If I were a mom...

I'm not a mom, but I think if these were my kids I would have one of two reactions; laughter, or anger... or maybe I would try to be angry but have a hard time because I was laughing so hard inside. Even as I write this I giggle because I'm imagining a different story...


One day, when I was working at Chrysalis in the Day Program we went for a drive to the ice cream store. Everyone was getting out of the car and I told Spring to sit tight and I'd come around to get her out.

I walked around the van, literally taking less than ten seconds, and noticed this funny orange stuff on the passenger side window. I hadn't noticed it before when I had been inside the car, but didn't think much of it because I might have just been too preoccupied with everyone in the back of the van chatting away.

SO, I open the door to get Spring out and I see this

and she looks at me through her left eye as she's keeping the right one squinched shut and goes "eeaaaarrrreeeeaaahhhh" (as she is non-verbal this is her 'hey, I need help right NOW' sound)."

Somehow, in the ten seconds I was out of the car she had found a to go packet of fry sauce and when she squished the package it splattered all over her face.

I shouldn't laugh, but the entire time I was cleaning off her face she was giggling and giggling and kept covering up her face, the way does when she laughs, and the memory of that day just makes me happy!!!

INDIVIDUAL BLOGS

As you will see I've made a few changes to the blog. One of which is the Individual blogs members of our family have (the the direct right of this post).

If you have a blog that you would like posted here let me know (obviously I don't have it...)
If you would rather yours not be posted here let me know that as well.

Hopefully (Lis & Jess I'm mostly talking to you here cause it's been FOREVER since you've posted on yours) this will motivate you to blog some more so everyone knows how you're doing!!

They're ordered w/ whoever posted most recently

INDIVIDUAL BLOGS
Anthony & Alisha Eversole
Sleepy Bears (Lil Fields-Bear)
Funky Craft Mama (Krystal)
Erica's Life
Hello, from this family to yours!!! (Perry & Michelle)
The Aitken's (Lis & Ben)
Frank and Jess Wilkerson

OH, and just because you post on your individual blog doesn't mean you can neglect the family blog... I feel like no one really uses it and am wondering if it was stupid idea to begin with.

Lil Fields-Bear had her baby

Lil Fields-Bear had her baby.

She's got the story & photos of River on her blog
http://sleepybears.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing.html

Happy New Year!!!

I hope you all had a fabulous New Year celebration. I know I did! Everyone came over to my apartment for pizza and a movie, then we went bowling and headed over to Eva's house. I do believe a good time was had by all!

A bunch of my mission buddies got together to bring in the New Year on the 1st too!

Playing Settlers of Catan

After the sillystring war

Susann and Eva during the sillystring war

Danny was cold...

After getting 5 gutters in a row Twila decided she needed a little help... even with the little child's aimer thingy she only hit 1 pin.

We like bowling shoes

Cute boys

Everyone was enthralled while watching others bowl

Sleepy, sleepy sisters

Eva and Brianna bringing in the new year

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree....

Christmas morning I awoke with a sense of exhilaration... wait, no I didn't!! I didn't wake up on Christmas cause I had never gone to sleep!!

I was supposed to get off work at 11:00PM Christmas Eve but the girl who was coming in for the grave slept through her alarm and didn't make it in until 12:30.

I was supposed to have driven home and swapped the car with Anthony so he could get to work by 11:00PM but he had to ride his bike because I was stuck at work.

Ordinarily we have enough time for a quick hug, kiss and 'I love you' as I get out of the car and he gets in, but not that day.

Our house was a wreck so I spent quite a while doing laundry, cleaning up and organizing everything.
We didn't have a christmas tree so I got creative and made one out of some green printer paper I had. I got some crayons and drew strings of cranberries about the tree and an orange star on top because the yellow wouldn't show over the green... kind of pathetic, but better than nothing!!

I had about 15 minutes until it was time to pick Anthony up so I taped the tree to the computer desk, hung our stockings and arranged the presents below them then changed the laundry over.

I picked Anthony up from work and was surprised at how excited I was as we exchanged Christmas greetings.

At home I covered Anthony's eyes as we walked into the living room (I didn't remember this was an Eversole tradition until after) walked him up close to the computer desk and uncovered his eyes.

His first comment was something about the tree looking like the Grinch's, then noticed the apartment was clean and said it was great to have a clean place to open our fun Christmas gifts.

Anthony changed into pajamas and we sat down and began opening gifts, and got some mighty fun things!!

As soon as the gifts were all opened we headed straight for bed and slept until late afternoon when it was time for me to go back to work.

I got off work at 11:00PM and we decided, since we were both wide awake and we had the next day off, we'd drive to Bear Lake and visit my family, which is exactly what we did.

We didn't arrive until 2:00AM and accidentally woke everyone up upon our arrival because of the Christmas bells on the back door. Oh well, it was surprise enough!!

The next day we enjoyed eating, talking, playing games, movies and napping before heading back home for Anthony to work at 11:00PM.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this Christmas one of the most enjoyable and memorable Christmas I've had since I was a kid!!

Next year we have a few new decorations to put out, and we for sure want an actual tree... though our paper one was pretty fun!!

Monday the 28th

So, since going caroling and having hot chocolate and cinnamon toast at my apartment was so awesome we've decided to do a repeat!... sort of. No caroling or cinnamon toast will be involved, but a movie and popcorn definitely will! One and all are invited, and some of my residents will be there if they like since they have no family here. Don't worry though, they're cool :) Anyway, it's this coming Monday the 28th at 7:00pm. See you all there!!!

"Does Anthony always sing around the house?" Why, yes he does!

After Anthony has a competition or recital or something people always come up to me and ak "does he always sing around the house? Do you love it?"
Yes, my husband is AMAZINGLY talented, but I don't think people really put two and two together that he doesn't pick up a song and sing it perfectly the first time through.
As it is competition time for Anthony, and he was preparing for his Juries, I decided it was time to take action and show everyone what life is like when Anthony is first learning a song... before he sounds magnificent.


This is what he does to make sure he's singing the right notes, etc.


This is when Anthony knows the words, notes and rhythms but is practicing them over and over and over and over and over in order to memorize it.... needless to say by the time he has a song memorized I know it nearly as well as he does ;)

So, here is the answer to the question I get asked ALL the time... yes, Anthony does sing as home. And yes I do love it. Any yes, he always paces like that.

Love you babe!!