Fun Four Meme

I was tagged by my lovely SIL lucy van pelt for this "fun four meme." Here are my answers...

Four jobs I’ve had:
(in no particular order, and certainly not comprehensive....)
1. "Fleet Operations Coordinator" at USU (what is this you ask? I still don't know)
2. Receptionist, box packer, meter tester, accounts payable, etc.. for Silver Eagle Refining
3. Worst waitress EVER at the Royal Garden Chinese Buffet in Logan
4. Soldering circuit boards at a small company in Hyrum with several elderly women, thank goodness for headphones!

Four places I have lived:
1. Layton, UT
2. Logan, UT
3. Kaysville, UT
4. Kent, WA

Four favorite T.V. Shows:
1. LOST (have only watched recently on DVD)
2. Medium
3. Big Love
4. ER

Four favorite foods:
1. Cream of Wheat (the only thing that sounds good when I don't feel great)
2. Pasta boiled in tomato juice- you have to try it, it's so good
3. Swiss Fondue
4. Brocolli

Four websites I visit:
1. MSN for e-mail
2. Your blog (unless you're reading this and don't have a blog- shame on you ;)
3. Mothering Message Boards
4. Salt Lake Tribune

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Reading a book in a hotel room somewhere
2. The woods, relaxing in nature
3. Swimming laps in a heated pool
4. At a concert under the stars with my DH

Four movies I love:
1. Oh Brother Where Art Thou
2. Life is Beautiful
3. Clueless
4. The Sound of Music

Four people I tag:
1. Chris
2. Sum
3. Tash
4. Bek

A Hawaiian Wedding

We went to my cousin's wedding on Saturday. It was a really beautiful wedding, and a fun luncheon reception afterwards at Thanksgiving Point. The boys had a ton of fun playing with cousins, eating cupcakes, dancing, and sticking money to the bride and groom. I got called up randomly to learn a dance and it was quite embarrassing, as I am a horrible dancer. It brought up many memories of being VERY nervous in high school whenever I had to perform. Of course, DH had to get a video of the whole thing, which M requests to watch quite often and which I will not be posting here! Anyway, it brought back a lot of sweet memories of DH and I getting married almost six years ago. The bride and groom were very young like us, and we talked about how we do not regret it at all and we love being young parents. Anyway, here are some silly pictures:

New Camera!

I had a great birthday on Sunday! Gage got me a new camera that I've really enjoyed so far. Today I tested out it's "weatherproofness" at our rainy day at the Airforce Museum (mainly outside)! It was fun.

We've had a lot going on the past week: I got in a car wreck, (I'm okay, thanks) we went camping, to Che's concert, out for my b-day, B-day dinner at Mom & Dad's, a Breastfeeding week celebration, Visiting Teaching, Cherry Hill, the AF Museum, and playgoup. A lot more, but those were the main things. We are all covered in Mosquito bites and a bit more tan. Here are some highlights:


DH tried his hand at baseball at the ward campout, here's him on 1st base

I had a great birthday with lots of help opening gifts and blowing candles! (if you want to read about the cake, check out colorblind boy's blog)

M and his friend checking out the bottom of a fighter jet

M in the Museum looking at the "funny hats"

For World Breastfeeding week, we submitted tasteful photos of our nurslings, this is my cutie!

Our day at "Magoon"

Don't try to correct him, it's called "Magoon" and he's stickin' to it. So here we were last Wednesday (I'm a little behind) in all our 100 degree + sticky sweatiness! It was a fun day, complete with "those bump cars" which were M's favorite, and the "hssskkcppp" (this is E's horse noise) carousel. I think the go home for nap and lunch was essential. DH rode all the major rides with our friend Kent while we were home for naps, most of which I was okay with. No desire to go on the new ride, Wicked. I did go on the ride that drops you from a great height. Not sure why, I was hoarse from screaming, almost peed my pants, and my shoulder is still sore. I guess it was so I could brag about it on my blog. he he

Pretend Kitchen

So I finally got around to painting the pretend kitchen pieces we have collected from the DI. They are all set up in our dining room and I got some little place settings and cookware at IKEA the other day to go with all the random food we have. It is really cute and the boys love it! It is hot, but today is not sunny so the boys have enjoyed playing outside and I have weeded a lot.











In other news, E is now 15 mos. I can't believe it! Here is his picture with George to commemorate the occasion.

Mommy, will there be horse poop at the parade?

He just dares to say what we are all wondering.

So it was two days of sugar, no sleep, fireworks, burnt fingers, yummy food, friends, bug spray, family, more fireworks, a parade,(complete with the much-anticipated horse poop) more friends, popcicles, swimming, sunscreen, ice cream, sand, mom's "pink blankets," red, white, and blue clothes, cousins, and fun.

Once again, the Hyrum parade was graced with the presence of our ever-growing McMurdie family, with plenty of LaBaus there this year. We had a great time and M even managed a 2 hour nap in the midst of a 80+ person BBQ. They got to be around a lot of friends and cousins, and they caught a lot of candy. What more is there, really?

Also, happy birthday to Aunt Noelle and Uncie Colin!

The lazy days of summer

Not much to blog about lately. We made popcicles out of grape juice and now the back deck is purple :) It is very hot out. We have been watching LOST from the beginning on DVD (we'd never seen it) and are about to start season 3. That, and I'm reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. M and I have been to Cherry Hill twice in the last week, E once. We know that E's blood levels are holding steady, and I take him in on Thursday for another blood draw to see if they have gone up. (hopefully) We went to see Ratatouille at the drive-in Friday night, which is always an adventure with the kiddos. It was a cute show and M LOVED it, which I thought he would since he loves cooking.

We are looking forward to lots of fireworks, a parade, etc... this week. I hope you all have an awesome 4th!