Public Enemy of the Block No. 1

That's right. We are the Public Enemy of the Block No. 1. At least to the teenagers. The parent probably like our no illegal stuff allowed policy though. Here's what happened (at least from the story, this is how I know it to have happened). Ty and Joey fell asleep for maybe 5 minutes or so yesterday afternoon around 3pm when Ty wakes up to a "thud, thud, thud, thud, thud" sound. He got up and looked out the window and saw a bunch of kids around the mailbox (we have one of the community boxes that locks and has two package compartments). So he wanders outside by the trash and looks like he's going to throw something away. Remember, we don't trust the kids cuz they've already shot out two windows on our car. Anyway, when he hears the sound again, he goes out in the back yard and peaks through the fence to see what's going. The dumb kids were putting firecrackers in the package compartments in the mailbox and lighting them. Seeing as that is illegal, he did the first thing that came to his mind and called the cops on these kids. So the cops came and confiscated the fireworks and probably gave the kids a warning. Now they hate us, and yeah, we know they do because when we were in the house later, I could hear them yelling about their stupid neighbors. We did talk to the father of one of the kids and asked him what he wanted us to do if something like this happened again, and he told us to call the cops again cuz they have to learn it's illegal.

Now my question to you guys is, what would you have done? Would you have called the cops like we did, or wait until the parents got home from work and talked to them. Please answer cuz we really would like to know.

Random Update

Here is a random update on how we all are doing

Tyrell... He is very stressed out right now as budget season is in full swing for him. His hope is to have the prilimary budget for the city done by Mar 6. He will probably be putting in lots of overtime the next two weeks. When he's not working at work, he's doing what I call "Playing Truck." He actually has come a long way on his truck. He's working on finishing the back axle then he has to put the brakes back on, the tires on and finally get it inspected. We really hope it won't be too much longer because the car he drives isn't going to last.

Me... Well I turned in my two weeks notice at the medical clinic I've been at for the last year. There were several reasons for it and I totally feel it was the right decision for me. About a month ago I got a call one night (9pm) from my mom asking if I was working the next day. Since I wasn't, she asked me if I could fill in for her. She was @ City of Hope with my dad and the person who was supposed to cover for her called in sick and she needed someone to cover her shift or she'd have to drive home that night. So I covered for her and am now working at the China Lake Surgery Center between 3 and 5 days a week. I do all the assistant stuff I can do to help the nurses, plus I'm going to be helping get the accredidation stuff done in the next couple weeks, plus I go through the paperwork and file it all away (doesn't sound daunting, but trust me... a truly daunting task!!!!). I really really enjoy working there. Not just because it's with my mom, but everyone I work with is friendly and they are willing to teach me more stuff. Eventually they want me to learn to be a scrub tech and I'd actually get to go back during the surgeries and get to watch!! I'm excited for that!!!!

Joey... She has had a little attitude problem lately. We are trying to work on it, but its a slow process. After she gets mad, we ask her if she's getting an attitude with us and she promptly yells "No, I don't have an attitude." Sometimes it's entertaining. We are going to be putting her in preschool in the fall. We also have debated putting her in karate. In a couple months we are probably going to cut her hair and donate it to Locks of Love. Her hair is down to her waist. Our big hangup now is that she's terrified of the idea. She always tells us "Scissors hurt my hair." She has decided she's too big for bubble baths. If she sees bubbles she gets upset. I dunno when or why this came, but oh well. Her favorite part of bathtime is the end when the water whirpools around the drain. She lays there and gets all excited when her "thing" appears. She's currently taken up trying to make it go away, but hasn't had any success yet.

We hope ya'll are well!

What do you get?

So what do you get when you take a very sleepy child and add lunch time?

Dreams do come true

Last Sunday one of my dreams finally came true. I was released from Primary and I'm not even moving out of the ward. That has been the only reason until now that I was released from Primary. It was a big thing for me because I've been in Primary for the better part of 5 years and in 3 different wards. My mom is Relief Society President in our ward and asked me what calling I would like. I told her that I didn't really want on and I was fine flying under the radar. She quickly corrected me and said "If you think you are under the radar, you have another thing coming." Apparently the Bishop has told everyone to think of some calling for me. Bummer man... I'm enjoying not having anything to think about. But something will come, and it will be nice to finally meet some of the women in our ward.

Snow!!!

So it was totally snowing today!!!!!!! It didn't surprise me because it was 37 outside and raining, so when it switched to snow, it was exciting. None of it stuck, but still it is an amazing sight to see in our desert.

True Story

Joey came into my room this morning and told me this story...

Mom, Dad didn't like his juice and gave it to me and that's why. And then I was drinking it and it went up my nose and that's why it's in the fridge. and that's why. And that's why it's mine and it was on the counter and now I can't get it. And that's why it's mine.


Moral of the story... My juice is in the fridge and I need you to get it for me.