My MOST Embarrassing Moment Ever!

Okay so you know how much I love my kids, right? Well you also know that everyone tells you not to let what they do embarrass you? Usually I'm pretty good at that, I just try to laugh and say, "ah kids!" Well this time, NO CAN DO!
Sunday, Jon's dad was released as Stake President so we went up to the Stake Conference to be there for him. Adam was SO excited to go see Grandpa. The meeting went pretty well, I thought considering it is 2 hours...kind of long for little kids to sit through. But they did with minimal trips to the hall, drinking fountain, bathroom.... Afterward, Elder Hinckley and Elder Garff wanted to meet with the outgoing stake presidency and their families before we left. It was so cute, Elder Hinckley asked if everyone was there, Ari ran up jumped on Grandpa's lap and said "Yeah!" (That's not the embarrassing part.) Both Elder Hinckley and Elder Garn gave big thank yous to the outgoing stake presidencies and their families. It was very nice.
After we went up to meet them and shake their hands. Adam went up and jumped on Elder Hinckley. Jon and I gasped. But he didn't seem to mind, and shook his hand and then told him he had a mouse in his suit pocket. He then took his hand and ran it down his arm and up Adam's to his armpit and tickled him. Adam looked at him funny and said, "You don't really have a mouse, you were just pretending, huh?" Elder Hinckley looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, Yeah I really don't have a mouse." (Ok...now you may be wondering why this is SO embarrassing...it's not this...it get's better.)
We go to meet Elder Garff and shake his hand. We were then visiting a little and all the sudden Adam reaches into his pocket and extracts his keys! While doing this, all his change and contents of his suit coat pocket fall out. Adam bent down to pick up all the stuff and give it back to him. ( I am of course dying...my son just pick-pocketed Elder Garff!) So while Adam is picking everything up, Elder Garff asks if he wants a lucky quarter. Adam says yes and Elder Garff picks one to give to him. He told Adam it could go in his mission fund. Good idea! Then Grandma says yeah it's for when you get older. Adam stopped, dropped his shoulders and head and started to cry. Sort of freak out that he didn't want to die so he didn't want the quarter! If I wasn't embarrassed enough already, I really am now. Elder Garff is looking at him like what just happened. (I realized that he heard Grandma say it's for when you are old, and he thought...when I am old, I die. I don't want to die, I don't want to go on a mission, I don't want the quarter...So he had kind of a break down.) So I tried my best to calm him down, tell him he's not going to die, everythings is okay, etc. etc. And I quickly say good bye and we leave the room.
Yeah...I'll admit I was pretty embarrassed! So not only did my son pick-pocket the general authority, when he offered him a lucky quarter, he freaked out about it!
Ah kids! But what can you do about it. Love 'em anyway! At least I can laugh at it now!

Okay well, I added the pictures from the Arizona trip to the image gallery under, go fig, "Arizona Trip." (I know I'm SO original...but at least I'm practical. :P ) And for fun a couple more here

Visit to Arizona

Hey so we just back from Arizona to visit Terra and Tim. It was so nice to see them and enjoy some somewhat warmer weather. We left Wednesday (11th) night after we found out Jon was starting his new job up at HAFB on Tuesday (17th). (Originally we planned to leave Monday-16th and come back Saturday- 21st, but everything changed when Jon went in and found he could start on the 17th!!! Which we were really happy about.) Anyway...
So we left Wednesday night at about 8:30 p.m., when Jon finished scouts. We drove all night and arrived about 8 the next morning. This was nice for the kiddos because they slept through a greater part of the drive. They did wake up at 1 a.m. -ish when we had to stop to fill up gas and feed Sarah. Ari went back to sleep about 3 a.m., but Adam didn't go back to sleep until close to 5 a.m. We did get to cross the Hoover Dam and there was no traffic in the middle of the night, go figure. :P
Thursday, we slept on and off most of the day. Terra and I took the kids for a walk to find the pool so that Daddy and Tim could take them swimming later. The weather was nice, it was in the 60's. They went swimming while dinner was cooking. We played games and went to bed. (Jon helped Tim study for his test...I slept through most of that.)
Friday, we took the kids to the park and let them run and play outside. It was awesome! They made a new friend on the playground. Now funny story: Ari is my little flirt. So she fell and skinned her knee on the way to the park. While they were playing she had to show their new friend her knee. Then she made him kiss it better! Gotta watch that girl! Anyway, it was kinda funny. The kids and Jon and Tim went swimming again in the evening while dinner was cooking. And we played games and went to bed.
Saturday-Valentine's Day, made hearts and hung them all over Terra and Tim's door. We also hung them on the neighbor's door. We went and played outside, vollyeball and frisbee. We also went swimming and played games. (We played Pandemic most the time, but we also played the Pirates of the Carribean Dice game and they taught us a new game with the Rook cards called 7 Hands.)
Sunday we went to church and then played games with the kids and took some pictures. We played games and packed up so we could leave in the morning.
We drove back all day Monday (President's Day) The kids got SO sick of the car, Jon and I did too.
All in all it was a FANTASTIC little trip. We LOVED seeing Tim and Terra. Thanks for letting us come down and crash your place. :) We love you!
Now...very important, pictures:

Gotta figure out how to add more...so just wait and I'll get some more up!

Some New Pictures of Sarah

Just thought you might want to see a few new pictures of Sarah...

After her baby blessing in December.
She looks really happy to be all dressed up.

This is Sarah at 2 months.
I actually caught her smile, sort of.
Of course, then Ari started helping and well...no more with smiles, sorry. :(

Girl's Day with Dani

A few weeks ago, Jon told me that he wanted me to take a break. He told me that I needed to go do something fun and he would watch the kids. So I emailed my cousin, one of my very bestest friends, to plan a time when she could come and we could get out without the kiddos.
So, today was that day! I had a blast. We went to lunch at Chili's and then just wandered around stores. We wandered around Dollar Tree, Roberts and Kohls.
It was SO fun to just get together and visit. We used to play all the time, but since both of us are married and have children, we don't get to see each other much. So, thanks to Jon for giving me a few hours of freedom to go. And THANKS Dani for taking time to go with me! Can't wait to do it again sometime. :)