Warning: This Is Stupid...

...but this is what Justin's and my Saturday night dates have been reduced to... going to Fred Meyer's to buy a pillow, carrots, and blueberries. I had fun just perusing the aisles with someone who didn't insist I push them in the car cart. (Maybe next time!) But the highlight of our little trip came on the way out, where we were lured in by the fake moustache vending machine. Really it was way more hilarious to me than it should have been. But better to be easily amused than not amused at all, right?!Who needs to go to the store with kids when it's your husband begging for you to dig around in your purse for quarters!

I don't know why, but this whole things was REALLY funny to me! Especially Justin and his gorilla hands trying to get the little wrapper off the adhesive!

Don't we look mah-vah-lous?!Don't be jealous of all our fun things to do in this small town people!

My Healthy Dose of Cute for the Day!

In Nursery at church Lauryn has been singing 'The Wheels on the Bus" and I must say she's just too darn cute when she does it. Last night she even had a dance to go along with it. But in true fashion as soon as the camera came on she wouldn't do it!

...and also in true fashion as soon as the camera came on, her older sisters thought it was time to monopolize the air space. I have to admit, it's kind of annoying. Lauryn will never have a childhood video where someone else's head isn't butting into the picture saying "Look at ME!!!!" Oh well! Such is life! Lauryn did decide do add a little unscripted element to her finale though!

Oh and as usual, I know, I know it's turned the wrong way! Just tilt your head! :)

I Would Like You To...

Yup, it's crazy but true!! We are expecting our fourth, little nugget to arrive on the scene in mid-August. It came to us as a COMPLETE shock and surprise! But sometimes the best things in life happen unexpectedly. Finally seeing our baby on the ultrasound today made it all so much more real to me. It's no longer an idea, but a real little baby with little birdy legs and everything. Even though it was unexpected, how could I not get excited about that?! So welcome Baby Young, the final member of the Young Crew!

Oh Yeah!!!

Ahhh, I remember too well my own Skate Nights as a kid at Sparkles Roller Rink. The ring pops, my best friend Tina, doing the hokey-pokey... Well, it all came full circle for me the other night when I took Maryn and Brynna to Hucrest Elementary's Skate Night. Justin had taken them the month before and had warned me that I was in for a work load. This became apparent to me the minute the girls were laced in to their skates. Truly, it was pretty comical. There was a LOT of wall hugging, death-grip on my hands and many, many, many times I had to peel Brynna off the floor (Maryn took a more independent approach to her wipe-outs).

When all the classes were called out to the middle of the floor, to see which class had the most in attendance, Maryn made it about half way out before she resorted to crawling the rest of the way on her hands and knees. It was hilarious as her classmates cheered her on and she giggled and smiled when she finally made it to the pack. It was pretty cute. Her efforts paid off too because her class had the most kids in attendance, so they won a popcorn party! Wahoo! By the end of the night, Brynna had made it off the wall to skate under the disco ball and black lights, Maryn had scuffed the skin off her elbows, I had met many of Maryn's friends and their moms, the girls were sporting new Hello Kitty rings and frosting faces from Maryn's friend Marley's birthday cupcakes she had shared. Brynna especially thought this was fabulous since it matched her shirt PERFECTLY! They had fun laughing as they compared Slurpee tongues to see whose was more red or blue and even though I was thinking I needed a back-rub, I had to admit the girls and I had a great time!

Little Baller

The girls have grown up going to basketball games with their Dad. But they have never played before in their lives. That didn't deter them from wanting to sign up to play though with the YMCA. Brynna plays with other kids who are 3 and 4 years old and have also never played. So it hasn't been as intimidating for her. But Maryn is playing with 1st and 2nd graders who obviously have some experience on the court. When we showed up on the first day, she was also the only girl on her team! Yipes! Maryn looked scared. She started to tear up a little and told Justin with boys whizzing around her making baskets "This isn't what I thought it was going to be." Luckily about 15 minutes after practice started another girl came in late. Maryn was thrilled and ran up and hugged her before I think they were even formally introduced! Ever since then Maryn has been having a blast in spite of her inexperience. What has brought my heart the most happiness though was after last week's game, one of the other parents came over to me and said "Your daughter is so cute. Even though she never makes a basket, she doesn't get frustrated or angry. She just has the best attitude!" I was so proud! I'll take a kid with a great attitude over a leading scorer any day!

Not Popeye, it's...

My Dad went on a fishing trip last week on the Umpqua River. When he came home he threw a big, black trashbag on the kitchen counter and called the girls to come see what he had caught. Nana immediately had visions of blood and guts all over her kitchen and shooed them outside to show off and clean the fish. He had caught a Steelhead that was the size of Lauryn!

I took the girls down yesterday to a beautiful park at the river's edge. We saw a little snake, collected freshwater mussel shells, threw rocks, dug in the sand and wore ourselves out having a great, ol' time. But we decided that what we really need to do is go dig the girl's fishing poles that they've never gotten to use out of storage and see if we can go back and catch some fish of our own!

Outnumbered

This is what happens to you when Daddy is at work and Papa is the lone man in the house. Poor Papa!