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Wii Family Game Night

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Our lives have been crazy busy lately. Between Gymnastics, Cross Fit, Homework, Errands…There alway seems to be more to do then time in the day. Tuesday was a rare day for us, we were all home, house was straightened and we were all looking forward to a little quality family time. A couple weeks ago I realized that we are not going to be able to go bowling as a family for at least the next 3 years. That is a conservative estimate. Have you ever taken a one or two year old to the bowling alley? Of course not, that is because you would not be here to tell about it if you had.

Since bowling alleys are off limits for us for a while we decided to have a little Wii Bowling Family Competition. First up was Ian. Ian pretends to hate it when I take his picture.

I take my bowling very seriously. Fun fact – everytime I posed for a picture I got a strike. Until I realized that, then it stopped happening.

Rachel had an unfair advantage. Evidenced here.

Nobody has ever lost a Wii Bowling Family Competition while wearing a 4-H sweatshirt. It is unheard of.

Zane loves Wii Bowling, however, he does not like it when other people get strikes.

In fact he really does not like it. So much that he tries to go when its other peoples turns to make them lose. Then he gets in trouble and cries.

It does not last long though and soon he was back in high spirits and bowling like a PRO.

He has excellent form.

Family game night is really important for us. We try and make it a weekly thing, and even though it does not always happen, we all really look forward to it. It is really good for Zane as well. I don’t know if you could tell, but he is not the best loser. I wonder where he gets it?

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I fell off (on?) the Wagon.

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

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Spaghettios are the reason I survived my first year of college. I lived in a dorm room with three other ladies, and I had one bowl and one spoon to my name. I ate Spaghettios for breakfast, lunch, dinner and an occasional snack. I am going to blame it on the fact that my mother hardly ever bought them for me as a child, plus they are cheap and oh so good. It would not be so bad if I had stopped eating them after I moved out of the dorm, but no I continued to eat them just about every day or the next 5 years. One day I left my bowl (don’t worry, I had saved up and bought a new bowl by then) in some water in the sink. When I returned home our entire sink was dyed orange. I then realized that is what the inside of my stomach looks like! I immediately swore off Spaghettios cold turkey, and I am not going to lie, it was been hard. When I see them in the grocery store my mouth starts to water. Ian has had to talk me out of the canned food aisle countless times.

Just a couple months ago I thought it would be harmless to have some Raviolis. I mean, they are not Spaghettios, right? Completely different! I was totally fine! Then a couple weeks ago my sister got a can of Spaghettios in the mail. She brought it over to me (because she is an enabler) because she knew I liked them. I texted Ian and told him, and I guess he was feeling a little bad for his pregnant wife because he told me I might as well eat them. I am not proud of what happens next. Lets just say my stomach is not in fine shape and there is a mysterious orange ring in my kitchen sink. Now, I do not have many vices. I am not a party-er, I do not drink or smoke and have never taken any illicit drugs. (Don’t I sound fun to hang out with?) But I am addicted to Spaghettios. I wake up in the morning counting the hours until it is late enough to be considered lunch time. When I run out of cans, I crave more. Is there a 12 step program for this? Should I call Cambell’s? I keep telling myself that I can quit when I want to, I did it once and I can do it again.

I just don’t want to yet.

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I am so Jealous right now.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

My sister is on a train to Chico today and just informed me that her entire train is full of Amish people. There are few things I love more in this world than the Amish. Last time Ray saw an Amish person she took their picture with the camera on her phone. I had to make her promise to never do that again, they do not want to have their picture taken. One time an entire group of Amish youth came into Chili’s when I was eating there and I pretended to go to the bathroom three times just so I could see what they were ordering. Fajitas.

So far, Rachel has told me that they are all wearing Crocs and speaking German. I took a semester of German just for this reason!! I need to be on this train!

I am so Jealous.

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