Celebrity Sighting!

Remember this guy? I TOTALLY saw him last night at California Adventures. I mean, it HAD to be him. Who else has a beard like that? He was dressed in normal clothes and holding hands with his wife, but his face was 100% Honest Abe. Too bad Katelyn didn't see him. She still dreams sometimes that she is with Abraham Lincoln, and he pulls a penny out of his pocket and gives it to her. She would have been stoked to see him again!

King Tritan's Carousel

Allergies :(

BabyCricket-lovers...that's us!

We have a cricket problem. On any given day you can hear at least 3 crickets serenading our home, and I'd imagine at least 5 others who are keeping quiet. When I say "our home" I mean INSIDE our home...not outside. At first I thought it was cute. Back in those days we found just one cricket a week or so, and we're kind to our crickets. We escort them in a cup to the front door, then toss them outside, hopefully shaking some sense into them. They know we won't kill them, and I guess our reputation has spread. I feel like we have become cricket Mecca! There are more crickets than people in this house! It's becoming a battle.

Tonight after dessert I threw (not literally) Zach in the tub, then left for a minute. I ran back in because he started screaming "Cricket, mommy!!" He was pointing at TINY bugs. I looked close. I thought they were tiny ants (we have had those, too), except--they were jumping! FAR! They were Baby, Stinking, Crickets!...which only confirmed our fears that crickets have been getting it on in our house.

After the initial gross factor wore off, Adam and I decided they were cute and started brainstorming ways to rescue them. Sadly, one of them died during the trip out the front door...and the mother abandoned the one that lived, but I'm sure Heavenly Father has BIG plans for that little baby cricket. I will call him The Cricket Who Lived, and Katelyn and I will daydream about the adventures he will have while hopping the corridors of a school named Hogwarts. I can't wait to tell Maggie!

P.S. Don't tell my kids cricket #2 is dead. They are hearing bedtime stories about him as I type.

Good Morning

I got a lot done this morning. Starting with this:

And then this:

I like when the weather is slightly overcast and chilly.