Before I go to bed, can I have a snack?

My children have the tendency to say they are hungry right before bed.  They don't say anything until they are tucked in or until they are on their way to being tucked in.  It drives me crazy.  I wish they would tell me well before bedtime.  

John is playing Heavenly Sword.  He turned on the german language feature so I can barely follow along with what they are saying.  Other than that, watching him play is cool.

Anyhow, I thought I'd just update things for now.  Work is stressful.  I'm not enjoying my job at all.  Until I find a new job, that's all I'm going to say about it.  

I'm working on getting the house ready for updating.  We've been talking about selling the house and moving to a new place.  We can't do that until we get some things fixed up around the house.  

Tonight Parker made up another funny song.  It goes "Parachute Attack...Parachute Attack.  Big Cadillac, Big Cadillac.  Silent Patty Whack.  Silent Patty Whack.  Big Hairy Back.  Big Hairy Back.  Candy in a Sack, Candy in a Sack.  Trains on a Track.  Trains on a Track.  I Wanna Piggyback.  I Wanna Piggyback."  He was laughing his head off when he was singing it.  I helped him come up with some of the words, but it was his song.

Today we went to the Gateway to shoot some pictures for an advertisement for John's work.  It was fun, but Parker had a stomach ache and needed to rest.  We went to Mom's for dinner and had yummy stew and biscuits!  After dinner Amber made chocolate chip cookies, they weren't gluten free but they smelled yummy! :)

Emily is trying to read the Book of Mormon.  She has made it through half of the first chapter.  The Stake Presidency member told her in my interview that she would become a great reader if she read it.  She is such a great example to us.  We are very blessed to have her and Parker in our family.

We went to the Fort Douglas Museum at the U of U.  They had a scene that you could stand in front of and get your picture taken.  The kids thought this was funny so we took some pictures.

This one is my favorite of the three.

I bought them some hats that they could wear and they posed with the display.  The hats they are wearing are replicas of those worn in the war against Mexico.
Emily was proud to find a real Jeep sitting with the rest of the army vehicles on display.  She and Parker wanted their pictures taken with the real Jeep.
The kids thought the helicopter was great.  They saluted our troops in front of it.
Parker's favorite was the tank.  After this visit he decided that the tank was his favorite vehicle.

This was my favorite vehicle there.  It said "Wash Me".  
Yesterday my cousin got married.  He and his new wife looked extremely happy.  I was happy for them.  
On the way there, we saw some old CHiPs Patrol fans reliving the glory days!
Parker was amazed to see how high the temple was.

Here's all of us getting our pictures taken on the steps of the temple.  You can see Chris and Katie on the front left.  Congrats you two!