CHINA!

O.K.  As I have mentioned, I started this mainly for journaling purposes.  Everyone is always telling me that I need to write down the things that my kids do or say, as I look at Zack now 8 years old, I am sad that I did not actually do this before now.  Scott and I were talking the other day and laughing about things that our kids used to do.  One of them was Zack, every time we were in Walmart  or somewhere and they would announce something random over the loud speaker, Zack would YELL, "HUH??  What did you say????  As if EVERYONE in the store was talking about or to him!  Giggle..  I will always smile when I remember this story.
     Antother one happened just the other day with Jacob.  He had a quarter that Scott had given him, it wasn't just an ordinary quarter (of course) it was one of the state ones with a train on the back, well...he dropped it when he was taking something out to the garbage.  He was very upset about it and I hate to see my kids upset about anything so there I was at about 9 pm with him, looking (by flashlight) for this quarter.  I told him I didn't think we would find it, and he sighed and said, "Mom, this would be so much easier if we were in China."  I thought about this for a minute, and could not figure out what he meant by that.  I asked him WHY it would be easier if we lived in China, and he looked at me like I was stupid and said, "Because in CHINA it's not dark!!!"  

The joy's of boy's!!! (Is that what this is??)

There are days that I wonder if I will EVER be able to go to dinner at someone's house and have my kids actually behave.  I am beginning to think that I have made some very big mistakes with the boys.  I thought that (and sitll do) I taught them how to have manners and when to use them, but after going to dinner last night at my mom's house, I am starting to wonder where I went wrong!  I was so frustrated that I don't feel like I want to take them anywhere because every time I do take them anywhere, they act up and I can't get them to calm down.  I feel like I'm in a difficult position right now because I am the only one in my family with kids, so people are not used to the chaos that has become my "normal".  I understand the frustrations that others have, however, I also see 2 beautiful healthy little boys who just want to play (all the time) and have fun.  It's hard to teach them that what may be considered O.K. at one house, is NOT O.K. at another.  I am also very aware of the fact that many times, my kids do not listen to ANYTHING I say, and I am beyond frustrated with that!  I see mom's all the time that tell their kids to stop doing something and it actually works!  I can't figure out what they are doing that I am not! 

Ok, so let's be honest here.  My first post was not from me, anyone who knows me knows that I am computer stupid and I could not for the life of me figure out how to start this blog.  My sister (Kristin) came over and spent the afternoon with me showing me different things, and although I really appreciate the effort...I'm not sure I will remember one single thing!  Anyways, the whole reason I am doing this blog is strictly for journaling purposes.  I have so many funny stories of things my kids either did, said or are doing that I am afraid I will never remember them.  IF I actually did this right (which I highly doubt that I did) then there should be a picture of 4 boys.  Two of them belong to me and the other two are my nephews, who live in Oregon.  We were just lucky enough to go to Oregon to see our oldest nephew Kyle get baptized and become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  Although the drive was LOOOOOOONG we had a great time visiting with Scott's sister and her family. 

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Hi everyone,
   I am going to try to do this blog thing!  I hope it works so look later for more posts!
See ya later
Melissa