I was right.

This morning was rough. We had to wake Grayson up to make it to church on time and then whined/cried most of Sacrament meeting. He just needs his sleep!

Well, that's pretty much all I have to say about today :) So, here are some completely unrelated pictures of the kids playing with lady bugs in Big Bear:

And one of Leah lookin' kinda saucy:

I didn't blog yesterday!!

I JUST realized I skipped yesterday! Oops. I think it's probably because my mom and dad randomly came into town last night to attend a horse training seminar here. I think it threw me off.

Anyways, today was great. We all ate a gourmet breakfast of gluten-free oatmeal and Jeff and I folded a bazillion loads of laundry :) My parents left early this morning and right before they left my mom asked if I still had a camera. Uh, yeah. "Well, you should be taking pictures." Haha, here's the one I took:

Davis doesn't actually wear glasses, those are Papa's and Grayson looks grumpy huh!? Well, he was grumpy all morning! For example he was upstairs with Jeff and the door to the balcony was open, letting in the breeze. Grayson couldn't stand it and told Jeff to "Close the door. It's winding me over."

I guess the breeze was kinda strong though. The big kids and I flew kites across the street in what the kids call "the wilderness". I love this picture because it represents so much to me. Leah and Davis had earned those kites by doing their chores and earning points on a chart. It makes me proud that they're being good helpers and that they're taking their prize and actually enjoying it :)


It's a good thing Grayson got over his grumpies by nighttime because we went to a super fun graduation party with a live band. The kids LOVED it! I loved it too. We were all dancing together (except for Jeff of course) and it was great. Leah and Davis were taking turns dancing with Whitney in their arms laughing the whole time. And I REALLY wish I'd had a video camera to record Grayson's dancing. It was all crazy and hilarious. It was so bizarre it kinda reminded me of Elaine from Seinfeld :) He'd punch his arms and then wiggle his booty like in the chicken dance and sometimes he's do the funky chicken with this legs. Sometimes he'd even put his hands on the ground and lift one of his legs up into the air (I'm pretty sure that's a legitimate yoga pose haha). And there were other kids there that they made friends with, dancing in a circle holding hands and such. It was super fun. We stayed way late and Davis, Grayson and Whitney fell asleep on the 10 minute drive home. The only bad thing is that 8 am church is going to come so much faster!! I need to get to bed RIGHT NOW!

Today was a good day.

We went to hang out with Skye and her kids, Hayes and Kamri, who are renting our old house from us. It's kinda weird being there when someone else is living there but it's not bad. We have so many good memories in that house. Anyways, playing with them was pretty fun. Highlight of the day was when Skye had to tell Hayes (who's 3) not to vacuum the baby (Whitney). He thought it was pretty cool how her fingers went inside the tube. Love him!

When we got home from there I took Leah and Davis to their art class. It's a friend of ours that teaches it so I was able to stay and help while Grayson played inside with toys. The kids made abstract sculptures with plaster and nylons. They're pretty cool and messy and the kids loved it! Whitney was at her usual level of awesomeness and entertained herself the whole time in her carseat. On the way home Leah said it was the best day at art class ever! We definitely had a good time being together <3

And then this evening I spent 2 1/2 hours at the neighbors learning how to sew a fabric roll that can hold crayons and such with some women from the ward. It was fun. It was mostly talking and you know I LOVE to talk :) The women in the ward are great. And Jeff's calling as 2nd Counselor in the Sunday School presidency allows him to be home a lot so I'm enjoying attending as many Relief Society weeknight meetings as I can :) Now I'm finally home and blogging but it's already past my bedtime haha. What's a girl to do :)

I can be right...sometimes

Today we went to The Arctic Exhibit at Galleria Mall. The kids weren't very excited when I said we were going to learn about polar bears and penguins. I told them I'd never been there but I'd heard it was fun. They weren't convinced. We went anyways and afterward Davis said, "It was really fun, you were right Mom."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like to be told I was right :)

And it actually was a lot of fun. They had this really slippery slide for the kids. They got to put on a black and white penguin suit and slide down it on their bellies. Grayson was in love. After we left he kept saying he wanted to go back to the costume store. He'd say it like I should know what he was talking about. I didn't get it until he said the penguin costume store. He REALLY liked it :)

Tippit family pictures from Nov 2009.

Taken on the Blythe Municipal Golf Course.

Issues.

I'm having trouble with my sleep patterns these days. I think that because I've had a child waking up in the night for the last... um, forever... I've gotten into the habit of not sleeping. But now that both Grayson and Whitney are sleeping through the night (which is a MIRACLE in and of itself!!) I still don't sleep much. I feel MAJORLY sleep deprived all day but at night I get kinda a second wind and stay up late reading or looking up things on the internet or watching movies with Jeff. In the past I've always felt my best when I've gone to bed early and woken up early so I just need to get back to that. I KNOW better now I just have to DO better. It's time to be like, you know... an adult haha.

So tell me, what time do you go to bed?

"Lazy Sunday"

This is a picture I took of Davis at my sister's house with her nice Nikon.
It makes me wanna fork over the dough for a SLR.

Davis makes up jokes.

Davis: What did the hot dog say to the rubber band?
Me: What?
Davis: YOU STINK!

They're not funny but they're all his.