Conquering fears..

Jim surprised me today by buying lots of Christmas lights and having big plans to make our house icicle heaven. (If you remember last year, my Christmas lights were less than desirable)I was so excited because I haven't even mentioned it to Jim yet! Of coarse hilarity ensued and I must share, even at Jim's expense and mine as well. Let me first back up, Jim is(with good reason) terrified of being on the roof. A few years back, he fell off the roof putting lights up. Now, the fall was only about 5 or 6 feet, but nevertheless a harrowing experience for him. Fast forward a bit to this summer. In an effort to rid our roof of evil pigeons, my dad and Jim bought a new heavy duty, super tall ladder to get up to the roof and get rid of the nest. Only my dad was brave enough to go up there. I was too chicken as well. I didn't like the idea of my dad all the way up there either, but he said he'd lived a good life and had plenty of life insurance. Ok then. So today I go outside and I see that Jim already has the ladder up ready to go. (We do have a super high roof). He is convinced that he's extended the ladder wrong and it will collapse under his immense weight. (His words). He made it about half way up and he was so scared and shaking so bad that the ladder was wobbling all over the place. I decide to show Jim that the ladder will be ok, and I scamper all the way up to the roof. Like all the descriptive words? Once I get up there, I realize that the ladder climb was in fact, the least scary part. I was pretty scared as Jim made me walk up and down the roof to make sure he could do it. I did not enjoy pretending to clip the lights to the edge of the roof so Jim could see the process. Then, it was time to get down, I really did see myself falling to my death.

Smug Inger



Terrified Inger



Of coarse, if Mallory has the camera, bad things happen... This is when I was calculating my life insurance policy. This picture is to prove to Jim that I am not out to humiliate only him. Mallory, I heard you laughing maniacally down there, now I know why! I will get even!!



So, then Jim was ready. He wrapped the lights around his neck and put the extras in a backpack. He began his ascent. He almost started crying about 2 feet from the top. But he pressed on and made it! So he makes it up, sits down and realizes that the lights around his neck are completely twisted and mangled. Here is where the neighborhood was treated to a very lovely word!




And finally hanging the lights, while having a panic attack!



All in all, we only have about 1/8th of the lights up that Jim had planned. But I am very happy with what he did, and I admit that I wouldn't want to hang lights 10,000 feet in the air! Not exaggerating either! Here is the lovely result.


I just love Jim, our lives are never boring!!

New Nephew!

Arn and Leisha had their baby boy yesterday, he was born 10 weeks early. He weighs 3 lbs 12 oz. He is breathing on his own and Leisha is doing well. I am so happy that they are doing well. Now all the brothers have a girl then boy, it's so fun for them! We're still waiting on a name though, I am voting for Toven. We're keeping our fingers crossed for him to keep doing well!

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My review of High School Musical 3

This weekend I have had tons of fun with the girls. Friday night, we went ice skating with some friends and had a ball. By the end of the night, both Abbey and Mallory were skating on their own. Kimrie was skating all over the place. So last night we went to see High School Musical 3. I was mentally blogging the whole time, so I will share with you my review. First, I'll tell you what I liked, then I'll add what I didn't like. I suspect the lists might be a bit lopsided.

First of all, I really liked it. I thought it was really good, and puts Grease to shame. I never liked that movie. The opening scene was great, a big huge number. The whole story was very entertaining, and fun. Mallory and Abbey especially giggled and squealed the whole time. They absolutely loved it. Kimrie liked it in a very patronizing way. Not much emotion there. She's lucky, she'll be so aloof to boys in high school.
Now what I didn't like... by character:
Gabriella: I actually like her character, smart and innocent. As a mom of girls, that's a good combo for my kids to see. But she has a terrible singing voice. I'm no singer but she sounds like she is being strangled. It is truly cringeworthy. They should have just had her lip synch. Not too bad of a review for Gabriella/
Troy- Good heavens the drama with him. All my swim mom friends were gushing about how hot he was in this movie. I promtly called them all perverts and went on my way. My opinion, has not changed, he is a pipsqueak! And tell me why in every movie he has to have a mental breakdown, scream and dance and then pull out his hair?! If you ask me, he's mentally unstable and I wouldn't want my daughter dating that mess. And let me just say, when I'm on the verge of a breakdown at 2 am, I do NOT drive to the nearest high school to dance and scream around the empty building. Creeptastic.
Chad- Troy's friend, not much to say, all I can see is that curly mop. Seems like a good kid
Ryan- (Sharpay's brother) I'm so happy he got a good ending to the movie. The poor kid is so hideous and never catches a break.
Sharpay- Where to begin? You'd think they could afford a good color on her, since she's supposed to be the fashion queen. Her roots were dark brown, then we had a brassy orange, and her horribly obvious extensions were platinum blonde. Her terrible hair was the only thing I could see the whole movie.
All the other characters were too boring to post anything mean about.
All in all, a good movie, although I do get so embarrased for them when they break into song, it's just so awkward! Especially when Gabriella sings.
Oh Yah!! I forgot the most annoying thing... Gabriella calling Troy "wildcat" Gross!! Maybe I should start calling Jim "falcon"!
Actually after my scathing review, I would recommend it, it's fun and if you go in with a really negative attitude like me, it could be even more fun!

Sad News

Sad News.

Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection
and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart. The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

Jim found this online, is this hilarious or what? Who comes up with this stuff, and what sort of influence were they under?

Halloween

So I'll start with the pumpkin patch. We took all the kids last Saturday to the pumpkin patch, there was a childrens charity who let us bring our kids plus the foster babies for free. So we jumped at that chance and we had a great time. Except the corn maze that Jim took the kids on, (I hate mazes so I stayed out with the babies). I could hear Abbey screaming hysterically the entire time because she couldn't get out. I guess next year, she'll be out with me!




As we were looking for our pumpkins, we quickly realized that every single one was almost rotten! Regardless, we each grabbed one and brought them home. When it was time to carve them, the thought of carving almost rotten pumpkins really grossed me out, so I decided to let the kids paint them instead. They are always asking me to paint, so it worked out well, and actually I prefer painting anyway. It was much more fun!

here are the babies wishing they could come outside and paint. I love this picture!

On to Halloween... I loved the girls' costumes this year! Kimrie was Hermione, and my mom made her cape. I thought it was so great! I think she looks just like her!

Mallory was Gabriella from High School Musical on graduation day. Very creative I must say

Abbey was princess Alexa from the Barbie Diamond Castle movie. I made her dress, it was quite a project, but I enjoyed it. I am particularly impressed with the sleeves I made out of womens tights.
Usually it is absolutely freezing in Colorado for Halloween, but this year during the day it was 75 degrees, and at night it was in the 60's. After all that effort for warm costumes....
You'll be happy to know that Jim was able to yell at 2 different sets of teenage boys. Some of you know that he hates Halloween, especially when old kids come trick or treating. The first time he yelled at kids I was "lucky" enough to be at the neighbors house with the girls, I just acted like I had no idea who that crusty old man was yelling at kids. If I recall correctly, he said something like "Get outa here! You're too old for this, you don't even have a costume on! The next episode made me laugh so hard, at 9:30, some idiot boys rang the doorbell 5 times. Jim throws open the door and yells "Are you kidding me?! It's 9:30 get outa here, don't ever come here again, you are too old for this, get outta here!!" (I know I spelled "out of" wrong, but my way makes him sound like he's in the mafia.)
Now, I don't want you to think that Jim went rogue on his hatred for teenage boys out trick or treating. I wanted to beat up a few myself.





That aside, we had a great time, and I hope it is that warm again next year!!

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Ok, even I am getting bored with my Seattle trip posts. So, now that I have Halloween to add, I will finish up with our Seattle trip. On our last day, we were able to go to a beach to get family pictures. My sister in law Marylyn took some really great pictures of us as a family. That is where poor Jim comes into the story. Not one of the pictures of Jim was good, he even hated them all. Unfortunately we all found that hilarious when looking at the pictures later. I must say though that I had my share of hideous pictures, especially the one where my dad said I looked like Gilbert Gottfried! I will include that one of me even though it's embarrasing. All weekend I had been hoping for a picture at the Puget Sound, I even bought shirts to wear. It was rainy most of the time, except for that last afternoon when it was so beautiful. Even though Jim hates himself in the pictures, I think they are beautiful, and Marylyn did an awesome job as the photographer! Thanks Min!

Wow, to that good lookin couple!(with heavy sarcasm) This is the one where my dad said I looked like Gilbert Gottfried. Google him, you'll see!(sign me up for some botox!)

Of coarse all the girls are photogenic