Happy Moomer's Day to this Lady

My exceptionally good looking mama:

 

Happy Mother's Day.  I love you.

Love One Another Box 2104

As per our Easter week tradition, we filled out Love One Another cards:

I love Dad because:

• he likes to wrestle with the boys (Lucy)
• he works hard and plays with our kids (Mom)
• he helps us on video games (Kye)
• he plays football and basketball (Kye)
• he plays video games with me (Isaac)
• I love Isaac and daddy and my eggs (Eli)
• he wrestles with me (Kye)
• he is wrestleable (Isaac)
• he does puzzles with me (Adam)

I love Mom because:

• she cooks for us (Kye)
• she helps me when I'm sick (Adam)
• she helps me with my homework (Lucy)
• she is the best mom and wife in the world (Dad)
• she makes dinner for me (Isaac)
• takes us on family adventures (Isaac)
• she listens to me (Lucy)
• she loves us so much and does things for us (Kye)
• she cleans up after Eli (Isaac)

I love Lucy because:

• she plays soccer with us (Isaac)
• I love that she talks to me and that we are friends (Mom)
• she is nice to me and plays games (Kye)
• she is a great help watching the other kids and is always thoughtful of others (Dad)
• she talks to me when I want to (Kye)
• she plays soccer with me (Adam)
• she helps me (Isaac)

I love Kye because:

• he plays wii with me (Adam)
• he almost always has a smile on his face (Isaac)
• he helps me with my homework (Isaac)
• of his crazy/goofy grin and the glint in his eye (Mom)
• he helps me with video games (Kye)
• he is so smart! (Lucy)
• he likes to play basketball with me (Dad)

I love Isaac because:

• he plays with me (Adam)
• he is compassionate when others are sick or injured (Mom)
• he tells funny stories (Kye)
• he likes to play football with me (Dad)
• he will always play b-ball with me even when he doesn't want to (Kye)
• he plays marbles with me (Eli)
• he plays wii with me (Kye)
• he is always wanting to play with me (Kye)
• he is optimistic (Lucy)

I love Adam because:

• he loves reading (Lucy)
• he says the most random and funny things (Lucy)
• he is (almost) always happy
• he likes to do puzzles with me (Dad)
• he is goofy (Kye)
• of his smile (Isaac)
• he has an awesome smile (Mom)
• he plays with me (like this [rolls on floor])
• he can always make me laugh (Lucy)
• he has a cute smile and an awesome laugh that makes me want to laugh (Mom)
• he always wants to play video games (Isaac)

I love Eli (shmeeli) because:

• he is excited to play (Kye)
• he is fun to play with (Dad)
• he is full of energy (Isaac)
• his smile helps me feel better (Kye)
• when he is happy, he is so much fun! (Mom)
• he is so sweet! (most of the time)  (Lucy)
• he likes to sing "Hope of A-merry-ca!"
• he makes a mess we have to clean up (Isaac)
• he calls me Lulu or Lu and it's adorable! (Lucy)
• he is happy (Isaac)
• he is a great dancer (Kye)

I love Jesus because:

• because of him, I can be with Dad, Lucy, Kye, Isaac, Adam and Eli FOREVER! (Mom)
• He atoned for us (Kye)
• He died for us (Kye)
• He atoned for my sins (Lucy)
• He came to earth to help us (Isaac)
• He is always there for us (Kye)
• He loved me enough to die for me (Mom)
• He was resurrected for me (Isaac)
• I will be resurrected, too (Adam)

Kye=11

Kye and Eli (2011)

He was a little sad the letter from Hogwarts didn't show up, as are most muggle Harry Potter fans.  When we went to AZ, everyone shared their thoughts about Kye.

Kye is: smart, a great leader and so interested in learning, smart (again), smart (I notice a pattern) and considerate to others, Wii!, playful, friendly . . . I love you!, nice, cool and fun, plays with Porter and Cade and Cooper and Garrett, fun, really kind, awesome, "I love you play games with you," funny, good at chess, good at Wii, loves to play chess, smart, funny, good at games, adorable and good at math and games, my favorite cuz.

I would add considerate and thoughtful, loves basketball and chess and Harry Potter and reading, can be goofy and silly, and loves TWIX!

Happy birthday, Kye!

Zach: 40 things in 40 years

YOU . . .

1)      Made it from heaven to earth successfully

2)      Survived tuberculosis

3)      Burned off your eyebrows and eyelashes

4)      Played with 38 nieces and nephews

5)      Cut out countless pieces of wood for various projects

6)      Ate thousands of slices of pizza

7)      Celebrated 14 Father’s Days

8)      Rode roller coasters in Florida, California, and Texas

9)      Traveled to Tahiti, Korea, Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada & Vietnam

10)  Healed from a broken leg, a broken hand, a broken arm, a broken ankle, and a separated shoulder

11)  Remembered Sarah’s birthday (finally!)

12)  Dipped your toes in the Atlantic and Pacific

13)  Wrestled, played sand volleyball, baseball, basketball, golfed, played badminton, soccer, and bowling

14)  Helped create 5 children

15)  Visited 45 states

16)  Earned a presidential scholarship to BYU and kept it

17)  Served an honorable full time mission in New Jersey

18)  Married for eternity in the Mesa temple

19)  Honeymooned at Disneyland

20)  Solved 1000 piece puzzles in record time at the cabin

21)  Cruised the Caribbean

22)  Moved 14 times, bought 4 homes, and sold 2

23)  Served in the Church, in whatever way you have been asked

24)  Swam with stingrays

25)  Helped create a business from almost the ground up

26)  Graduated from the nations #1 “Hottest and Brainiest” school (BYU) with a business degree

27)  Dove off cliffs in Jamaica

28)  Helped millions of kids learn to speak English and read

29)  Tasted octopus, seaweed, shark, squid, coagulated duck’s blood, chicken feet and other unmentionables

30)  Visited Kirtland, Multnomah Falls, the White House, and an Alaskan Bear Reserve

31)  Annoyed the heck out of every family member by beating them at games

32)  Gave countless priesthood blessings

33)  Chased a rolling truck down the street . . . and then left a note when it hit an unoccupied car

34)  Hula-ed on Oahu and whale-watched on the Big Island

35)  Viewed Plymouth Rock, climbed the Statue of Liberty, and scrambled up Independence Rock in the Wyoming wind

36)  Influenced hundreds by your quiet example of following Christ

37)  Paved a driveway, helped remodel and house and other projects

38)  Snorkeled Turtle Bay

39)  Survived falling out of a moving car, rolling an ATV down a mountain, countless concussions, flipping a bike down a mountain, and 40 awesome years on this planet

40)  ARE LOVED BY A FAMILY LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOU!

HAPPY 40^TH BIRTHDAY!

Words used to describe you from our Bradshaw family: best uncle, nice, a great uncle, good at basketball, good uncle, "your quiet leadership is so important to our family," loves to wrestle, funny and fun, "I like your house," smart, caring, calming, amazing, one of the most giving people I know, a great dad, smart, BYU, fun and funny, Zach is the awesomeness, smart, cheats at games!  (I wonder who that was from . . . (ahem) Lindsey), knowledgeable, wise, Zach is a good cousin, smart, AWESOME!

Top Ten from . . . whenever.

10) Adam: What if it was Del Broccoli instead of Del Taco?  Then everything would have broccoli in it.  Like broccoli and cheese and broccoli soup, broccoli salad . . .

(Incidentally, the more I spell broccoli, the more it feels like I'm spelling it wrong.)

9) Eli: Swugbug, what color?  Gween!  Bwue!  Yewow!  Wed!  Nooooooo , . . it's gowd. 

8) Whenever Kye has a twinkie (yellow school bus) sighting, he inevitably cries out, "TWINKIE!  HahaHA!"  Vindictive.

7) M: But don't you want to have roses bloom beneath your feet?
Isaac: Actually, mom, that would really hurt.  Unless they didn't have thorns.

I never did understand that line. . .

6)  M: Is that your sister and brothers?
Eli: Yeah.
M: You're so lucky.
Eli: I AM lucky!

Awwww . . . sibling love.

5)  Eli: I wan go saths cluv.  Please, canwe pllllleeeeeeeeeease?
M: You want to go to Sam's Club?  Why?!?!?
Eli: Because I loooooove it!

Curse you, tempting lunchtime samples!

4)  Eli: Mom, I need to go da bed.
M: Okay.  Are you ready for your nap?
Eli: Yeah.
Adam: No!  Stay up with me.
Eli: No.  I need da nap
Adam: You LIKE to nap!?!?
Eli: It's so bad.  I LUTH it!
M: You love naps?
Eli: Yeah.  I'n tired.

3) Lucy (sitting down to dinner):  Mmmmmmmmmm.  Something smells really good.  What is it?
Adam: It's probably me.

2) Heard after anything is discussed that Eli doesn't agree with:  Dat's DISDUSTING!

1) Isaac (saying dinner prayer after some major pre-dinner complaining by all): Please bless the food that it will be better than anyone thinks.

And there you have it.  A conglomeration of months' worth of Top Ten notes that I actually remembered to record.  Yay me.

What do I DO all day?

You know how sometimes people ask you how your day was, and you say, "Busy," and then they ask you what you did, and you can't really remember?  Yeah, me too.  Today I decided to write it all down just so I could remember for once.

I woke up, made breakfast, combed hair, waved goodbye to the kids, cleaned up breakfast, ate my own while reading scriptures, cleaned up that, helped Eli get dressed, do the dishes, clean his room and make his bed, arranged a final walk-through with our renters who are moving out, drank 2 cups of water, changed the laundry, exercised for 55 minutes, showered and got ready, helped Eli go to the bathroom like 17 times, went to pick up Adam, came home and made a picnic lunch, took the boys to the park, ate lunch and read a book while they played, picked up my VT companion and went visiting teaching, settled the boys down for rest/nap, worked on a pile of papers, organized my desk, picked up LKI, helped kids with snacks, helped Isaac and his friend print papers for their science fair project, watched Eli play outside, helped Lucy with probabilities for math homework, cleaned off a kitchen counter, drove Isaac's friend home to Spanish Fork, came home and made dinner with Zach, ate dinner, ran out to go visiting teaching, came home, read with Adam, gave all the kids good night hugs, talked with Zach for 20 minutes, and sat down to pay some bills.  But instead I wrote this out.  Just cause.

Notes

Dear Dad,
I have had so much fun with you.
From, Isaac

Dear Eli,
You are alwas (mostly) fun to be around.
From, Isaac

Dear Kye,
I feel lik you are amost alwas full of eneg (energy).
From, Isaac

Dear Mom,
You are a relly graet cook
From, Isaac

Dear Adam,
You have a graet smile.
From, Isaac

Dear Lucy,
You are alwas fun to play games with.
From, Isaac

Mom,
I love you.  I'm glad you take care of my by working.  I wish I could give you a fur coat and a pearl.  I love you when you twirl and whirl.  You help me when I am hurt.  You buy me a shirt.  You help me learn.  You don't give me much to earn.  You are so cool that is firm.  I'm gland you are not a worm.  I have to write you a poem with 12 spelling words.
Isaac

Hi my name is Isaac.  I was born in provo, ut.  I have three brothers and a sister.  I was born in March.  My favorite thing is to play outside.  My second favorite is vido-games.  My favoite game is Maden II.  I have 10 pick-sixes.  When I grow up I want to be a football player.  I wato to be on the cargers team.  After that I want to be a vet.  I will take care of pets.  My friends are Mason, Jordan, Logan, Sky, and Caden.  My favorite thing to do is play basketball.  I've won 5 game, and lost 3.  I fell like everyo one is the special.  I feel like veryon is the same.  I think everyone is egual.  No one is the worst!

Dear Mom and Dad, (12,9,13)
I love you.  I only want to change frend days.  So I wont be board.  Because I don't have anything to do.  So I can play with friends more.  So I will be happy.  I will get my chores done ever day.  So you will be happy.  I t is boring without friends.  You are the best parents I've had (and the only).
Love, Isaac

Dear Gma (Feb. 25, 2015)
Do you want to play a game or go to the park, or do something else later today.  After that we could make something.  Then after dinner we could watch something like Swis Famly Rodenson.  What do you think?  You can tell me after I get home form tiquwondo.
Love, Isaac

And a random one from Adam's friend Katelyn:
Beware!  Don't walk in the kictchin, because there are crums everyware.  You can't see some of them.  You are get You will get dirty if you walk in the kitchen.  Adam did not clean up the mess he made, ensted he steped stepd on the Kix.