Went to the movie tonight with Burke. We saw 'I am number four'. It was a really good movie. And the best part is that it was FREE! I won two movie tickets from the hospital, where I work. When we got home, Kaden had drew a mustache and soul patch on his face with a permanent Sharpie. We acted like we were mad and made him go scrub it off. But when he walked away...we couldn't help but laugh.

Ryan had his 8th birthday the other day. Sent all the neighbor kids home from his party with helium headaches and sugar induced bellyaches! After Ryan's party he went to his very first day of scouts. He loved it. I had went to the scout store and all I got him was a shirt and a manual and it cost me $50. I hate going there it always costs me a fortune.

Kendra went to sweethearts last night. She wore my dress that I wore to one of my school dances. I told her we would hang onto it and see if any of her kids wear it in 20 more years. Kaden...still obsessed with origami. :)

Watched Superbowl last night at my mom and dad's house. Kaden, my most competitive kid, was having a hard time watching Ryan win the money off of the 10 cent board. So grandma slipped him $2 as we went out the door so he wouldn't feel bad.
I remember going to their house when Kendra was a baby and my dad and Kendra would always watch monday night football. Kendra's first word was "ball".

The other day Kaden came home from school and told me that he signed up for the science fair at school. I asked when it was due. He said, "Oh, the science fair was today." He made two oragami dinosaurs and the experiment was, what folds easier lined paper or printer paper. I told him that I would have helped him do a poster board for it if he would have told me about it. He told me that he just signed up to do it today because they gave him free ice cream for doing it! True scientist at heart.

Had a pretty busy weekend. Took grandpa Mashall up some rice pudding. We visited for a while. I love listening to his stories. He told me about being the switchman for the railroad when he was younger. I've heard the story before but he can tell me them anytime. As switchman, he would have to throw the switch on the railroads to keep the trains on the right track. He was on call most all of the time. Back in the days of no cell phones that meant that if he went to a movie he had to call in and tell them where he was and the phone number to the movie theater. He said he was always getting called out of movies, dinner, and dates. He would also ride the train in the front, up where they would throw coal in the engine. Then when the train got to about Geneva (south Salt Lake) he would have to jump out, wait for the train to go almost all the way by, switch the line, and then jump into the caboose.
Grandpa also told me about when he was a kid and his friend and him went skiing. But they made their own ski's out of the planks of a barrel. Then they strapped them to their feet. But it didn't work very well because the only part of the planks that touched the snow, was the very middle. He said all they did was crash. That was his one and only ski adventure.
Hadley went to merit badge pow wow yesterday. Earned three merit badges, which I think earned him his Life scout. So proud of him.
My little brother, Stan decided that our family needs to get together more...so he invited them all to my house last night for a game night. Janet, Vickie, all of their kids, Stan and his family, and my dad came over. (my mom wasn't feeling well.) We had a full house. Played cards, ate hot dogs and treats, and laughed 'till 3 o'clock in the morning! Then this morning the kids all wanted to go to sundance to snowboard. Tonight I put a quilt on for Hadley. He is getting carpet in his new basement room tomorrow and needs a new blanket on his bed. The one he has now is so old it's see-through.

Hadley went snowboarding the other day. Burke told him he would be at Sundance to pick him up at 5:00pm. When Burke got up there, Hadley was no where to be found. An hour and a half later we were starting to worry, then Hadley came plowing down the mountain and sat down with three girls. (He's always been a ladies man.) His only comment was, "Can't I stay 'till 9:00".
Tonight Kendra laid in my bed with me and Burke and talked for about 2 hours. She talked about everything from school, going to college, her friends, and everything in between. She has such a cute personality. She was alot more entertaining than the movie we had been watching.

Took the boys out rabbit hunting today out by Eureka, UT. We asked Kendra if she wanted to come and she said "uh not really, what is wrong with you guys, rabbits are cute!" :) We saw one rabbit...it's still alive. As we drove through Genola we told Hadley about when we lived there and he rode the bus to kindergarten and 1st grade. The bus driver loved him. He never once sat in a bus seat, he stood right behind the bus driver's shoulder and told her stories every day. Grandma Ina used to always tell Burke, "Never tell that boy to be quiet, that boys got a lot to say."