Tag #1 Image Tag

Image Tagged (Thanks Cindy).
Type the answer to the questions below in Google/Yahoo Image and post an image from the first page of pictures. PS--remember to load your pictures from the bottom up!

My Age: 30!

Where I live: The Promised Land
Place I want to Travel: Africa
Favorite Food: Do you really have to ask?
Where I grew up: Good 'ole West Point Utah
My Favorite Color: Pink and Brown
My Favorite Animal: Jason
Something that I used to love: Lick'm Sticks
My First Name: Jeri (ouch, that hurts to see that without the "Dawn"--see note on next question) Iris 'Jeri' - Louisiana Iris
My Middle Name: Dawn (This is hard for me to put "Dawn as a middle name and I want you to know that I do so only for the purpose of this post. Technically I do not have a middle name...)

My last name: McKellar (Coat of Arms)

Whew--that one was NOT for the faint of heart. So I tag Tiffany because I know it won't be a problem, and Nancy because she is game for anything, and Shannon (just because!).

Tag #2: Eights

8 T.V. Shows I love to watch:
1. The Backyardigans
2. Dora The Explorer
3. Okay so we don't actually have access to "real" television and so I only watch "old" kids shows with the girls when they beg. Either that or I use it as nap time!
8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Went to church
2. Was released from the YW Presidency
3. Was called to the YW Presidency
4. Bore my testimony about the YW Presidency (ha ha)
5. Taught the YW lesson
6. Played TriBond one too many times with Travis and Crystal
7. Went for a nice long walk in perfect weather
8. Planned out a new strategy for studying my scriptures
8 favorite places to eat
1. Home
2. Travis and Crystals
3. Nancy's
4. Anyone else want to make the list? Invite us over!
8 things I am looking forward to:
1. Serving in the YW Presidency
2. Studying my scriptures diligently
3. Getting in shape again (hip exercises, hip exercises, hip exercises...)
4. Jason being back from NR (I know he hasn't left yet, but it's going to be a long week...)
5. The smell of fall and crunching in the leaves as you walk
6. Sleeping
7. Okay...I am looking forward to Christmas too.
8. Being done with being pregnant with my next child (no, I am not pregnant!)
8 things on my wish list:
1. A clock!
2. A kitchen
3. Balance
4. That I new how to be a better Mom
5. That I had the diligence to become a better Mom
6. That I never had to put laundry away again
7. That I got to sleep all the way through the night
8. That I had enough time to do everything that I wanted to do and that when I had extra time I didn't waste it.
Now 8 people that I tag:
1. Tiffany (if she ever looks at her blog again...)
2. Shannon (if she also ever looks at her blog again...)
3. Cristy
4. Michelle (if she hasn't popped yet)
5. Cindy (so I can get a fun little emial)
and whoever else wants to play along...

I need Chocolate

I have opened my fridge, my freezer, and every cupboard 10 times today for the sole purpose of finding a fabulous treat. There are no treats. But every hour or so I think that maybe if I check one more time something great will be there that I forgot about. I was at the store just the other day and picked up a bag of choco chips (yeah, I am out of those too) and put them in my cart. But then I realized that one more dollar might just put me over the top of what's left in my little "Grocery" envelope and if I bought the chocolate chips I would just make a great bowl of cookie dough of which I would eat a good half. So I put them back. I have purposefully avoided buying any such thing because I know that I am weaker than usual and a little chubbier than usual (haven't been running as much) and as good as a bowl of cookie dough sounds, I really don't need it. Do I? I do. I really, really, wish that I had it right now. I suppose that means that it's a good thing I don't. But this bag of chex mix in front of me is really not doing me any good. Couldn't they at least throw in a little chocolate?

Have you ever had one of those weeks?



Nikell is sick...again. Although she has been doing much better, in general, when she gets sick it sticks and she is miserable. She cries and whines and clings and is extra clumsy. Also, Mialee seems to be worrying at a new level these days. I am tired and ornery and in need of a vacation from my children. Can you see how gross Nikell is? The runny nose, and dirt and food all over her face and shirt. This is her style when she is sick. I bath her and wash her and bath her and wipe her and she is never clean. And yes, I have also been trying to can peaches! Fun, but time consuming. Oh and the last picture, a true testiment of my days, two perfectly good bags of snack food sacrificed as ant food. Do they not realize how small ants are? Maybe they were aiming to feed all the ants in Logan...

TOU MARATHON

Saturday was the big day! And it was soo much fun! We were able to catch Jason and Travis at mile 18 (the girls and I) and then head off to mile 24 to wait. The bottom picture is Jason drafting off some poor soul (he said they traded). Jason's family joined us at mile 24. We went back and forth from mile 24 to the finish line so we could see them all. Jason shaved 9 minutes off his time from his last marathon (despite the leg cramps). Trav and Nancy did an awesome job too!




When Jason did the Ogden Marathon I pulled up and started walking to the finish line and was totally unprepared for the onslaught of emotions. I had to check myself several times to keep from crying. Later, when I talked to Nancy she said the same thing. This time I was prepared and welcomed the electricity in the air! It is truly an amazing thing to attend. We all cried like babies when Nancy made it in. You are awesome!

In case you hadn't noticed

Hey all--I linked Jason's blog to mine, but never really announced it. I was reading it today and thinking how truly amazing he is. Have a peek--it's on the list.

My Poor Rhythmless Husband

So Jason and I updated our iPhones (which I must say are the coolest invention ever!) and found some awesome new programs having to do with rhythm and music and helping you find music that matches your running speed...Anyway, so we have spent the day finding the beat to songs. A simple thing, right? Not for poor Jason. One minute he is proclaiming how awesome he is and the next he is crying out in frustration that he sucks. He said that on his mission he had a companion that talked about "down beats" and that you could hear a "down beat" in a song. Jason told him that he was crazy and full of crap. Ha ha, it's funny that I was trying to explain the same thing to him. We had to have Crystal reaffirm a couple of songs because he didn't believe me. His final analysis? "My hand is not connected to my brain at all."

Will Sneezing with your eyes open really blow your eyeballs out?

Travis and Crystal came over and cut Travis's hair. When I left to put the baby down for the night, Crystal was cutting Travis's hair. When I came out, this is what I found...

Ha ha. I think Jason got a little impatient.

Later, after a couple rounds of TriBond (we are up 2-1), we discussed sneezing. I know, pretty hefty topic. But earlier, while we were up at the college for Family Aggie Day, one of the games had the question, "Is it possible to sneeze with your eyes open?" Their answer was "No,"

but Travis says yes. I tried it, but didn't get a good enough "grip" on my eye lids. So we discussed ways to keep your lids open. During the discussion I looked over at Crystal and this is what I saw...



She was quietly practicing holding her eyelids open and sneezing. The best part, though, was that she would roll her eyes down until they were lost in her head--every time she "pretended" to sneeze. I questioned this and she explained that if you really were to sneeze with your eyes open that they would roll downward, not upward. She wanted us to try it, but we were a little busy laughing...So, just for Crystal, here is the question... If you were to sneeze with your eyes open, which way would your eyeballs roll? Please vote on the sidebar. And thanks Travis and Crystal for the entertainment!

On Responsibilities

There are a few things that I think are nicely and succinctly divided into husband responsibilities and wife responsibilities. Like plumbing. That is definitely not my job and when I go downstairs to find a cascading waterfall in the computer room I have no doubt that my husband will get right on that. And dishes. No matter how much I wish and hope that it wasn't my job, I know, without a doubt that unless it's my birthday, mothers day, or my husband is desperate for sex, I am the only one that will do the dishes. Then there are those items that we disagree on...like taking out the garbage. For some reason I really think that garbage duty is a boys job. That is why my garbage can is overflowing 75% of the time. I used to think that mowing the lawn was a boys job too. I had never mowed a lawn before I got married (unless you count that one time that Aaron had to leave before he was done and so he showed me how to push the mower up and down the lawn 5 times and then let go and park it on the grass). So imagine my chagrin when I found myself married to someone who actually likes the lawn 10 feet long. I also tend to think that fixing anything in general is Jason's job. But I am finding that this too is negotiable. Like the railroad tie flower box behind the garage that is falling down. Seems like a boys job to me. Too bad the boy disagrees. Anyone know how to fix a railroad tie flower box? And fixing my husband a lunch. I know Jason thinks that this should be my job. But I tend to think that making dinner and doing the dishes is sufficient. Put you own dang leftovers in a tupperware. And then there are those things that there isn't really a disagreement about whose job it is, if only agreement meant achievement. Can you guess? Family Home Evening! Oh, and mating the socks. I hate that. I know I should do it, but I really hate it. I guess it all boils down to love. It's so easy to get caught up in the 50/50 relationship instead of the 100/100. But seriously, sometimes my 100 has got to be more than his 100 :)... After all I am perfectly willing to get up and pour him a bowl of cold cereal anytime he wants me to.

SWIM DIAPERS

Classic Swim Diaper Behavior...

Who in their right mind...

Once upon a time, a very old pipe sprung a leak. But not to worry, the good fairies were watching over the nice people who bought the old house and made the leak occur across the magic line that is called "the city people have to take care of it." The nice people waited and waited for the very old pipe to be fixed. Until one day the good fairies cast a magic spell that blindly forced the "city people" to take care of the very old pipe. Hallelujah.

The nice lady and her very nice children came out of their old house and watched in fascination as the "city people" dug a very big hole. Suddenly the big tractor, that was digging the big hole, stopped. The city person inside the big tractor put his hands up in the air in astonishment and exclaimed, "What is that?" The nice lady exclaimed, "What is that?" A very old and wise city person had the answer, "A sprinkler pipe."

The very old house had a very old sprinkler system that a mean troll family covered up hoping it would never be discovered again. And even if it ever was discovered, they cast a magic spell on it that would render it useless.

God bless the fairies and may the mean troll family have to forever water a million lawns by hand.

Another first day...

Mialee hit two preschools today...How lucky can you get? One on campus and the other at Carla Rigby's house with Olivia. Unfortunately, she got sick the next day. Too much?

I WON...Supposedly

I was in the paper today. The picture from my article was included and it stated that I had won the $50 gas card for the most views (150). So I am assuming that I won. No email. No phone call. No card yet. But I have faith. It will come. And if it doesn't I will go get it! So thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your support. You are amazing people and I will love you forever.