Slides!

So, Tanner has a new favorite. They are called slides. He's actually liked them for a while, but now they are an obsession. I'm going to blame my work party for it actually. We went to Spanish Fork swimming pool...where of course they have a water slide. So, me being the nice mom I was decided I would let him try going on it. Honestly, I thought he would be scared to death and scream though whole way down. Instead, he laughed, giggled and squeeled...then upon reaching the bottom immediately began to say again again. Which meant I got to walk up the flights of stairs to the top and go down the slide again. He didn't even mind standing in line shivering for several minutes. When I finally made him leave (5 or 6 flights down) he was very sad. However, I was proud of him because he got over it when he found out we got to go ride in the truck (SUV) and return home to his kitties and daddy. He wasn't so happy when he found out that meant going to bed, but I didn't tell him that til we got home.

Hmmm

So, I haven't written for a while...obviously. This week everyone in my little family is sick. Not so fun.

Anyway, I've decided officially that life isn't fair. People that should have easy lives don't and people that have easy lives don't usually do to much to deserve them. For instance, one of the nicest people I know who tries to do good things with a passion seems to have everything go wrong. Then other friends who seem to just drift through life not really headed for anything seem to get all that they dreamed with out having to put forth too much effort. I'm sure they have problems, but arguing over which way to fold towels just doesn't compare to a real life crisis. Then I have those friends that didn't take the easy path, but chose the one that should be the most rewarding...like sticking with things that probably won't work or cost way more money than they have. Yet again...they seem to keep tumbling down hill. Yep, they took the hard path, but shouldn't they get some sort of reward...even just some flowers are something. Nope, looks like they are in it like Job. Destined to have everything go wrong. Well, I guess they will become stronger or more broken in the end. Hopefully stronger, but right now I'm just not so sure that all of them will end up stronger. I mean I have a relative who found out they had a kid with some severe problems before the child was born. Rather than taking the easy route and aborting the child they decided to keep him. Now they might loose there house and everything in it. Plus, who knows if their child is going to make it. I personally would have made the same decision and yes they say that they feel blessed everyday, but sometimes I just wish that people who have hard lives would be cut a break for a while. They might get one, but who knows. Anyway, hopefully everyone loved my ranting for the day.

I never thought

I never thought I would play with a deer, but as you can see from these pictures I did. On the way home from the sleep conference I went to last year Aaron and I decided to stop at Bear World. There were tons of signs on the highway advertising it and we thought we should give it a try. It was way better than I thought it would be.

When we first walked outside we could see all of the baby bears running around and playing with each other. It was great since usually at the zoo the bears just lay in the shade all day. Then we got to watch people feed the baby bears with a bottle. That was really cool too. We probably would have done it ourselves if we were rich. (It cost about $50 to feed one).

After that we went into this petting zoo. However, it isn't like most petting zoos where the animals are behind a fence nope they were just running around all over. At first we sat and played with the goats because they were hungry and it was easy to get them to come to us. There were also some birds that were running around. We saw little kids running around chasing them and both vowed we would bring Tanner when he could walk. They also had this huge pot belly pig.

My favorite though were the deers. The doe, girl deer, decided she liked me and laid her head down in my lap. It was very cute and made me very happy. Then I decided to go and pet the buck. His horns had been cut down so they weren't very long. He was eating the bush so I figured I could just go and pet him and he wouldn't care...I was wrong. He decided to butt me with his head so I wouldn't pet him while he was eating. It was quite funny.

After that we went for a drive where they have tons of bears, wolves, elk, and other animals. My two favorites were the albino baby deer and the wolf. It was pretty cool though when the bears would just walk in front of the vehicle. We did find it funny though that people weren't following the rules they would roll there windows down to take pictures...in my head I was thinking are you crazy these are huge bears do you want them to come in your car and kill you.

Luckily, none of them did, but a few did get in trouble which made me feel better about us following the rules.

After that, we stopped and got some food and headed the rest of the way home.

"3 of a Kind" Well Sort Of...

Griffen, Tanner, and Gracie are 3 of a kind. They all like to drink out of their bottles. They all like to go to their grandma's house. They love to play with each other. They even like to play outside. However, they are so different.

Griffen is the giant of the bunch. He is too big for his own good. Some people try to talk to him like he is a six year old, but he responds like a three year old because well he is only three. He also still likes to play like a three year old. The only problem is it isn't very fun to get attacked by a three year old the size of like I said a six year old.

Tanner has a huge head. He screams whenever you put a shirt over his head. This is because the shirts that fit his body don't fit over his head. So, most time time he ends up topless.

Gracie is so small. She should be a lot bigger, but she has a bone disease. This makes her smaller and a lot more breakable. However despite this she is rough and tough just like the boys. She can walk and she even is able to climb into the bathtub.

So, like I said these three are three of a kind...just not on the outside.

Swimming

Tanner loves to play in the water. This video shows him the first time we let him play in his pool outside. It also shows numerous tricks and talents he has. My favorite being: "stretch up tall, touch your toes, and spin around." He is turning into such a bright kid. Anyway, hope you all enjoy watching.

Actually: I lied this is a shorter version of the video so you don't get to see my favorite. Anyway, enjoy watching he is still super cute in this one.

Why working nights is...almost the same as drinking?

Me and my co-worker were talking this morning about how similar the effects of working nights is the same as drinking alcohol. I've never had alcohol and don't plan on it either, but here is what we decided the two had in common.

1. You can't think straight.
2. You think slower.
3. You can be a bit off balance.
4. You slur your speech.
5. You are more likely to do or say things you don't normally do or say.
6. You get either really silly or really angry.
7. You aren't in complete control of yoursel.
8. You can get nauseas.

Luckily, for me we figured out a few things that the two did not have an common.

1. You don't have a hangover when you wake up from sleep deprivation.
2. It isn't as addictive.

Hope this was entertaining for some of you....if not sorry....it was this morning....after not sleeping all night and only sleeping a few hours during the day, Smile!

TRUCKS!

Yesterday, me and Tanner decided to go to the library. I told him as we got in the "truck" that we had a busy day so we wouldn't get to go look at books just return the ones we had. As we began our journey down the road his favorite rant began.
"Momma"
"What Tanner?"
"Look trucks"
"Yep, those are trucks Tanner."
10 seconds goes by....
"Momma"
"Yes, honey"
"Trucks"
"Your right their are still trucks on the road."
5 seconds goes by...
"Oh Trucks"
"Yep there are still trucks"
This continues all the way to the library.

When we reached the library, I realized that they have decided to begin construction on the new community center/library. I knew I was in trouble very soon after.
"Trucks!!!! Momma. Trucks!!!!"
"Yes, honey those are trucks to do you want to sit and watch them for a minute."
(Of course he does, but all he can say is trucks over and over and over.)
We sit by the library for a few minutes as he continues to tell me that there are trucks.
"OK, we need to go now so we can go run our other errands."

I pull away and he begins to scream, not just a little scream, no a scream that is like I am never going to let him see a truck again. It takes a moment to calm him down, but really it wasn't too hard, especially when I know what he wants. I begin to point out all the trucks on the road. Which isn't too hard because anything that drives around is a truck except for airplanes and bikes. He eventually calms down. I'm still not sure if him loving trucks so much is a curse or a blessing, but it certainly keeps me entertained while driving because, in Utah county we are bound to see one at least every 10-15 seconds.