Tally Mark 9

(We don't think the assistant was too accurate on his stats. He has grown in the last month.)

-Has 4 teeth, 1 more is almost here.

-Is walking along furniture & with his little walker.
***THIS JUST IN*** He stood and took 2 steps!
-Loves Cheerios, peas, Mild Cheddar Puffs, green beans, these yogurt melt things, peaches...awww heck, he just loves food.
-Mama is his word of choice. Dada is a close second.
-He mimics farting noises.
-He got two pairs of big boy shoes. Velcro doesn't cut it. He manages to take them off within seconds.
-Doesn't like it when you take "toys" away from him. Last time I checked, speaker cords weren't recommended for babies.
-Tries to eat the water as it comes out of the faucet in the bathtub.
-Needs a haircut bad but I don't know what to do. It's super long on top, short on one side and he has his "patch" on the other.
-He melts our ♥♥ and brings us so much joy!

We're On Our Way Home

It's that time of year where guys and girls dress up, go to a fancy dinner and then to a dance. We witnessed a large crowd at dinner tonight, of high school students celebrating their homecoming.

Yesterday, we celebrated a different kind of homecoming.

After picking Claire up from school, the kiddos and I stopped to pick up some flowers. Sunflowers were the first choice but the kids ended up picking out a smaller yellow daisy and a cute, fluffy green flower (A's colors!).

On the way to Zac's grave, we all got a chance to share memories of him. Claire shared her story of when she and her dad went to visit his grave and ran into his sister, Tanya. Will had lots of questions. The babies on the other hand were hot and tired so our trip was a quick one.

Claire helped me place the flowers on his grave. We were excited to see that someone had brought sunflowers! So bright and cheerful, just like Zac!

(Claire wanted to take the picture. Great job, eh?)

We love and miss our Zac Man. There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't cross our minds.

Happy trails to you, Bud, until we meet again!

Save Yourselves!

The children have to protect themselves from The Destructive Lime!

It's Good For Something

I.hate.football.season.

I'd rather watch 100 episodes of Pawn Stars in a row.

But unfortunately, football will be in our home until January and I've come to accept that.

I do have to thank the NFL for one thing and that's using this song in one of their commercials...

What A Relief

Years and years ago, LaVor and I spent a Friday night at my high school's Powder Puff game. We were on assignment from the school newspaper, as I was one of the reporters covering that event.

Half way through the game, a young man walked up to the kids in front of us and said, "LaVor wants to go." LaVor said, "But I'm right here!" The kid looked at LaVor as if he had lost his mind. He was utterly confused and could only say, "Uhhhh..." LaVor laughed and let him know that he too was LaVor.

That's all I remember from that game.

I couldn't tell you what most kids wore or what their hairstyles were like. What I can tell you is that they were NOTHING like they are now.

One of LaVor's YM is on the football team so last night, we packed ourselves up and went to cheer him on. (He was the only good player on the team. 2 interceptions in like 5 minutes...woot woot!)

The Lime was interested when it got loud from the cheering but for the most part, he was all over the place. That gave me a chance to people watch and boy did I.

Since when did the comb over become a hairstyle for teenage girls? Seriously, they take a chunk of hair from the back of their heads and pull that sucker all the way across their forehead. Not cute at all. (I just googled "comb over" and "emo comb over" popped up. That's totally it! Thanks Pete Wentz!)

And the ultra mini, super short, crotch digging jean shorts. 1) Most of the girls didn't have the legs to sport such clothing 2) I'm certain there was no airflow. I'd be interested in knowing if there's a rise in infections among adolescents.

I have mixed emotions when it comes to my blessings and this situation. SO blessed that The Lime is a boy and won't have to follow those styles but extremely nervous that he'll be attracted to girls with comb overs and underwear like jean shorts.

*Note: I wish I had pictures to entertain you with but I didn't have the camera. Perhaps we'll have to visit another game before the weather turns cold.

Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries

And blueberries taste like blueberries.

Plus One, Minus One...We're Even

(Photo by Mark Mabry)

For the first time since The Lime was born, we set out to go to the Temple. We got up early yesterday, got ready, dropped The Lime off at LaVor's mom's house and were on our way. We were hoping to make the 11 o'clock session and were cutting it close. We practically ran up to the Temple doors to find a sign...

"Last session will be at 10:00. Temple will be closed on October 2."

Seriously?!?!

LaVor suggested going inside and asking the gentleman at the counter if we were really too late but I was too embarrassed.

We walked back to our car with some other members that also missed the session. We joked that we should get a +1 for attempting to go to the Temple. The woman then said, "But...we did have the 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 or 10:00 session to attend." Oh dang. True. So that'll put us at an even 0.

We were baby free and were planning on being gone for a couple hours so we headed to the Visitor's Center to check out the "Reflections of Christ" exhibit.

The picture above was one of the first ones we noticed. It was LaVor's favorite. He loved their expressions and could feel the love and excitement they had for each other. Their joy was contagious.

There was a grandmother, holding her fairly new granddaughter, also enjoying the exhibit. She would read each description and scripture to the baby. I could only imagine what the sweet girl was thinking. She was just with Christ and at that moment, knew him better than anyone else in the room.

We didn't waste our time but will certainly check the Temple schedule before we make the next trip.