Ever wonder what Giant's eat?

Well, according to Quinten, they eat all of our rotten food!

Last night I had to take Quinten to Wee Care pediatrics at 9:30 (the earliest appointment they had, and when I got there they were booked thru 1am!). He kept telling me that his ear "had a lid on it" or "had something in it". As soon as he said the lid bit I knew he had an Ear Infection. I knew this because that is the exact phrase that I would use to tell my mother when I had ear infections at his age! Sure enough, double ear infection.

So, we left Wee Care and headed to Walgreen's 24 hour pharmacy. Quinten had specifically requested the chewable tablets, and that's what he got. I gave them to him as soon as we were in the car. I asked him how they were and the following conversation occurred....

Q: They tasted like rotten bread. No one should have to eat rotten bread, it's gross.
Me: yeah, rotten things are not good. Nobody likes rotten food.
Q: Yeah, except for the Giants. They love rotten food and they eat all of our food after it goes rotten. They really like it. Except for the rotten eggs, daddy eats those!

Okay, and by now you're probably wondering why Matt eats rotten eggs! You know the smell of fried eggs? Quinten thinks they smell disgusting, and rotten. So whenever Matt eats fried eggs Quinten says that he's eating "rotten eggs".

I really love Quinten's imagination and the hilarious stories that he tells us. He always keeps a smile on our faces - even when he has a double ear infection and has to eat rotten bread tasting medicine.

Pay It Forward!

"The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade gift from me during this year. When and What will be a surprise. There's a small catch though....Post this same thing on your blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift."

8

Savs tagged me, so I guess I'll do it :D

8 Favorite TV shows:
1: The Amazing Race
2: The Office
3: Ghost Hunters
4: Ghost Hunters International
5: Lie To Me
6: American Idol
7: Survivorman
8: most anything on HGTV or Food Network

8 Things I did Yesterday:
1: woke Up
2: Took A Shower
3: Went to Church
4: Got a New Calling at Church
5: Took a Nap
6: Went to MIL's for dinner
7: Had a sick and fevered child.
8: Watched Amazing Race

8 Things I look Forward to:
1: Having no kids in diapers!
2: Taking a trip to Hawaii, or a cruise, or someplace warm and tropical
3: Summer!
4: Losing 40 pounds! I can do this.....
5: Matt finding a good job that makes him happy.
6: Friday Night Movie Night - I love this time I spend with my family.
7: Going home from work tonight - I'm so tired and feeling icky today.
8: The rest of my life - I'm excited to see what the future holes. I feel like we're at the cusp of a new beginning for our family, and I can't wait to see what it holds.

8 of My Favorite Restaurants:
1: Windy's Sukiyaki
2: Kobe
3: Boston's
4: Chili's
5: Noodles & co.
6: The Spaghetti Factory
7: The really good Italian Restaurant in Park City that I can't remember the name of.
8: Cheesecake Factory (anything with cheesecake in its name you know has to be good!)

8 Things I wish For:
1: Matt to get an awesome job that makes him happy.
2: The ability to travel the world with my family.
3: To hopefully one day adopt a little child and give them a happy and amazing life that they might not otherwise have had - like my parents did for me!
4: To lose the weight and be an example to my kids of being healthy and changing my life for the better.
5: To spend a week, or two, lounging on a beach somewhere - unlimited (virgin) drinks with straws, massages every day, scuba every day, and lobster every night!
6: To do the renovations to our house that we're dreaming of - extend the back of the house out, put in a huge awesome rockin' deck, outdoor kitchen and patio, new kitchen cabinets, new flooring etc.
7: For my kids to be happy with the choices they've made in life - for them to do things because they WANT to and not because its the "right choice". I want them to be strong, independant, and most of all - happy.
8: right now, I really wish I could go home and crawl in my bed and sleep the rest of the day!

8 People I tag:
1: Liz
2: Vicki
3: Sally
4-8: I don't know anyone else who reads my blog, so I don't know anyone else to tag!

Corlin Benjamin - such a trooper!

Corlin had surgery today. He had tubes put in (his THIRD set, by the way) and his adnoids taken out. The doctor said his adnoids were huge and that he had a hard time getting them out, which is what probably caused all the past tubes to come out so quickly. So, here's hoping that our cute little red head will keep this last set of tubes for a while and be healthy from here on out!

He's doing well so far with recovery. He had to have one breathing treatment while still in recovery (before I could see him). The nurse said "he did great with it, has he done that before?" Yup, alburterol treatments with a nebulizer are a common thing in our house, unfortunately. But after that he was great. He had a popcicle and three suckers for breakfast at the surgical center, and then requested McDonalds Nuggets for lunch. He didn't have any problems eating or anything.

He's such a trooper, takes everything in stride and keeps on going. With his easy-going personality he's a dream patient for the nurses. They all loved him, as does everyone who meets him.

You did great, my tiger, I love you!

Survival of the....hungriest?!

The other day Matt was getting ready to cook himself some eggs for breakfast. He opened the pantry door and reached in for the vegetable oil when something caught his eye. He saw movement down in the bottom back corner of the pantry. So he stepped back to take a look.

{this is when we wished he had a camera in hand}

There he saw Maveri crouched down in the back corner of the pantry. She had the bag of cereal in one hand and a handful of cereal in the other. She just smiled at him and offered him some cereal!

Note: the pantry door was completely closed, she had shut herself in so as to not get caught by either daddy or her brothers!

That girl may be small, but she is too smart for her own good! It's a darn good thing she's cute!

Family Pictures 2008!

Much thanks to Mary Oveson for taking some GREAT family pics! It was hard to choose just a "few" to post here.

SEVEN? Seriously?!

Nope, it can't be. I refuse to believe it. If I refuse to believe it, does that make it not true? My Blaine Lewis CANNOT be SEVEN!!!

But he is! December 27th, Blainers turned 7 years old! Happy birthday to my handsome big boy! You're such a great boy - smart, funny, cute, happy, and a great helper to me and your daddy! We are so proud of you, and love you so much.

For his birthday we went to breakfast at Moore's with Nana and Bompa, where the waitress brought blaine a delicious cinnamon roll with a candle in it! From there we went home and hung out for a bit, and Brigham came over to play. Blaine wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese, so off we went. After that we ate dinner at McGrath's Fish House. Blaine (and I) LOVES fish, but we never eat there because Matt hates it! So he got a special fishy treat for his birthday. After that Brigham slept over and it was a fun night for all.

We had a little family party for him sunday night with pizza, cake and ice cream.

And here's some pics of my "Sunshine"




ALMOST two years old - at Disneyland with Nana and Bompa






The Flash














Love you bubba!