Jimmie Salad

Last week my work had a going away luncheon. The coworkers throwing the party decided to make it a bring your favorite salad. Having a natural hatred to lettuce, I immediately said, "Count me out." One of my coworkers then convinced me that I should still come for fun and just bring my own meal. Little did I know that she was going to prepare me my own special salad.

The Jimmie Salad consists of Skittles, Starbursts, and Mike'N'Ikes.

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Crazy Love

Our small group recently went through the book Crazy Love. We felt compelled to share God's love with a project of our own. Over the last two weeks, we saw two separate videos on the numerous people living without clean water. One billion to be exact.

So we decided to do what we can. We found an organization that drills wells in third world countries. One well can provide 250 people with clean water for 20 years. Our goal is to raise enough money, $5,000, to build a well. When you make a donation you will become a part of our group and your donation will be tracked to a water project. In 12-18 months you will be able to see our well using GPS and photos.

Please watch the video below, then visit our website to find out more about the project and donate. Just $25 will provide clean drinking water to one person for 20 years. Every little bit helps.

Connor's Time to Shine

Connor loves to ride his blue bouncy horse around the house. I was able to capture some of his excellent riding skills on video.



Also, one of the few words that Connor will say is "horse."

(For some reason Blogger is cutting off the right side of the video. Click here to go straight to the video on YouTube.

Flags of the World

The other day Dillon was staying at the Cummings' house. They were watching a show about flags while Dillon played in the floor. During the program a picture of the American flag came on the tv. Dillon looked up and said, "That's an Obama flag!"

We are not really sure where he would make the connection. I'm not fond of watching the 24 hour news channels and the last time I can remember the President being on our tv was during his State of the Union Address, almost three months ago. Maybe we should ask his opinion on health care.


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Two Month Checkup

Brenna had her two month check up yesterday. On top of getting her shots, she had her stats recorded. She was 25 inches long and 13 pounds, 12 ounces.

For comparison, Connor was 24 and 3/4 inches and 13 pounds, 14 ounces. Dillon was 23 and 1/2 inches and 11 pounds.



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Brenna's First Trip

Brenna made her first trip out of Tuolumne County this weekend for cousin Bradley's one year old birthday party.

During the trip, Brenna met her Aunt Jennifer for the first time. Aunt Jen is just like Grandma Sharon in that they can not get enough of babies.

We also got Uncle Larry to hold Brenna. He usually refuses to hold the babies until they get a little bit older.

I had to snap this cute picture of Dillon wearing Papa's old fireman hat while playing with his fireman toy.

The three older boy cousins needed a bath after playing all day at Bradley's party. Connor would have played outside all day if we would have let him. Thankfully his second favorite thing is taking a bath, as evidenced by they smile on his face.

While the boys bathed, Taylor got to hold Brenna. These two girls are going to be spoiled rotten.

Grandma Sharon wanted a picture of all six of her grandkids. It is impossible to get all six of them to cooperate. This was the best picture of the bunch.


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Gamer in Training

Recently Dillon has been allowed to play one of my video games, LittleBigPlanet, while Connor takes his afternoon nap. He tends to play by moving his whole body. It might be time to teach him how to use the Wii.



Note: The video is muted because YouTube has not authorized the song I had playing during the video. I hope to post the video (with sound) on Facebook soon.



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Happy Easter

I have already shared with you Brenna's Easter picture but here is one with all three kids.

We weren't sure if we would get any sun this weekend but thankfully we were blessed with sunshine before our Saturday night church service.

After church we went to Grammy's house, where cousin Trent is staying for the week. The three boys were spoiled with a lot of Easter candy from their grandparents while us adults ate an Easter ham.


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Boys Will Be Boys

This morning Connor "disappeared" into the bathroom. Below is how I found him.

From Favorites

I am not sure how he got himself up into the sink but he had no way to get down. That didn't keep Connor from entertaining himself.

On an unrelated Connor note, last night he slept in his big boy bed and today he napped in it too. He and Dillon are officially roommates. Now we have to get the nursery ready for Brenna.

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OP (Original Prankster)

I kept my successful prank streak alive this year with a slew of gags on coworkers and family. I started the day by putting scotch tape on the receiver of a few of my coworkers' phones. This caused the other person on the phone to tell the pranked coworker that their phone didn't work.

I also had a coworker whose been having some computer problems lately. I went in her office and turned off the switch to her power strip where all of her computer equipment was plugged in at. I then found a radio in which I turned the volume up to the max and plugged in to her turned off power strip. I hid the radio under her desk, right at ear level. When she crawled under her desk to turn on the power strip, she got quite the surprise.

Throughout the day I also switched ties every hour. I had a few coworkers ask me if I was wearing a certain tie all day, in which I would respond with "No". Then the next time they saw me with a different tie I would smile and say "April Fools".

My biggest prank was on my boss. Our county CAO, my boss's boss, was giving a presentation to all of the county workers. I was in charge of setting up the computer and projector for his Power Point. To help set up in advance, he had emailed me his file. I took the liberty to add a slide of my boss from the early 90's, with her Nineties Perm and all, to his presentation. Needless to say, the room full of 40 people enjoyed the interruption.

I also coordinated a story with James. He and Michelle are going on a cruise on Saturday. I recruited a coworker to call her and give her the following story:

May I speak with Mrs. Michelle Evans?

Hello Mrs. Evans my name is Kelly from Royal Caribbean. I am calling concerning your cruise out of Puerto Rico on April 3^rd.

I am sad to inform you that due to unsafe waters caused by La Nina, we are cancelling the trip.

Our system shows that you did not purchase travel insurance so we will not be able to refund your money.

However, we can offer you a complimentary DVD showcasing our Royal Caribbean fleet and destinations.

[If she thinks that is not enough] The best we can do is provide you with a discounted three day cruise that embarks from Los Angeles with stops at Catalina Island and Ensenada. All you need to do is provide us with a $500 deposit that will cover both you and Mr. Evans.

This is a one time special offer so you must decide right now if you would like to take advantage of our discounted price.

[If she is still upset] Mrs. Evans I realize you are upset but there is nothing else I can do to help you. If you would like, I can transfer you to my supervisor.

Please hold while I transfer you, by the way his name is Jimmie Nixon

We had Michelle going for a while but she eventually figured out I was behind it.

So as not to leave Christina out, I had to pull one on her. A little back story, Christina is always nagging me to close the cabinet door after I get a glass or plate out. So when I came home for lunch, I promptly opened every, and I mean EVERY, cabinet and drawer in the kitchen, hallway, bathroom, and bedroom. I just wish I would have been there when she returned home from her parents.


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