kids are funny

just some funny and/or cute stuff that the fatties (aka my kids) have said or done over the last little while...

the boys are playing truth or dare (not sure where they even learned this game) and luke dares noah to "go out and find an animal and have that animal eat you". needless to say noah didn't follow through on that one.

while in my room playing lego city on the computer with noah he says, 'i really hope luke doesn't wander in here'. dream on bud.

luke comes into my room and says, "mommy- i like you SO much", then struts over to the box of cookies that's sitting on my nightstand and grabs some out. when and how did the punk learn how to butter me up?

"i know another way to smell a person's breath. lick their tongue."

-noah

yesterday luke stood next to my bed for about 10 minutes, naked from the waste down, asking me questions about frogs... "do frogs have dads?", "do frogs have ribbits in their tummies?", "do frogs get really big?". i love him.

a classic: "mommy, the world is a bird's toilet, right?" -noah

(cont'd)

for a few hours noah wanted "Mr. Tomato Head" for Christmas. (ps. dear costco- i have a bone to pick with you for bringing out the Christmas toys in early october. it's brutal on us parents.)

speaking of costco... no luke- i will not move the bread 'to a comfy spot' in the shopping cart so that you can sit on it.

we all get such a kick out of luke that sometimes we spy on him. noah LOVES doing this and he laughs so hard at his little brother. (in a nice way.) and i can't get over how funny luke's strut is- he think he's so awesome. (with good reason.. i mean, look who his parents are.) ;)

every night at bedtime noah tells me he loves me and gives me a hug. if bret puts them to bed he always wants me to go in there and lie down with them. it pains me to think of how much i will miss this sort of stuff when they get older.

two things i know for sure:

i am blessed with two amazing little guys;

i take a lot of pictures.

jimmy fallon on npr

this is so worth listening to... his thank you notes are hilarious and his impressions are amazing.

the cookie post

so, i can't get on facebook for a week or so (i'm doing the 7-day

brain cleanse) and so i can't share my recent discovery on there.. hence

i'm doing a blog post about it. i found these cookies at walgreens while looking for a different kind of cookie which they didn't have. i love any kind of cookie (except oreos. yuck.) (sidenote: i ESPECIALLY love those danish butter cookies that come in the tin. in fact i love them so much i only allow myself to eat them twice a year due to my tendency to eat the entire tin in one day. and i find it to be so perplexing that a lot of people i know don't like them at all). anyways- back to the cookie at hand, these things are amazing. they are sort of ginger-snappy but sweeter and without quite the kick. even bret loves them- which is rare for us to both passionately love the same type of treat. in fact i think i recall getting them when i was on a plane once and being like 'omg these cookies are so good'. i don't know what other stores they sell them at, but if you like this type of thing, i would recommend looking into it. oh- and they are even more delicious in milk.

deep thought

The face of a child can say it all,

especially the mouth part of the face.

-Jack Handey

up the canyon

(all of these were taken up big cottonwood canyon except

for three that were taken at salt lake roasting co.)

lovely.

(and regarding the photo of my feet... i clearly did not choose the right

footwear for the occasion. but honestly - snow? already?)

something sorta cool

here's the link.

(scroll down when you get there)

this was really unexpected and flattering. needless

to say it made me really happy. :) thanks for looking.

xo.

it's the little things...

"Dear Heavenly Father thank you for this day and that i could

get to school safely and please bless grandma and grandpa and mima

and papa and daddy too and thank you for our food and home and

clothing and that we could have a good day and please bless bishop

Hansen and president Monson and we say these things in the name

of Jesus Christ amen." - noah, 6 years

"Dear Heavenly Father- thank you for this day and that we

had fun and that we could have fun and that i was jumping and

i jumped on noah and he was crying and i jumped on the bed and

i farted and thank you for this day. Amen." - luke, 3 years

***

(initially this post just had noah's prayer from last night but i felt compelled to add this one of luke's that i posted on facebook a few months ago. priceless.)

a rainy day post

some really great quotes from a speech Steve Jobs gave at a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005...

You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, Karma, whatever, because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference.

***

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

***

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

***

he gave me my macbook...i love that thing.

Rest in peace.

october 3rd

“For me, photography is not a means by which to

create beautiful art, but a unique way of

encountering genuine reality.”

― Daido Moriyama