The TRUE Tale of a Tony Menu

Once Upon a time...
Jenna-vive had a marvelous husband, truly a prince among men. One glorious Saturday (November the 14th, in the year two thousand and nine) he put off slaying the dragons of his choice in order to let his wife (whom he calls 'the queen' *true story*) regain her sanity by giving her some much-needed time off. She received extra beauty sleep in the morning while he took the sons to the faraway land of "Auto Zone," she was able to go running whilst talking to the magical squirrels & birds along the way, & ended that marvelous day by being allowed to feed her soul at the castle spiritual banquet known as the "Stake Conference Adult Meeting." Well, in the course of that SUPERB day, she didn't have to fix one, single, solitary, meal! The result? The Tony menu:

Breakfast: Cheeseburgers & a Heath Klondike Bar

Lunch: Peanut Butter, strawberry preserves & WHIPPED CREAM sandwich

Dinner: Spaghetti sauce, chicken & cheese sandwiches 'cooked' in the sandwich maker

Post Script: The good news? I figure since I didn't partake of any of the aforementioned victuals, I will be in good order to calm their troubled tummies all week long...

Post Script Script: This is not a usual occurrence in our humble cottage, Tony-the-Prince is actually quite health conscious, but it was well worth my 'vacation' :)

Oopsies!

Pets For Sale

My boys were out of school one Friday so we went to "The Pet Store" to get an informational tour n' touch of all their fabulous animals. They LOVED it!

This, however is the "no touchy" snake

This is the closest relative to the Komodo Dragon that you can have as a pet--it will grow to be 7 feet long (it actually belongs to our 'tour guide' but he keeps it at the store for now)!

Doesn't this make you want to squish it?? Sick.

And here's what she looked like the whole time...

Family scripture time

I looked up & what did I see?

Tradi-TIONS!

The Cobia traditional "dinner-in-a-pumpkin" (Jaydon was sick most of the weekend if you can't tell by his poor little smile)

Another festive meal--hotdog mummies, witches brew, goblin apple mouths & brains (squash)

"Sweet Pea" takes on a whole new meaning...

The whole crew at the ward trunk-or-treat/chili cook off: Big Bad Wolf w/ Little Red Riding Hood (including the basket for granny, A.K.A. the diaper bag), Ash (Pokemon somebody or other), Crocodile Hunter, & Sleeping Baby (she was REALLY convincing).

It was pretty amusing, I was nursing Ari in the mother's lounge in the church & heard my name announced for winning the cornbread contest over the loudspeaker in there. Hmmm, I didn't enter it...slight mistake. When an unlabeled pan of cornbread was announced as the 2nd place winner, my loyal boys thought of COURSE it was mine & told them so. Don't worry, soon thereafter we turned ourselves in to rectify the situation.

The Men of my life

This one had a birthday on Sunday...if you get the chance, tell him he doesn't look a day over 33 (it will make him feel so good since it's been 3 whole days since he reached that magical age!)
Here are my reasons of love for this mad cat:
1.) He's entirely dedicated to the Gospel
2.) He ALWAYS walks in the door with a smile on his face
3.) He lets me stress out while he remains easy-going & adaptable
4.) No sooner can I get the words out, "Honey, would you be willing," he responds with, "I'll do it"---wow
5.) Playing with Daddy has become #1 in our house--the boys want to spend time with him more than anything else
6.) I truly feel like an equal partner, we work everything out together
7.) His listening skills are superb
8.) He'll take the baby even when she's fussy AND he changes many diapers
9.) He's one of the most generous people I know
10.) He keeps us laughing all the time from his random antics & his humor is quite witty!
How in the world did I get so blessed??

Jaydon's "baby balloon" creation--the black is the baby's hair

One of Jyson's daily snack creations out of wheat thins, pretzels, fishies, & animal crackers. And the white piece is a napkin he said is "The dike for the bison to climb up." Oh, right.

Dedicated to a 2 month old baby's progression

While I finally got to brush my teeth for the day, she was being enlightened.

She's an official "smiling baby," look at her go (okay, it's not the best picture of it, but you really should see the real deal, come on over sometime)

Here we have the "heads up" baby

The infamous first "Sunday dress" appearance, complete with, what else...an enormous bow!

And I don't know what this is really, but she grabbed them off Jaydon's face & I thought it was so cute it had to count for something