A Little...About Damon...

I have been tagged a lot recently. I thought this one would be fun... It's a list of questions that I had to ask Damon. This is how our conversation went down...

Me: What is your full name?
Him: Damon

Me: How long have we been married?
Him: 8 ½ years…almost 9.

Me: What's your dream job?
Him: Full time investor
Me: I thought you’d say some kind of sports figure
Him: Well, yeah…um…No.

Me: What's your dream car?
Him: Audi RS4

Me: What's your claim to fame? ...Being seen on cops??? (If you know Damon very well, you'll understand why I made that comment).
Him: No. (He laughs) I can’t think of anything. Oh, sitting with the General Authorities and their wives in the MTC at a devotional.

Me: What do you like to do?
Him: Spend time with my wife and kids.

Me: What's your biggest fear?
Him: (Seriously thinking this through) Um...Uh...Hmmmm...Getting lost in the middle of the forest…I don’t know!
Me: (laughing)…In the middle of a FOREST??? I thought you'd say 'Getting lost in the middle of downtown Los Angeles!' You didn’t even say 'in the forest... at NIGHT!'
Him: I mean, at night (trying to be soooo tough!)

Me: What animal describes you?
Him: This is definitely a dumb question! (5 minutes seriously passed…) I don't know...A tiger because that was the animal for the Chinese New Year the year I was born.
Me: (staring at him) That’s NOT why you’re most like a tiger!

Me: If you could live in any era which one would it be?
Him: During Christ’s ministry

Me: What's a goal for 2008?
Him: That’s a broad question! Have our business off the ground and making money, worry less and have more fun.

Me: What your guiltiest pleasure?
Him: Anything with chocolate, coconut and almonds.
Me: So, basically an almond Joy?
Him: Yes.

Me: What do you love about me?
Him: You put up with my crap.
Me: (complete silence)………..................Is that it?
Him: And…you treat me like a king.
Me: You are so lying through your teeth!
Him: And…your sense of humor! And…of course your hair and (laughing) your butt…or you could say, your back-side.

He was so funny with this "interview"! Hopefully you found out a little more about my husband and weren't offended by his last comment:o) If you want to play along...I tag you!

A Day of Service, and A Day From...

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of the 7 INCHES of snow we woke up to this morning...but... we do have a wonderful neighborhood that I wanted to brag about for a minute!!!
When Damon went to leave for work...we saw ALL the snow! We couldn't believe how much had fallen! Just PURE craziness! Damon has an Audi that's pretty low to the ground, so we had no choice but to shovel the driveway! Since he has such limited time with the kids (because of work), and I needed a workout...I decided to shovel the driveway. Plus, Damon could have time to play with the kids. I was out there for a good 45 minutes and shoveled about 1/2 of our driveway (the part going up to the garage). It was taking FOREVER! So, I went in for a break. When I came out, there were 3 guys in our driveway shoveling snow, and a HUGE tractor (only in Utah) plowing our driveway. You must be thinking..."Do they really need a tractor to plow???" Our driveway is surprisingly large...so YES...We needed that tractor. What would've taken me all day to shovel, was done in 15 minutes because of these wonderful neighbors, who saw me out there shoveling by myself!!! How nice huh??? The neighbor on the tractor allowed Micah and Colton to help him plow, and one of the other guys took Micah on a 4-wheeler ride around the neighborhood.
What really struck me was that they didn't stop with our house. The 3 guys continued on to our neighbor's house, and the "Tractor Man" plowed the entire neighborhood's driveways! He was out there for atleast 3 hours in the freezing cold! What a great man!!! We decided to bring him some hot cocoa to warm his tummy! It was fun seeing someone enjoy something so simple as that!
THEN...I dropped the kids off at Amy N.'s house. She's so great to watch my kids while I go Visiting Teaching! I guess they were OK for her...but as we were leaving, Micah fell "head over feet" down the stairs. Long story short...Bria pushed him, not knowing he'd fall down the stairs! She's been a stinker today, and I'll tell ya...the 3 hours after VTing, were 3 hours from "you know where"! I won't go into it! I'm just glad everyone made it through the day, no one got seriously injured, and I found an ounce of sanity that I thought was gone forever! What's so wonderful...Children that are quick to apologize, and even quicker to forgive! It was the greatest when Bria went in to apologize...Micah threw his arms around her, smiled, and at the top of his voice yelled, "WE LOVE EACHOTHER"!!!

And...totally off the topic...twice this past weekend, Micah and Bria have come down the stairs completely dressed for church! The first time, Bria even wanted me to curl her hair!?! I said, "What are you guys playing?" Bria was embarrassed and said, "Nothing...I just need you to curl my hair." Then, from upstairs you hear Micah yell, "We're just playing Temple!" The second time, I saw Bria holding a little baby doll, and figured they were playing "family"...which they were! Then, this morning, Micah again comes downstairs nicely dressed and says, "Um...mom...I think today, I just want to play church!" So cute...they make me laugh...most days anyways:0)

What is Marriage???

Tonight we were able to watch 3 of my brother's kids, while he and his wife went to a session at the Temple. My sister-in-law's brother is getting married next weekend and his fiance was receiving their endowments...
So, I was just in Bria's room talking with her about marriage. Here's the conversation...
Me: Do you know what it means to get married?
Bria: There's a husband and a wife and you kiss eachother.
Me: Yeah, that's true. So, what's a husband?
Bria: (laughing) A guy that kisses someone.
Me: And, what's a wife?
Bria: (laughing even harder) A girl that kisses.
Me: Am I a wife?
Bria: Yes.
Me: Then, what do I do?
Bria: Well, you jump on the trampoline with DAAAY-mon!
Me: (laughing) Ok, what else?
Bria: You kiss him...and...YOU SLEEP WITH HIM!!!

So, there you have it! It was so hilarious! I was kind of asking her random questions to see what answers she'd come up with. SO funny! What question should I ask her tomorrow night??? Any ideas?

PULines, Bad Words and Simple Things...

I know I still need to post about our New Years, but didn't want to forget some funny things that were said tonight...
Well, first of all...Damon and I went out for the night. We went to the Temple, out to dinner at Tepanyakis, to Deseret Book, and out for hot chocolate. We had a great time. We thought the kids would all be asleep by the time we got back, but much to our surprise...Bria and Micah were still awake. We got them in bed. Damon went in to talk to Bria, and I snuggled up to Micah. He was SO funny! Right when I laid down next to him, he looked at me and said, "Mommy, you have pretty hair, and pretty clothes, and pretty eyes, and a pretty mouth." I just started laughing! Maybe he could use that line on the "ladies" down the road a few years:0) That just made me smile!!! Then, we had this conversation...

Micah: Mommy, we don't say 'stupid' cuz it's not nice huh?
Me: Yep, that's right.
Micah: (trying to put up his ring finger) And...this isn't nice either cuz it means bad words.
He was having a hard time putting up his "middle finger", then said, "Um, we can just pretend my finger is up, ok mommy?"
And...he learned that from???

Then, we're talking and he says, "Oops...excuse me." Then he waited for about 2 seconds and said, "Let's go under here and smell!" He threw the covers over his head, and I just started laughing cuz it totally surprised me! He pops his head out, waits for another second, then says, "Let's go under there again." He threw the covers over his head again, then you see his eyes peeking out of his covers when he tells me, "that's stinky, just like eggs." What a little boy!

So, I left Micah's room, and headed over to Bria's. We've been "butting" heads the last couple days, so I wanted to have a little 'heart-to-heart' with her. We're talking and had this conversation...

Me: Bria, how would you like to go out on a "girl's night" with me?
Bria: Yeah, that would be fun.
Me: We could go get our nails painted, go to a movie, or out to dinner....
Bria: Or, we could just have toast and jam...OR MAYBE, we could just get a toaster???
I think that girl LOVES her toast, and our toaster is no longer. I thought that was cute that she is able to appreciate the simple things in life!

It was great to have these silly moments with the kids, especially when no one listens during the day! I love our kids! They really are wonderful and have the greatest things to say! What a funny night!

Funnies...

I had to post a couple things the kids said tonight. I had a really rough day today with the car battery dying (again) and the kids going a little out of control...among many other "things" (I won't bore you the details), but they did manage to brighten my day very easily with these comments...
Micah and I were supposed to clean the mud room in our home today. That kid loves to clean and be my big helper! So, I'm sitting next to him in his bed tonight. He's telling me about all of his "ideas"...all of which somehow include "chocolate cookies". Anyways, I said, "Micah, we forgot to clean the mud room!" With super big eyes he said, "Mom, you've got to be KIDDING me!" If you know me well enough, you know that he definitely got that from me! It was so funny hearing him say something that I say WAY too often!
Most nights we'll have music time right before bed. Tonight, while singing "I am a Child of God", Colton (my 2 year old) starts belting out all the words to the song! I've heard him sing parts of the song, but not the whole thing...and...not that Loud! My favorite was..."wif pawents kin an DEAW." I've got to get that on video!
Also before bed, we'll have story-time. Bria chose a Hawaiian book to read, which has a lot of references to Hawaiian words. We were talking about turtles. I asked, "So, Bria...how do you say 'turtle' in Hawaiian?" She shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't know...ookin?" I just thought it was funny that she was trying to make up a Hawaiian word! So cute!
By the way, our family photoshoot on Tuesday went for about a half hour (record time)...and the pictures that I've seen are wonderful! The kids were happy and just love the camera, so it worked well for everyone. We were glad it ended quickly because it was super cold! I'll post some pictures when I receive them from the photographer!

Oh the funny things we say...

Bria sang a song tonight that just made me laugh. First, she asked me "Mommy, how do you spell Damon again?" I told her...she thought for a moment...and then she sang...
"There was a farmer, had a dog and Damon was his name-o. D-A-M-O-N, D-A-M-O-N, D-A-M-O-N aaaaaaand Damon was his name-o!"
What a silly little girl!