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Thanksgiving in California!

Here are some pictures of our trip to Sand Diego to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. We drove down there, stopped and ran around Burger King in St. George, went to the beach, and Lexie and Daddy went to Legoland with Grandpa. Lots of FUN!

'Firelight' kicks 'Twilight's trash!!!

I've watched this like 10 times now and it just gets funnier and funnier... How is it that I can enjoy a parody of a movie about twenty millions times more than the movie itself? First off, the running gag of accidental strangulation is genius. "I do believe I'm going to strangle someone... by accident." HA!! And mad props to Taylor Swift for not only delivering a superior Bella, but for making fun of Kristen Stewart's annoying habit of biting her lips at the same time.

First day of School!

Yes, I'm aware that it's Oct. 21st. And school started Sept 8th. What can I say, I'm just that lame...

Anyway, here are the cute photo's of Lexie's first day of school. A couple points:

• I really wanted her to have cute hair for at least ONE day of school. So used the curling iron to flip it up. Cute, right? Well, after I was pretty much all done, just doing the 'finishing touches', Lexie turned her head at the wrong moment and burned her cheek. THAT is that fun red mark you'll see in the pictures. So, end result: Cute hair, big obnoxious welt.
• Don't you love how Lexie's backpack is bigger than she is?
• Yes, I'm barefoot getting her on the bus. Now that it's colder, I'm usually in just my socks. I guess when it starts to snow I'll have to put shoes on to send her off to school.
• I thought we should get up some of the last pics taken of Seth before we cut his hair. Sigh... I had such high hopes for that long hair, but it never turned out. Love his new buzzed look now, though. I'll post some of those pics when we, uh, find our camera.

Lexie and Wayne's 15 minutes of FAME...

... okay, so maybe it was more like 15 seconds. If we're generous.

One of the parent's at Lexie's school nominated their teacher's for KSL's High 5, which honors people in the community. They really deserved it; the teacher's at Utah School for the Deaf South have made an amazing inpact on our lives. Before Lexie started school last year, she was literally NOT talking. And now I can actually communicate, even on a limited basis, with my child. I can't even imagine where she'll be once she's through the system. There's very little footage of Wayne and Lex (he said she was camera shy. Go figure), but it's still a great story:

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Why I Suck At Blogging (because I really do)

1. I'm Horrible at taking pictures
I never bring a camera with me. Anywhere. I know that I should, but so often I find myself at some sort of Kodak Moment when suddenly it occurs to me that a responsible, loving mother would have had the foresight to bring with them the means to capture that perfect moment for posterity. And then, of course, if I do somehow manage to have a moment of mental clarity and pop the camera into my purse before we leave the house, I always forget to bring it out. Not to mention that all we have is a little point-and-shoot, which is cute and convenient, but not exactly the tool for super-awesome-and-beautifully-artistic shots. And a blog post without pictures seems to assume that others just love to hear me talk, and I guess I'm just not self-confident enough for that.

2. We never do anything interesting
It's true. The Tomlinson Family lead very boring and uneventful lives. Not to say that we don't do anything, not at all. We're all extremely busy. Unfortunately, we're just always busy with such mundance activities, the mere thought of writing it down puts me to sleep. Auditory/verbal therapy is not exactly reality-show worthy entertainment.

3. I'm too objective about my children
I'm a totally crappy mom. A good mom would look at their children as if their every dirty diaper was some sort of miracle only a genius child could conjure up, and feel the need to share that miraculous event with the world. The everyday things my kid do are cute, and I love it, but I'm their mom. I'm genetically required to find them amusing. I guess I just figure my friends and out-of-town relatives are not. I mean, it was cute when Seth did a little rendition of flash-dance in milk on the kitchen table, but I'm not exactly surprised that the story didn't get picked up by the Times. Of course, I realize there's some error in my logic, because I actually really enjoy hearing about those everyday, cute moments that other people blog about. Huh.

This is what happens to the brain when you deprive it of sleep...

So, I was doing the dishes today, and my mind started to wander...

God, being God, knows everything, and has, from the beginning, known the entire history of man and everything that would come. Right?

So, as the Earth was being created, God could look forward and see a time with reality contest shows, Twitter, and Jon and Kate Plus 8.

What a flippin' trip that must have been.