so I'm not a good blogger

For those of you who read this (Johanna) I'm getting better at remembering my password, so that will help, and my neato little Blackberry has an app for keeping passwords, so I MAY actually get better at this, but don't count on it. What's been going on? NOTHING. And I love it! My boys have said some funny-ish stuff. Like our Presidents Day FHE. I got ambitious and tried to go solo since Daniel had a meeting at work for some dumb reason. Regardless, I decided it should be about being honorable and telling the truth and Presidents. Good in theory only. I told the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Before I got to the part about telling the truth I had Carson asking who would give a kid an axe (what irresponsible parents!) and Peyton begging for an axe and not accepting "You're five" as an answer. Fast forward to yesterday in the car on the way home from Edyn's baptism. Carson fibbed about being buckled up and Daniel said "Carson, I don't like lies" Peyton chimed in "Yeah, like Abraham Lincoln" After some confusion, Carson clarified to us (giving us the "you are an idiot" face) that Abe Lincoln chopped down the cherry tree and lied about it. Well, at least they got the idea even if they got the wrong guy. Poor Honest Abe. Carson told me he told his friend about baptism. Originally the friend said "That sounds boring, I don't want to talk about it" but good ole Carson sold him on the idea by telling him how awesome it is and you get to go under water. He also told us we are holding him back: the song says "I hope they call me on a mission, when I have grown a foot or two" He says he is over two feet tall and he should be going already. My very literal middle aged 7 year old. They also have their own very distinct styles of humor. Exhibit A: Carson thinks the Uranus jokes are awesome. He likes to ask people which planet is the gasiest. Thanks Aunt Beck. Peyton is more fun to watch in action. Exhibit B:He discovered the Pete and Repeat jokes. He does great until you actually say "Repeat" and instead of repeating the joke he says "ok, I'll repeat it..." and gives his super cheesy embarrassed big tooth Peyton grin that I love so much. They crack me up. Ryan is just as funny, but he is definitely a Daddy's boy. I don't want to say he's Daniel's favorite, but, well, yeah. Sorta. He walks around saying "Swipe your nose, Swipe your nose" This only makes sense if you are a Dora fan and you understand that he really means "Swiper, No Swiping". He hates potty training and totally panics if he isn't wearing pants. So if you take his pants off and try to let him run around naked...not gonna happen. I tried putting him in underwear alone so I wouldn't have a ton of pants to wash....nope, he found Peyton's pajamas in the drawer and put them on. Not awesome. He was doing great until he asked to go to the potty at Walmart and the auto flush toilet scared the crap into him...literally. He wouldn't go #2 for a few days after that experience. Ben is just a great baby. He flinches instinctively anytime his brothers come close, which is probably a good thing. He hates being on his stomach and his head is starting to show the signs of it. He also likes eating baby food, but not applesauce. What the heck?! That's the best. He even ate peas, but not applesauce! He also looks like Daniel 100%. I had absolutely nothing to do with his genetic code. But that's cool because Ryan is the boy version of me. I would show photo evidence if I knew how to get pictures off of my Blackberry, but I'm not so good at using my new phone.
Daniel had a sales conference in Texas so I got to keep all four boys by my lonesome Sun to Wed and it was blah. I survived. I didn't enjoy him being away, but I DID enjoy Ramen noodle dinners. It also helped that we went to the temple in Memphis the weekend before Daniel left. Always helps to be in a good frame of mind when you take four boys and try to sit through church.
As for me, I've been going to Provident Living classes on Tues at church and learning how to do awesome stuff with food storage and money saving tips. I love it. I didn't think I would until I ordered some cans of bell pepper on sale and they jumped in price from 50 cents each to 1.70 each. Go me...I don't have to buy those. I took a portion of our tax refund and we now have a 3 month supply of food, which also made me plan a monthly meal menu. Note: make sure you have a place to put 3 months worth of food in your Walmart cart. Ryan got booted out of the buggy and had to walk, which was VERY eventful to put it nicely. Additional note: make sure you have the cabinet space for aforementioned food as well. Ok, so that should catch me up, right?