Lab partners....

Sunday was my 12th year anniversary. I usually post something to celebrate the occasion....but I'll be honest, I was a little peeved that my husband is about as romantic as a box of rocks. Honestly, I should have been happy I didn't get a box of rocks for my anniversary gift. Somehow, every year, I wake up with a temporary case of amnesia thinking my husband is going to woo the pants off of me (errr, pretend I didn't write that mom and dad). I think I'm going to wake up to roses, expensive jewelry and a long walk on the beach (OK, I just don't understand not getting the last one, I live on Hawaii for goodness sake).  Shane is not that kind of man, never has been and even if I'm married to him for 50 more years he will never be that man. 

Anyway, we have been trying very hard to get pregnant....not that we haven't tried for the last 9 years, but with me turning 42 this year I feel like we have suddenly turned into a football team with only 2 minutes left on the clock and we are down 1 (OK, let's pretend I actually understand football lingo). Anyway, we've been getting some help from science, physics and the general medical world. Today while Shane was helping me out with this months' attempt, I thought....he may not be romantic, but he is a really great science partner, and that's way better than roses! So all in all a super fantastic, hopefully acing our science exam, day!

Company of others....

 A few days ago Buddy got the most awesome present in the universe! He got a sulu ( there is a whole name to it, but I have the memory of a gnat) dress wrap from one of the mom's in our ward. Buddy has wanted one ever since we moved here (think dress skirt for men). Problem was, we couldn't find one....turns out they aren't Hawaiian, they're Fijian.....and they don't sell them online, you actually have to go to Fiji to pick one up. Who knew????  The only reason I know this is because 2 of Buddy's friends wore some to church one day and it started off the whole infatuation with the sulu, and me inquiring how to obtain one. Unfortunately, we have no plans  in the near future to visit Fiji (but we totally should, right?). Anyway, turns out, this family was awesome enough to think of Buddy when the dad was in Fiji visiting family( how beyond awesome is that?)! When Buddy showed up to church today he got razzed a little by one of the haole dads standing by the door. Buddy immediately wanted to take it off and started to be a little embarrassed. Thankfully, his friends pulled through and wore theirs today to save the day (I didn't catch a picture with all three of them)...

Just goes to show you that sometimes if you feel awkward and weird about something, if you just hang on a little bit longer, you'll probably find a few more people doing the exact same thing to make you feel AWESOME!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, strength in numbers, day!

Competition....

We had our pack night tonight. The new Cub Master was out of town, so I figured I'd get my last kicks in with the boys...It's amazing how you can get those kids to do anything if you tell them there is a game involved...

I'm thinking I should have just had them lay on the floor for the last year and half! Genius! Just kidding, it got better through the night! Now when I say better, I truly mean it in the only possibly Cub Scout way....LOUDER AND MORE CHAOTIC!!!!

The boys had a hopping blast....too bad we don't have pictures of the parents on the opposite side racing....

Or maybe it's a good thing we don't have those pictures!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, parents totally whooped the Cub Scouts tonight, day!

The wind beneath my wings....or something like that!

The wind was blowing pretty hard today when Buddy was leaving school. Buddy, ever the scientist, wanted to show some of his friends that the wind was so strong it could carry away even something as heavy as water....

Make sure to enlarge that picture!!!!

Did you do it yet? Yep, that's my genius of a son blowing water into the wind...unfortunately he forgot something called wind direction! Oh well, at least he could cool himself off! In other news, we hung out with the littlest Larson  (who is way taller than me) and her family. I'm not sure, but I think the kids get along....

Too bad the picture is blurry....hams if I've ever seen them! Of course, the deal was sealed when Buddy went to go talk to another diner (small town, so the chances of knowing someone else is greater) and the little boy wanted to stand by Buddy, so when he did, Buddy put an arm around him and kept talking with his friend! What a good boy...except for not knowing how to measure wind directions apparently! So all in all a super fantastic, blowing against the wind, day!

Grown Up?

When I was growing up, my best friend in the whole wide world was Kim Larson.  That girl was FUN!!!!! Since I was the youngest at home, once my sister left for college, it was just me and my parents, IT WAS BORING!!!! At Kim's house, there were 6 kids and Kim was the oldest...and her parents were actually fun (because they weren't mine, I assure you my parents are equally as awesome, but let's face it, I'm pretty certain few parents pass muster when you're a teenager), So with my house being boring and her's being extraordinarily fun, most of my weekends included me hanging out with the Larsons! 

Kim's the one getting the bubble popped with the croquet mallet! (This isn't a picture of her family, just a picture from the good ole' BYU days from when we were roommates). Anyway,  the youngest of the Larson Clan happens to be visiting my island this week. Today, that little Larson that I grew up with, came over for dinner today. I swear the last time I saw her she was  6 (OK, the math doesn't really add up on that one, but it seemed like she was 6 to the 17 year old me). Now, she's at least 4 inches taller than me, married and expecting her third kid! What???? Seriously??? What is up with people growing up?

What?????

Sheesh, that's better! There's the little goober I know and love! So all in all a super fantastic, flashing back, day!

My foot!

I hurt my foot over a month ago...it hurts constantly, but a little less when someone holds the gimpy part in the middle. No matter what I promised, neither of my boys would touch my gimpy foot! Seriously, what is this world coming to? So all in all, I wish I could say super fantastic, but no one would hold my foot, day.

FYI: before people start asking about my foot, I've had an X-ray twice, to  which the doctor's office will only report to me that it's not broken. At least with this last X-ray, they called right after to schedule an MRI. Of course this being a booming metropolis with accessible healthcare on every block, I still have another week and a half before I get my MRI! Call me crazy, but the fact that I can't walk without pain and there is a huge lump in the middle of my foot, I'm going to go with there is something funky going on there....but that's just a guess! 

Boy talk....

Tonight while I was cuddling the Budster  before bed, he told me "Poop", then he was kind enough to translate that "poop means: I love you".....I'm pretty sure I'm the most loved mama in the world in that case. In other news of my awesome mamaness, yesterday, I went to work for a few hours. I cleared it with Buddy the day before, that  he would be OK being left alone for an hour between the time I left and the time Shane got home from work. Buddy assured me he would be fantastic, and then 3 minutes before I left, he started getting scared. I'm talking about to cry, getting nervous scared.  The whole scenario lead to this today....

That would be my boy taking flowers to the MOST FANTASTIC NEIGHBORS OF THE UNIVERSE, that invited my boy to hang out with them so he wouldn't be afraid anymore. Now I'm just wondering if he was just looking at himself in the mirror freaking himself out? I think we may need to reconsider his wardrobe on the days that I work! Also, in other news, the Cub Scouts went on a hike today to a fresh water pond in Kiholo Bay...

This is them in a lava tube with fresh water in it, it's pretty darn awesome...and pretty darn dark!

The boys had a fantastic time, I can't figure out which part I personally loved the best, hiking over lava with a broken foot....or the part where my period started full force, which led to one of the boys pointing out that I was bleeding to everyone (most of the parents, and the missionaries tagged along on this one)! I'm pretty certain it's  a really good thing I have no shame anymore! Oh well, we're home and I'm looking for a Red Tent to go live in for the next week like they did in biblical days. I think I could totally be down with that! So all in all a super fantastic, poop, day!

Morning workouts....

It's always a smart idea to get your stretching in on Monday mornings....

The fact that you look like Richard Simmons while doing it is just an added bonus! So all in all a super fantastic, getting our money's worth out of that headband, day!

Up!!!

I woke up to this in my face this morning....

It was pretty awesome, I'll admit. Later we donned on our matching engineering outfits to work on some train tracks before church....

I don't know about you, but I think we look pretty awesome! So all in all a super fantastic, waking up to cuteness, day!

Smiles...

Today Buddy and I ran in our first 5K (of course when I say ran, you should of course assume I mean walked). The aforementioned 5K just happened to be the Color Run. It was awesome!!! I keep looking at all of the pictures of Buddy and he is ecstatic in EVERY SINGLE PICTURE!!! He LOVED his chicken, and the fact that 2 of his closest friends rode chickens too! He got asked so many times to pose for pictures with people, that I'm pretty sure he will be an internet sensation before the night is out....and we all know how much Buddy LOVES attention! He had a blast....

 Added bonus to this 5K, people threw colored flour at us, who knew kids would love that....

And just to prove my point about these boys being the center of attention, here is one of them waving to their adoring fans....

Seriously, I can't tell you how many people stopped to pose with the boys...I guess you don't usually see professional chicken riders out and about these days! Buddy has had a fantastic day! He has since showered twice, gone to the pool and is now having a movie night at his BFF Tyler's house....of course he's donned on appropriate movie wear....

They did say it was going to be an 80's movie! So all in all a super fantastic, maybe we should wear chicken suits everyday, day!

Redemption....

Monday night, Buddy lost a tooth...which of course, led to to the Tooth Fairy leaving him a little something with a note. Tuesday morning Buddy ran to his room (yes, you read that right) to see what the Tooth Fairy left him. Tuesday morning, while trying to get Buddy to school, I saw this on his floor and a grumpy face on my boy... 

Sheesh...I didn't realize the Tooth Fairy was such a stickler....or that the Easter Bunny has an off season side business...

 To say Buddy was upset is the understatement of the universe!!!! He said he was embarrassed that the Easter Bunny thinks he has gross teeth!!!! Seriously???? That boy! Thankfully, today I redeemed myself. First, I let him hang out with some of his friends for a play date after school (OK that one was really for me and not so much for him, but I'll pretend I'm awesome)....

Then, when he finally got home, he got to see the costume I've been making all day for him for our Chicken Legs team for a race this Saturday....

He LOVES THIS COSTUME....honestly, I do too. I'm thinking of making him wear it for the next 3 days straight before it gets ruined in the race. He loves it so much while I was doing some hand stitching to the chicken face, he asked if he could help....Buddy never asks to help when manual labor is involved. He colored my thread for me since all I had was white...

Yep, I've definitely been redeemed! So all in all a super fantastic, redeeming ourselves from the fairy creatures, day!

Sleepovers....

We went to the pool today. We even took 2 of the neighbor kids with us. While we were there, a little girl playing in the kiddie pool, where I was playing with one of the neighbor kids, started talking to me. After about 2 seconds of talking to me she immediately asked if she could come over for a sleepover! I had to break the bad news, that my house was a boys house and she would be bored to tears!!!!! No worries though, she mulled that over for all of 5 seconds and invited me over to her house for the sleepover....I'm pretty certain her parents will be so excited to hear that news! In other news, Buddy has hit new heights of being lazy....

Just kidding, he MOSTLY pushed her around....So all in all a super fantastic, having a girly sleepover....not sure what I should pack, day!

Osmosis....

Buddy is trying to learn piano by osmosis now....

I'm pretty sure the concert halls will be calling him any day now! So all in all a super fantastic, practicing, day!

2 truths and one big horrible fail......

Shane insisted that Buddy get a haircut today, Buddy insisted I give it to him, I insisted to make it AWESOME...

I  haven't laughed so hard in a really, really, really long time. Even Buddy was chagrined (as you can clearly see) with the outcome of this buzz job...and he's the King of weird haircuts. After I laughed (for a good half hour), and of course took lots of pictures to commemorate the awesome occasion, he decided he would gladly keep his haircut. I'm so glad, a daily dose of laughter is just what I need these days! In other news Buddy went to Faith in God Thursday for Cub Scouts (Faith in God is just a religious component for Cub Scouts, specifically for the LDS faith). Anyway, they have a new leader, so they decided to play a game of 2 truths and one lie to get tho know each other better. Let me refresh you on one point, this is specifically for the LDS faith....AKA "the Mormons".  In the LDS faith we abstain from a lot of things, smoking, swearing (ok, not me, but my sister does so I'm good by association), drinking, etc. So while they were playing their game my boy lists...

1.I have driven a car before
2. I have tasted beer      
3. I have memorized the third Article of Faith (religious text)

I'm pretty sure if you've ever read this blog before, you know exactly what the truths are....at least what his truth will include!!!!! Seriously!!!!! I mean seriously!!!!! Oh Buddy!!!! Good thing he's so cute! So all in all a super fantastic, proud parenting (of course 100% of that blame goes to Shane), day!

Standing.....

Ever wonder what my life would be like if I had a little girl? 

Wonder no more! Yep, that's the neighbor girl that came all the way down the road and across the street BY HERSELF (her dad was watching her walk across the street) to come ask if I wanted to play! Since I was making dinner we decided we should do a dinner dance show.....I think next time we should wear our tutus! In other news, while we were walking out of school yesterday,  Buddy was telling me that the gym teacher hit one of his classmates during Gym class. Let me explain a few things about this gym teacher.....she isn't very nice, and you can always hear her yelling at the kids. When Buddy was in second grade I wrote a note excusing  Buddy from gym because he had a really bad sunburn and I wanted him in the shade (we have no gym at the school, the kids just use the field for class). The gym teacher insisted that he participate and told him he didn't have a sunburn!!!!! Errrrr....excuse me????? The gym teacher must also be blind! I reported my disapproval of the behavior to the assistant principal (trust me,  saying I was PISSED OFF is an understatement), and the next day the gym teacher confronted me and yelled at me in the middle of the school plex for "getting her in trouble".....Bully much ? Ever since then she has not been on my top 10 list of awesome teachers-of course with the way she yells at kids, she was never really there! Anyway, back to my story. Buddy was telling me she hit this kid, so I think she was just doing a gesture like touching someone on the back while you're talking to them. Nope, according to Buddy, she got mad at this kid and  hit him in the shoulder so hard it knocked him backwards. I asked Buddy if anyone told, or if the kid told anyone. According to Buddy they all tried to get this kid to tell someone, unfortunately this kid gets in a lot of trouble, so he told them he didn't want to tell on the teacher because he was afraid he'd get in more trouble. We hadn't even gotten down the bottom of the ramp that leads to Buddy's classroom building before he stopped me and told me he needed to go back and tell his teacher. I'm not sure what happened, or what really happened on the field yesterday, but I sure am proud of Buddy. When he came back to me after reporting to his teacher, I told him how proud I was of him and he told me "I always want to stand up for what is right for my friends" ....what a good boy! I think I'll keep him! So all in all a super fantastic, standing for what is right, day!

Truth teller....

I think Buddy and Shane are both allergic to the rat, although neither one will let me get rid of her. They will play with her, hold her, and then sneeze uncontrollably for the next hour or so (of course complaining all the while)! Since the rat lives in Buddy's room and Shane insists on the door being closed at all times....Buddy has been sleeping in our room! Somehow my California King just isn't big enough anymore these days.....perhaps we should look into a Texas King (because everything is bigger in Texas...right?). After school today,  I took my boy to the beach for a few hours. While we were going back to the car, he was carrying the two boogie boards and he insisted that the way he was carrying them, it made him look like a bird...

He was right, he does remind me a lot of a Cuckoo bird! In other news, my vacuum has been acting goofy lately...which is just my leading excuse for this next bit: Buddy was getting into bed last night and told me I needed to vacuum the floors. Seriously!!!! How bad do your floors have to be before your 9 year old (not a neat freak in any way), tells you that you need to vacuum? Just so you know, I vacuumed today.....just so you know....I'm still standing behind my earlier statement that the vacuum is acting goofy! So all in all a super fantastic, getting called out by a 9 year old, day!

Duets....

Buddy has forgone the solo learning of his piano lessons and has now entered the strange land of duets. I think I may hear "Ebony and Ivory" calling my name.....

Sorry, that's the tiniest snippet because I can't draw my phone out of my pocket nearly as fast as a gun slinger pulling a gun out of his holster....I should probably start wearing a phone holster so I can start practicing stat-you never know when you're going to need your phone slinging skills. Do they even make phone holsters? If not, I'm going to be rich!!!!!!So all in all a super fantastic, itchy fingers, day.

Skate Wagon????

Today I caught Buddy doing this in the cul de sac....

I'm not sure if he knows, but they make skate boards for things like that! So all in all a super fantastic, getting our exercise in, day!