I'm lonely!

I am sitting here in my kitchen and it is too quite. Henry and Jeff are running the Snake River, Lucy is sleeping at Mandy's, and Frankie is asleep.

There are times during the day that I dream of opportunities like this. I imagine a nice quite house, no one asking me for things and I can do whatever I want. Like most things in life imagining it and having it happen are totally different. I miss telling my kids to be quite and go to sleep, they are quite for about 30 seconds and then I hear giggles and talking again. I miss watching TV and sharing a bowl of ice cream with Jeff.

So I guess having a quite house isn't all its cracked up to be. It makes my grateful for noisy kids and a cute hubby to share the evening with.

Whats been going on in the life of the Lovell's

We have been a busy bunch lately so I haven't been doing my blogging like I should. Here is a brief summery of what we have been up to.

The Singing Sharks!

Henry and Lucy were in the school choir this year and they had a lot of fun. I was the choir secretary so I got to be in on the action too. We made new friends and learned a bunch of new songs. Our theme this year was songs from the past. The kids learned Toot Toot Tootsie, American Band Stand, Jail House Rock, Sleepy Time Gal, and Spring Time in the Rockies just to name a few.The kids preformed for the school, their parents, and a convalescent center to great reviews. I think we are all excited to see what new songs we will learn next year. A special thanks to Sue, Beki and Tiffany who put this all together and made it lots of fun.

Henry Gets His Bobcat

Now that Henry is eight he is in Scouts. He loves going every Tuesday and hanging out with friends and learning new cool boy stuff. He earned his Bobcat in May with the help of his dad. Jeff cant be to pack meetings since it is on the same night as bishop meetings so I had to except the pin for him. I think I embarrassed him with the kiss, someone needed to tell me you don't do those things at pack meeting.

Trip to the Firehouse

For one of our playgroups in June we went to the firehouse out here in Sandy. The kids had a blast and the firefighters were so nice and cute with them all. We learned about all the trucks and what firefighters do to help us. I think even the grownups learned a thing or two. Like did you know that the difference between a firetruck and a fire engine is that a fire truck has the big ladders?

This isn't even close to everything I need to post. However I am done blogging for tonight. I promise I will post the other exciting events in our lives soon.

Lunch anyone?

We have been on the run alot lately and I haven't been very good at meeting my kids nutritional needs for a few days. We have been eating our fair share of fries, hamburgers and chicken nuggets. Our lives have settled down and I am trying to feed my kids better. Well, today as we are driving to the store Frankie asks if we can go to chicken donalds. You can tell by his request that we have been frequenting McDonalds and Chick-fil-a, he has just smooshed the two together in his little three year old head. Have we been eating out too much or what?

She is too cute

Yesterday Jeff asked me to go to the Bishops Storehouse to fill an order. I loaded up Lucy Frankie and myself in the van and we were on our way. When we got there Lucy noticed the pictures of Jesus, she commented on them and I told her this was a store owned by the church to help people out when they cant afford food. We got what we needed and left. Later that day I heard Lucy talking to Henry telling him we went to the Heavenly Father store to get food. I know I am bias but isn't that the cutest thing?

Its time

So if you know me, you know I love to garden. It might not be obvious by the looks of my yard, but I love to get out and work in the dirt. Last Saturday was the first official day of gardening for me. I weeded, planted and enjoyed the sun. My kids rode bikes, played on the swing set, ran around without shoes on, and got dirty. It was awesome. I have to say the best part of the day was "harvesting" my first batch of compost. I used it for my planters along with some potting soil and I am hoping my geraniums will be beautiful.

The last project of the day was clearing the garden and getting it ready for planting. It took Jeff and I about an hour (cursed Morning Glory) but when we were done I asked Jeff if he had seen anything more beautiful than a patch of land ready for planting, then it hit me I am a HUGE nerd!

I love to garden it is the best.

Yes, another tag

How to play this game of tag. Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys....

#1 I know it is cliche to say my family, but they are my greatest joy. I love my kids and my wonderful hubby.

#2 Getting a magazine in the mail. I love it when I pull up to the house and see a new issue of Better Homes and Gardens (or one of the other many magazines I subscribe to) peeking out of my mailbox.

#3 Sleeping in. They say the older you get the earlier you wake up, well not me. I could sleep until 11:00.

3 Fears....

#1 Being PTA President next year. What have I got myself into? If any of you out there would like the job, I am willing to step down.

#2 I have economic anxiety. Every time I see the price of gas rise, I get worried. I heard the other day, pretty soon it will be to expensive to truck oranges and I worried about it for hours. I know I am crazy.

#3 I am still not a fan of the dark. I still have to have some sort of night light . If I cant see my hand in front of my face I get nervous.


3 Goals....

#1 To finish my weight loss I have been working on.

#2 To finish my many furniture projects I have waiting for me downstairs.

#4 To get my garden in.


3 current obsessions/collections....

#1 We are working on our food storage right now. It is so reassuring to go down stairs and see that we have food just waiting for us if we need it.

#2 I don't know if this one counts, but I love anything from Costco. 36 rolls of TP, 18 rolls of paper towels, 19 lbs of oranges (until they are too expensive to truck from California), 8 cans of tuna, 6 lbs of pretzels I love items you can buy in bulk.

#3 I love collecting old Pyrex glass ware. My collection isn't as extensive as my dads but I am working on it.

3 Surprising Facts about me....

#1 I love text messages. It is such a nice surprise to hear my phone beep, especially when its Jeff just asking how my day is going.

#2 My house is messy more often than it is clean. I really try but I just cant keep up.

#3 I love Jane Austin movies. If anyone wants to watch a bonnet movie give me a call and I will join you.

There I did it. Every time I do one of these tags I am reminded how boring I am. Thanks for putting up with my ramblings, I know at times it is painful.

I tag whoever reads this and wants to share a piece of themselves with all of us. Come on I know one of you wants to.

The Things I Say

We went to Price this weekend and we had a lot of fun. Bryan and Lynae's house is beautiful and I am so happy for them.

Anyway, Nae and I were having a conversation about the things we say during the day that we wouldn't have to say if we had any other job besides mothering. I hope she doesn't mind that I am blogging this but I thought I would start my own list of things I say in the course of a day.

#1 This first one isn't necessarily a phrase, but I repeat myself to Frankie about 100 times a day. Any of you who have been around us know, either Frank is hard of hearing or he chooses not to hear me. For example.......
Me: Frank go get your shoes.
Frank: What you say mom?
Me: GO GET YOUR SHOES!
Frank: What you say mom?
Me: Get your shoes or I will spank your bum.
Frank: OH my shoes, ok mom.

#2 This phrase is also to Frankie. Frank get your hands out of your pants. Then it is a repeat of #1.

#3 Get your finger out of your nose. This is said to all three of my kids at some point during the day.

#4 This one I dont mind. I call each of them one of these names at some point during the day; sweet pea, sugar, baby, peanut, cutie. If I called co-workers at a regular job these names I would be the crazy lady at the office.

#5 How did you get (put a food stain here) we just put that shirt on.

#6 You need to put some clothes on no one likes to look at your naked bum. (Ok I might looking at thier cute buns but I have to teach them you cant run around naked.)

This is only six of I am sure many things. What do you say?