The death of a Lizard.

So today I dropped Brody off at summer school. As soon as we got there he ran straight to the back by one of his friends. Well it wasn't 10 seconds later that both of them came running up to me. Brody was dangling something between his fingers... Well, to my surprise it was a dead lizard. Yes, dead. And Brody kept squeezing it. I was afraid all of his insides were going to come out. Ehhhkk gross. Mrs. Fitz suggested burying it. As I was leaving the two of them were deciding where the should be laid to rest. I thought better them then me. I don't like dead stuff. All day I thought about where in the backyard they decided to bury it. I couldn't wait to ask him when I picked him up. Fortunately, I didn't need to wait long to ask him because that dead little lizard was nicely placed in a peanut butter jar waiting for us to take him home. Brody was so excited that WE got to bury him at OUR house. Me not so much but I played along ;)


This is where the whole death of a Lizard became a reality. As we were driving home, Brody asked, while staring into his peanut butter lizard, "Can I keep him in this jar forever?" Me:" No, he is dead and if he stays in that jar too long he will smell, so that why we put him in the ground so we can't smell him." Brody: "Well, when will he be alive again?" I took a very long pause to answer that question, debating what would be the best answer. I finally answered with "He will never be alive again, because when animals and people die, they die forever." (too deep for a 4 years old? think again, his wheels were turning!) Brody: "So, will I die?" another tough one to answer... I didn't want him thinking he was going to die at any moment but in life there are only 2 certainties, birth and death (compliments of Tia :). And I guess now was a better time than any. Me: "Yes Brody, one day you will die, but you will be very old and it will be a very long time from now." Brody: "Will you die?" Me: "Yes, but I will be very old too." Brody: "Ok Mom!" (with a perplexed kind of stare). It was such a random conversation. It was so thoughtful and curious. It's so funny because kids live such a carefree innocent life, filled with no worries or regrets and to come to such a harsh reality of death must be crushing for a kid! Anyway, lizard (with no name because he was already dead ;) had a nice little service in our backyard. He will be forever remembered as the first funeral ever attended by Brody McGurk! 

Also a huge Thank You to Chance for hooking my computer up. The possibilities are now endless. The fabulous picture collage above, being one of the many great things :) How in the world did I not know of Picasa sooner!

(I personally, think it's pretty fancy)

Dear Lord.

I was having the WORST day a few days ago. From the moment that I woke up, it was just bad news and frustration and crying and whining and annoying doctors and stupid people. Nothing was going well and it was only 10am. To start off my day; I was tired because Mia was up, uhhh I don't know maybe 7 times that night and I got about 2.5 hours of sleep. Then it was first day of summer camp so it was the huge rush to get out of the house. Then I spent a whole hour sitting in my car in the school parking lot talking to Donnie's doctor because come to find out the treatment he was suppose to get done down here he won't be able to do.(I'll save this for another post. Then to top it all off me and a guy at Target backed into each other in the parking lot and it was somehow all my fault!!! And all the while Mia was the biggest crab apple ever, probably because she didn't sleep all night! Seriously it wasn't even 10 o'clock yet and I was ready to quit and curl up in my bed and go to sleep. But I couldn't I had to pull it all together and go to a board meeting potluck, it was honestly the last thing I wanted to do. Brody and me had fun though, despite the day. It was nice to talk to everyone and forget about my stupid day. Moms sure know how to make you feel better even if they aren't trying to! The best part though was getting Brody's portfolio that he gets at the end of the year. It has quotes and pictures and stuff he drew and stories he told, it's really a neat thing. It was very sweet. There was one saying that was in it that was exactly what I needed. It was like it was placed in that book just so I could read it at that very moment;

Dear Lord, It's such a hectic day

With little time to stop and pray

For life's been anything but calm

Since You called on me to be a mom

Running errands, matching socks

Building dreams with building blocks

Cooking, cleaning and finding shoes

And other stuff that children lose

Fitting lids on bottled bugs

Wiping tears and giving hugs

A stack of last weeks mail to read

So where's the quite time I need?

Yet when I steal a minute, Lord

Just at the sink or ironing board

To ask the blessing of Your grace

I see then, in my small one's face

That you have blessed me

All the while

And I stop to kiss

That precious smile

I know that 50 years from now I will not remember all the stupid annoying things that happened that day but I need to make sure I always remember all the good things that I have right now! Those non-sleeping, whiny, smiling munchkins being the best things of all!!

Good Times, Great Friends.

Last weekend we went to Cedar City to visit friends that are moving back east! Donnie's friend Chance just got out of the Navy, and now he is moving to Virginia, with his girlfriend Morgan, where he starts a new job. We wanted to see them before they headed out. And Cedar is always the middle man! We also were able to hang with Amie and Glenn, it seemed like forever since we saw them. We had such a fun weekend! It was nice to get out of Vegas. Here are a few pictures of us and the new generation of friends!

Cheese ball ;)

She just could not figure him out!

My sweet moosie girl!

Summer

I swear we hit the ground running once we came back! We have been busy little bee's. We have been trying to keep ourselves occupied since school is out. It's pretty boring at home. We've had a few play dates and Lots of swimming. The kids just live for the pool. The moment Mia sees the water, she starts kicking her feet and smiling and laughing, she just loves it! Brody is learning to swim too.. he is almost swimming by himself with no floaties but for right now He prefers to sink to the bottom and wait for you to grab him. Ha Ha that sounds terrible! Of course there is always someone right with him, but the second you let him go so he can kick and paddle he stops and sinks. He just knows that someone will grab him so why waste his energy kicking and paddling?! And as soon as he's out of the water he's smiling and laughing. Little brat :) He is also in karate class once a week and he is all about it. I have never seen that kid pay as much attention to anything as he does in that class. His instructor is kinda young but he's fun with the kids. He's strict but not mean. All the kids just love him, Mr. Pino. It's funny because everyone in the class is always like, yes sir, yes sir, yes sir. I think its good for him, he needs a little yes sir in his life :) He also Started summer camp at school, which is awesome for the both of us. I need a break and he loves being any where but home! You can only do so much at home, he gets a little stir crazy, so going and running around with his friends for half a day is great! I'd post pictures if I had some but of course I always forget to take pictures ;)

Home Sweet Home.

Well we have been home for a whole week and man does it feel good. There is nothing like home.We left Reno last Friday night at like 6:30pm. We were going to leave early Saturday morning but by the time Friday afternoon rolled around we wanted to just get the heck out of Reno. So we hurried and packed everything, threw it in the trailer, fed everyone, put jammies on the kids and loaded in the car! It was a long drive (even though I sleep the last half ;) Brody slept most of the time and Mia feel asleep right away but woke up about half way through for about a hour. She is so funny because she is just the happiest little thing regardless of the situation. When she woke up we decided to stop and let her stretch her legs. She danced a little in the front seat and then was back to sleep once we put her in her seat and started going! We got home about 2:30am. Our bed felt even more amazing then I imagined it feeling. It was like a cloud ha ha! We had a busy weekend when we got back with Memorial Day and all. We went to a couple BBQ's and unpacked everything. I swear I feel like I'm still trying to get everything back where it belongs! Donnie was back to work on Tuesday. He was dreading it a little, seeing as he hasn't woke up that early in 3 weeks :) But we are all just glad to get back to normal. Donnie's had a lot more energy then he has in the last couple months, he has his appetite back and he just feels good! I mean I feel like he will never be out of the woods, he will always have to stay on top of his health but he is just doing so great right now. I can only hope and pray that it stays this way! Its just nice to get back to our life, we are truly blessed to have all that we have!


I wanted to tell everyone thank you for everything, the sweet e-mails and cards! I may not have got back to every one yet but I so appreciate every one's love and concern for my family and I. I am so thankful for all the amazing people that our in our life!