{This & That... Along With a Bit of Randomness}

Are you ready for a bit of this and that, and some plain old randomness? Well, this post is for you! Lisa and I took a mom's day off yesterday and headed to Provo. Our friend Laina was having a Cents of Style party and that was as good an excuse as any to get out of town, right? I picked up 2 cute pair of earrings and some sassy black patent shoes, all for under $25... SCORE! I also came home with a few much needed articles of clothing. You see, I may, or may not fit into some of my clothing right now (and NO, I will not be soon announcing anything) anyhow, my goal was to get some things to get me by, but not spend much moola. I thought I did pretty good, but I learned that sometimes, a good deal, well, might not have been as good as I was thinking?

I picked up these pants for a whopping $6! Yep, $6, and they actually fit me pretty great, which doesn't happen all that often. How did I not notice that one leg is a whole 3 1/2 inches shorter than the other leg? I even tried them on twice. Yep, true story....Lisa is now calling them the Ca-pants! Mom, can ya do some hemming and fix them for me? That's not just random, it's ridiculous and hilarious too.

We did come home with some cute shirts (that were even sewn correctly), a headboard, foot board, box springs, a mattress and hopefully enough Easter candy and plastic eggs for the whole town, along with all the regular trip up north stuff, crammed in the back of my Tahoe! Fun times!Today between General Conference sessions, we went to dinner at my Ma & Pa's. The whole fam-damily was there, all 18 of us, plus my Grandma and Grandpa. Can you say chaos? After dinner the kids went outside with instructions to "Stay out of the mud", (which they didn't) and somehow ended up in this giant hamster ball. Ok, it was really the frame for a paper mache earth my brother and his wife made for a parade last year, but doesn't it look like a hamster ball? They rolled it, (with them inside) down the side farm drive and down the road to our house and back, silly boys!

Here is another random for you. The other night I went into the kitchen at 10:30 pm, or thereabouts to grab something, and I hear my garage door opening?!? What? Derrick was in the bedroom and the kids were asleep, and I know the cats can't jump that high. Derrick, my manly man, did some checking and nothing..... Hmmm, can we say creepy! Brock got the chance last week to do his first Great Brain project. He decided on the Solar System and I have to say I was thrilled, since that's a subject I know nothing about, but Derrick on the other hand knows a bunch! Brock did such a great job on everything, his display, the report and his presentation, and he really learned a lot, not to mention he loved doing it with his Dad! And last but not least, Brock earned his Wolf badge! It's a good thing he has great Scout leaders who keep him on track, it really is a lot of work....Thanks, Dayla and Alicia and YEA, Brock!