Top ten lists

About ten years ago, a good friend (so good, I can't remember who) told me they saw a David Letterman top ten list called, "Most dangerous sports". "Mormon basketball" was number one. Well, I am sure you have heard me pass this tidbit of info along whenever somebody spoke of a testosterone-filled church basketball experience. However, I don't know if it is even true. So, I looked it up in the "top ten list" archives. I couldn't find it, but I found some other ones I wanted to pass along. When I punched in basketball- this came up, I thought Kerrie and Jake would appreciate number six.

Top Ten Signs Your Team Won't Be Winning The NCAA Basketball Championship

10. Typical motivational speech: "Let's hurry this up so we can shower."

9.Whenever someone does a lay-up, he burns his arm on his cigarette

8.Players always show up at away games exhausted from all the hitchhiking

7. The Las Vegas odds against your team involve the sign for infinity

6. In your region: North Carolina, Duke and the '98 Chicago Bulls.

5.Your center won't stand during the national anthem because he's too drunk

4. The only thing Dick Vitale can say about them is, "These guys got a good grade point average, baby!"

3.Players refuse to guard other team because they're all "sticky and sweaty"

2. Jesse Jackson is protesting against team for being "too white"

1.They pointedly inform interviewers that the correct term is "little people," not "midgets"


Then I found this and thought it went well with Maran's recent t.v. blog. Number six was not G- rated for my sweet, little family site, so let's see who can come up with a good one!


Top Ten Signs You're Obsessed With "American Idol"

10. You berate your co-workers in British accent, but you're from Cincinnati

9. Named your three kids "Paula," "Simon" and "The Other One"

8. Began attending fat camp in hopes of meeting Ruben

7. Your name is Gary and you end each phone conversation with "Gary, out!"

6.

5. Your baby's first word? "Dawg"

4. No number four-- writer home watching "American Idol"

3. Your floor is littered with greasy sheets of plastic wrap (sorry, that's a sign you're obsessed with American cheese)

2 . Before sending letter to California you yell, "You're going to Hollywood!"

1 .Watched the first episode instead of working on your new plan for Iraq

And then I found this, and thought it went great with Kerrie's peanut butter blog. (Wow, it seems I have a lot of time on my hands, actually it's sleep time I'm cutting into).


Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Top Ten Questions To Ask Yourself Before Eating Peanut Butter

10. "If I die, will I stick to the roof of the coffin?"

9. "Do I really want the word 'chunky' in my obituary?"

8. "How can I get salmonella when I didn't even order the salmon?"

7. "Is this what killed the mummified guy in Long Island?"

6. "Should I just stick with the tainted spinach?"

5. (No number 5 -- writer sick from bad peanut butter)

4."What would Britney do?"

3. "Does Smuckers make an antibiotic jelly?"

2."What will my kids say when they learn their father was killed by Peter Pan?"

1. "How can I blame JetBlue for this?"

Ella's first ponytail

Ella's hair is finally starting to grow in. I was able to get a ponytail in for the first time- Yay! Here is a picture of her in October- you can see that she looks older and has more hair now. Hopefully, by the time she is two, we will be able to do pigtails! Maybe she'll lose some of those cheeks!

The latest with us: Me- very busy with YW in February. Beehives were in charge this month, so I was in charge of the combined activity (as well as all of the beehive activities). We played glow in the dark volleyball using blacklights. This was a lot of fun. We have new beginnings this week- I have to do a part in this, too. We had a b-day dinner with Darrin and Donae, Neil and Heather, and Rich and Crystal last night. Very fun. Thayne was in charge- we had Hawaiian Haystacks.

Kaden- started piano and tennis this month.

Hailey- starting a new dance class this week- Her Aunt Donae will be teaching.

Ella- finally has the MRI scheduled for March 9th- I think I will be changing it to an earlier time, though. They scheduled it for 2:15pm and she is not allowed to eat anything starting at 6:15am. This is going to be very difficult for an 18month old (and for me).

Thayne- busy with work, family, and calling.

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Rocky Point, Mexico

We went down to Puerto Penasco, Mexico Sunday night and came back Monday night. Gringos (meaning us) call this Rocky Point. It is about a 31/2 hour drive from Phoenix. We went with another family that is familiar with the area. Our kids enjoyed searching the tide pools for sea creatures. Here is what they found: A sea urchin, sea enenome, tangerine sea slug, shrimp, starfish, baby octopus, hermit crabs, sea cucumber (this looks like something a dog left on the beach) and a couple of fish.

This is a starfish-- not the one your thinking of, this guy is a little more wormy looking. Kaden looks a little concerned.

Our bucket of goodies. It's a little hard to tell what it all is.


This is "Octo" the octopus. I think we scared him a little- he "inked" in the bucket a couple of times and then hid behind a rock.

We actually camped, near this rocky area, which turned out to be a disaster (especially when there are some beautiful resorts and condos that aren't that expensive nearby.) I think it would of been ok, but a horrible wind storm came that night. It looked like the palm trees were going to fall over and the waves were huge. It felt like Armageddon in our tent. Ella kept waking because she was scared (I was too). Hailey and Kaden slept through it all. About 3:30AM, after being whipped in the bum by the roof of our large tent a few times (literally), we finally decided to sleep in the van. Thayne and I were a little tired Monday- I also had a nasty cold and was already tired before this. However, we are still glad we went and the kids had fun.

After searching the tide pools Monday morning, we went to this little "Acquario", where we fed the sea otters and sea turtles. This is a little boy in our group. I think my kids were a little scared of this guy. Look at those teeth. (sorry blurry pictures)

After this, we headed to a more sandy beach. We had the beach to ourselves. It was fun to ride a four wheeler along the sand. We found lots of sea shells. You can see how choppy the water is from the wind. I guess, this beach usually has very smooth warm water.

That night we ate at a real Mexican restaurant. We ordered some shredded beef tacos. When I bit into it, it tasted a little sweeter than usual. I realized they mix the meat with potatoes. Very interesting. I don't know if this is what all restaurants do (probably because it's cheaper). It was pretty good. They mixed cucumbers in with the lettuce and they only used white jack cheese- no orange cheeses here. They gave us a warmed up green salsa, and a red salsa. Both were very hot!

Lastly, it was interesting coming back over the border. We had about a 45 minute wait in our car there. There were lots of Mexicans trying to sell homeade tortillas, and purses etc. (We bought tortillas earlier, yummy). When you get up to the border, you stop for a minute. I think they scan your license plate #'s, into the computer and look up your drivers license. They ask you to declare any food you have. Next year we will need a passport to leave the country. And that, my friends, was our first trip to Mexico.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just wanted to say Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Here is a list (in random order) of things I love about my valentine.

*Patient- a trait I envy

*Easy going- (except when he wants a new plasma tv and I don't, I think he will eventually win)

*Good Provider

*Hard worker

*Excellent Father (I don't know how many times I've heard "I can't wait till dad comes home!")

*Honors the priesthood (thank you)

*Good listener

*Smart

*Funny- makes me laugh

*One Hot tamale!

I love you Thayne!

(For the rest of you reading- pardon the cheese.)

Sunday's

For those of you early birds (which would be none of the Price's), 8AM church sounds great! I am not totally loving this. Thayne has meetings on Sunday starting at 6AM (poor guy)! I get up around 6:15, which wouldn't be so bad if I had just myself to get ready. Unfortunately, my children are not natural early birds (that is what happens when neither parent is an early bird)and getting Kaden up and keeping the spirit, do not go hand in hand.

However, the benefit to this is a nice afternoon nap! By the end of the day, my house is usually a bomb, but hey the kids are using their imaginations. There is nothing like a good Sunday fort. Here is an example of what my family room usually looks like on Sunday. A fort for Hailey and one for Kaden. The first Sunday they did this, they literally took every blanket, sheet, pillowcase, tablecloth etc. out of the closet (while I was napping). It was a mega fort! It took us a very long time to fold them back up. They now have a limit of two blankets each. Happy Sunday to all!

Ella's Hearing Test

Ella had her hearing test at Phoenix children's hospital. She passed with flying colors! I love PHX childrens hospital, because they cater to kids and the staff is excellent. They had Ella and I go in a sound proof room with a lady who held toys in front of her. Then you would hear a birdie noise on one side of the room or a zippity do da sound on the other side. If she looked to the side that the noise was on, a pooh bear would light up. The sounds would get more and more quiet. It was really cute and actually really funny to watch Ella respond. I had to control my laughter because they didn't want her to pay attention to me. Then they did the test with little things in her ears. It was a miracle that she didn't pull them out-- the staff was good at side tracking her.One test down-- more to come. Thought I would post a couple of pics. Even though they say Ella is tactile defensive (I think it is more in her feet), she obviously has no problem getting messy.

Our new piano

We found this antique (nice way of saying very old) baby grand piano on Craig's list. It was in a restaurant in Scottsdale. The previous owner was not sure how old it was, but we found a handwritten date that says, "John McGovern Dec. 26, 1940". I'm not sure if that qualifies for an antique or not. The piano was a little scratched up, but Thayne worked his magic and it looks pretty good. It's nice to have some music in the house- we just had FHE and sang "Love at Home" around the piano (aren't we just so sweet).

Thank you to everyone who fasted and prayed for Ella. She had a great therapy session today. Usually, she is stressed out and crying after twenty minutes, but today she lasted the whole forty five minutes and was really responsive.

(And if you were wondering, yes, Hailey is shirtless in the picture and I didn't realize Ella was underneath the piano when I took the picture.)