Friday, July 18, 2008



Here is Baylea showing off her newly discovered talent. I have no idea where she gets here flexibility from. I just found a list she made for the trip to Missouri last month. It looks like she was worried about being bored on the 12+ hour drive, so she planned out activities to keep her occupied.

Things to Do on the Way to Missouri

1. Get comfy.
2. Watch 1 or 2 movies.
3. Get in the back.
4. Turn seats into bed (depends on what car)
5. Get comfy again.
6. Do NOT fall asleep.
7. Play grocery store game.
8. 20 questions game.
9. Talk
10. Read GBWR. (??? Not sure what book she's talking about.)
11. Alphabet game.
12. Another movie.
13. Laugh about stupid stories or jokes.
14. Spy on Connor.
15. Chit chat
16. Listen to Johnny Cash
17. Do hair with beady thing.
18. Do smart globe.
19. Shut up
20. Eat
21. Design hairdo
22. Alphabet game.
23. Johnny Cash
24. Listen to CD
25. Pillow fight
26. Grocery store game
27. Look for the arch
28. Drawing contest
29. Movies
30. Missouri maybe

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Springfield by the Numbers

7 = days we were in Missouri
3 = times I ate at Tasia's (Brett ate there 4 times.)
1.5 = hours spent at Incredible Pizza before your mind starts going bonkers with the noise, the lights, the kids. . . .
3 = hours Brett and I drove to go to church on Sunday morning at KCBT.
9 = number of people we saw at KCBT who lived in Spfd once upon a time.
5 = number of rolls thrown at Connor at Lambert's
3 = number of rolls he actually caught and ate
1 = tornado warning, we were on the edge of the storm and watched the clouds roll east of us
2 = number of rainbows we saw
4 = times the kids went swimming
3 = number of good friends I met for breakfast at Village Inn (Mandy, Lori, Brittany)
12 = number of kids we have between us
32 = years I've known Lori and Mandy
3 = average minutes we waited in line for rides at Celebration City
2 = thumbs up for Celebration City -it's geared towards the younger crowd, lines are short or non-existent, it wasn't very crowded early on, we all had a blast there.
12 = time we pulled into our driveway, 14 hours after leaving Missouri