I'm Retarded

I am so retarded! It's after 12:00am and I think I figured out how to invite people to view my blog?(Maybe). I need your help. I still don't know how to add pictures. It's only taken me a month to figure out how to invite people! I am a little technologically challenged. (O.K. a lot). Once I figure it out I won't forget. It's just getting me to the point where I get it. That was my problem in school by the time I got a new concept the whole class was already way ahead and on to something else. I have a great long term memory, it's my short term memory that bites. Fortunately, I don't think my kids inherited my...what's a nice way of saying it? MY RETARDEDNESSNESS!( I just made that up). They are both doing great in school a lot better than I ever did. James is really good at math. There will be times that I am helping Lauren with her math and James will say the answer before her. He is not a real strong reader he does ok, so he will be going through a reading program this summer. I was going to put Lauren in also, but man is it expensive! She does enjoy reading, so as long as she continues to read over the summer she will do fine. Her teacher told me last week that she scored a 4.2 on her Star test which is a 4th grade second quater level. WOW! I hope she keeps that up. I told them both while I was pretending to cry that I was so proud of them. All they said was, "MOOOM!"

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Friday night, May 1st,the kids, my brother & his wife, grandma & grandpa and I went to see Joseph. It was put on by the South Stake. We have been to a couple others, Fiddler on the Roof, and Beauty and the Beast. They always do a great job, but I have to say this one was the best by far. We got there early so we could get good seats. We sat up close to the front and right next to the far right stage. I had never seen this play and I always thought it sounded kind of dumb. It was so not dumb! The music was wonderful, the actors did an awesome job and the costumes were fabulous. Lauren loved all the dancers dresses and James liked the part with the guns, of course. They both liked the part when they shot off confetti all over the audience. They stuffed as much as they could in every pocket they had! Lauren and James got to meet the young man who played Joseph they were a bit intimidated with his costume and all the make-up. We had a really fun time.

Family Home Evening

Tonight we invited grandma and grandpa over for Family Home Evening.
We ate dinner together then before the lesson the kids wanted to show
grandpa how they can jump out of the tree holding on to the swing and
swing down like a couple of monkeys. Lauren climbed up the tree and told
grandpa if he wanted her to get down he would have to climb up and get
her, so he did. I said,"Wow that's really good!", and James said,"Ya for an
old man!" We then played our games before the lesson. During our serious
game of Hello Kitty UNO there was quite a bit of drama going on. James
wanted to go first and Lauren didn't want to play, Daddy was spouting off
something, I finally said, "THAT'S IT, THIS IS FAMILY HOME EVENING AND WE'RE
SUPPOSE TO BE HAPPY!!!" It was great togetherness.

What Am I Doing?

OK, I have a lot to learn. I really have no idea what I am doing. I figured I could use this as my journal and to keep in touch with friends and family. I do have a few things I'd like to be able to share with others. I hope this doesn't become a brag and gag page. My sister-in-law said she would help me get this started, so for now I will just write until I get a few pictures and things. I've seen some blogs that are so cute and a lot of you seem like you have perfect lives, I definitely will not be keeping up with you all. I would just like to write about some of my families adventures and our day to day activities. This should be fun because I do enjoy writing, although I'm not a great speller. I guess I'll see what happens. Be patient I'm a virgin blogger.