00 in the morning to get it finished). That means we get to start the drywall today! Jenny and Lydia will be SO excited because we are starting in their room (and the bathroom). As soon as those rooms are done, the inspector said we could have an inspection and they can move in!

btw - our coed soccer team won another game a couple weeks ago, and I got my second goal (our only goal the entire game) last week.

Handsome Jack

Jack's not happy about his new suit. Of course after telling him all day at church that he is handsome helped out the attitude a little. And when I finally uploaded the picture and he saw it on the computer, he was convinced that he looks good in his new suit. He said "Hand - some!"

Now if we could just do something with the cowlick in the front of his hair...

Soccer Silly

Jenny's team has been playing indoor for a few weeks now. I love watching them play indoor soccer because the game moves so quickly. The team is playing in the division a year older than them, so they've been playing some tough games. Last night they played the premier team in the state (they took 2nd at the state cup). But my favorite part was Jenny's comment after the game. Dave commented about how physical the other team was, but Jenny said, "They may have had more fouls than us, but we had better fouls. Did you see how I made that girl flip!?"

Halloween

What a fun Halloween. I really enjoyed the Day-Light Savings this year. We usually are trick or treating in the dark. This year it was light until 6:30. After trunk-or-treating from 5:00 - 6:00, I dropped off Jenny to go trick-or-treating with Ashley Reed (friend from school). David took Lydia and the soccer team around the neighborhood. They got home at 7:30 for donuts and hot chocolate, and to pass out candy while I took Jack up the street. He was the funniest kid. He ran from house to house, and always said "Happy Halloween."


By the way, Dave and I have been playing indoor soccer with a team made up of soccer parents. We won our first game Saturday (October 27). And Monday night I got my first goal! Dave passed the ball to me, I shot it, and it went in! The other goal during the game was off another shot of mine that was a little wide.

Birthday Season

We celebrated Lydia's birthday a week early with Dave's family because Grandma and Grandpa will be taking Amtrak out to Maryland to visit with Clay and Alisa and family. We're glad they're able to go visit, but we'll miss them on Halloween. I guess we'll all have to do our trick-or-treating in our own neighborhoods this year.

Dave's birthday is the week after Lydia's. He'll be 36 this year. I'm embarrassed to admit I had to open the calculator to figure that out.

Silly Jack

Jack is learning to speak. But I can't always understand him. The other day I gave him something and he said "Thank you." But I didn't understand. He said it again, and again I didn't understand. Finally he said "Thank you, you're welcome!" This time I understood. Funny he wasn't mad because I didn't understand. He was mad because I wasn't making the proper socially accepted response to his thank you.

Yesterday he was sitting on the potty (he's great at using it for #2, but not #1). I was really tired because I had tried to nap to make up for lost sleep caused by Jack. He wanted me to read a story, but since I had just woken up, I was reading in a tired monotone voice. He said to me "STOP! Happy!" He may not know all the words yet, but he know how to get his point across.

SOCCER, SOCCER, SOCCER

I don't remember getting out this much when Jenny and Lydia were this little. Between Jenny and Lydia, we have practice or a game every night of the week! Mia loves to be outside, and Jack gets to play at the playground as long as the weather is good. Yesterday morning Lydia's coach (her dad) made her team practice during a rain/snow storm. It was cold!

July 4th 2007

Jenny & Lydia rode on the NDPA choir float.

Jack, Mia, and I had a fun time watching the parade.

We had fun at Marni & Jamie's eating delicious food and having a water balloon fight.

Adams Family Vacation June 2007

June 11 - 12, 2007


Follow the link on the title to see the awesome video of our vacation (it's only a couple minutes). Jack was a trooper and hiked 3 different hikes. Monday we hiked the Emerald Pools (Jack fell in) and Weeping Rock. Tuesday we hiked up the Riverside Walk that leads to The Narrows. Jack, Mia, and I stayed at the trail head for The Narrows, while Dave took Jenny and Lydia up river a bit farther. Jenny came back soaked, but they had so much fun, they decided to stay in the river while I walked with Jack and Mia on the trail back. After driving through the tunnel, Dave, Jenny, and Lydia hiked up the Canyon Overlook.

June 13 - 14, 2007

Wednesday, Lydia's soccer team played their first game in the Utah Summer Games. They won 5 - 0. Thursday they weren't so lucky. They were playing girls a year older, but they played well against them. They almost tied the team who took first place, but in the last minute, the other team scored. BUMMER!!

Thursday night we all went to the opening ceremonies of the Utah Summer games. We all participated in breaking 2 records in the Guiness Book of World Records. The records they broke were for the most people wearing balloon hats and the largest game of "Simon Says" ever played on planet Earth. After Jack was scared to death by the Utah State "Aggie" ( and who wouldn't be), we enjoyed the show and the fireworks.






Jack enjoys the festivies at the social before the opening ceremonies










June 15, 2007

Friday we walked around downtown St. George. It was WAY too hot (108). We visited the St. George Temple visitor's center and watched The Joseph Smith Story, then had ice cream at the Blue Bunny ice cream shop. After visiting the tabernacle we headed back to the condo to get out of the heat.

June 16, 2007

Saturday Jack, Mia, and I stayed at the hotel, while Dave took Jenny and Lydia back to downtown St. George. They went to the Brigham Young home and the museum run by the Daughter's of the Utah Pioneers. They met Brigham Young (a guy dressed up like him was at the Brigham Young home). We all went to lunch at the Iceburg Drive Inn, where we saw Dr. Denning!! What a small world.

June 17, 2007 - HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

We are glad to get home and see Rod and Melanie's family has finally made it to Utah.

Our Family

Sunday, June 3, 2007

We celebrated Mia's baby blessing with family and friends. Check out pictures of everyone, plus pictures from our Memorial Day fish fry.

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Espaniolandia

5/23/07 Lydia works in the post office. The third grade had a fun night where the kids traveled to "Espaniolandia" with a passport. After exchanging our money, we went to the post office and mailed a post card. Then we went to a dinner of traditional Spanish food, had our picture taken as a bullfighter and dancer (see below), and finally bought a souvenir t-shirt.

SAY CHEESE!!!

5/5/07
Jack takes his traditional "first bite" of the birthday cake. Can you believe he is two years old?

5/9/07
Dave was preparing to grate the cheese, but didn't pay close enough attention. Jack grabbed hold of the block of cheese and, well, you can see the result! This kid definitely takes after his dad in his food tastes. (by the way, he's not blinking. That's the way he smiles for the camera. Silly kid.)

5/22/07 Jack cuddles with his favorite friendly neighborhood Spiderman (or Maaaaaan!).

Mia Elizabeth Adams

April 18, 2007
7 lbs 8 oz
19 in long


Baby Blessing scheduled for Sunday, June 3, 9:00 am.
590 W 2000 N,
Layton, UT 84041

Refreshments will be served at our house afterwards.


4/23/07

Since bringing the baby home I have been very proud of my active little two-year-old.He has shown an appropriate amount of curiosity without making me nervous that he is going to hurt her. However, I don't think he understands that he needs to be careful around me as well. So this evening while it was just the two little ones and myself, I decided to show Jack my incision with the hopes that he mightbe a little gentler with me. I explained that the "owwie" was where babyMia came out. Jack thought for a minute, then turned to Mia and, wagging his finger, said, "naughty, naughty!" What a funny kid!


4/22/07

Thanks to everyone who was able to come visit us while we were at the hospital. We have been home for almost 8 hours and I realized why I stayed that extra day. Within the first hour of being home Lydia smashed her finger in the door and Jack bit Jenny's finger while she was trying to clean lunch off his face. Needless to say, I wasn't ready for the noise of everyday life again. I hope you like the pictures

Easter Egg Hunt

Sorry we didn't plan this sooner. Next year we'll plan sooner and have everyone there!

The Nursery

Check out my attempts to start labor!!

Are blonds really dumb?

Jenny wanted to prove in her Science Fair project that blonds are not dumb. However, we were surprised at the results. She had 70 5th graders and 70 high school kids take the following test, scored them, and sent the test scores to a statistician to have them analyzed. This is what the statistician found:

For the 5th graders: there is no significant difference between the groups.

For high school student: blonds have a 95% chance of scoring lower on the intelligence test than non-blonds

Can you believe that she lost half of her points from the judging on the fact that her project wasn't creative or original! Some kid running a clock on fruit won (like I haven't seen that on ZOOM before). I'm only a little bitter. I try not to let it show in front of her too much.

Test Questions
On a standard traffic light is the green on the top or bottom?
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How many states are there? (don’t laugh some people don’t know)
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In which hand is in the Statue of Liberty’s torch?
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What 2 letters DON’T appear on the telephone dial?
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What 2 numbers on the telephone dial DON’T have letters by them?
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When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
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How many matches are in a standard pack?
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On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
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Which way does a “no smoking” sign’s slash run?
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Whose face is on a dime?
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How many edges does a stop sign have?
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How many sides does a standard pencil have?
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Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who’s missing? _______________________________________
What is zero divided by zero?
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On the back of a one dollar bill, what is in the center?
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How many curves are there on a standard paperclip?
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Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
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Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?
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A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep were left?
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If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from Chicago and stopped at Pittsburgh to pick up 7 more people and drop off 5 passengers and at Cleveland to drop off 8 passengers and pick up 4 more and eventually arrive at Philadelphia 20 hours later, what’s the name of the driver?

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Warm Weather

Yesterday morning as I was coming in from taking the girls to school, I saw the most wonderful thing that each spring has to offer. The crocuses next to the sidewalkare coming up. That means the mini-irises, daffodils, and hyacinths aren't far behind.

It's been nice and warm. Dave and the girls built several huge snowmen and snow forts last Sunday and the only thing left of them is a small nub of snow lefton the lawn. They may enjoy the snow and cold, but I prefer the spring - warmerweather, increased daylight, fragrant flowers, and the baby is almost here. Only39 days left. Only 38 days left of busy season for Dave. Only 120 hours of overtime,he tells me.

I hope the warm weather brings you as much happiness as it does me.

End of January

The kids sure had a great time visiting at Grandma and Grandpa Adams' after the big snow storm a couple weeks ago. Even Jack went down the hill a couple times. This picture is after he went down. He sat on Grandma's lap and watched everyone else. I sure wanted to go down, too. But I didn't feel safe being as big as I am right now.

The bishop was inspired!

The bishop was inspired when he called me to be the cub scout leader in our ward. At the time I was the mother of two beautiful little girls (who by the way, never got into things - just a little whiny at times). But the bishop was inspired to call me to be the leader of several 8, 9, and 10 year-old boys to prepare me for what was coming. I spend one afternoon a week with rowdy, loud, and sometimes downright obnoxious boys who try my patience. I grew up with brothers, but that still doesn't prepare you for the energy a group of boys displays during the weekly ritual of flag ceremony, prayer, games, art projects, etc. that we call Den Meeting.

Two months after being called as the cub scout leader, I found out I was pregnant. Nine months later my little ball of energy was born. We call him Jack. I have now been a cub scout leader for 2 1/2 years and have learned to love the fun time I have with the cub scouts. I also have learned that EVERYTHING must be out of reach of a two-year old little boy's curiosity. I will tell you about today's adventure....................

I was working on the computer and Jack was watching Curious George in the other room. I didn't notice the tube of super glue on the bottom shelf of the entertainment center. I'm not sure how it got there with his toys. I was alerted to a problem when I heard him make distressed noises from the other room. I went in to see what the problem was, when I saw the tube of super glue in his lap. He was rubbing his mouth, obviously distressed at what he had just bitten. He had super glue all over his teeth, lips and hands. Luckily he was spitting and trying to get it out of his mouth, otherwise I would have worried that he had swallowed some of it. Suprisingly, super glue DOESN'T stick to wet things. We peeled super glue off tongue, teeth, lips and fingers.

So, I just want to say, "Thank you!" to Bishop Love for his inspiration.

The holidays are OVER!!!!!

Greta and Caroline











Jack and Grandpa Flynn











Jack and Uncle Chris









Great Grandma and Grandpa Adams

We had a great time visiting everyone for Christmas and New Year's Eve. Mom & Dad Flynn were able to spend the night for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. We had a fun time visiting and playing games. Mom & Dad Adams made it home from California after visiting with Clay, Alisa, Regan, and Morgan. I hear they had a fun time, except that Dad would have liked to have had Dave at Disney Land to ride the "fun" rides with.

New Year's Eve, Jack got into a bottle of glass cleaner and dumped it out on the living room floor. New Year's Day, he got into the sugar jar and dumped it all over the kitchen table. He's learning to get into stuff, and the girls are hopefully learning to put stuff away! Not very likely, though.