1000 miles an hour

the post is an attempt to name a post something other than "a few things" or "i'm bad at blogging" or "iphone pictures" (i didn't pick that last one because, while i should download and post some pictures from my phone...which has been my only camera lately....i am too lazy to walk the 20 feet to the kitchen to get my phone....so it will have to wait until a time that the phone is on my person, I am sitting at the computer...and i remember to do it....and have a few minutes).  1000 miles an hour alludes to how i feel life has been moving along lately, and is the reason I have not blogged in forever!

For example...Audrey will turn ONE in a few weeks.  ONE.  I can't quite wrap my head around how quickly this year has passed.  We are all still slightly obsessed with her.  She is walking (but a little shaky....i'm actually taking her in in the morning to have her hip x rayed for possible hip displaysia.  They did an ultrasound a few months ago and didn't really see anything....do i don't think it's anything severe, but they want to do a follow up x ray just to be sure.  anyway....She is a little doll.  She waves bye bye, she says "oh oh", she smiles gigantic huge grins and does big belly laughs.  She loves to give kisses (she especially loves to try to kiss kody's head).  She has a few little dolls / stuffed animals that she has taken a fancy to, and tries to cary them around.  And while she is an easy baby, she is still a baby...and prefers for me to be holding her much of the day.  If not holding her, sitting by her, singing to her, clapping with her, reading to her, etc.  And when you add in laundry (where does all the laundry come from????) and meal preparing (which is another post all together), and the kid running around, and garden watering, and homework helping, and baseball / swim team and church callings, etc....there is little time left over.

For mother's day every year we take a picture of each of the primary kids for them to give to their mom's in a card.  Here are the pictures of my boys....

Brady was very cute on mother's day this year.  The night before he wrote me a little note saying that i was to take the day off, sleep in, stay in bed, he'd be my servant....for me to clap 3 times if i needed anything, etc.  He also couldn't go to sleep.  He said he was too excited for mother's day.  I wish I could have followed his note...but we had 9 am church...and afterward we had family over for a dinner (so there was some picking up and meal prep to be done).  But it was still a great day with breakfast in bed and some cute cards, etc. from the kids.  

Ok...this is boring.  I will come back when i've downloaded pictures from my phone.  without pictures to comment on I have to come up with things to say....which takes a lot of work and thought. 

Spring Break

My brother and his kids drove out from Utah for Spring Break.  When they weren't getting dental work done (it was a "working" vacation for them), we did some fun things.  We spent monday at Muir Beach....even though the water was -200 below zero, the kids had no trouble playing.  I couldn't get my big toe wet. 

I don't know what to do with Brady and the Ocean.  He goes out way to far...I am always telling him to come back, to be careful, etc.  I have a feeling when he's 45 and I'm 72...i'll still be telling him to get back here.

We did a lot of other fun things over the break...roller skating....scooter riding...bowling....etc.  but I think all those pictures are on my phone....so we'll get to that another night.  

SMILE...or i will take all your easter candy!

I may or may not have threatened the kids :)  Weeks before easter I had to get verbal confirmation from Brady and Kody that they would wear a pink shirt.  "i'm going to order it now....you PROMISE you will wear it, right?  you're not going to change your mind?".  I also had to get Carson to agree to wear something other than his blazer / red tie combo.  I explained how a vest is like a summertime blazer....he agreed to wear it this one time, but i don't know if he'll repeat it.  I hope so...because he looked so adorable.  

The Egg Dying

This is one of my favorite traditions.  Each year I think "we should try something fancy"...and then each year right before I get the stuff ready i think "no.  nothing fancy. "  and each year my kids love it.  This year we did do something a little different....in addition to the normal PAAS dyes, we tried out koolaid.  it worked really well (i just did 2 koolaid packets in about a cup of water?).  anyway...some colors worked better than others, but we were really impressed with how well it worked.  

I love this picture of Audrey and Dustin....

Kody Faces

Lately...I think every 3rd post or so is a tribute to Kody.  I've decided it's because he's at the perfect picture taking age.  No longer a fidgety baby / toddler who wont sit still for a picture....but not yet an awkward-smile big kid who's mugging for the camera (why do they always get awkward with smiles right when they get to kindergarten?)  anyway...kody usually loves having his picture taken...and ever since i pulled him out of preschool, he's around me ALL THE TIME.  so he's usually right there whenever i get the camera out.  Plus he's adorable.  so lets look at some shots:

This is the face i got when i asked him to "smile nice":

Once a Month Blogging

It's possible a few of these pictures have shown up on the blog already....

Before I get going on the pictures I wanted to record a few things that have happened this week.  1.)  We had the primary talent show this week.  It's always nice to have that over with (putting on a talent show, even for a medium sized primary, is still a bit stressful).  Brady and Kody played piano.  Carson was going to dribble a basketball, then backed out at the last minute.  Parker was GOING to demonstrate his perfect pitch using handbells.  He didn't want to do it, but I talked him into it, promising him a box of fruit snacks if he would do it.  When it was his turn he excitedly jumped on stage and went up to the mic and said "I'm Parker Wirig and my talent is DJ Dancing", then he turned to me and said "tricked you mom".  He went out to the middle of the stage and waited.  I asked if he wanted music and he said "yes.  DJ dance music".  So i had to rush off stage and find some music for him really quick.  He did something loosely resembling breakdancing for 30 seconds or so and it was over.  The MC asked if he was going to also do the bells...Parker went to the microphone and said "i don't do double talents.  My name is Parker Wirig and i just DID DJ Dancing".  Stinker. 

The second thing I thought I should record is Kody's head injury tonight.  He and Parker were in the family room rough housing.  I told them 10 times to knock it off "someone is going to get hurt".  I went into the kitchen to continue to work on dinner when we heard a THUD and a scream.  Parker had pushed Kody, and Kody went right into my new end table (which we knew when we put it by the end of the couch that it was going to attract heads.  I may need to move it to prevent further injuries).  Anyway....i hoped it was just a bonk, but as I was hugging Kody i felt my hand get sticky and wet and when I pulled it away it was covered with blood.  We rand to the kitchen and got a rag and we just sat and held it on there for a while (i was too scared to look....i didn't want to know).  I kept checking the towel to see how much blood it was producing, and while it felt like a lot of blood, it kept getting to be less and less...so i figured it was at least clotting.  Dustin was on his way home so we just sat and he cried a bit until he eventually calmed down.  Dustin didn't get a super good look at it, but we think it's *probably* going to be ok?  We'll see how things go tonight.  

Ok, on with the iPhone picture dump.  

Kody said it feels like summer when he sits here.

Audrey working on standing.  

Kody tried telling me that parker scratched him.

Audrey being cool in the safeway parking lot.

Hipster Audrey.

One morning i took a picture of what everyone was doing at that moment.  Brady and Carson were reading. 

Parer was playing in his room (he plays here a lot by himself....i love it).

Audrey was jumping.

And Kody was playing on parker's bed.  

Brady after baseball practice one night.  He looked so old to me here!

Kody was "thinking about worms" i think.

And here's a worm he found.  Kody loves worms.

The fabulous sarah had her annual disco bowling birthday party with awesome cupcakes.  so fun.

I didn't get many pictures of basketball this year.  but carson is in here somewhere.  

Audrey at costco.  

All the tanooki marios.

Audrey and I at baseball practice.

Audrey wearing a really big skirt.  She kept getting frustrated because it was so difficult to crawl in it.

Audrey and I waiting at a baseball practice.

Carson and his eraser collection.

Haircuts and Hawaiian food on a saturday night.

Audrey's swimsuit for the summer.  So cute.  want one to match.

Kody saw this tree on a hill and ran and sat under it with his eyes closed.  It just felt like the right thing to do i guess.

We have a whole drawer dedicated to tutus.

Picnic at the park.

Pre bedtime trampolining.

Playing with oobleck.  

Carson ready to bat.

Kody with food and sunscreen  

Brady was having a bad day so we made his favorite doughnut in cake form (with cream filling).

Brady was behind and swamped with a huge writing assignment.  He had 24 pages he had to write.  He stayed home from school the following day and wrote all day as well (it was 9 at night here, and we had been writing pretty much since 3 PM).

Parker ready to bat.  and not looking at the camera.

Audrey's favorite spot (and the place where Kody bonked his head).  Audrey can be found here 20% of the time.

Audrey waiting at Kody's gymnastic class...

Kody at the gymnastic class.  

Easter outfits, check.

avocado lettuce spring rolls.  Carson and I made these and they were delicious.

Missy thinks she's a big girl.

Kody at a baseball game.  With candy.  at 10 in the morning.

oooh...this was yummy.  Thai chicken noodle soup (with lime and cilantro.) mmm...i'm pasting the recipe below so I have it archived...but you can check out the link if you like.  The blog (thesisterscafe.com) has lots of yummy recipes!

Thai Coconut Lime Soup
Submitted by Mindy ~ The Sisters Cafe

1 can coconut milk
5 cans (~ 7 1/2 cups) chicken stock or broth (I’ve used bouillon with good results, too)
3 large carrots, sliced
1 green bell pepper, sliced into long strips
1 red bell pepper, sliced into strips
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced into long strips
1 whole rotisserie chicken, shredded
1/4-1/2 cup lime juice (2-3 medium limes juiced) – to taste
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon thai green curry paste (more to taste)
1/2 teaspoon yellow curry powder (again more if you like Curry, but no more than 1 tsp)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1-6 ounce package chow mein noodles
Large bunch cilantro, chopped
4-5 green onions, chopped
*If you want it to be spicier, you could add some cayenne pepper to taste

In large pot, add chicken stock and coconut milk. Bring to light boil, then add carrots and bell peppers. Cook on light boil for 5 minutes on medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Add shredded chicken, lime juice, soy sauce, green curry paste, curry, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Cook for 5 minutes. Carrots should not be too soft, they should have a little bit of crunch left.  Reduce heat to low and add noodles. Cover with lid and let the noodles absorb liquid. Once the noodles are al dente (about 5 minutes or so), the soup is done! Add your green onions and fresh cilantro 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Audrey standing again.  She wants to walk so bad...and thinks she can...but she can't.  so she just falls.  and bonks her head a bunch.  

pre-picture-picture-day-picture.  

Brady.  I used a wide angle lens here, so he looks a little distorted, but still adorable.

do you ever get your kitchen super clean and think "i'm going to take a picture of it because it might not happen again"....

or is your bedroom ever so messy you think "i'm going to take a picture of it, because I hope it never happens again".  Also we need a new mattress.  We know.

So there you have it.  Oh, also I just got an email from the school auction.  I put a bunch of bids on a bunch of things...i was the first bidder and i just thought "i'll just get things going....".  Ends up i was the ONLY bidder, and I won EVERYTHING.  now i need to pay.