Why? Irrationality expressed.

Me: "Stay in the car Channy"

Me: "What is going on out there?"

Me: "Stay in the car Channy"

Me: "Why is Ty and friend the only one's running suicides?"

Me: Now out of the car at the fence with my hand on my hips giving the stink eye to the coach...

Me: (asking a Freshman player) "How long have those two been running?"

Small Freshman Soccer Player: "I don't know about half of practice"

Me: "What did they do?"

Small Freshman Soccer Player: "They were talking while coach was."

Me: Walking with my hands in the air shaking, eyes fixed on the coach, "What is going on here?"

JV Coach (Not even the Varsity Coach): "They are running because they were giving me Varsity Attitude... they thought they did not have to listen."

Me: "So they had to run for half of practice?" " No water...YOU Couldn't do that!!!!###***"

JV Coach (NEVC): "Well I am a fifty year old man."

Me: "I am a very angry 40 year old woman."

Me to other coach that walks by (By the way he is about 23 with spikes in his lips and still thinks he is a HS soccer star): "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!***###"

Other spikey coach: "Mam' calm down lets talk about this"

Ty: "Moommmmm please stop lets go"

Me: "What I am just trying to find out what is going on"

Other Spikey Coach: "Long Explanation about RESPECT, sportsmanship what a good player your son is... Blah Blah."

Me: Still wanting to fight and verge of tears

Ty: Mom this is not helping...

Me: "Alright then"

Spikey Coach: "Do you want to talk to the Varsity coach he is in Durango and will be back tonight."

Me: Ignore him and walk to car

Ty: Very upset..." I didn't even do anything"

Me: "Don't ever make me come to your practice and watch that again...all while crying hysterically"

Me an hour later sitting on the bathroom floor

Ty: "Mom are you alright?" "Can we ever be friends again?"

Me:"...I hate that I am crazy."

So I ask myself was any of that necessary. NO. So Why????

Stop Whining I am Doing my Work

Paige just came up to me and pushed my belly and said "Stop whining, I am doing my work", then proceeded to play on Lee's computer and made other disconcerting noises and phrases like AHHHHH who touched this?!, This is my work!, I have to work!, and Don't touch it!

Ty asked me yesterday why our house it like Chea's. We never have any food and I never cook. That is such a lie!

I think trying to pull off two full time jobs and be a decent caregiver is making me and my children warped!

Grandma Arnett... and Brush my hair

I have very few traits like my paternal grandmother. But one of my biggest memories of her is brushing her hair. She would get her brush and ask us to comb her hair. She loved it. My own mother does not like anyone to touch her hair so I assume that my love for this form of relaxation came from Grandma Arnett.
Anyways I have taken to paying Trey to brush my hair or just "get out the tangles". Paige thinks this is something she can do also. Yesterday she brought a brush and began to groom me. Apparently she thought I needed my hair wet down to properly comb out the tangles. ( I do this to her) So she comes back from the bathroom with the brush dripping. I let her brush my hair into a wet mess as she goes back and forth from the bathroom to the couch several times. I am not sure why it did not occur to me that she can not reach the sink... Nonetheless I was enjoying getting my hair done.
I finally got up to go into the bathroom, I was very surprised to see my little Paige dipping the brush into the toilet and on her way to continue with her work on my hair.
Gross!!!

Family Vacation Yellowstone, Tetons, Martin's Cove, Rushmore

Shani at Jackson Hole Theater.

We decided to have family closeness and all travel 3200 miles in the truck. Maybe not so wise. This is Crazy Horse in SD. The native American version of Rushmore.

Me and Paige Slept in the truck while the others visited Crazy Horse.

Rushmore Pics. It is actually a very interesting site to visit. Well worth the drive.

I loved the Teton's. Many good memories from this beautiful place.

Jackson Hole Cowboy in Bronze.

Jackson Lake

Yellowstone...Hot...Cranky...Why do we have to look at this stuff...this is where I discovered that someone stole our food out of the back of the truck in Ogden. At least it wasn't like my wallet and all of the vacation spending $$ Oh wait that happened too.

Old Faithful. Well worth the crowds and traffic.

Love the Elf.

Ricks or BYU Idaho

Rexburg Temple

Murphy Reunion in Zion's

Getting Ready for Angel's Landing Hike.

Older Cousin's Table

Murphy Clan before leaving home on Saturday.

Pool Table was a Hit!

Paige was excited to see Shani after two weeks of her being gone.

Trent and Troy showing their skills at Horse shoe's

The Start of Angel's Landing when everyone was hopeful.

Tara showing off her Rock Star skills.

Trey and Maddie just saw something horrifying and did not hid their disgust and surprise.

Zion's is home to many foreigners... they have different tastes in swim wear. Trey and Maddie did not approve.

This is part of the Angel's Landing Hike. Very scary! I found out I am petrified of heights. I was still able to make it to the top nonetheless.

Down on Grandpa's Farm

This July 4th we spent time visiting Utah. We built a porch at Lee's Uncle's House in Roosevelt and visited his Grandpa's farm, and other old family homesteads. Way cool. I would have loved to loot some of those places.
We also attended the Arnett Reunion. Here are a few pics from both events.

I want that Back...

The older I get the more I realize how fast time flies. I want it to stop... I am at peace with Me getting older and fatter and crankier. However, I want my kids to park it for awhile, I want my flowers to stay in bloom, I want my house to stay clean, my dishes to stay done, laundry clean, my hair to stay colored with out dark roots, my "to do" list to stay crossed off, my Mt. Dew to stay full, and the dog poo to stay raked.

What spurred these thoughts was the Double Birthday of Paige, and Trey. When Paige asked for panties on her Birthday I was sickened. She is my last baby. I will only get to change diapers, make bottles, and rock her for a little longer then poof, that time is gone. I missed many of those years with Trey when I was working and Lee was in school. I want them back! I want my Tulips in Bloom again, I want Paige to not know how to say "Shut Up" and "Go away" (Thanks Shani) I want my old Volkswagon Bug, I want to go camping with Grampie in his red truck and my "luvvie", I want to live in trailer in Oracle and have a great garden and mostly right now I want my babies back and my Mt. Dew full.