"The Naughty Bird" and Other Short Stories

The Naughty Bird

There once was a bird

Who needed to turd.

So he sat in a tree

Waiting very silently.

Then he pooped on my head.

The End.

The Naughty Dog



       The king and queen were sleeping soundly when the royal pup started to make a very loud licking noise. Since the royal pup shared a bed with the royal couple, it woke up the queen. The queen thought the pup was cleaning himself and kicked him to get him to stop. When the licking continued, she began to get very annoyed with the pup. She reached out to swat him, but instead stuck her hand into a warm,wet pile of vomit. She then got to change the bedding and take the pup for a walk at 4:00 in the morning before returning to bed. She didn't feel very royal anymore, especially when she met the naughty bird later that day.  The end.

The Naughty Paperwork

     Once upon a time there was a nice, and not at all poop or vomit covered, couple. They decided to have a child. When normal means didn't work, they decided to try adopting. They rushed to finish all of their paperwork. It took them a whole month! They thought that was a long time, but it was much faster than most.

Having their application finished was a nice feeling. Then they waited 5 whole months for that paperwork to get processed. Finally, one sunny day at the end of February they got a phone call. Their application had been approved! Now they would keep waiting, but this time on a baby and not paperwork.  The end (but really just the beginning).

Weather Alert!

You think it's cold there?? Phoenix couldn't even let our kids out for recess today! It was all the way down to 43 degrees for the high today :) 

Remember those days of recess being huddled next to the building, while the snow blew straight into your face? I do, and yet I took Jax for a 5 minute walk today and cursed him the whole time for refusing to go to the bathroom in the backyard like a normal dog. The wind is blowing (one out of 15 windy days a year), and it really does feel cold. It's days like this that I'm grateful I live down here. It's going to be back up to 70 by Saturday so that we can enjoy the Phoenix Open (pro golf) outdoors. Who wants to come visit?


Adoption Note: Still waiting for our paperwork to be pushed through. No new news.

Christmas Catch Up

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas thanks to our awesome parents! My parents gave us a new vacuum which has been a blessing considering I often come home to this (and Adam did some cooking last week). Surprisingly Jax still has some toys with stuffing in them. This picture is nothing.

Adam's parents gave us several gifts that we loved, but I'm very excited to try this out!

I haven't known where to start, but we're planning a sewing project for our ward young women this month. My mother-in-law had the sales women give me a how-to class on using my new machine. I learned what each stitch does and what it's used for. Did you know there's a preferred stitch for stretchy fabric?? Now I just need to learn how to shop for fabric...

I wish I had pictures of our Christmas, but I let others take all the pictures. We went sledding with my fam, played lots of games- including a rousing game of Minute-to-Win-it (so much fun), Adam went snowboarding a couple of times, and just loved being around the family. It was hard to come home, but Adam was ready for some down time! We spent the whole first weekend back watching movies. I don't even think we left the house! I was begging Adam to go somewhere, which was quite a switch.

We can't wait for the flood of family visits, so get packing!