Sunday, February 7, 2016

Deep thoughts and fire safety 101

Do you remember "Deep Thoughts" from Saturday Night Live?  It was one of my favorite sketches they did.  They were always stupid but they always made me laugh.  Well, Kenzie had some good ones this week.  If you follow me on facebook, you've already seen these but I thought I'd share here.  Out of her mouth came:

"Facebook is just like instagram....only for old people."
"Put more emojis in your texts mom.  They make you seem happier."
And Finally, my personal favorite, "I have chronic baby face, Mom."  And I after I giggled thinking how ridiculous it is that a thirteen year old should think she has chronic baby face, she followed up with, "It's true!  I googled it!"

If I could only tell you how often I hear that, "It's true.  I googled it."  Google is the trump card in our house.  If you can google it....well, there's no arguing the point.  We learn almost everything from google.

Almost everything.  Some things we learn from Dad and fire safety is one of those things. This last weekend presented the perfect opportunity to burn our Christmas tree that we had planted in our snow in the front yard. All the children gathered round for the great show.




And yet, the fire didn't take off enough for Brad...what to add? 


Gasoline!  Gasoline always makes things burn real well!  And when the fire kind of sizzles and dies...



And not all the tree is burned?




More Gasoline!


Birthday interviews, me age 41, Jake age 8

Reading back on my blog the other day I came across some birthday interviews that I had done.  I loved them so much that I figured I'd do them again this year (and hopefully every year after).  So here's the first two birthday interviews of the year.

Me, Chelsey, age 41

My favorite color:  blue
My favorite food:  a good, juicy burger
My favorite treat:  chocolate
My favorite thing to do at work (the question is really your favorite subject in school, but I'm not in school):  talking with our patients.
My favorite sport:  cycling
My favorite hobby:  reading
My favorite movies this year:  Mocking Jay part II
My favorite book this year:  Boys in the boat
My favorite animal:  any household pet that I don't have to take care of...except rats, who wants rats as a pet?
My favorite song:  I have so many but here's one that I like that just came out:  stand by you by Rachel Platten
My favorite restaurant:  The red snapper
My favorite vegetable:  Do people have favorite vegetables?  Okay...it's salsa.
My favorite fruit:  grapefruit
My favorite place to visit:  My mommy and daddy's house.  I do like amusement parks too, but haven't been to one in a really long time :(
Where I want to visit some day:  Hawaii
My best friend:  Brad
My favorite thing to do with my children:  ski
My favorite thing to do with my dad:  walk, play basketball or clean (I know, that's wierd)
My favorite thing to do with my mom:  watch musicals
My favorite thing to do with my siblings:  visit and stay up late into the night talking
I want to learn to:  play the guitar better
My greatest talent:  empathy
Other strengths of mine:  I'm a hard worker, I'm dependable, I have integrity.
I wish:  there were more hours in the day.
I wonder:  What my children will be become when they grow up.
I miss:  many people...do I have to name them?  So many different places I've lived and so many wonderful people.  I'll name the main ones:  my family who lives to far (all of you), my friend I used to run with everyday, and my grandparents...all of them.
I get nervous when:  finances are tight.
I am happy when:  I am with my family spending time together.
The age I look forward to:  none.   like where I am.

Jake, age 8

Jake's favorite color: red
Jake's favorite food:  hamburgers and pizza...one of these.
Jake's favorite treat:  ice cream
Jake's favorite school subject:  math
Jake's favorite sport: skiing
Jake's favorite hobby:  drawing
Jake's favorite movie this year:  Inside Out
Jake's favorite book:  Any "how to draw" book
Jake's favorite animal:  shark
Jake's favorite song:  Polaroid by Imagine dragons
Jake's favorite restaurant:  Home slice
Jake's favorite vegetable:  Salad
Jake's favorite fruit:  apple
Jake's favorite place to visit:  Grandma and Grandpa's house.
A place Jake wants to visit someday:  Hawaii
Jake's best friend:  Rogan
Jake's favorite thing to do with his brothers and sister: play outside
Jake's favorite thing to do with Dad:  dirtbike
Jake's favorite thing to do with Mom:  ski
Jake thinks he'll go to college at:  BYU.
Jake wants to serve a mission in:  North America.
What Jake wants to be when he grows up:  dentist or astronaut.
Jake wants to learn how to:  sky dive
Jake's greatest talent:  monkey bars
Some other things Jake does well: dirt bike, ski, water ski, rock climb, bicycle ride, swim
Jake wonders about:  what it will be like when he is older and has a job.
Jake misses:  Harley
Something that makes Jake nervous is: standing in front of a lot of people.
Something that makes Jake happy is:  skiing
The age that Jake looks forward to being is:  21 because then he'll be out of the range of getting asked if he wants to go to war.