Bradshaw Top Ten from . . . Whenever

Jumping right back in to our Top Tens.  If only I hadn't been neglectful of writing down the little gems.  Ah well.  I can only start where I am, right.  So . . . without further ado, I'm back in the saddle and read to roll.

10) Mom-: Eli, what do you want for your birthday?
E: A box of donuts, Cookie Crisp, and an iPod. 

We followed through on 1 of the 3.  And then we prepared ourselves to have one sad, sad little boy on his birthday.  Meh.  He survived.

9) Eli: What did Isaac say?
M: Why don't you ask him?
Eli: (while making honking noises) Nah, I don't want to know.
M: Why not?  He's sitting right here.
Eli: Because he's a PUNK!!

Whatever.

8)  Another spring birthday season . . . we survived!  Yay!!  Laser tag for Isaac's 10th bday party, a last minute Chuggington 4th bday party for Eli, a swimming party for Kye's 12th bday at the Provo Rec, and perhaps the easiest--calling Zach to wish him a happy 41st on his fishing trip to Mexico. 

7)  Eli: Ugh!  My stomach !! (Clutching it)
M: What's wrong with your stomach?
E: Ugh!  That song is stuck in my stomach.
Z: You have a song stuck in our stomach?  Which song?  Itsy Bitsy spider?  Did you swallow a spider?!?!?!

6) We went from this . . .

 to this . . .

 in like 10 seconds.  CanNOT believe Kye is old enough to pass the sacrament.  And props to our Bishop, who allowed us to sustain Kye the Sunday before his birthday so that he could be ordained on his birthday and go to the temple the next day.  And the next week again at the Gilbert temple, and the next week back in Provo with Justin and Mal.  Love that he was so excited to go perform service in the temple.

 On his birthday.  Opening gifts and after being ordained to the office of a Deacon.

Provo temple:

 Gilbert temple:

5)  M: Eli!! How was your first day of Primary?
E: Ehhh.  It wasn't very exciting.  I didn't sing any songs except snowman.
M: What did you do in class?
E: Drank caprisuns.  Read books.  Colored.  And I got a smartie.

I know it's gone up from there, but bless his teachers' hearts.  And that's all I'munna say about that.

4) Successful discectomy performed!  A few weeks of numbness/weakness/residual nerve pain while healing later, and viola!   No more sciatic pain.  It's a beautiful thing.  And it was especially awesome to have my mom here helping the week after surgery and knowing that everything was taken care of and that I didn't have to worry about anything but healing.  Thank goodness for moms!  (Or as Eli put it when he was saying our family prayer, "Thanks that my lovely grandma could come visit me.")

3)  Lucy (on the way home from the library): You know that the boys must be engrossed (rhyming it with bossed) in a book when they don't complain that we're listening to Shake It Off on the radio.
M: Lu, it's pronounced engrooooossed.
L: It IS?!?!?!?!  Well, my whole life is a lie.

2)  Zach: Eli!!!  How many times are you going to ask me that?!?
Eli (shrugging): I don't know.  Probably several.

1) Another successful AZ spring break trip.  Like last Thanksgiving, I flew down (this time with Eli) while Zach drove the other kiddos in 9 hours and 45 minutes.  Pretty sure that's record setting time traveling with 4 kids.  Lucy loves sitting in front, the boys love playing on iPads while listening to books on CD, and I love flying.  Win-win-win.  And then tons of good weather, swimming, good food, and family time while in AZ.  Win-win-win-win. 

Watching Cinderella at my favorite theater ever:

 Swimming: