Four Brothers: Honest Scrap

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Honest Scrap

I got tagged so here is my Honest Scrap.

1. I love Jane Austen and L.M. Montgomery(Authors-for the non-literary type). I kind of see myself as a mix between Lizzy and Anne.

2. One of my biggest pet peeves is people complaining about their spouse. If you married them you are on the same team. So when you complain about your spouse you are just complaining about yourself.

3. Another pet peeve is when first time moms think the world revolves around their child. I can say this because I was a first time mom once and I'm sure I did the same thing. The reason I put this statement is, in the last six months you would not believe how many moms-o-one have left me in a lurch. I hate the excuse " Well it's my baby's bed time. I need to go." What about my FOUR children who are exhausted not to mention the mother who gets up with them. Do these people realize that when they leave after an activity, event, or celebration that it takes two or three times as long for one person to do all the work that could have been done in a few minutes. Of course I guess this pet peeve could go for all people who leave the work for someone else. Okay enough of my diatribe on to the next piece of scrap.

4. I love Irish Setter Dogs and would love to have one some day, but I probably won't since my kids are allergic. Maybe when they grow up and move away.

5. I don't like scary anything: Movies, books, people etc.

6. I believe that their are people in the world who are trying to convince the general public that bad things are good. Things like wizards, witches, Vampires, and sorcerers. (sorry all you harry potter, twilight, Lord of the ring fans.)

7. My new favorite sauce is Prego traditional mixed with Bertolli's Alfrado. It's fantastic! (two parts red to one white if anyone wants to try it.)

8. I believe I married the most wonderful man on earth. Sorry to everyone who only got second best.:)

9. I am a home body. I know that sounds weird to those of you who knew me in high school and college. I really do enjoy just being home with my family though. I actually become over loaded when I'm in public to much, and it takes several days away to just rest and recover. I think this may have come from being a young women's leader and then from that into the ward activity chairperson. After so many people(and their problems) you kind of get all peopled out. I guess taking four kids into public could also account for some of it.

10. I never thought I would have four children by this age. I especially didn't think they would all be boys, but I wouldn't change it four the world.

Okay so there is my closet full of scrap. I think I will just tag anyone who wants to tell us about their scrap.

4 comments:

Savannah said...: I have to agree on the complaining about spouses. You chose to marry them, you chose to commit to them. Once you are married you become "ONE". But sadly, I don't think many couples see it that way.
But that brings me to the next point...I think I am married to the most awesome man out there. But I guess that just goes to show that some matches would never work and therefore we each think we have the best husband ever. But my husband seriously the best hubby ever in my eyes.

I love Twilight & Harry Potter, but just as a good read. It doesn't mean I believe in wizards and vampires, but I guess some people go to the extreme. I just enjoy a good read. I also enjoy Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites, but I know I can't go back in time. But I can see you point, some people just go way extreme. I read to escape reality, but I don't bring those stories into my reality. I hope that makes sense.

I love being a home body! There's just something about being able to stay in the comforts of your own home. And we haven't gotten really bad at it, we hardly even go to family dinners anymore. But with Josh in school during the week, it's just nice to stay home during the weekend and not have anywhere to go.

I loved your scrap!; April 6, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Sharene said...: Love the musical beds tribute and the prank. How fun. It was also fun to read more about Teah.; April 7, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Shelleen said...: I love President Kimball's quote about dating. You need to date and find your pinnacle of perfection. Ryan is most certainly the pinnacle of my perfection and I cannot imagine complaining about him. He is my better half, so why would I complain about the better part of myself?
I admit it. I am a mom-of-one. I don't however think the world revolves around my daughter. I do however know that MY life does revolve around her.
I would have never thought to combine the sauces. I will have to try it.
I am sorry but I am going to have to respectfully disagree about Twilight and Harry Potter (have you even read them?). I believe that witchcraft and sorcery are real evil things that are invoking the power of the devil. However, Twilight and Harry Potter are nothing more than fantasy books. To say that these authors are trying to promote evil as good is to reject all fantasy and make-believe things as evil including fairies, mermaids, superheroes, and talking cars. Also to assert that Meyer is trying to make bad Vampires seem like a good thing only has credence if one actually believes in their existence.
I have read all the Twilight books, I have read all the Harry Potter books, and I have read all the Lord of the Ring books (not a fan of LOTR). The central message in all of the stories is good triumphing over evil. Isn't that the primary message of almost all good stories? You are right that there are lots of people calling evil good. I just disagree that it is in the form of these particular stories. I guess I will stop my diatribe now too.; April 15, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Jessica said...: Love your closet full of scrap. Cute cute Teah!; May 4, 2009 at 5:30 PM

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Treytion Station

5. At dinner a week ago we were talking about playing basketball and Trey asked if Grandpa Weight ever played basketball with Donovan. Donovan said yes but that he couldn't play anymore because he had hip surgery. He then told Trey about the metal hip that was put in. Trey paused for a minute after Donovan got done and then said " Is Grandpa half Robot?"(5/31/09)
4. Treytion and I (Dad)were discussing how smart he is and he told me that Mallory, his friend at school, had asked him how come he was so much smarter than her. I asked him what he told her and he said, "I told her that that was just the way God made me."(approx. 3/09)
3. So a couple of days ago, I (Dad)was talking to Treytion about his imaginary friend Hannum. She is a girl that Trey made up several years ago and I thought that the name was so original that I have kept asking him about Hannum and what she is doing. Anyhow we were talking about age and the following exchange occured. Trey said, "Well in Hannumland (the place that Hannum lives) Hannum is like 19,900 years old." "Wow, she must be really old!" I said. "Naw, in Hannumland the number of your age gets smaller as you get older," Trey responded. I countered, "Then how old would I be in Hannumland?" "Oh," Trey said nonchalantly, "about 10." (2/18/09)
2. Trey knocked on the door to the computer room today and so I knocked back. Then he knocked again so I knocked back. Then he said "stop it Dad." So I opened the door and said "I can't believe you thought I was Dad." and so he said " Oh I thought you were Dad cuz he's the funny one." There you have it I'm not the funny one but I got a good laugh off of his frankness. (10/20/08)
1.Trey "Guess how you make a Turkey?"
Mom " How?"
Trey " Take a Tur and a Key and put them together."
Dad " Whats a tur?"
Trey " A turn without the N."

Tennyson Talk

7. Tennyson came into Daddy carrying a bottle of Italian salad dressing spritz and said, "Daddy, Enoch just spritzed my bed." Daddy grabbed the spritz bottle and went to find Enoch and asked Enoch if he spritzed the bed. Enoch said that he did. Daddy told Enoch that he should not spritz the bed. Tennyson added, "Yea Enoch we don't spritz the bed, because then that makes the bed taste good, and we don't eat beds!! (3/27/2011)

6. Tennyson apparently things "Gas" is pronounced "Grass" which can be quite disturbing when you don't know what he is talking about and he's saying "Grass" while pointing to his bottom.lol(3/5/09)
5. Tennyson called daddy to come in and help him and Daddy said "I'm Busy" after the second time calling him and getting this answer he called "Busy come here!" So Donovan laughed and said "What do you need Tennyson?" and Tennyson said "YOU!" (12/11/08)
4.When putting on Tenny's cloths Donovan and Tenny usually sing "put your right foot in. Put your left foot in. Put your both feet in and do a little spin." but once Tenny said "and do a little sin :) (12/7/08)
3. It's not a ham sandwich its a "Tam sandwich"(11/12/08)
2. When Tennyson says chocolate his says "chalk lick"(10/27/08)
1.The last two nights when Tennyson has said his prayers he starts them "Dear Heavenly Father... Ssh be quiet!" I guess you know what often gets said in our prayers.

Enoch Exclamations

3. reading over the other two entries is funny because Enoch now absolutely loves all bugs and wants us to be kind to them. In fact one day he came in carrying a wasp and said look Mom it's nice. (I had told him not to touch them because they would hurt him) I panicked a little and then told him to go put the wasp outside. I went with him and had him put the wasp in the grass. Then I told him to leave him there. Enoch was so sad about the idea of leaving him that when I turned my back he reached down to pick it up again. This time the wasp was not quite so nice, but Enoch after his initial yelp tried not to show that he was hurt. He's a tough guy like that and doesn't like to it when he's proved wrong

2. Enoch has developed a phobia of bees. However, the funny thing is that anything that flies and is obviously not a bird is a bee. For the past few months we have been dealing with tiny moths in the house. Every time Enoch would see a moth he would scream bee and become hysterical until someone dispatched of he moth. We have spent alot of time telling him that they are moths not bees and that they are nice. We must be making some progress because the other day Enoch saw a moth and said, "MMMMOOOOTTTHHHHH!!! THEY ARE NICE! KILL HIM DAD! (03/11)

1. Enoch now say's mo'm and Da'd. He also is trying to copy his brothers down but only gets da out. He can point to what ever he wants though so that helps. (9/09)
So although Enoch can not talk yet he can express himself. He doesn't cry very much, but he does scream. He screams when he's happy. He screams when he's mad. The only difference is the pitch.

Elijah Explainations

7. During lunch today Elijah pushed away his soup without touching it and said "I don't like soup," Daddy said, "Well then I guess that I will just eat yours all gone," Elijah screamed, "NO!" and pulled to bowl back. Daddy said, "But I love soup." Elijah retorted, "NO IIII love soup!" and proceeded to eat.

6. As Teah finished up making the meal yesterday, Elijah looked at her and said, "You cooked some more, good job Mom!!

5. "I want some alligatored" translation Gatorade. No matter how hard we try to get him to say it right he still insists its alligatored.(2/11)

4. Down "dow". This also means up for him. (8/09)
3. Every parents favorite word has just entered Elijah's vocabulary "NO". He sometimes accompanies this with a head shake or pushing something away.(7/09)
2. Elijah has learned to say Dada and All done but it comes out "ah da"(5/31/09)
1.Elijah loves to talk. He tells us all about everything... in baby language of course. He does so with moving eyebrows, punctuations in speech, and verious other facial expressions to match his meaning. (2/09)

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