Why in the world did I go?

So, Saturday was my 10 year high school reunion, and boy was it ever fun. (Sarcastic eye roll inserted here.) There was just not a whole bunch of people there that I cared to see. It is not that I dislike them, it is just that I have my own life to worry about, and I can't really worry about people that I haven't seen for 10 years. The exception though was Jay and Ginger Neuteboom, and Natalie and Josh Fowler. I had a great time talking with them. Natalie is a lot the same as she was, and it just reminded me of why we got along so well in high school. She is about as cynical and sarcastic as I am (which I think is a good thing.) She was fun to talk to and there wasn't any real weird pauses or a lot of small talk. It was just nice to see her. Josh is really nice too. She found someone who is really good with her and a really nice guy. Jay and Ginger are just about the nicest people in the world. I don't see them very much, mostly at Target, but Jay was really fun to talk to. He is just fun to be around. Ginger is so sweet. She and Jay are in my mom and dad's ward, and my mom talks about how nice she is. I believe it. I haven't talked too much with her, but she just seems to be so nice, and not fake nice or icky sweet nice, but just nice and fun to be around.

Dinner was fantastic (another eye roll). I swear, $44 for two tacitos and nacho cheese pretty much sucked. It felt like we could have gone to Maverick and picked up a better dinner. Oh well, I just have to tell myself I didn't go for dinner. It was worth it to see the few mentioned above. I just think that next time we should go somewhere else and ditch out on the reunion.

How can I pick just one?

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but I put a playlist on here. Let me tell you, this was not an easy task for me. Even now as I look at it I want to change it. There are things that you want to listen to when the mood hits. Other things are classic. When I thought about putting one on here I thought that it would be fun. You know, give people a sample of the stuff that I life. Little did I know that it is like choosing who is your favorite kid. It just can't be done, or at least not well. I pretty much love music. I have no talent except to listen, but boy do I love to listen. Music is something that is pretty important to me. I basically feel like my life runs in soundtrack. All of my memories are associated with songs. Certain songs remind me of people or places, or things that I have done. Basically, I just love it. So, how do you decide which songs are representative of yourself. Well, I don't think that all of these are. I picked some things that I really love, and others just found themselves there because of my mood. I will probably continually change it, and update it, but for now here it is. Hope you enjoy it. Also, there are things on here that some people might not like. Sorry. Just skip ahead to the next song or turn your speakers off.

I Fly

I was just looking through our pictures and found this one of Sean. He and Scott went and did I Fly (fake skydiving) for Scott's birthday this year. Sean was on board of course and was so excited. When we got there he looked so tiny. He was very nervous and sat in the booth area looking petrified. He loved it though (what a shock). He is so crazy sometimes. Anyways, I thought this was cute and wanted everyone else to see why I am going to have a heart attack at a young age.

Special days and every other kinds

So, Katie and I had a special day last Saturday. It was our "girl" day. Sean could hardly wait for us to go because that meant he got to watch Transformers. I had been holding out for as long as I could, but Scott really wanted to watch it with Sean. Alex ended up here too, so all the boys watched the movie. Sean loved it, of course, and I think they had fun.

Katie and I had a great time. We went to a place called "Girly Girl Frenzy." Yes, it was just what you might think. Katie had a princess makeover and looked absolutely adorable. They curled her hair and pulled it up, then they added a little tiara and glitter. She loved it and was sad when complete strangers did not tell her she was beautiful. She cried when she had to wash it out that night. She also had glitter makeup on her eyes. She is the girliest little girl ever. It is so funny because I was exactly opposite of that. It just goes to show that they come with their own personalities.

After the makeover we went to Build a Bear and she made a fairy winged ballet dancing bear named Katie. What a shock.

It is nice to spend time with her when we can just have fun and not have to be constantly disciplining someone in the house. Sometimes I feel like the worst mother ever, and the biggest joy kill. Maybe thats what it means to be a mom.

Ben is getting to be hilarious. He is the best dancer I have ever seen. He loves to dance, and will dance to just about anything. He also loves to watch sports. We went to a baseball game yesterday and he would stand there and clap like he was cheering for the players. It was so cute. He has a lot of personality, and I think it is probably good he does not talk yet, because I am sure that when he does it will never end.

One of my very most favorite people in the world just told us she is going to have a baby. We are so excited for Jessica and Ty. They have the most adorable kids and we love them. They are great friends. We are planning a trip to Disneyland with them (and not telling our kids), and I am so excited. It is going to be great. We are going in November and it will be over our anniversary. It doesn't seem like it has been eight years to me. Maybe Scott would disagree and feel like it has been an eternity. Oh well, it will be fun to be in Disneyland for that. We are going to go to town hall and get special badges. It will also be over Paige's birthday (Ty and Jessica's current youngest). She is the funniest kid I have ever met. She makes me laugh so hard. Emily, their oldest, is so cute and Sean swears that they will be married. I can only cross my fingers and hope. We would be lucky to have such wonderful people tied to us in a way that they have to pretend like they like us.

The Plague

Oooh, I am sick of the sickness. We have the plague in our house, and it is terrible. Ben woke up Monday night screaming like a banshee. He cried and cried all night long. We took him to the doctor the next day, and of course he had strep. While we were waiting the doctor said, "Oh it is probably not strep because babies this little usually don't get it." Well, we proved her wrong. Then Katie and Sean got it the next day. So, they are all on medicine, and I am going to need some (for the craziness) soon. You feel so bad when you can't do anything to help the people you love most. Fortunately, Ben is pretty much better and being his usual self. Last night he was dancing on the countertop. He has my natural grace and rhythm (ha ha ha). Sean didn't eat dinner and we gave him his medicine without thinking about it. He has thrown up 3 times today already. Poor little guy, it is too bad he doesn't have more responsible parents. He says he is feeling better though, so we will see. Katie is good. She says her throat hurts when it is convenient for her, but for the most part she is fine.



Scott and I have to speak in church on Sunday. I am nervous, but I think Scott really is. We have managed to not speak in almost every ward we have been in, and somehow we were trapped this time. Sean also has to give a talk in primary and he is not happy about it. He is not one of those kids who volunteers for it every time it is there classes turn. Oh no, he tries to avoid it just like his daddy.



We have finally started working on our yard, and it is slow going. Maybe when we finish in five years we can have people over. Until then, if you come over you have to close your eyes as you walk past the yard. I am sure our neighbors hate us for it, but we really are trying.



I got a phone call from Natalie, an old friend, the other day, wanting to know if I was going to our high school reunion. Well, I mostly disliked everyone I went to school with, but hey, lets go anyways! Actually, it will be great to see her, and hopefully there will be a lot of other people that I want to see as well. It just seems that when we went to Scott's 10 year reunion most people were pricks. They all wanted to talk about how wonderful they are and how sucessful, and on and on, yada yada yada. Well, it is not like I begrudge them this, but it was basically a bragging contest. Scott felt really out of place because he was still in school. I am just able to say that even though we don't have the biggest house, or the most prestigious jobs, or the most money, we are happy, which seems to be much more important to me. I can honestly say that I am blissfully happy with my husband and my kids. They are all so great. Scott is the best husband/father anyone could ask for. He is so helpful to me, and I know that he loves me. He also loves his kids fiercly. I am one lucky girl.



We have this little thing where we write down stuff about the kids that we want to remember, so I think I will leave you with a final Katie-ism. She and Scott were talking and she said to him, "Daddy I don't like when you yell at me." Scott said to her, "Well if you listen I don't have to yell." Katie, my genius of a daughter then tells him, "But daddy, sometimes my brain is just evil." Yep, there you go, the funniest kids ever. So here is Katie and her evil brain.

Boy I'm bad at this

So, it seems as if I am as bad at blogging as I am at journaling. Or maybe it is that every day is so repetitive that I just don't imagine anyone else would want to have to suffer through it as well. Life continues on at the Walker household. Things are starting to settle after moving. Scott and I both got callings in church and are now the 14 and 15 year old Sunday School teachers. I am excited about this, and have been preparing my first lesson all week. It is amazing how many things I don't know about the gospel even though I have grown up in it. We were also asked to talk about the Creation on July 13th. That is a surprisingly hard topic. Not because the material is necessarily that difficult, but because everyone has heard it a million times. I am trying to think of a way to present it that will be interesting, but it might just be another Sacrament talk that people fall asleep during.

We have started our weekly field trips, and they are even more fun this year than last. Although it is harder with Ben, it is nice that Wendy lives close enough to go now. Before it was sometimes hard to blend the other kids, and Katie got left out a lot. But this year she is much more able to keep up. We went to Classic skating last Thursday and it was a lot of fun. The kids played hard and we watched. Ben was so funny. He would dance and dance. He has my natural rhythm. You will see him next on Soul Train. Sean was really good on a scooter, and he just went around in circles. Katie was Katie, and she was kind of everywhere.

Scott struggles with his job. He is not very happy in it right now because his company is being dumb. I feel bad when he is unhappy at work, and it sometimes makes home life a little harder, but he is planning to apply for other jobs, and hopefully he will find something that makes him happy. It is important to me to have him feel happy and fulfilled at work. He is much happier at home when he feels that way.

I quit the Children's Place and am happy and sad about that. I really liked the people there, but I missed being with my family. It seemed that I was working whenever something was going on, or at least it felt that way. I also felt like I should be doing something more productive. Anyways, I am hoping to find my niche, something that makes me feel a little bit more like there is still part of me instead of just Mom and Wife. I don't quite know what that means, but am hoping that I can figure it out.

I also just went to Book Club. I absolutely love it. Scott jokes that we are just like The View, and that we don't even read books, we just pretend. That might be the case sometimes (Diana was the only one who read it last time and she didn't even pick the book), but I really enjoy my friends, and feel really happy about being there. The next book we are going to read should be really good, and I am going to make a real effort to read it.

Anyways, like I said, life goes on...

Back from Disneyland

Well, we made our 6th trip to Disneyland, and it was interesting. The first day was way too hot, and we were neglectful. So of course, the next day Ben got sick. He puked in the entrance of Disneyland. Someone came to clean it up, and he asked if we needed a nurse to come check him out. We laughed and explained we travel with our own medical team (Nurse, EMT, CNA, and just in case a lifeguard). Later he pooped all over Scott's shirt and he had to go buy a new one. Then Ben didn't eat well for about three days and I was worried. I think he lost weight too, because he keeps walking out of his pants. The last two days it rained. I don't think we will be going in May ever again. It was just too crowded (lots of school kids) and the weather was really unpredictable. Katie was so proud of herself, she rode Splash Mountain, Soarin' Over California, and Matterhorn. She liked all of them and wanted to ride them again. Hopefully we will get her up to liking all the big rides, although I think she will always love "Singing Dollies" best.

Sean got to fight Darth Vader again, and then he had to use The Force to push back two stormtroopers. He loved it and it was so fun to watch. We did a character breakfast again too, and Scott and I both thought that Ben would love it, but it was when he was sick and so he was just too sad. He was also a little afraid. It was funny though...Scott asked Captain Hook to take his picture with us and he dipped me and gave me a big kiss. I was embarrassed and Scott pretended like he was mad. There were great pictures though. All in all, I had fun, although not as much as I usually do, I was just too worried the whole time. We did get to see the electrical parade, which was really cool because it had been probably 15 years since I saw it last. All in all, another wonderful time at Disneyland, "The Happiest Place on Earth."