Zabriskie Family

Catch up

2012-02-29T08:57:00.006-08:00

So even though I have blogged nearly every day for the photo-a-day challenge, I feel like I haven't stayed caught up on all of the important stuff that is going on in our lives-which is not good considering this is the only family journal I keep. So I am going to do a monster sized blog of the things that have been keeping us busy.

And when I say that we have been busy, I am totally NOT exaggerating! Over the past few weeks I am positive we have spent more time away from home than actually there. Seems like we have only been there long enough to sleep. Oh well, such is life.

Photos are: (starting top left and moving right)

1.Koby wrestling at West high-he got 3rd place-this was the first tournament of the spring season and there weren't very many people there so Koby got to wrestle some older, experienced wrestlers that placed at state-but he did great and got some good experience! A coach from the another team came up to us and told us to not let him get discouraged because he has some really awesome skills and he should stick with it.

2. Morgan, Steve and Maylee at Trafalga waiting for their turn at mini golf. We went there to celebrate Morgan's 7th birthday! She doesn't remember ever going there before and she loved it!

3. Maylee walking with the help of Steve's fingers. She sure loves it-every time we let her hold onto a finger and walk around she has this huge grin on her face-that is, if she isn't laughing.

4. Morgan at her dance recital. I think she was trying hard to remember to keep her tongue in her mouth.

5. Our family at mini golf-we tried many pictures but Maylee kept looking down-I guess at least the top of her head proves that she was there.

6. Me & Maylee-she looks less enthusiastic about snuggling with me than I do but she is still a momma's girl.

7. Maylee has started doing this "cheese" look whenever I get the camera out. It is so adorable with her eyes squinting and her nose all scrunched up. (mom look she is wearing the vest! It took some distraction and a bit of whining but she still had it on when I dropped her at the babysitters!)

8. Morgan on her birthday-she loves all of the attention. I still can't believe that she is already seven. Even though her birthday was less than a week ago she is already talking about turning 8 next year and how she gets to be baptized.

9. Koby and his award from the wrestling banquet. We got to go to a very nice (and VERY yummy) dinner with all the parents and wrestlers. Koby got an award for the most improved 8th grade wrestler. Way to go Koby-we are so proud of you!

So we are back to wrestling practice 3x a week and a tournament every weekend. When Koby asked if he could do the spring season, he told me that it costs an additional $60 but he had already talked to his coach and he could wash mats to pay for it. So he is washing mats 2x a week after school, before practice. I guess that must mean that he really loves it.

Morgan just finished her dance class and she enjoyed it but she is now wanting to play soccer. She had a great birthday and got very spoiled. We are just going to do one more joint party for family-for both her and Maylee.

Maylee is learning so much and is so darn cute! She races up the stairs now-if I give her a 10 second head start she is already 3/4 of the way to the top. She hasn't been walking too much mostly just likes to hold onto someone or something but last night she stood up, walked about 4 steps and then sat down and laughed. We get so excited for her, so maybe she was just laughing at us!

Steve is doing great at work-he is learning a lot of new things so that he can be promoted. He seems to enjoy the guys that he works with and it's great to have him so close to home (it really helped when Koby locked himself out of the house and Steve could run home and let him in!)

Steve's dad will be getting remarried soon. It has been fun to meet all our new relations because not only do we get a new step-mom/MIL/grandma she also brings along her kids and grand kids. I really like Sharon and I am happy that Dan won't be so lonely anymore.

I am also doing well-trying hard to stay on top of everything that is going on and still keep my sanity-not sure how well that is working, you may want to ask Steve.

Days 28 & 29 pictures- Money & Something I listened to

2012-02-29T08:50:00.003-08:00

Money:

What I have been listening to lately:
Morgan loves music, she gets it from her dad. For her birthday we gave her two new CD's-chipmunks and Tangled soundtrack, so that is what we have been listening to. I did put them onto her MP3 player so now she can listen to them with her headphones on and I can listen to something...
ummm...
better?

Picture 27-something I ate

2012-02-28T08:37:00.001-08:00

On Saturday we had another dinner to meet Steve's future step sister and her family. Sharon (future mom-in-law)made this cake that was so so good and I normally don't like chocolate.

Day 26-Night

2012-02-26T19:38:00.003-08:00

The other night we went out to dinner and then played mini golf to celebrate Morgan's birthday- a little late due to having a wrestling awards banquet on her actual birthday. We tried to take a family picture but no matter how many times we tried Maylee kept looking down-but atleast you can see the top of her head and know that she was there!

Days 24 and 25 photos

2012-02-25T21:30:00.003-08:00

Day 24 bathroom cabinet

Day 25 Green

Days 22 (where I work) and 23 (my shoes) Photos

2012-02-23T08:26:00.000-08:00

22 Where I work:
I do more work here than anywhere else:

But I get a pay check from here:
(Photo taken from UVU website-please don't sue me for theft of photographs!)

23-Shoes. Confession: I don't like to wear shoes-I would go barefoot if I could and it wasn't so gross. As soon as I walk in the door at home, off come the shoes. As soon as it is warm enough outside (sometimes not even warm enough) I start wearing flip flops and sandals. So even though I was pretty cold, on Saturday I wore my flip flops while I took Morgan and Peyton to the park.

Koby's post

2012-02-22T13:42:00.001-08:00

Well I just blogged a post on both girls so I might as well do Koby's too. I haven't done much updating on him lately, mostly because he won't let me take pictures of him and when I talk about him-it is very embarrassing to him. I'd rather embarrass him in person!

About a month ago Koby got to meet with the school counselor about high school. I was pretty impressed. They gave him suggestions on what classes to take, gave him a paper with scholarship requirements for college, had him take a career interest test and told him his options for classes next year. I can't believe he is even old enough to be considering these things! Koby has some impressive goals and plans for the future. I know that he can accomplish anything he sets his mind to.

Last week we had parent teacher conference with his teachers and they all had glowing reports. He is doing very well and his habits have really gotten better. One teacher commented on how he has really improved at turning his work in on time. One said that he is way smarter than he gives himself credit for. Even though he really doesn't like English his teacher said that he has a lot of talent in it. She wanted him to take honors English next year-not sure I can talk him into it. She said that on the assessment tests getting a 5 means being at grade level and he got a 7. So even though he thinks its his worst subject he is even excelling there.

Last night he started the second half of wrestling season. He is so excited for it!

I hope by now that Koby has stopped reading...he also recently started shaving his mustache. He will probably kill me if he reads this but hey this is our family journal and our posterity needs to know these things! Part of me really hates how grown up he is. But the smart part of me is also proud of how well he is growing up!

Morgan's dance recital

2012-02-22T13:37:00.001-08:00

This was her first time of trying ballet-I think it was a little slow and a bit too graceful for her taste. But she still did well and learned a lot! The teacher did keep telling her to keep her tongue in her mouth and to smile-she was concentrating a bit too much!

Maylee's big weekend

2012-02-22T13:21:00.000-08:00

Maylee is so thoughtful and considerate of her poor working mommy! For all of her "big moments" she has done them for the first time at home, rather than at the babysitter. I feel so lucky! It is so heartbreaking to have the babysitter tell you that your child did anything for the first time while you weren't around.

Last weekend Maylee got her first tooth, started walking and started singing in church all in the same weekend! She is so adorable while she is walking-she laughs the whole time! She still likes to hold on tight to your fingers but sometimes she will break free for a few steps before she plops down on her soft padded bottom. She also tries to move as fast as she can rather than taking it slow and easy.

During sacrament meeting while we were singing the opening song, Maylee just started "singing" along. Now whenever Morgan tells her to sing she does it again. Could she be any cuter? She can now say these words: mom, dad, hi and uh-oh!

Here are a few photos of her walking with help-don't you just love that huge grin?

She also loves to talk on the phone. Here she is with Steve's cell-she just keeps saying hi!

Day 21 picture-myself

2012-02-21T13:22:00.000-08:00

I love to take pictures, I just don't really enjoy being in the picture. So I spent far too much time looking through all of my digital pictures trying to find a picture of me that I actually like-I would have to say it's pretty impossible. First I am usually the one taking the pictures and so I am in very few of them. Then when I am in front of the camera I am very critical of myself. So I guess this will have to be a picture of me that I don't hate.

Day 20 photo-Handwriting

2012-02-20T20:15:00.000-08:00

So I skipped yesterday I couldn't think of anything that I hate to do. There are several things that I dislike doing but nothing I really hate. Like I hate when the alarm goes off and I have to get up, but on the otherhand, I am glad that I am able to get up everyday. I don't like folding clothes but I like have clean clothes in my drawers and closet. So anyway, I am skipping 19.

I am such a list person, so here is one of my many...

Day 18 photo-Drink

2012-02-18T21:29:00.000-08:00

This is my all time favorite drink.

Day 17 photo Time

2012-02-17T21:34:00.000-08:00

Day 16 photo- something new

2012-02-16T20:39:00.000-08:00

Thank you babe! Just arrived in the mail today!

The family that___________ together...

2012-02-15T09:55:00.001-08:00

Since we are in between wrestling seasons, we have been lucky enough to get to spend more time together as a family. Here is the photographic evidence.

The family that does homework together...

The family that wrestles Koby/dog piles on top of Koby together... (this is about the only way I can get a picture of Koby-pretend I am taking a picture of Maylee and get Koby in the background!)

The family that has FHE/draws the armor of God depiction together...

The family that goes to dance class together...

I am hoping that we are the family that does it all together and that means that we stick through everything together.

Day 15 picture-Phone

2012-02-15T09:53:00.001-08:00

my "faux smart phone"

Day 14- Heart

2012-02-15T09:50:00.000-08:00

I took the picture, just never got around to posting it yesterday.

This adorable Valentine from Maylee was created by her awesome babysitter! We also got some sugar cookies the same way. I am so glad we are blessed to have wonderful people taking care of our children while we work.

Day 13 photo- Blue

2012-02-13T20:46:00.000-08:00

Little baby BLUE jeans

Day 12-my closet

2012-02-12T21:29:00.001-08:00

*Notice the empty hangers? Steve had been suggesting for weeks that I should clean out my closet so I finally did-I have 3 garbage bags ready to be donated to DI.

Day 11-Makes me happy

2012-02-11T22:50:00.001-08:00

Books!

Day 10-Self Portrait

2012-02-10T21:27:00.000-08:00

This is a self portrait that Morgan drew.

Day 9 Front door

2012-02-09T20:39:00.001-08:00

Inside, lookin' out

2012-02-08T13:07:00.000-08:00

The other night while dinner was cooking, Morgan talked Steve into playing soccer with her in the back yard. Poor poor Maylee had to stay inside with me. She left her toys and crawled to the sliding glass door and stood there for so long just watching them play outside.

This is a shot from the outside...
Looks like she already wants to be like the big kids.

Day 8 Sun

2012-02-08T13:05:00.001-08:00

I love sunset! I love how the sky lights up with so many different colors-when I see this it is easy to remember who created such beauty.

Day 7-button

2012-02-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

This is the cutest button I could find...

Day 6-Dinner

2012-02-06T19:17:00.000-08:00

It isn't the "gourmet" food that is prepared, or the china (Or in our case-mismatched plates/cups/bowls) that it is served on that makes dinner my favorite time of day-its the people that sit around the table with me.

Day 5 10 am

2012-02-05T19:50:00.000-08:00

Today I am feeling quite yucky. I think I caught some type of flu bug-at 10 am today I was still laying in bed-thank you Steve for getting up with the girls. So even though this is a very weak interpretation of 10 am-here it is...

Day 4 picture-stranger

2012-02-04T20:19:00.000-08:00

Spent half of the day with several hundred strangers at Koby's wrestling tournament. I told Steve and Morgan to help me find the strangest looking stranger that we could. There were lots of options but we thought this kid had made an interesting choice of socks-especially for a boy.

Day 3 picture-Hands

2012-02-03T10:38:00.000-08:00

You know how most babies, when you put a finger in the middle of their hand, they automatically curl their fingers around it and hold on tight? Sometimes so tightly that you have to pry their fingers away to escape?

I love that!

Maylee does not. She hates to have people touch her hands-and even when she was tiny she would pull her hands away when someone would try to hold her hand. Occasionally she will hold onto my fingers if she is nursing or if she is trying to stand up and there is nothing else to hold onto.

Anyway I love little baby hands so I took about 2 dozen picture of Maylee's hands-or at least I tried to.

Maylee has very busy hands!

Day 2 picture-words

2012-02-02T11:47:00.001-08:00

Morg's spelling words

Scholar of the month

2012-02-01T10:47:00.000-08:00

Not only is she beautiful but she is very smart too!

Day 1-My view

2012-02-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

My limited view from my desk-gotta be grateful for the tiny corner of sky that I can see through two windows.

Why not?

2012-02-01T08:29:00.000-08:00

pictures from the last week

2012-01-26T12:40:00.000-08:00

Why didn't you tell me?

2012-01-26T12:06:00.001-08:00

I recently discovered Goodreads and I love it! Is everyone already using this? Am I the last person to utilize this amazing website? If you are slower than me on this check it out. www.goodreads.com

I am always looking for book suggestions and I love how I can add books I love and the computer generates similar books that I may be interested in. I also love how I can see what my friends are reading or their reviews.

I have spent a significant amount of time on this site in the last few days. I told Steve I had found a new love...

pics of my kids

2012-01-19T13:04:00.001-08:00

Koby & Champions wrestling
(Not gang signs-they are saying Champions wrestling club with their hands)

Morgan's hair is long enough for ringlets again

Maylee is rocking out and crawling

I can't believe I am saying this but, notice how messy it is in the background of the middle picture, Maylee LOVES to spread all of her toys all over the floor.

Koby rocks!

2012-01-19T12:56:00.000-08:00

This is Koby's first season of wrestling and he is doing so well! I can't believe how much success he has had. Not only is it his first season but also his first experience with wrestling in general. He has gotten several medals and has won a lot of matches. Here are some pictures. The quality isn't super great but oh well...

Koby has also done really well at keeping his grades up-I told him he couldn't even have any C's if he wanted to wrestle. That may seem harsh but he is a smart kid and school is usually pretty easy for him. He brought home his second term grades last night-he had 4 A's and 3 B+'s. Way to go Koby. We are very proud!

Smart girl

2012-01-13T15:31:00.000-08:00

Last night we had Parent teacher conference with Morgan's teacher. She said that Morgan is at or above grade level in everything. Her reading skills are one of the things that are above grade level. I noticed that after they tested her reading recently that she went from a level D to a level H! (starts at A and goes until T-throughout elementary school.)

Morgan's teacher had such wonderful things to say about her. She does really well in spelling, math, very neat handwriting and a great reader. She is also very good at writing stories and is a great artist. Morgan is also very kind to everyone and is very good in class-she never has any problems with her.

I have always worried about not being able to let her go to preschool. When she was the right age, both Steve and I worked full time in a city about 20 minutes away from where her babysitter was. It was just impossible for us to figure out. So I did my best to work with her at home on my own. I got a little bit of help from my SIL, Mindy but I still felt pretty guilty.

Apparently I didn't need to. The funny thing is that she always tells people that she is so smart she got to skip preschool.

My advise to every parent is to tell your child that they are smart-help them to believe it and they will live up to their potential. For some reason when I was in jr high/high school I thought that I was dumb and I got average grades-a lot of B's and C's. One day a guy that sat next to me in Biology asked me if he could cheat off of my paper. I asked, Why? He said because you are smart! I thought about that for a while and then my whole perception of myself changed. Hey I am smart! From that point on my grades became A's and B's. I was even on the dean's list in college! I graduated with a Bachelor Degree! I guess it just took having someone remind me of my potential.

We are so proud of you Morgan! You are so smart and wonderful!

Snow girl

2012-01-09T13:09:00.000-08:00

We finally got some snow. Although I have actually been enjoying the warmer winter this year, Morgan was missing the snow. She loves it! As soon as she saw that it had snowed she was begging to bundle up and head outside to play. She built a snow-girl and made snow angels.

Later in the day we took Maylee outside to let her experience the snow too. She was not impressed. We put snow in our hands and let her touch it-once was enough for her. Maybe when she is older Morgan will convert her and we will have two snow girls.

Christmas 11

2012-01-05T08:59:00.000-08:00

Normally we have Christmas morning at our own home, then in the afternoon we travel to my parents home and spend the rest of the day and the next few days with family. However this year we mixed it up. We went to my parents house before Christmas and got to have Christmas morning there.

For anyone who doesn't know, my parents own a dairy farm-which means that they have to get up early to milk cows. Most of their employees had the holiday off so mom and dad had to leave the house at 5:30. I knew that they wanted to see their grand-kids open their gifts but there was no way I wanted to get up at 5AM! And waiting until after church to open gifts seemed like a cruel way to torture the kids. So we compromised-we let the kids open their gift from Santa and look through their stockings before church and then they opened the rest with Papa & Gramma after church. I think everyone was happy. We did have to wake the kids up at 7:30 so that we could make it to church on time.

Stockings

The favorite gifts that I gave were:

*To Steve: a heart rate monitor watch that he had mentioned in June he would like. He was so surprised and I think he played with all the options for hours. For the past few hours he has worked hard at trying to get healthy and he loves any new gadget that helps in his pursuit.

*To Koby: a camera but I think his favorite gift was the MP3 player w/ attachable speakers that I allowed him to pick out for himself.

*To Morgan: art supplies. She is such an artist and that was her #1 request for Christmas. So I got a heavy plastic box-like container and filled it. She got markers, colored pencils, sketch pads, clay, paints, pencils, more paper and nice neat organizers for it all. She loved it!

To Maylee: not a favorite gift, just loved watching her pull on all the wrapping paper. She loved taking a little piece and shaking it while it unwound. She was so cute-loved the paper and boxes!
Christmas was pretty amazing! It was a lot of fun spending time together as a family. We also got to visit with my brothers and their families.

More

A new and improved baby

2012-01-04T11:06:00.001-08:00

I have to admit that we are so blessed to have Maylee. First of all just to have a baby is quite the miracle-recently in our ward a sister had her twin babies about 16 weeks early and they didn't make it-how devastating that must be! So with that on my mind, I can't help thinking how blessed we are to have a beautiful, healthy sweet baby girl as part of our family.

Another reason I have been feeling so blessed is because Maylee is such a good baby-she is happy all the time and has such a great personality. Recently she had a little surgery to get tubes put in her ears and it is amazing how much better things have become.

First about the surgery...

Maylee is 9 months old and has had 5 ear infections and she didn't get her first one until she was 4 months old-which means 5 infections in 5 months! So even though Maylee was miserable and felt awful for most of that time she was still our sweet smiling little girl. After the 4th infection a couple of people told me that I should look into getting tubes put in. It seemed so scary to me. Maylee is so tiny and I didn't want my baby to have to have any type of surgery-ever! Let alone at the age of 9 months. As soon as the dr diagnosed the 5th infection I said-let's talk about tubes. Before I even left the parking lot I had an appointment set up to see an ENT specialist that very afternoon. At that appt we scheduled the surgery for days later.

I begged my nurse sister-in-law to reassure me that the procedure was simple and of course she did. Even though the surgery was fast there was still risk because she had to be sedated. So on December 20th we took her to the hospital bright and early (had to be there by 6AM!) and had tubes put into her ears. I only cried just a little-when they took my baby back into surgery and I was left standing there without her. She came back with tears and acting a bit loopy but otherwise I couldn't tell any difference. Later that afternoon she was already acting better and by a week later we could tell a huge difference. She started crawling a week after the surgery-I think the infections, dizziness and equilibrium finally stopped and she could finally do what she wanted. She has been talking a lot more-she chatters so much! I love just listening to her! She is even happier now than she was before.

I am so glad that we did the surgery-my only regret now is waiting so long! So even though Maylee was wonderful and perfect before she is now even better!

Tongue tied

2011-12-21T14:38:00.001-08:00

Maylee has learned a cool new trick. She loves to make a tongue taco.

She also loves to stick her tongue out and blow raspberries.

Winners

2011-12-21T14:35:00.001-08:00

Koby got 1st place at a wrestling tournament at Provo high last weekend. Maylee got 1st place at being so cute! Look how serious they both are-what competitors!

Waiting

2011-12-16T11:15:00.001-08:00

Everyday either Steve or I and the girls run out to Mapleton and pick up Koby from wrestling practice. Koby isn't know for being on time, so we often sit and wait-sometimes for a very long time. I am usually prepared with toys for Maylee and Morgan's homework. Earlier this week we waited for an especially long time and to keep us entertained we pulled out the camera.

Morgan doing homework and making faces...

Maylee-making faces and pretending to drive...

My girls sure are gorgeous!

So glad we made it to Friday...

2011-12-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

We have had such a busy week. I feel exhausted now that it's almost over.

On Monday we went to the Festival of Lights. It was Maylee's first time and she loved them!(Festival of lights is where they have a lot of lights and you just drive your car through and look at them.)The awesome car in front of us even paid for us!

Koby was really excited too! After the lights we went shopping and got a few gifts for the angel tree. Every year we all pick out a new ornament for the tree so we did that too.

On Tuesday Koby had his Christmas orchestra concert. Morgan's friend Lilly got to sit with us so that helped keep Morgan entertained. Maylee was so good, I think she liked the music.

Koby did a great job-I can see how much he has improved since last year.

On Wednesday Morgan was in the 1st grade play. She was a narrator and had her part memorized the day she brought it home. The play was so cute!

On Thursday Maylee woke up and began throwing up. I spent all morning holding her because whenever I put her down she would wake up, start crying and then throw up. At noon I called the doctor and they got us in 15 min later. She was diagnosed with another ear infection-this was her 5th in 5 months. We were referred to an Ear, nose and throat specialist. Amazingly, they were able to get us in later that afternoon. So we ran over to that dr's office after picking up her latest rx. They decided that she needs to have tubes put in her ears so, again amazingly enough, we were able to schedule her for the surgery on Tuesday. This was the highlight of the whole visit.
Maylee was so good-even though she felt miserable and we had to wait for quite a while-she just looked at books and played quietly.
Thankfully the antibiotic has already kicked in and she is doing better. I am kind of nervous about the surgery just because she is MY baby and she is so little. But I do know that it will help her in the long run and it will be nice to have a healthy baby.

Tonight Koby has to go to another concert for school, we need to get some more shopping done. On Saturday we have several Christmas parties to go too and Koby has a wrestling tournament. So more days packed full of stuff. I am starting to think that being snowed in at home for a couple of days sounds pretty heavenly!

Maylee @9 months

2011-12-12T12:34:00.000-08:00

It's crazy how fast the past 9 months have gone by. I can't believe that Maylee has been part of our family for a whole 9 months already! I can't put her physical stats on here since we haven't been to the doc yet but I can tell you a little about her.

Maylee is a very happy friendly baby. She says Mom (1st word) and Dadda (2nd word). She is quite the chatter box-she is like her sister in that she loves to hear herself talk. She smiles a lot. Morgan makes her laugh more than anyone else-something Morgan is very proud of.

Maylee is like a little worm-she is moving all of the time. She can turn herself around in a circle while sitting on her bottom w/o falling over. On her stomach she likes to scoot sideways and backwards. She can army-crawl in a forward direction a little bit but only if there is something she really wants just out of her grasp. She also pushes up on her toes and stretches but hasn't quite gotten the crawling down yet.

If she is holding something you can tell her to shake it and she will. It's especially fun for her when what she is shaking makes noise.

When one of us walks past her if we don't talk to her she starts to cry and sometimes when we leave the room with out her. She likes to be the center of attention but she is also pretty good when we put her on a blanket in the middle of the floor with a box of toys.

At her babysitters house she is the star attraction. After I knock on the door in the morning I can hear kids yelling, "Maylee is here!". Once the door is open we are surrounded by kids yelling hello to her. They also have created a song about her. Pretty cute!

We are so lucky to have Maylee as part of our family!

Wrestling Koby

2011-12-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

Last night Koby made the varsity wrestling team. He beat two other kids in his weight class to get the position. Way to go Koby! We are so proud of him. He has worked really hard and learned really fast. Great job!

Thankful

2011-11-30T09:36:00.000-08:00

Ok so I kinda fizzled out there at the end, but I hope that you know that I am grateful for everything in my life! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving which we spent with family.

Birthday party for Peyton & Kayla!
Cousins.

Family

23

2011-11-23T09:25:00.000-08:00

Today (and last night at about 1:30-2:30am) I am grateful for modern medicine. Poor Maylee is sick with another ear infection-but last night would have been way worse w/o the Tylenol and antibiotic!

22

2011-11-22T12:08:00.000-08:00

Laughter. I believe that we are meant to enjoy life and if we can find laughter in our lives then we will enjoy it so much more.

21

2011-11-21T09:47:00.001-08:00

I am grateful for libraries. Have I mentioned that I love to read? Oh yeah, like A LOT! So unfortunately I am not wealthy enough to purchase a steady stream of books, nor do I have room to store them, so I really use the public library. In our small town we have a beautiful brand new library and I love going there.

The other day I saw a quote that totally fit me-I can't remember the exact wording but it said something like this, "You always dreamed of living in the Beast's castle (Beauty and the beast) because of the library." So so true!

19 & 20

2011-11-20T17:18:00.000-08:00

Missed yesterday-we were so busy and were gone most of the day. So I will have to do two days now...

First I am grateful for temples and the blessings we receive from going there. I am so glad that Steve and I are able to be sealed and it's such a comfort to know that we are together forever. We are both working towards the same important goals of eternal life. I also love that we can go to the temple pretty much anytime that we want to-it is so close! And the peace that I feel there is so amazing!

Second I am grateful for the scriptures. It is the way that we are able to get answers and direction from Heavenly Father. I know that when we read the scriptures together as a family we get along better and their is greater peace in our home.

18

2011-11-18T09:15:00.000-08:00

Today I am so grateful for weekends! I have been looking forward to this one since Monday!

Gotta love technology!

2011-11-18T09:14:00.000-08:00

Last night Steve was busy w/ P90X, the kids were in bed and I was downstairs reading a book when my phone went off. I got up and answered. It was Koby calling from his phone upstairs, "Mom will you put bread on your grocery list? I have to bring bread for the sacrament on Sunday?" I said yes while laughing. Koby, "I didn't want to get out of bed!"

17

2011-11-17T09:02:00.000-08:00

I am so grateful for friends. I have so many wonderful friends that care about me and my family. Who are always there for me, who listen to me and love me in spite of my failings. Friends help make life more enjoyable.

I am also thankful that my children have good friends. Koby and Morgan have both been blessed with a wonderful talent of making new friends easily. And of course I think Maylee will follow in their footsteps since all she has to do is smile and people flock to her.

16

2011-11-16T10:56:00.000-08:00

I am thankful for nature, changing seasons, beautiful scenery. I love being close to the mountains and being able to take a short drive to escape.

Day 15

2011-11-15T09:01:00.000-08:00

Today I am thankful for technology. I love having information at my fingertips. Life before google is a little hazy.

It is so great to be able to connect with family and friends so easily. Facebook has been awesome in connecting me with old friends and staying up to date on everyone!

I also love being able to "journal" here on blogger. In the past I always felt guilty for not journaling my life but it seemed that I could never just sit down and write on a regular basis. Now I am able to do it fairly easy about twice a week or so and no more guilt-well at least not in that area!

Wrestling

2011-11-14T10:50:00.001-08:00

Koby decided to join the wrestling team this year. He has been practicing for about 3 weeks now. We have gone to two tournaments and even though I am worried about my baby getting hurt, it has been kind of fun to watch. On Saturday Koby got to wrestle against other "true beginners" at a tournament in Heber. He got 1st place! Way to go Koby! We are so proud of you! (This first picture is a cross between "I am so tired!" and "No more pictures!")

14

2011-11-14T10:43:00.000-08:00

So very grateful for books! I love to read and I am grateful that I have that ability. If you know me at all you should know how very much I love books.

13

2011-11-13T15:59:00.000-08:00

I am grateful for the prophet President Monson. The other day I watched a talk from Pres Monson on the internet and he mentioned how many years he has been serving in the church. It is amazing to me how selfless he is! I am also grateful for all of the other church leaders, inlcuding the local leaders. Their service often goes unappreciated but is so valuable.

12

2011-11-12T07:56:00.000-08:00

I am so grateful for my wonderful neighbors! We are lucky to live in a great close knit area where we have many friends who are so kind. It's nice to know who my neighbors are and to actually care about them.

I am also very grateful that one of my closest neighbors is my brother and his family. They have helped us out more times than I can count. We love having them close so that I can spoil Peyton and Jackson.

Yesterday Matt helped me out with a car battery issue while Steve was headed out of town. Thank you Matt for getting greasy and cold just to help out your big sis!

11/11/11-post 11

2011-11-11T11:34:00.000-08:00

I am so grateful to all of the men and women who have valiantly served our country with their military service. We are blessed to have so many wonderful freedoms here in America.

I love the quote, "Home of the free, because of the brave!"

Thank you to all of the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.

Day 10

2011-11-10T12:04:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful for good health. This year we started getting colds/flu/ear infections/croup back in August and I have had to take a lot of sick days. BUT thankfully we haven't come across anything too serious. We are all pretty healthy and I am glad we don't have any serious health challenges to face everyday!

Day 9

2011-11-09T08:38:00.000-08:00

I am grateful today for a job that allows me to be able to take time off to stay home with my sick babies. I am especially grateful that both Steve and I have great jobs in this terrible economy. We may not be rich but we can support our family!

Day 8

2011-11-08T10:49:00.001-08:00

I am so grateful for wonderful childcare providers. It seems like we have been blessed with the most amazing babysitters for all of our kids. They have loved my children like their own and my kids love being there. We have had to change sitters in the past and amazingly we are always able to find someone else who is just as great!

I am also grateful for amazing schools that Koby and Morgan attend. They are both so smart and have had wonderful teachers through out the years.

Day 7

2011-11-07T12:27:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful for my home. I love my home and that my loved ones are there. I hope that it is a place where others feel welcome and peace. Also grateful for my nice warm bed, running water, indoor plumbing, couches to cuddle on, blankets to warm me, a kitchen table to sit around, and just being able to have a place to call home!

Day 6

2011-11-06T21:20:00.000-08:00

I am grateful for my Heavenly Father. For his unconditional love, for all of the wonderful blessing he has given me, for this life I am able to live. I feel overwhelmed with the knowledge of all that He has done for me.

I am grateful for his Son, Jesus Christ. For his example, for his life and for his willingness to die for me. For the great love that he has for me.

I am grateful for the knowledge I have of both Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. That knowledge makes life easier and gives me peace each day.

Day 5

2011-11-05T18:59:00.001-07:00

Grateful today for my family. My brothers, sisters, aunts, unlces, cousins, grandparents, in-laws and everyone that treats me like a part of their family. Couldn't make it through this life without your help!

Day 4

2011-11-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

Today I am grateful for my eyes.

I was at a conference today and got to listen to an awesome guest speaker. When he was 18 years old he was hit by a drunk driver. Every bone in his face was broken and he lost his vision. He had an amazing attitude and has done amazing things despite being blind. I am so grateful that my world isn't black and void of all the beauty I get to see each day!

Nov 3

2011-11-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

Today I am grateful for my parents. They are (and have always) been there for me. They are wonderful examples and have taught me so much. I need new pictures of them! I love how much they love their children and grandchildren and how supportive they are of everyone. Thanks for everything Mom & Dad!

Day 2

2011-11-02T09:32:00.000-07:00

So so grateful for my love, Steve. He is such a wonderful man and I am so lucky that he loves me too! I must have done something right at one point in my life to deserve him.

Month of gratitude

2011-11-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

I have decided to attempt to do a gratitude journal for the month of November. At least one thing I am grateful for each day.

Day one.
Koby, Morgan & Maylee.
I sure love being a mom to these wonderful kids. Being a parent is the hardest, most challenging job I have ever had but it's worth it!

Family pictures

2011-10-31T12:08:00.001-07:00

The picture is embarrassing but the memories are great!

Lazy carvers

2011-10-31T11:59:00.000-07:00

Morgan has been begging us to carve the pumpkins. I finally confessed that it's just not my thing. That confession was followed with Koby and Steve's "me too"! So in order to make everyone semi-happy I came up with a compromise and it turned out really fun, not too messy and lots of smiles.

We painted the pumpkins! Here are the results...

Morgan, Maylee and my pumpkins

Steve & Koby's

14th

2011-10-27T13:27:00.000-07:00

On October 25th Koby turned 14 years old. I don't know how it's possible that he has grown up so fast. We had a couple of celebrations with family. Yummy cake, gifts and lots of laughs and love!

Smiling

2011-10-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

Koby will you please smile for the camera?

Please just a little smile...

He starts to smile but turns away to hide it.

Koby please please smile!

Uncle Rick says, "I'll make him smile!"
He really wasn't beating Koby with the crowbar-in fact Koby is the one holding it. Look close and see if you can spot Koby's smile!

Pickin' pu'kins

2011-10-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

Last weekend while visiting my parents, my mom promised Morgan a trip to the pumpkin patch. However Morgan decided that they should wait for Steve, Maylee and I to get there since Maylee (7 months old) would just love it!

Morgan and Maylee went on a little ride-it was a little terrifying for the parents but they both lived through it and even loved it! Koby had a lot of fun-can you tell? We just got a few pumpkins but it was a fun little trip.

Audiologist visit

2011-10-20T11:16:00.001-07:00

Yesterday Morgan got to meet with an audiologist-again. This is her second time of failing a hearing test and second time of having follow-up testing with the audiologists. Last year the audiologist said not to worry that he thought her hearing was normal and there was no problems. This year a different audiologist said that Morgan does have borderline hearing loss. She will always fail the hearing tests done at school and that she has probably always had this "congenital loss". The loss is slight though and there really isn't much that needs to be done to accommodate her.

I have to admit that I have been a bit depressed about it. What a hypocrite right? I mean I have worked with people with disabilities for almost 11 years now. I work at an institution where we have the largest population of Deaf students and I know that there are amazing advances in medical conditions and that people with disabilities can still do just about anything that they want to do.

However I just don't want my baby to have any of these challenges. I don't want my own children to face the things I see every day.

I do realize that it could be much worse so I should be grateful-I mean-I am grateful! Just give me a day or two and I will be fine with the whole thing. Probably.

Obsessed

2011-10-19T10:30:00.000-07:00

So I hate to admit it but I have a new obsession. It is very addictive too. Everyone around me has been talking about Pinterest and I finally could take it no more...so I jumped on the bandwagon and needless to say I LOVE it!

I love the recipes, though I have only tried a couple of things. But my favorite is the DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. I would like to say that I am a crafty person but I am more of a copy-cat crafter. I especially like to copy ideas that look amazing but are very easy.

You should check out pinterest if you like sharing (or in my case-stealing) ideas.

On Saturday Morgan, Maylee and I had a girls day. It was a lot of fun and I felt like I accomplished a lot. I almost felt Martha Stewart-ish. I slow-cooked some yummy chicken. The house smelled so good all day.

We deep cleaned a few rooms in the house! Yeah I love a clean house!

I decided to try this smart money saving idea and it works very well! I soaked these towels in fabric softener. You are supposed to be able to use these for about 40 loads of laundry!

Morgan and I made this.

Morgan picked out the ribbon and colors-she has a good eye!

Maylee played contentedly and watched us work.

Thanks Pinterest for an amazingly talented day!

Sleepy, but in a good way

2011-10-12T09:10:00.001-07:00

I adore my Maylee! She is so sweet and adorable and so much fun, which is very good because for the past two weeks she has not been sleeping well-which means I am not sleeping well. I am not sure if it's because she is growing so fast that her little tummy is feeling empty every couple of hours or if it's just this cold that has hit everyone in our family. Either way, despite going to bed earlier and sleeping in way too late in the mornings, I am exhausted.

Last night I was up with Maylee at about 2AM, I was trying to get her to fall back to sleep, but it wasn't going very well. She was perfectly content to sleep in my arms but as soon as I laid her down she was awake and crying. So I was sitting in the rocking chair, my eyes were most likely barely open, mere slits I am sure. Maylee was nestled in my arms just looking up at me with her huge brown eyes. After moments of gazing at me, she reached up and removed the pacifier from her mouth, stretched out her body and plopped that binkie into my mouth. Then she giggled. Despite my weariness, my eyes popped open a bit wider and I couldn't help but smile around that pacifier that was jutting out of my mouth. We played the little game a half a dozen times and then she snuggled in a bit deeper, kept the paci in her mouth and dozed off to sleep. And then my desire for sleep dimmed a bit and I just watched her sleep for a few minutes longer.

So even though I NEED more sleep, I have to remember that these moments in the middle of the night with my baby will be gone soon and she will be grown up and too big for cuddles with me. She will think I am uncool and embarrassing and these moments of quiet one-on-one time where I am the world to her, will be gone. So I will do my best to remember to cherish my sleepless nights.

Moving weekend

2011-10-03T10:26:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend we got to help my parents move. I didn't take many pictures because when I wasn't packing or carrying boxes I was holding one or two babies. Not to brag too much but I got pretty good at hold both Maylee and my nephew Jackson. Although Jackson is over 3 months younger than Maylee they are pretty much the same size. (The dr calls Maylee petite and since she is taller than only 5% of the babies her age I guess it's true.)

I had to come up with something to keep Morgan and Peyton happily entertained and out of the way, so I gave them a couple of empty boxes and a pack of crayons. That worked for hours! They had so much fun writing messages and coloring pictures for Gramma. And hopefully when she is unpacking those special boxes it will make her smile.
Sorry for the butt shot but it also shows their art work a bit and how creative they got at decorating the entire box! Also I am not quite sure whose feet are sticking out in the picture.

We wore Koby out-he was so tired at the end of the day-I tried to get him to just go get in bed but he said he was too tired. He swiped Maylee's blanket and took a little "rest" on the couch. (can't wait to blackmail him with this picture!)

The new house is so beautiful and I didn't get a single picture of it! Oh well we'll go back and visit again and take some then once it's completely done and the boxes are unpacked and the beds are put together.

Assorted pictures from September

2011-10-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

Uncle Rick let Koby take him for a spin. The only rule was that you had to look ultra-cool!
Never too young to learn
Soccer

Torture

2011-09-22T08:38:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I told Koby and Morgan that we had to run an errand but they weren't going to be happy about it. Koby said, "Do I have to get my hair cut again?" HAHA! Nope, we just went and got flu shots. Koby later told me he would rather get a shot than a hair cut. I said, "Why? Because the shot only stings for a minute but the haircut stings forever?"

You play like a girl!

2011-09-16T08:49:00.001-07:00

One of our family's favorite movies is the Sandlot. There is a part in the movie where the boys are throwing insults at each other and the absolute worst insult is "You throw like a girl!" I know it seems a bit sexist and really it is, but the movie does take place in the 1960's.

Flash forward to today: When Koby was playing football or baseball we had many rain-out games that had to be made up at the end of the season. On the other hand Morgan has played soccer in the pouring rain a handful of times already this season. On Wednesday it was like a monsoon and they kept on playing.

I love that all of the parents are huddled under umbrellas and wrapped in blankets and the six year old girls are running up and down the field in shorts and jerseys. And yes I was sitting in the car-more for Maylee's sake than my own. Koby did spend most of the game outside but finally gave up and watched from the car as well.

So maybe in 2011 playing like a girl is actually a compliment!

6 months

2011-09-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

Six months all ready! Maylee is such a wonderful baby and a sweet addition to our family. She smiles so much and adores her big brother and sister.

You've got mail!

2011-09-08T12:03:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we had a family home evening about showing/sharing love for your family members. One of my friends had given me a great idea of doing a little mail system in our own home. (Thanks Robin!)We each decorated an envelope with our name, stickers, art work, etc and then hung them on our bedroom doors. We have been writing short notes and sticking them in each others "mail boxes". It has been so fun! Morgan tends to write several notes for each of us everyday-her handwriting and sounding out words skills have really improved. Koby's letters to us are a bit more infrequent than Morgans but they really make the receiver very happy!

Sometimes it is easier to express ourselves with a pen and paper than with our voices. I think our little activity has helped us to grow closer to each other.

All of this talk about mail made me think about one of my best friends who lives many states away. And as strange as this may seem-her name is also Becky-and no she is not an imaginary friend! We met when we were in 9th grade-we both lived in Idaho for about a year and then moved to different states-me back to Utah and her to Washington. We never lived in the same state again. We have only been able to see each other about once every 4-6 years and somehow our friendship has lasted. Another weird thing about our friendship is that I think we have only talked on the phone once in the last 19 years (Please stop doing the math to figure out how old I am!) Becky is the one friend that I can always confide in, she understands me and I know that she is always willing to support and listen to me.

All through high school and our early 20's we communicated by mail (AKA-snail mail)to each other. I loved opening the mailbox and seeing her writing. Then came the huge technological advance of email. It was so nice to be able to hear from Becky faster and more frequently. We communicated this way ever since then.She is truly my best friend and I love getting mail from her. I don't know if our friendship is so good because of us only communicating in this manner or what but that probably has something to do with it. There is something about being able to sit down and pour out your soul without interruption and a delete button.

My two stars!

2011-09-08T11:44:00.000-07:00

First the scout star...

Koby recently received two more merit badges and a rank advancement-he is now an official "STAR"! Way to go Koby. He is currently in the process of earning at least four more merit badges. Steve is such a great scout leader-at the recent court of honor they gave out around 55 merit badges. Way to go scoutmaster Steve!

Then on to the soccer star...

Morgan is playing girls soccer this fall. She is lucky #7-blue jersey with the florescent pink shin guards. This is the first year that her team has not been co-ed. She loves the sport and we have enjoyed watching her play. She is on a really great team and they have not lost a game yet. Her schedule keeps us really busy though-she plays twice a week and practices once.

I love both of my super stars!

Fall 11 pictures

2011-08-30T14:55:00.000-07:00

On Sunday I piled everyone into the car and we took a drive to SF. Once there I turned my children into models and took ALOT of pictures. I decided to post my two favorite of each child! Hopefully that will reduce the feelings of being overwhelmed with pictures.
Maylee

Morgan

Koby

All 3

1st day of school...kind of

2011-08-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

Koby leaves the house at 7AM to catch the bus so I got up early on the first day so that I could take a picture(s), but when I went to download them I saw that all of the pictures were extremely blurry-so much to his displeasure I told him I would need to take another picture on day 2. Sadly he left the house before I got to the camera-so technically this is day 3 of Koby's 8th grade year.

Morgan also started 1st grade and she was so excited that she wanted me to take more than one picture! She loves eating at school, more recesses, seeing all of her 1st grade friends and that her teacher is so nice.

Maylee didn't start school (of course!) but she is so darn cute that I have to take and post pictures! Here are a few of my favorites...

Family night at the park

2011-08-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

Pregnancy place?

2011-08-16T15:47:00.000-07:00

Recent convo with Miss Morgan:

Morgan: Dad told me that when he is 50 I will get to go that pregnant thing like you.
Me: Pregnant thing?
Morgan: Yeah, you know that place you go when you are pregnant.
Me: I am not sure what you are talking about.
Morgan: YOU KNOW, like where you go at church.
Me: Do you mean relief society?
Morgan: Yeah.

It's true that a lot of the women in our ward are pregnant but that is not a requirement! I laughed so hard.

8 years

2011-08-15T10:35:00.001-07:00

Eight years ago I married my sweetheart! I am constantly amazed by how wonderful he is! I love you Steve!

Over the past year Steve has lost quite a bit of weight and couldn't wear his wedding ring-it kept falling off. So finally we were able to buy him a new ring! I told Morgan about how Steve (and Koby) proposed so Morgan had to try to recreate the event when I gave Steve his ring. http://sbzabriskie.blogspot.com/2008/08/5-years-ago.html (click here for the story!)

Maylee is 5 months old!

2011-08-15T09:45:00.000-07:00

(Check out those huge beautiful eyes & eyelashes!)
Our sweet little Maylee is 5 months old all ready! Here are a few things that we love about her:

* Always has a beautiful smile on her face! She is such a happy baby-she doesn't cry much. If you show her just a tiny bit of attention she usually laughs or shares her huge smile!
* Huge brown eyes-she is so alert and attentive to everything around her. She hates to be laid down or snuggled into you unless she is super tired because then she can't see what is going on.

* The most contagious adorable laugh, we all work at getting her to giggle because it's so cute!

*cooing/talking-Morgan is always trying to be our interpreter and let us know exactly what she is saying.

*Sitting up-she has great balance until she reaches for a toy and topples over but she is quite steady!

* Food-oh what a challenge! She hates rice cereal and once I bring the spoon to her lips she instantly clenches her lip and then blows a raspberry-guess who needs a bath after each meal? And it's not just Maylee! We have also tried green peas-no go and carrots-not too happy about it but at least she doesn't act like she is gagging on it!

*Maylee loves to play with toys and sit up in her excer-saucer and her high chair.

We are so blessed to have this wonderful baby girl in our family! We love you sweet Maylee!

Confession time

2011-08-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

It's time for me to fess up.

I am not girly.

I am not good at "doing hair".

I didn't own a single pink article of clothing until Morgan came along.

I don't really like playing Barbies/dress up/make-overs, etc.

Morgan paints my nails more often than I paint them myself.

I own very little make-up--Morgan has more than I do and she is only 6!

I hate high heels/nylons/dresses/skirts.

I'd rather put my hair into a pony tail than spend more than 5 minutes with a curling iron, round brush, hair dryer.

So imagine my dilemma when I end up with the most feminine girl that I have ever met, as a daughter! She loves all of the things that I am not good at. She is so into clothes, hair, make-up and well anything else that you can define as "girly". Lately I have found myself asking her if what I am wearing looks ok. She loves shopping, doing hair, painting nails, etc.

She continues to amaze me with her fashion forward self. She spots trends like nobody's business. Lately she has wanted a feather in her hair-been asking for it for a couple of weeks now. I kept putting her off but finally gave in and said if she paid for it with her own money she could do it.

Yesterday while walking out of the salon she said, "I got my dream!" Here is my little diva with a purple feather in her hair. She is so happy!
I am so glad to have my little diva! She makes me smile and keeps life exciting! Love you Morg!

Family Project=work!

2011-08-09T11:13:00.000-07:00

Koby is working hard at getting several merit badges this summer. One of them is family life and one of the requirements was to do a family project. So we decided as a family to clean up the outside of our home. We planned really big and then later made some adjustments so that the project was reasonable. We decided to paint the front door, paint the "garage" door and the trim. We also decided to remove 4 bushes that were on the side of the house-Steve really hated them and they drew bugs to our front yard like crazy. We also had a random tree growing in my flower bed that we decided to get rid of.

We decided to start at 9AM-probably should have started about 7AM instead since we worked for about 4 hours and it was so hot! We slathered on bug spray and got to work.

Before & during painting

After:

Before & during bush removal

After:

We are planning to make the side of the house into a flower bed but we were tired and needed to save some work for another day. It was actually kind of fun-we listened to music while we worked, and got to chat with each other without phone, tv, video games & computer interruptions. While painting I kept thinking about Tom Sawyer and how he was able to talk others into doing his work for him. I guess it's good that I don't have his skills because the work was good for me!

Maylee helped us out ALOT too! Poor baby worked so hard that she ended up with croup!

My blessings

2011-08-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

Lagoon

2011-08-05T09:28:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we got to go to Lagoon, courtesy of Steve's work-they gave us a great deal on tickets and provided lunch too! We decided to be wonderful parents and let Koby and Morgan bring a friend. Koby brought Kyle and Morgan brought Lily. The kids were so great and everyone had a great time. Maylee was amazingly good!

"Real food"

2011-08-05T08:54:00.000-07:00

Maylee got to try rice cereal the other day-and just like her older siblings, she hates it! We've tried it a handful of times and now she just blows raspberries when I try to feed it to her. That leads to a necessary bath, which she is also getting too big for (the baby tub). The pictures are of her first try-Morgan was laughing so hard that Maylee couldn't help but smile.

Zabriskie reunion

2011-07-27T14:37:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had Steve's family reunion at a nice cabin in the mountains. It was so beautiful. Very few pictures from the weekend, I have finally realized that breast feeding has taken a toll on my picture taking. In order to have a bit of privacy while nursing Maylee I would sit out on the upper porch, the view was incredible! By far it was better than when I sit in my old office at work pumping, looking at bare white walls-but needless to say I usually don't carry the camera to either place. Ok to get off that tangent-we had a great time visiting with the family. All of Steve's siblings except one were able to make it, plus their families, Steve's dad and Aunt and uncle.

The kids told me that their favorite part was spending the day at the lake (I did get some pictures of that)! We had a couple of boats and a very nice family that was there let some of the older kids use his kayak. Maylee and I hung out in the shade, protecting the food and avoiding sunburn.

More of the lake

Morgan also loved the evenings when Aunt Jody would blast the music and everyone would dance. I really missed out on some blackmail opportunities! We had a talent show one evening-Steve and Morgan sang a Rob Thomas song and I went out on a limb and read a children's book to everyone. Koby decided to hide his talents this weekend-I guess I should have forced him to share something but I decided to avoid that fight. Oh and Maylee's talent was just to be cute and adorable-I think I heard that she was so cute at least a dozen times a day and I have to say that it's easy to agree with that!

Twister

2011-07-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

Lately Morgan's favorite game is twister or as she calls it "twist". We bought one at DI a while back but had left it at my parents house-forgetting all about it. Last week while Morgan was visiting we got it out and Morgan had fun-even when no one would actually play it with her. She kept asking people to spin the spinner thing and tell her what to do. My dad even got into the game by having Morgan tied into knots and then having her use extra parts of her body. I think the call here was right foot red, right hand yellow, left foot green and nose-blue.
It looks like a lot fun-you should try it but don't forget to take pictures!