Our Television Debut...Drum Roll Please!

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So there it was, our .5 seconds of fame. I realize I moved my neck back and forth like a bobble head. Don't judge me. I was nervous! They cut out my pretty little Noelle. I was holding her in my other arm. I bet they didn't want other baby girls to be jealous of her beauty! They also cut out over half of the interview. Robert said it's standard procedure in the news biz.

Channel 12 News Says We're Rock Stars!

WE"RE FAMOUS!!
This morning we were at the mall, and some lady asked us if we wanted to make our own music video, and we said, "Oh boy, do we ever!" So she put us in this booth with a fake crowd in the background, turned on some Bon Jovi, and we sang and danced like rockstars! However, somewhere towards the middle of our song, Stanton decided that fame wasn't his thing, and he cried until I sang "The Wise Man Built His House Upon a Rock." By the time Bon Jovi reached the last line of "Livin' On A Prayer," we'd already identified our head, shoulders, knees and toes, and we were looking out our windows to see the popcorn popping on the apricot trees. It turned out to be quite the video! As we were leaving, Channel 12 asked us for an interview, so we told them how much fun we had, and they put us on their 4:30pm newscast!
I realize Channel 12 is the station that made me and my kids famous, but my heart still belongs to Channel 5 though. Their noon producer is THE BEST!

Stanton and Noelle go crowd surfing!

Robert and I went to a free punk rock concert tonight at Tempe Marketplace, and we took our kids. I know what you're thinking, "first The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, and now this." Well, in our defense we weren't the worst parents there. The lady with the toddler who had a mo-hawk, a fake tatoo and a skull and cross bones shirt toally had us beat.
Anyway, The Ataris happen to be our favorite band (until we both grew up and started listening to country music), and two of their songs have special meaning for us. One was on a mixed tape that Robert made me, and another one was playing when we were dating, and I pulled over the car on the side of a Minnesota freeway and surprised kissed Robert, so we HAD to go to the concert!
We stayed back about five hundred feet and even though we couldn't see the stage, we had fun listening to the music. Stanton had a great time dancing, throwing rocks at the Victoria Secret window and picking up trash and putting it on top of his head, and Noelle fell asleep. During the show, I just happened to think of the top five reasons why I didn't fit in at this particular place, with this particular crowd, and here they are:

1.) My "Mom" clothes didn't exactly blend in with all of the other ASU girls who seemed to have forgotten most of their clothes at home, especially the one whose shirt said "In Case of Emergency Freak Dance With Me."
2.) When The Ataris sang their song "I Won't Spend Another Night Alone" the first thing that came to mind was how one of my kids always ends up in bed with me at night.
3.) While everyone else was forming a mosh pit, I was in the back doing the twist with Stanton.
4.) The last song I sang before I got to the concert was written by Elmo.
5.) I'm pretty sure I was the only one there who uttered the words "Are you poopy?" during the concert.

All in all it was a really fun night, but next time I think I would rather just put the c.d. on in the car and pull over on the side of the 101 and surprise kiss Robert instead (:

An aWARD-Winning Campout!

Our two day ward campout was a blast! The highlight for Stanton was eating Doritoes for every meal.
We hiked to a natural bridge with the Dibbles, where Bishop saved Stanton from a ten foot drop into the water, and the next day we all climbed over large boulders up to a very high waterfall with a kid to adult ratio of about 4:1
Camping is great because it is perfectly acceptable to let your little boy eat a dirty banana.
And nobody judges you when you let your baby suck on a stick.
Stanton ran and ran, more than I've ever seen him run!
And by the time we got home, he was all tuckered out!

Feed Me!

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A Few of Our Favorite Things...

Feeding the ducks...shortly after this picture was taken, Stanton threw a piece of bread at Noelle and she was instantly swarmed by poultry.
Family photo shoots. It would be a lot easier if we had our own photographer so we wouldn't have to keep using the mirror.
There's nothing like lounging around with a full belly. A little burp preceeded this picture.
And of course, my little slugger. He lives and breathes baseball, truely!