think marcia brady..."oh my nose!"

really quick: i'm off to grab quince from preschool, but i wanted to mention our exciting weekend. saturday morning spencer was out in the yard helping will aerate (don't know how to spell that) the yard. he was attempting to push the large machine over to the neighbor's house and as he was pushing (as hard as he could) he bent over a bit and the lever came up and smacked him in the face. a few minutes later he was in the car with will, on their way to the ER. about two hours and many blood-soaked rags later, spencer left with a broken nose (broken in two places) and five stitches. we have to follow up with an ENT to see if they can re-set the nose or what the plan of action will be to fix it in the future- if it's fixable. poor kid. it was a REALLY lousy saturday.

for the sake of crap :)

although life has felt dull lately, at the urging of one of my three blog readers, i shall update.

i attended women's conference last week. i can't say it was as amazing as last year, but it was still very, very good. i think i chose some not-so-great classes, which i'm rather talented at doing. sister beck gave a fantastic talk friday morning, and elder perry was also extremely good that afternoon. i'm glad i went. meanwhile, back on the farm, will was 'taking care' of things here. he had such great intentions to get so much done whilst being the housewife, but received a call friday that his boss was terminated (or quit, we're still unsure) and that changed everything. his stress levels sky-rocketed. today, instead of his boss coming to visit and spend a few days with him, it is a vp of the company, andrea. i was relieved to hear from will this afternoon letting me know she is 'totally cool' and he thinks he might like her better than his boss. (very good thing.)

saturday i tried acupuncture. i've been putting it off for over a year. the idea of needles sticking out of me wasn't pleasant, and i had no desire to try it. will has been urging me to do it for quite some time- and after a couple of really dizzy weeks lately, i set up an appointment. it was a wildly strange experience, one i can't even really describe, least of all through a blog, so i'll just say i wasn't sure i was going to go back. (after he first began to remove the needles, i had a dizziness episode unlike anything i've ever experienced, almost puking on the guy's carpet, that lasted about 15 minutes.) i've spent a lot of time considering if i'd give it another chance. apparently i decided i would, because i go visit the 'doctor' again tonight.

i planted all of my bean starts, because they were growing so outrageously large that they absolutely HAD to be moved. so yesterday they went in the ground. their survival isn't likely. they were laying on their sides, against the soil, so pathetic looking. will and tied them up to some jute, hoping that will convince them they're supposed to live and grow. i don't think it's going to work. we just let them get too big. why can't gardening be easy?

everyone knows i go to bed late. i always have, and it seems i've always been trying to change it. last night i went to bed with quince, trying to get him to fall asleep. well, it worked, but i fell asleep too, around 9:00. i totally had stuff to do, so it screwed things up for me pretty bad, but the worst part was that i woke up around 3:30 in the morning- and i was WIDE awake. not a fun thing. :)

that's about all here. oh yeah- preston has been studying to get his permit for the past week solid. can you believe he'll be driving, legally? i think the driving age is FAR too young. sad to say, i still get nervous when preston and his friends take off on their bikes to go places- this is going to be sooooo hard for me.

it was WICKED fun

president monson

president uchtdorf

the boys with elder perry.

after 10 months of waiting, we saw wicked last night. it was really, really good. worth the wait, and the horribly expensive tickets.

as we were packed in the lobby like sardines, waiting for them to open the doors to the theatre, a tall, white haired man walked by and my dad says "that's l. tom perry." sure enough, it was. we worked our way over to where he was waiting and asked for a photo with the boys. (they must get so tired of that.) after we got into the theatre and to our seats, we found out that president monson and uchtdorf were both sitting on row 1, directly above us on the balcony. we had a straight shot of uchtdorf, but a speaker was kind of in the way to see monson. we had to go to the end of our row to see him. will sent the boys up there to try and shake their hands, but security wouldn't let them anywhere near them. it was pretty cool though. we picked the right night to go to the theatre. :)

(my photos were really blurry, too far away for the flash to work.)

urban farming

well, will got stung 3 times AND the queen died! on saturday, we had about 75 thousand bees in our garage. crazy! the first hive (ours) went fine. but up at cheryl's, the other three hives got a little vicious. they had some problems and the queen ended up getting mashed. so will replaced her yesterday. the bees have required quite a bit more time than we were expecting.

last night we had friends over for fhe. we had a bbq and then started to build our chicken coop. i was in the kitchen trying to get dinner ready to go, and outside in the back i heard a lot of commotion. they had brought over our goats (the co-op goats) to milk them here, so will and the boys could see how it's done. it was complete chaos. the photos don't do it justice. :)



building the coop.

that's preston doing the milking...

it took four grown men to hold her down.

up at cheryl's.

will's fine bee suit.

more photos

this picture is from clayton's and my dad's birthday party. i love it!

they insisted on meeting mickey! 45 minutes later....

at judd's store in st. george. this is where will's famous rat bastard rootbeer is from.

the tabernacle in st. george. will and i really like this place. totoally interesting! right above us on the wall is a huge 'all-seeing' masonic eye. i wish the guy had gotten that in the photo. it's crazy looking.

here comes the sun

we thought we'd be coming home from ca to sunny weather in utah, but we were wrong. however, the sun has finally decided to show it's face, and it looks like it might be here for awhile. yee haw!! at last, time to plant the garden! will built me my salad table on monday. i'm really excited about it. (i'll post photos) he has built and painted all of the bee boxes. the bees arrive tomorrow. i'm anxious to see how all of that turns out. i can't quite picture will standing there, with a bee suit on, and bees covering his arms and stuff. let's just hope he doesn't get stung, and that the queen doesn't die.

we had a good time in california. i'm already planning our next trip. breaking up the routine is completely necessary for me. for our next excursion i want to go to a cabin somewhere without any electricity or amenities and let the boys be 'humbled' a bit. who knows if that will work or not, but it's worth a try.

i recently finished reading glen beck's book, the real america, which i liked alright. my next book is one will just gave me, spiritually anchored in unsettled times, by bruce c. hafen. i really hope it's as amazing as i'm expecting it to be. i'm also reading a really great book called made from scratch. i checked it out at the library because i didn't want to buy it before i knew it was any good. it's really cute, and matches up with how i feel on so many different levels. anyway-

here are random photos of the past month or two:

disneyland!

preston got very sick on the teacups.

coronado beach and seaport village.

Tom Kah Gai

so tonight i tried making my own tom kah gai. it turned out surprisingly well. not as good as our trusty thai restaurant- but i wasn't expecting it to be. i learned what i'd do differently to get it to taste more like we're used to. i also attempted vietnamese spring rolls. pretty much not good. i learned we don't like basil in our spring rolls, or cucumbers. and that peanut sauce you dip them in? mine was alright, but nothing like we wanted. practice makes perfect! :)