Family Pictures continued...

So, we went out to go get our family pictures taken last weekend. We left here on Thursday afternoon and drove straight through and got to my mom's house about 12:30 am. We made pretty good time even though Daryl was driving. Because I don't have much feeling in my feet, it's hard for me to drive the van. I don't have any problem in our car, but there was no chance we were going to stuff ourselves in my small car to go to Utah. The kids would kill each other before we'd even leave the driveway. So, I had to relent and let Daryl drive. (since Daryl has been driving the van full time, I think it has stripped him of his manhood because he gets heckled at work). I had to remind him at times to speed up so he was going the speed limit. I had to help him drive. (even if it was from the front passenger seat , I was very helpful). We showed up and Petey (my mom's dog) was very excited to see us. He even helped us unpack and made us sandwiches. Just kidding, he didn't help us unpack at all. On Friday, Allison came over and brought her kids and we hung out for awhile, then it was time to find me a top, because nobody was going to let me go naked. We finally found something, but I was not very happy with it, and I think the sales lady was glad to see us go. Daryl went waterskiing and got a great big bruise on his butt. I was sure he was going to get hurt and have a cast somewhere on his body for the pictures, but he didn't, so that was a bonus. We played rock band at Allison's house for a few hours. I'm so awesome! I can get the singing part 100% of the time on "easy" and I can do base about 74% of the time on "easy" and I can go all the way up to "medium" on the drums. I can never get the guitar, becuase Wesley physically can't let go of it. We bought a Magleby's cake and we had to buy a backup because, in our family, if you are going to go get food somewhere and you ask everybody,"do you want something?" they always say "no," but then, when you get home, they eat everything you bring home. So ALWAYS buy a backup. Also in our family, plates are optional. As long as you have an implement to dig out the food and put it in your mouth, it's good. Cakes, never have a clean cut on them (mostly just fork marks, like a back-hoe was digging at it) and certainly watermelons get the center dug out first.
We finally got to Sunday night for the big picture, and we thought it would be a great idea to re-create our picture from forever ago. It was funny, because Ronnie had to sit on my mom's lap. Hopefully I'll be able to get the pictures soon and post them. We got home last night and life started up again today. It was nice to get away, and I hope we can go back soon.

Family Pictures

We're going to Utah this weekend to get a family picture taken. I guess it's about time since we haven't had one since I was 14. Ronnie was still a baby (he's now what, 23?) It's a great big picture that has hung on various walls around my mom's house. I still cringe when I see the picture. I remember that it was super early in the morning, because Darren was in the MTC and Curtis had just gotten home from his mission. Also, the photographer was apparently in the hospital because he was wearing a hospital gown and had an IV hooked up to himself. Whatever, I'm not quite sure what that was all about. But I was 14, I didn't care... So now, we're all going to try to get together and try this again. There is a reason why we only do this every 23 years. Now my sisters have this crazy idea that we all need to dress the same in "earthtones" and we need to wear jeans. Whatever. So I spent my only day off in the last month yesterday trying to buy jeans and spending a fortune on them. When I was trying some on, the sales lady kept saying "oh, those look nice," I just turned to her and said, "look, some people are not suppose to wear jeans, and you don't have to pretend that I'm one of them." She just laughed, but I was pretty serious. I don't think I'll be let back in that store. So, now I still have to find an earthy toned top. Maybe I should just go naked, do you think that will be "earthy" enough for them?

In the hospital with Mom

Life is boring around here, I got back last week from taking care of my mom at the hospital and I got the privilege of spending 4 long nights on a single cot with Andrea. The cot was so creaky and uncomfortable that we had to time when we moved so not to make too much noise and wake up my mom. We woke her up considerably anyway, she probably would have gotten better faster if we left her alone. It was like a bad game of tetris. I filled in my body parts where hers weren't. It was tricky, but we survived. We spooned A LOT!! And at one point she woke me up to tell me that our boobs were touching. ( I will be spending a great deal of money and time at the shrink's office to get over that one! ) We called ourselves "the human puzzle." When I told Andrea that we were like a puzzle, she said,"you complete me" and made a motion with her hands that completed a circle. Nobody laughed but us. All those years we took modern dance at BYU came in helpful to get in those weird positions. Needless to say, we didn't get much sleep and as a result we were so funny!! (of course only me and Andrea thought so) One time when we went to take a nap at a nearby hotel, Andrea found a swamp cooler that was blowing air ferociously and she stood in front of it and said "look, I'm a model" because it was blowing her hair all over. I laughed so hard, we sounded like we were drunk. When we finally got into our room I asked Andrea "is it me or is the room swaying back and forth" She said "it feels like it's going up and down, up and down" so I then said," so it's not me,right?" She said, "no, I'm pretty sure it's the hotel." I hope nobody saw or heard us. Good thing my mom was out of it, she'd be very embarrassed if she knew what we were doing and saw how we were acting. Andrea said a funny joke one time when we were in the cafeteria, she had purchased some chips with nacho cheese on top. When we sat down, Travis stuck his finger in a pool of cheese on her plate and Andrea shouted "That's nacho cheese!!" (Not Yo' Cheese) Again, Andrea and I laughed until we cried. Deanna stayed with my mom on my last day, and the next morning, she was as sleep deprived as we were so she joined in when we were acting dumb. Mom didn't think we were funny at all. In fact at one point when the nurse came in my mom pointed at me and said "she's bossy" she didn't like it when I told her that she had to take her medicine or blow in her thingy. Well, I hope that will be all of the hospital trips my mom will be taking. I don't think the hospital will let her in if Andrea and I show up again.