The Endangered Horny Toad

I never did get a picture on here of the horny toad.  I thought I might as well add it to the menagerie of our other animal pics on here!  (wait, I don't think I have the cat on here...)  Anyway Cole still gives me grief for making me let him go.  (He was endangered! ... by Cole)  So here they are for posterity's sake!

Marrott Boys

  A good looking bunch of boys!  Of course I am biased:)  I just had to post this picture.  Just for fun.  I got them to stop wrestling for about 5 seconds to take this!

Motorcycle Mania!

Park is glad to have his 4 wheeler out again!

                                   Mitch needed a little help from dad before he could ride

                                   They were beyond excited!
                                   Slowing down long enough to pose with mom

So we surprised the kids a couple of weeks ago with these motorcycles.  I don't know who was more excited the boys or their Dad!  He could hardly wait to give them the bikes.   We bought them in January so it was a long wait.  We should have waited longer to give them the bikes because of all the rainy weather its been too muddy to ride.  So of course theres been non stop whining about not being able to ride the bikes!  They knew they were getting a surprise but nothing like this!  It was so fun to see their faces!  Cole took off on his bike like a little pro.  It was amazing!  Like he was a born motorcycle rider.  Mitch was a little more hesitant and cautious (like his mom:)  I'll admit I even took them for a little spin.  They were perfect for me too!  Not too fast and not too slow.  Parker was happy to have his 4 wheeler out of storage.  He didn't even notice the motorcycles.  It was  a great day to be a "boy mom"!

Hamsterville

                                   Daisy our new hamster
                                   Very determined six year old who wouldn't give up!

I would like to know if I am the only parent who has ever given in to a six year olds constant, never-ending, begging and pleading for a hamster?  Please, someone tell me I am not the only one!  Daisy is a teddy bear hamster and only bites occasionally.  (she hasn't drawn blood yet...)  She really is soft and cute until you pick her up and check out her long rat-like rodent teeth.  Not so cute then.  She loves sun flower seeds and will pick them up with her cute little paws and stuff her cheeks as full as she can get them.  I asked the pet store lady,  "Will she REALLY run on the little wheel?"  "OH you bet she will!" she replied.  I thought "Right, she probably won't even touch it..."  Daisy is like Forrest Gump, she runs and runs and runs and runs!  And while she runs her wheel makes a little clicking noise,  click,click,click,click... and she does this ALL NIGHT LONG!  So Daisy gets locked in the storage room at night.  She is of course and angel all day long curled up in a little sleeping fur ball.  Oh well!  All I can say is that the six year old better remember that his mother got him a hamster when he's grown up.  And to his credit he does keep her little home clean and feeds her when reminded! 

The Living Aquarium

We went to the Living Aquarium in Sandy for FHE last week.  The kids had been dying to go and see it.   What a great thing right here in landlocked Utah!  It was very kid friendly and family oriented.  They even have a "touch pool" where you can touch sting ray and TRY to touch a passing fish.  Cole almost jumped in with the Sting ray!  He was so anxious to touch one, the whole front of his shirt and both sleeves were soaking wet!  They're having the South American exhibit with all kinds of animals like poison dart frogs and even Piranha!  The first Monday of every month is half off for family night!  I highly recommend it!

                                   Hello, Mr. Crab!  
                                     In front of some big fish.
                                   In front of the Anaconda.

                                   Piranha.  Notice the piranha imitations above!

New Helmets

                                    P thinking hes pretty big sitting on the 4 wheeler!

                                    C with his new helmet, he looks like a space man!

                                    P and Dad
When we were in St. George the boys got new helmets, to go riding on the sand dunes.  They came home thinking they needed new motorcycles to go with it!  We'll have to see about that.

@#$*! FaceBook!!

Hey All!  So I recently signed up for facebook and realized quickly what a mistake that was!  Come see my home and you will really see the mistake or should I say mess!  Its so addicting!  Firstly just seeing and chatting with all the people on there, secondly Jamie and Camille introduced a game, Word Challenge...   HOW DO YOU GET THOSE INSANELY HIGH SCORES!!  I must really be an idiot- no seriously - truly an idiot, because my highest score is around 5000 while theirs are between 38,000 and 41,000.  Its a little disconcerting.  I knew they were smart, but who would have guessed that I would be so dumb.  Sigh.  At least on the bright side  I have really smart friends! :)