
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
6-25-09

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
This little boy wanted to know if the President's hair felt like his own.
Yeah, it matters that there is a black man in the White House.
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Nav-whoo
Ava, Moses and their cousins surrounded by the lips.
Arriving at Carthage jail the twins were being so nice to each other and holding hands.
My big sister and husband and my parental UNITS and Lisa and Muscle man just outside carthage jail.
The Kidos and the life size statues of Joseph and Hyrum.
The kiddinkers and a Statue of Christ at the visitor center.
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Here are some of our pics we have been keeping to ourselves
So it has been a while since we just put some pictures up of our kids and what we have been up to. So here are a bunch of pictures starting from the oldest to the newest.
Ava took this picture. I think she did a good job of capturing my bride and I.
One time when we went outside Ava wanted to do some snow angels so she did about 15 in a row. You can see another one she did just to her left.
That same day we made this snowman in front of our window. I wouldn't recommend doing this because the next few days everytime we walked into the front room it was kind of startling.
One day when it was rainy and cold Ava and I made this sweet hopscotch in our frontroom. No one can do hopscotch quite like Lisa though.

If Moses were in any bigger he would be hurtin for certain.
This little dude is lucky I wasn't the one who found him up on the table.
Lately Ava has been wanting ring pancakes for breakfast. So here they are.
Lisa told me one day that Moses had been walking around with a plate on his head all morning and when it fell off he just put it back on like it was normal.
Ava was sick and couldn't make it to a Handy Manny birthday party so they brought over her little take home treasures. I personally like the little bit of tummy hanging out of her new handy manny outfit. She later tells Lisa and I that she wants to be a unicorn handy manny
Moses' latest punishment is putting his head in the corner. Lisa and I think it is kind of funny because once when Lisa put him in there he was tired of being there so he reached his hand behind him and started waving Lisa over because he was done being there.
Lisa ran a 5K in 28 minutes. She told me that her main motivation was that she read a blog that some 8 month, pregnant girl wrote that she ran a 5K in 35 minutes. So Lisa felt that it was her mission to beat this time.Posted by Lisa at 7:02 PM 5 comments
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Dear Mosey,
If I have to spend another day putting you back in your crib for 2 and a half hours I am going to lose my mind. You're tired, I'm tired--just take a nap already. It is not my fault that you are as big as a three year old when you are not yet two. My best guess is that it is your father's fault, yeah, the other one, but who knows? I understand that you may be too young to reason with, you are just too tall and too coordinated for your own good right now. I'll admit, it makes me smile when you fake sleep and then come out of your room clapping and telling yourself, "Good job." Yes, I laughed when I caught you climbing over the side and you jumped back in and pulled a blanket over your head, but only because it was in the first hour of trying to get you to stay. Did you have to pull this nonsense when Daddy is in finals and I am alone? You planned it that way, didn't you? You know I cave when you laugh and crinkle up your nose, and when you snuggle into me and pat my back with your little hand I know I am the luckiest girl there ever was; but if it continues to take 2 hours to get you to sleep, one of us is going to have to go. It's either you or me, buddy.
Love, Mama
Posted by Lisa at 7:42 PM 6 comments
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
25 Things Lisa Round 2 by Emma

When she was a toddler, she and her brother and sisters used to line up by the pool to get floaties on and then WAIT till it was time to go in. Not Lisa. Soon as no one was restraining her, it was time to go in. It made her mother scream in horror like every time. That kid had to be fished out of the pool more than once.
Also, when she was a bit older, she was at a filling station pre-paying for her gas when a BIG guy, who was obviously a criminal, pulled up by the pump she was paying for and started to pump her gas into his car. Now anyone else would have stayed in the filling station, called the police, given a description… Not Lis, she marched out and yelled at that guy, and if I had to guess, I would bet she yelled in “ebonics.” Did you Lisa? Did you yell in ebonics?
6. She loves her husband passionately. Everyone loves their spouse, but those two are still sickening passionate about it. She still thinks he’s hot. He feels the same way too, but then look at her, how could he not? But seriously—I have seen few couples so in love with each other, so easy going and happy about it, and so secure with each other. It’s nice to see that is possible to be that happy. I hope they are that happy forever.
10. Lisa can make food. I know this, because when he was a teenager, her brother Robert used to walk up to her after school when his mom was not around and say, “Lisa, make food.” And she did.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Lisa 25 Things round 1
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1. Lisa loves to eat alfalfa sprouts, which is good, since a lot of the time she looks like she’s putting on a little weight. (Actually, she never changes. Even when she was pregnant she only gained like 4 pounds)
2. Lisa is one of the world’s great listeners. I always felt like I could tell her my wacky ideas that I would be embarrassed to tell anyone else. Like the snowboard video w/ the Smashing Pumpkins song.
3. One of the best things about Lisa is that she has no reservations about smacking Matt (hard!) when he needs it, which is quite often.
4. Lisa drove some poor teenage boys crazy back in the day. There are a few who are still mentally unstable. Like the freak at Costco that I almost mangled when he tried to pick up on her right in front of me.
5. Lisa does one heck of a monkey impression

6. Lisa has a talent for writing and expressing simple, common emotions and
feelings about life that go straight to the heart of the reader.
7. As a teenager, Lisa never seemed to need the approval of the ‘cool’ group
at school; she was quite comfortable with herself, who she was, and what she believed.
8. Lisa has a special love for those who speak with their hands. She has been
mistaken for a person who is deaf because of her talent with sign language.
9. When 14 years old, Lisa was a volunteer assigned to the NICU. She stocked
supplies and rocked the preemies. She especially loved a tiny black baby
named Moses. She sang him songs and asked him about his girlfriends. She
told me one evening that someday she would have her own little Moses. She
never let go of her dream.
10. Lisa and Natalie did a marvelous ‘video’ and karaoke of ‘Earl’s Gotta Die.’
11. As a child, Lisa liked to sleep on the couch quite often.
12. Ask Matt about how well Lisa responds to practical jokes at McDonalds after she
drove all night on a long trip back from a pest control summer. “Here’s your sign!”
13. I have never seen Lisa do a lick of yard work.
14. We are a much better family because Lisa came along. She has made each
of us better and happier.
15. Lisa married the exact right guy, and made it look easy.
16. I think it is possible that Lisa picked Moses long before this life.
17. The YW were singing, reading poetry, etc. at a YW in Excellence program.
When it was Lisa’s turn she walked to the front, kicked off her shoes and
launched into a drum solo. She received a standing ovation and livened
that meeting up a bit.
18. Lisa is a lefty, but she doesn’t hold her pen right.
19. Lisa is an early riser…early afternoon.
20. You could say that Lisa is quite social; she doesn’t like being alone.
21. Lisa loves ice cream (even in Omaha in the winter) and dark chocolate.
22. When picking Lisa up from Junior High, she would jump in the car, turn the
radio up very loud, then begin telling me about her day in a very, very loud
voice so I could hear her over the radio. I would drive home very fast.
23. The way Lisa loves that Moses makes you think he’s her favorite. It’s the
same with Ava, too. Guess she plays favorites. She is an amazing mother
with happy children who already have their own opinions, and keep us laughing.
24. Lisa talked us into getting her 2 baby ducks thinking they would follow her around.
She named them both Jim. They always ran away as fast as possible whenever she
came near.
25. Lisa would not leave the Saturn dealership when I had to leave for an appointment
before we completed the purchase. She was there for about 5 1/2 hours – but she got
the keys! And I got the car (Thanks Ron--- Matt).
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