The master and his "friends"!

So I might be the coolest mom ever! You see I have a very sweet 12 year old boy. How does that make me cool you ask? Well teh only thing he asked for Christmas this year was clothes and a scorpion or a hairy spider they call a tranchila (I am sure that is not how you spell it but oh well if you are looking for the dictionary I am not it)! So off I went to the pet store. Well as I stood there looking at the two "evils" that I had to choose from it was more than I could bear so I left!! As the days got closer to Christmas I realized I really needed to choose between these two "evils". So I went back to the store and stood some more. When the store clerk came up to me I said, with a very horrible look on my face, "I guess I need to buy the better of two "evils" so I need a scorpion. I still can't believe I have it in my home! And for those of you who don't know Chase's birthday is the day after Christmas and so for his birthday he got a friend for his scorpion becasue I don't believe in just having one of anything because they can get lonely! I know whatever they are bugs for peet sake, but none the less he is a very happy kid and I am "the best MOM ever"!!


So this is what a scorpion looks like they are nice and black with a plump little belly. They have two claws on the front. These only pinch a little. Whatever I am not gonna stick my hand in there to find out!!

The three bottom pictures are when you put a black light on them.

If you notice they are glowing green! Pretty cool huh?

I must admit they are not as yucky as I had originally thought.

They are pretty cool. I even got up the nerve the other day to hold one. The feet are mighty sticky and it wouldn't come off of my hand! Yes I freaked out and Chase and Gabby thought it was the funniest thing ever! I told Chase," if it stings me I will beat you"!! Not really that's why he continued to laugh. He did finally help me get her off so I no longer have this beautiful "piece of jewelry" on my hand!

Teil's first track meet 3-13-2009

This is Teil's first track meet of the season. He ran the 800 in which he placed 2nd. And he ran a 4X4 medley relay in which they took 2nd place as well.
Now mind yuo this event took place two days after he ran 9 miles for a fundraiser. Yes that's right 9 miles!! Second place isn't so bad. He ran the 800 in 2.07 his record at the end of last year was 2.05 as you can imagine he will beat that by far this year I have no doubt!

Shifting everyone down to make sure they have enough space for all of the racers.

Gathering his thoughts before the race.

Getting ready for the gun to go off.

This is going into the final lap. That is his teammate Christian on his heels.

This is him crossing the finish line of the 800. Look at those long legs. Man is he tall!!

Family Night!

So last night we went bowling at BSU! What fun we had.
I was able to take pictures because I got a new camera and had to try it out before I take it with me on my trip.

The first picture above is Alex, then Teil, and then there is my butt! Sorry about that! And that guy not so nice!!

This is Gabby and she has just finished throwing the ball!

Same with Chase. He is quite the bowler!

Fun times!!