Getting our Groove On...

Saturday night we went dancing. Yeah - that's right DANCING! Wooo Hooo! It was so much fun. Del didn't complain ONCE. He danced every time the rhythm got me, and got down with his bad-self. It was fun watching our friends Ken and Keri - they're really good at the country dancing. Del said he'd even take lessons to learn how to do that. He said he likes it much better than the ol' shakin' yer booty thang. We'll see how coordinated we are TOGETHER. scary.

We went to a place that has different rooms for different genres. The country genre seemed to be the most popular - Texas - go figure.

Brent and Leslie. (Leslie had to drag Brent there by the hair. Which is why he's now bald.)


Ken and Keri - doing what they do so well.

Del and me. Next time - I'm wearing my hair slicked back in a pony-tail with bangs in a barrett! It was stinkin' HOT and sweaty, nasty.

Ken and Keri - the happy dancing couple.

The girls - all in black - we had a theme going on.

Fun times.

Bug Gets BRACES!

Monday the kids had the day off for Easter.

A perfect day for Bug to get his braces. He's thrilled. The Orthodontist said he'll probably have them for 3 years. BLECHK! Plus, he has to get a baby tooth pulled. Oh joy.

But just imagine how awesome his smile will be! - LOL.

And so it begins. I'm sure the rest of them will need them as well. Except Matt - he was blessed with his father's teeth. The rest of them aren't so lucky.

Pat Green Concert....

Saturday night we went to the Nutty Brown Cafe' for the Pat Green Concert. He's from Austin - local boy makin' it big. He has some really good songs - check them out.

The Cafe' has an outdoor amphitheater in the back. Very small concert, so you can get right up to the stage (if you don't mind losing your hearing for a few hours.) Our ears were ringing for a while afterward, but it was lots of fun.

I have Del convinced he should take me dancing this weekend for our hot date. Wooo Hooo! He said he's prepared to dance every single song - WHOA! We haven't been dancing in so many years, I can't REMEMBER the last time.

One time when we lived in Mesa, we (I mean I - Del went kicking and screaming) wanted to go dancing, but we didn't want to go to a bar. I think we had 2 kids at the time. So Del and I decided to go to a Stake Singles dance. HOLY MOLY!

We walked in, looked around, danced once, but then I had to go to the bathroom, so I told Del as we were walking off the dance floor. He was holding my hand, and wouldn't let go, panicked and said "NO WAY! - You're not leaving me alone in here!!" I was laughing hard! I had to pry my fingers out of his! We didn't stay long, but it was fun to see what our options would be, should anything happen to either of us. We both came to the conclusion that we would remain single for the rest of our lives. YIKES!

These pics are terrible - we all forgot to bring a good camera. These were taken with my phone - blurry, and we look like crap, etc. But whatever - we had fun!!

Ken and Keri


Brent & Leslie

Highlights.....

Del said my blog is boring - I need to update it. Nothing exciting has happened lately though. Who wants to read about the mundane routine of everyday mom-of-five life?

I'll just give you the highlights from the last couple weeks.

Went to Rodeo Austin again - this time with Rylee's 1st grade class. We didn't do the rides at the carnival or watch bull-riding, we did the educational - How-To-Milk-a-Cow kind of thing. Rylee was on the front row and squealed with delight/disgust as the dairy farmer demonstrated with a squirt of the tit/teet (whatever) into the audience of primary schoolers. She thought it was sooooo disgusting that the milk she loves to drink comes out of THAT. "Ewwwwwww!"

As we were walking out of the dairy demo, I told her I used to live next door to a family that had a cow, and my brothers used to share the milking chore, so we could get our milk for free. I told her I've even milked a cow before by hand - not that fancy machine. She looks at me a little funny and says, "Mom, did you used to live in the olden days?" I laughed, and said - "Yep - I think SO!"

We also watched some pig races. It was GREAT fun. "Our" pig won 3/4 times, so our group received pig noses as a prize. So cute and funny!



Waiting for the pig races to start! Yeeee Hawwww!

OK, next highlight - We went to this comedy place the other night with 2 other couples - it's called Esther's Follies. It was pretty fun. First we ate at the Iron Cactus - YUMMY. Really good spinach artichoke dip - I'm always trying to find one that equals Corbin's Grill in Layton, Utah. Sadly, none have measured up yet, but this one came pretty close.

Keri, Ken, Leslie, Brent, Me and Del. Good times, Good times.

Next highlight -

Del built a fence for Sarah, so she'd stop tearing up the yard, and chewing through the hose every time we water the trees, and knocking all the little kids over when she'd jump up on them to lick them to death. She is HUGE, and is a menace. Can't wait for the puppy stage to be over soon - I heard it'll take another YEAR. Good grief. This is the beast that used to be the cute little puppy!

I also planted some flowers in the front yard to beautify it a little. MY first flowers planted in my ENTIRE life. Uh huh - who knew I could be so domestic? LOL.

Sunday was General Conference. We played Conference Bingo - always a favorite with the kids. After conference, we had a Mexican pot-luck with 3 other families. Sadly, I didn't get any pics of the rest of them - too busy eating and playing. I did get a couple of Brent and Ken playing the piano. AKA - Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. They have some serious man-love going on. They can sit at the piano and play ANYTHING together. It's really fun/funny to watch.

Going through all my sheet music. They're both VERY talented!

So - I think I'm caught up till now!