can't keep up...........

where to start? i'm not doing so well at this blog thing. i am always finding other things to do. anyway, this is what we've been up to.

yesterday, caleb had his art class after school. he loves it! he is so funny. they were supposed to do an abstract painting yesterday b/c it was jackson pollack's (abstract artist) birthday. so, i go to pick him up and go to look at his abstract painting. well, to true caleb form, his isn't abstract but a jet. big shocker(not really)!!! can you say obsessed with planes? he told his teacher that when he gets big, he is going to join the military and fly. we'll see. she told me that he has been teaching her about jets and airplanes. good trade huh? she teaches him to read and he teaches her about planes!

of course as we all know, pres. hinckley died on sunday night. brooke called and told us. what a sad day on earth but can you imagine the celebration in heaven? i was a little sad about his death but i know that he was read to be with sis. hinckley and that made me happy. pres. hinckley has always been a great example to me and is by far my favorite (if you are supposed to have one). i will miss him greatly but am looking forward to the calling of the new prophet. i made the comment to brandon that it is so comforting to know that, with pres. hickley gone, that the church isn't in mass chaos, things are calm and the church will go forward, as it always does. we told caleb that pres. hinckley had died and we asked him if he knew what that meant (meaning that a new prophet will be called), he said "yeah....we better be nice!" i don't know what he was thinking but it never hurts to be nice, i guess.

on to another day....have you ever had one of your children embarrass you and not in a funny way. caleb did just that to me on friday. we had made arrangements for him to play at a friends house after school. so i gave him about 1 hr. 20 mins to play. when i went to get him he threw a FIT. to try and stop him screaming, i asked him if he wanted to sit in the front seat (we were still in the neighborhood) and he screamed no. so i then had to pick him up and put him in the car. he then proceeds to scream "i want to sit in the front!" needless to say, i was past keeping my cool. i shut the door, thanked the slaters and left. well, the story was told to brandon and caleb was grounded from going to friends house until the next weekend. i was still embarrassed when i saw them on sunday! gotta love your kids, right?