First item of business: This whole kid thing is turning out to be quite time consuming. Those little whipper-snappers are busy people. I've never been a real proactive mom with extra-curricular activities. There are several reasons that are boring, but this year they're in stuff. Addie and Aani are in tumbling (which they love), Anders and Addie are taking piano lessons (which they love- What up Heather!), Anders has been doing soccer (oy), and signed up for the ballroom dance team at school. Seriously, who is this child? Here's what happened: a girl in his class wanted to be on the team, but for obvious reasons not many boys just go and sign up for the ballroom dance team. The girls who want to be on the team have to recruit a boy. This girl asked a few boys who said no, but Anders said yes. I was shocked when he told me. Anders gets embarrassed when I catch him singing along to the radio, so it's hard for me to imagine him dancing with a girl in front of an audience. It also means he can't be in chess club because they meet at the same time. So yeah, shockaroonie. But I'm excited to see his moves in a few months.
Anyway, life is busy, and someone always has to be somewhere. Callings are keeping us busy, kids are keeping us busy, and work keeps Nils busy 24/7. Back when he was in school, we used to dream about the day that he could come home from work and just be home. That is hilarious. I don't think that day will come ever. On a happy note, his job is going great and they're growing like crazy. They're up to 15 employees, yizz'all. Too legit to quit.
Alright, so I thought this was cool- for the last several months our ward has been building a temple out of popsicle sticks. Sticks were earned by temple attendance, indexing, having temple related FHEs, visiting temple grounds, writing in journals, having a picture of the temple in your room, etc. Everyone from primary kids on up participated. Over 2,000 sticks were used to complete it. Today the finished temple was revealed, and it's awesome! The High Priest Group Leader had this idea and did all of the work of collecting numbers and constructing it (with the help of primary kids on Sundays). What a great example of going the extra mile and helping inspire everyone to be excited about temple work. Super, super cool. Thank you, Bro. Galloway.
This is a pic of when we took the kids to the Draper temple so they could have a picture of themselves in front of a temple. They were being goofballs as usual. Anders was folding his hands on purpose in this picture to try and look pious and reverent while his sisters were being maniacs. Funny boy.
So in case you missed this on Facebook, Nils and our friend Dusty decided to take on the Sean's Smokehouse challenge this weekend. It is 8 hot wings covered in Ghost Chili sauce. Apparently, a ghost chili is the hottest chili on earth. The challenge is to eat all 8 wings- no wiping your face and no drinking. Then when you're done eating the wings, you have to sit for 5 minutes without drinking, wiping, barfing or dying. If you complete this challenge, you get your money back ($14) and get your picture on The Wall of Flame. Those who can't finish get their pictures on the Wall of Shame.
Nils ate almost 5 wings before he almost passed out and puked in a bowl. He was sweating profusely, dripping snot, tears streaming down his face and shaking uncontrollably. Doesn't that sound like fun? He told me that it felt like an out of body experience. Yes, so does dying.
Good times at Sean's Smokehouse! But really, their food is delicious, so you should totally go there and get the food that doesn't kill you.
So as I was holding the bowl that Nils was puking in, I said, "You're so stupid." I know that wasn't very nice, but it was so gross. Throw up makes me say mean things. Especially when the throw up costs $14 and is in the middle of a restaurant on a Friday night. And, I was in the middle of eating my smoked turkey salad, and it made me lose my appetite. But I totally wiped the snot off his face after he was done to make up for my rudeness.
Nils, I love you and I'm sorry I said you're stupid. I don't think you're stupid. I think you're really smart.
P.S. Dusty's picture is on the Wall of Flame. That guy can eat anything and survive.
Peace out.
