lawn, laundry & lunch

Today has been busy and it is barely after noon. I wanted to mow the lawn and do the laundry before a lunch date with a girl friend, so I started mowing the lawn at 7:00 am. That's right mom, 7 am :) Since Matt only owns a toy mower, I decided I would be safe starting that early. So, off I went. I was almost done with the back yard when I saw a flurry of movement. I quickly stopped the power of the toy lawn mower and took note of a little family of bunnies scurrying out of a hole in the back yard. No bunnies were harmed, only very, very scared of Matt's toy lawn mower. I tried to explain that it was only a toy.... :)

Luke was still home so I ran and got him. After we grabbed Oliver in the act of pouncing, we got a good look at them. I now realize they are even younger than I first thought. Before Luke went to school, he placed sunflower seeds in the backyard along with one of Kat's crocs "incase they need somewhere to live."

After I dropped Luke off to school I ran to the laundry mat as our washer is currently not functioning and I think part of it is at Matt's lab. It is nice to have a engineer in the house. I don't love going to the laundry mat, but am thankful they are there when I need them.

After that, I had a delightful lunch with Laurel. She and her family have known Matt for 9 years. I needed to find out if there was any dirt to be had about Matt :) Not surprisingly, she only had wonderful things to say about my darling husband.

Upon arriving back home, I went out back to make sure the bunnies were gone. Well, they were right were I left them. So, I got a pair of Matt's riding gloves and went to work relocate them back to their burrow. Do bunnies have burrows? Three were returned to their home but, I decided to be a cool mom and put one in the kitty carrier. NOT to feed Oliver, but to show the kids when they get home. They are so cute!!! They kids and the bunnies.

Under the road and through the tunnel...

...to Lukie's school we go! Luke was in school over one week before I realized how we could get to his school safely on bikes. You see, there don't seem to be many sidewalks or crosswalks in this planned community. How is that for planning? Silly me, I didn't think of looking for underground TUNNELS to safely get were I needed to!

This is a little photo journey to Luke's school for Nana who is feeling disconnected from us. We love you Nana!! Come take a ride through the tunnel with us!!!! All of the photos, but one, were taken while I was in motion :)

There are about 3 seconds, the the middle of this tunnel, that I can't see anything but the light at the end. Not the ground below me or the walls around me. It is quite a unique feeling.

Kat...

...the engineer. Kat has decided she wants to be an engineer. And she might just do it, she is so creative. This was her solution to having to be quiet while Luke did his homework but the ear buds hurt her ears. I ask myself daily why I gave her that roll of Matt's painter's tape. She uses it all the time!

Saddest picture ever

Those of you who know us, know our orange tabby, Oliver. Oliver loves the great out of doors more than life itself. Well, that was until we moved into a neighborhood with a bully cat. Now he just sits at the window dreaming of being outside again....

Freezing Cold in Nashville

I am not sure if it falls under his mechanical or electrical engineering side, but Matt likes to freeze things with liquid nitrogen and then break them :) So Saturday, we took Kat and Luke to his building and had some fun.

We, meaning Matt, filled that cooler with liquid nitrogen and then he used tongs to dip the items in it. The kids were protected up to their elbows.

Up for demolition today....

At first, only Luke was getting on on the fun...

...Kat looked a little like this at the beginning, but by the end, she was throwing things and having a great time.

This is what happens when you throw liquid nitrogen on the ground.

Frozen Tomato and 'lemon'

My lawn mowing job: it sucked

Pretty much all I can say is that I am glad Rodger is no where near my latest lawn mowing job! Friday I was mowing the lawn and this is how the front yard turned out. I usually cut the side weeds very short. I forgot to raise the blades up when I hit the front. And then, I left a patch un-mowed. So needless to say, I am embarrassed of my behavior :)

one month

Matthew brought me a beautiful green orchid for our one month anniversary. He is so sweet to me. The best month ever :)

Lock-Down

Ali just texted me from her bus that Kat's school was under lock-down. I called and confirmed it with Kat's school. "The children are safe and they will be put on the buses when it is safe." Safe from what I wasn't told. So, I called Luke's school to see if his was locked-down as well.

"My daughter's middle school is locked-down and I am wondering if my son is also under lock-down."

"No ma'am, the doors are locked, the children are all safe, but we are not under lock-down."

"Oh, good, so you will be dismissing on time?"

"No, ma'am, the children are not allowed to leave the building."

Obviously, I have missed the overall meaning of lock-down.

Please note...

that there wedding picture on the side is the only wedding picture i have so far and i lifted it from another blog :) when we get more, i will happily post them!

3rd Grade Math

I recently married a wonderful man who has never been married and never had the joy of having children. He has jumped in with both feet to marriage and children. I love that he loves doing the things that I sometimes find mundane: dishes, asking the kids to brush their teeth (25 times) and homework.

A couple of nights ago Matt and Luke were doing math homework. Let me just complain for a minute. Luke gets an average of 90 minutes of homework a night. It is a good that Matt likes to help out with it!! I digress. Matt and Luke worked diligently on a particular math sheet. The next day, Luke brought it home and he had missed one. While Matt called BYU and asked if they wanted his double engineering degree back, I found Luke a new tutor. Luckily, the position was filled in-house:

When Olive found a mistake, he would bite Luke's pencil. He should have bit the pencil two more times as Luke missed two problems on the sheet Oliver and I helped him with!

It is hard to be Kat...

"I am feeling really sad right now," says Kat.

"Why do you feel sad, Kat?" asks mom.

"My life is going by in the blink of an eye and any minute now I am going to be hit by a bus."