Taken from Jennifro's blog

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Old Fashioned Fun

Today was fun. It was "take your kid to work" day so my kids spent the first three hours with Daddy-O down near the river. He loaded boats in preparation for a day trip while the boys gathered sticks and whacked down weeds, and Natalie built a cute little fairy house in the base of a tree. All in a day's work. Probably pretty different from what most kids did at the office. By noon, Nick was off to some outing so it was a now time to go to mom's work place. I just didn't have the heart to force them into laundry or other grunt labor, so I called Jill to meet us across the street for a hot dog at Poole's Store. A step back in time, I'll tell you.

This rustic old place was a favorite of Nick's when he was a kid. It's a family owned (all red heads) business that sells everything from animal feed and dried pig ears, to popsicles and hot dogs. We ate by the river then took our ice cream across the street to Riley's Lock.

We forgot our cameras so I'm borrowing (thanks Google!). We went for a fun walk (run! in Camille and Caroline's case) on the tow path and saw lots of fun creatures along our way. Mostly pairs of water turtles floating on wood in the ponds, enjoying the sun. We hoped for the best as the girls ran over the bridge--"stay straight, stay straight!"
We ended up at a historic stone cutting mill made of Seneca Stone--it was all overgrown with ivy and looked like something out of Indiana Jones. This is the same mill and stone that they used to build the beautiful red Smithsonian buildings in DC. It would make a gorgeous setting for photos, but as I mentioned we forgot.... Well, there was lots of poison ivy everywhere so I was a bit of wreck considering I recently recovered from a miserable bout. While we were exploring, we heard what at first sounded like laughter, then PANICKED SCREAMS! I looked over and Nicholas and Mitchell were running like the devil was after them--stumbling through brambles and what not. I started yelling "what's wrong?!" thinking they'd seen a cougar or something (kidding). They both were horrified and in tears--Nicholas (who apparently has his father's phobia) said, "THERE WAS A SNAKE ON THE PATH--A HUGE ONE--RIGHT BY ME!! IT WAS THIS BIG AROUND!!" Mitchell was simply yelling through the tears, "My croc! my croc! it's back by the snake!"

Never fear, Mother is here! I bravely rescued the croc, after seizing the snake by the neck, shaking the life out of it and flinging it headlong into the woods. Take that--take your kid to work day! Domestic engineering. Pure excitement

Memories...

I got this dress in Statford-Upon-Avon. I bought it at Laura Ashley which was in the main part of the village. I walked along a cobble street to get there. I was all alone that day because Alyson had gone to visit an aunt and it was such a nice break . I ate at a restaurant by myself, walked through the shops, and when I saw this dress I had to have it. It's so femine. It reminds me of a day that felt as if I had died and gone to heaven.
This is a dress that reminds me of being single. It reminds me of Audree and being in he UNLV singles ward. I love it for some reason and have been afraid to part with it.
This is a sweater that I've over-worn. It reminds me of Christmas shopping with my mom (something I used to love doing). I got this sweater and some matching boots my last Christmas home as a "Miller."
This is the dress that I wore to the Temple the day I got married. I ran into Mario V. as he was coming out of the temple. We used to date a little bit and he really liked me. Well, he looked like he had seen a ghost. I liked to think that it was because I looked great and I was a lost love that he still pined for. It was right out of the Jill Miller romantic fantasy book. I was so proud to introduce Rob and in my mind I thought "here's the lucky guy." It was a perfect way to end my young single adult career.

The white shirt is the shirt I wore to the "groom's" dinner the night before the wedding. I was also wearing white pants. I cleaned up nice after my breakdown, anyone remember that one?
I bought this shirt for Angie and Matt Bond's wedding. The reason it's hard to part with is it reminds me of the first place we bought. I made a nice dinner to celebrate our new condo and I wore this.

I've grown attached to some clothes, and yesterday I decided to let them go. I thought that if I take pictures of them, it will be like keeping them only they won't be taking up space in my closet and my mind. I go through heck every time I clean out my room, I try to get up the courage to throw them out, but I'm afraid I'll forget the memories that are associated with them.

I'm in Love...with her.

Caroline and Elizabeth have been communicating through the cable outlet with an unknown entity. Rob pointed out that they speak into it all the time.
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I put these gloves on Elizabeth and she wouldn't take them off, not even to eat.

Dan in Real Life

I can't quit smiling right now, and that's because I'm watching one of my new 'feel good' movies, "Dan in Real Life." The first time I saw it was in October when my parents visited from Vegas. This is my third time watching it, and I just love it! Steve Carrell is definitely one of my new favorites. I love him in The Office as well. He's SO endearing.

"Expelled" No Intelligence Allowed

I saw a great documentary over the weekend. Expelled, by Ben Stein. He did a fabulous job with this. Some documentarys don't seem to tie together in the end, but this one did beautifully. It's a movie depicting how scientists, teachers, etc... are being expelled from their jobs for even breathing the words "Intelligent Design" (meaning God). What they are saying is that when science can't answer the questions then they look to Intelligent Design, something beyond science is how I understood it. Ben Stein relates it back to the Nazi's and the Iron Wall. He states that only certain beliefs will be tolerated within the science community. It's amazing how hateful some of them are towards religion. It shows how some atheists and Darwinists are a religion of their own. It was really fascinating. I have a new respect for Ben Stein, he's incredibly intelligent and whats more is he's very courageous (especially when he goes head to head with the Darwinist/Atheist leader Mr. Dawkins). Dawkins wrote a book called "The God Delusion." The things he called God were awful and I would hate to be in the room when it's his "ups" during judgement. It's definitely worth seeing, I covered my eyes when it showed the concentration camps. Go see it!

Things I should be doing but am not...

I'm a little bored, what I REALLY need to do it stand up and get moving! I even worked out today, I shouldn't be this lazy. AND I slept 8 hours last night. Oh well...some days are just like this.

If you mess with the bull you get the horns

Caroline has met her match, or should I say, scratch...