Welcome to the world baby Julia

This is only like a week late but we think it is still worth writing about. We are so excited to have a new little niece in the family. We think she is pretty cute and Khloee thinks she is head care taker when she is around. We can't wait to get to know her and see what fun things she will learn from her older brothers. (because we know that little girls still unfortunately learn lots of things from their older brothers!)
We were lucky enough to get to keep Payton and Porter a little bit while Misti was in the hospital. While she was sitting around in a hospital bed, we go to build a hut and have a fun movie party outside. Much funner than squeezing out a baby, I must say!

WWF Wright Style

The past month we have been enjoying watching the boys wrestle. They have loved it and it has taught them lots of good things besides wrestling moves. I am surprised at how well they handle their wins and their losses. Luke keeps the same expression on his face, win or lose. And I thought for sure Tanner would cry every time he got pinned but so far they have both handled the losses well. I have unfortunately been busy doing the Women and YW volleyball tournaments on the weekends that the boys wrestle so I have yet to see Tanner wrestle a full match. But here is a little footage that I got of Luke in the short time that I was able to be there.

I think their Dad likes it more than the boys do. Uncle Todd has been great about coaching the boy's on their moves, (Since their dad isn't a whole lot of help in this area.) Thanks Todd!

You voted for who?

I just wanted to post this funny conversation I had with Tanner the other morning. The morning of the election, before Kory left work, he asked me if I was ready for taxes to go up and the U.S. to change a whole lot. Meaning, he thought Obama was going to win the election. Tanner, piped up when he heard the names Barack Obama and John McCain. He said he knew who he wanted to win and they had done their own vote at school. He told me he wanted Obama to win and I told him I was glad but that wasn't who I was going to vote for. He got all huffy at me and asked me "why"? We talked a little about it and told him that was OK for us to want different people for president and that was a great thing about our country, we could choose the candidate that fit our beliefs and ideas the best. (even though none of the choices were that great.) Just then his dad walks by and Tanner asked him who he was going to vote for and he told him McCain. Tanner slammed his fist down on the counter and in his angry voice said, "I knew it, I knew you were going to say that!" I thought wow, I didn't know he was so into politics. He was pretty ticked off!

I asked him, "why are you so upset about this?" He said, "You wanna know why?" Still in his angry voice. "Because you know that big lizard? The really, really big lizard? Uncle Brock used to have one?" And me being brilliant in the lizard department, said "an Iguana?"

"Ya, an iguana. Obama sounds like Iguana, that's why I want him to win!"

People out there are voting for him because of the color of skin, why not throw in lizard lovers as well.

Making the switch

In honor of Halloween I am crossing over to the dark side!

I have decided to make my blog private.

So, if you would still like to view my blog, please leave me your email address so I can send you your exclusive invitation!

Happy Birthday Turdi

Oh, to be as OLD and wise as my fabulous sister, Trudi. She is such a fun sister and I only wish she were closer so that we could hang out more often and she could teach me how to keep my house whipped into shape like hers. (or better yet she could do her house AND my house). As my gift to her (since I didn't get her anything else) here is a small tribute of memories that I have of her.

1. Her tenacious attitude when it comes the after Thanksgiving day sale's. There are so many memories tied into just that one day!

2. Her Brazil photo album which gave me my first introduction on how to french kiss. Thank you for that.

3. being confident enough to show off some sweet volleyball moves as her talent at the Washington city princess pageant.

4. Giving my the chance to tag along and learn from the masters when she went toilet papering the elite citizens of Washington County. Not only letting me tag along, but showing me that it is not enough just to get up from trampoline where we were sleeping. But to put big cinder blocks under our blankets so the trampoline sagged down. Just in case mom and dad checked on us. (She thought of it all folks.)

5. Letting Misti and I crash her house when we ditched our beloved job at Teltrust. We loved to go hang out with her and Ashley. She probably didn't love it as much as we did.

6. The determination she showed on the rock wall will be an inspiration to me for years and years to come.

And lastly, I have a little video of someone else that wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and share a memory!

I hope you have had a great birthday! I love that I have you to look up to and that you have set such a high standard because it only makes me work harder to be able to reach your level. You are such a good mom and wife and I am lucky to call you my sister. I also love that you have so many nicknames. Choodie, Turdi, Gert . . . the list goes on!

What's different?

Do you notice anything different about Kor?

Which do you like better? Facial hair or no facial hair? I have my opinion but what is yours?

General Conference Sunday

I love General Conference weekend! I love the chance that we get to hear words right from the Prophet and the Apostles. This General Conference was a little different for us at this house though. We don't have Satellite anymore so we knew weren't going to be able to watch it. We would just have to listen to it on the radio and I was a little worried about how that would go with getting the kids to pay attention AT ALL! We started Sunday morning with a little hike up Molly's nipple. ( I am not sure I have ever typed the words nipple before). I don't know how appropriate a hike is for Sunday but it was such a pretty morning that we decided to take the short drive to the trail head. We didn't go all the way to the top because the kids thought that we were high enough and their dad was a bit nervous about some of the climbing skill's and common sense some of the "mountain goats" had that were climbing with us. We did get to see a couple of little planes take off right below us and it couldn't have been a nicer morning. It was a great way to enjoy the beautiful little valley and it set a nice tone for me to start the day with.

I am used to being irritated before church starts because nobody is getting ready fast enough or I can't find one boy's shoe and another ones belt and the other one is missing a sock. To say the least it was a nice change from the ordinary.

After we returned home, while I was making waffles, Kory constructed a great little hut for us to all lay in and listen to conference. The kids loved it and we had such a great day together as a family. The kids got along great and there was such a happy spirit in our home. I wish General Conference came more than twice a year. (I didn't get a picture of Kory's great hut but let me just say he should go into business! He could call it Kory's Hut . . .Hut . . .)(a dumb football comparison.)