I find it amazing that my children are so animated in their writing. I'm not sure why I am so surprised- they are that way in person. I get much enjoyment in reading their blogging.
We have not given the male parental unit the password to blog yet. I (the female parental unit) am fearful of what he might blog. We all know he is lovable, but crazy , and sometimes has a tendancy to embarrass the rest of us. If one thinks that his words are crazy, you ought to see him try to be cool with his kids. (I think I can hear the girls rolling their eyes). Seriously, though, he is a great husband and an outstanding dad. He works hard, plays hard, and watches episodes of House hard.
He enjoys spending time at the family cabin in Island Park Idaho. He loves to play games with the kids. He teaches math by making up games. He loves to embarrass the girls' friends by asking "Do you have your homework done" as soon as they walk in the door. But in spite of it their friends really like him (maybe even better than their own dads).
Alan is one who always wants to help. He would stop and help every stranded motorist he could. He has taught his girls to help others. When we lived in Salem there was flooding in some parts of the city. Alan took Nicole and they went and filled sandbags. He is always ready and willing to clean up after an event we have attended. And he can seem to get any baby to stop crying.
There are alot of other things we could say about the male parental unit at our house, but we wouldn't want to give him too much ammo to use next time we want to pick on him.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Post from your favorite blogger
Yup! I (kaitlyn) am finally giving my imput on this blog. I'm gonna tell it like it is. No messin' aroung here.
First of all, you need the truth about each family member.
DAD- The only boy. dances crazy, but does the BEST sprinkler.
MOM- Can do just about everything. Bike, run, swil, bake, cook, scrapbook, and sooo much more!
NICOLE- She is a princess and gets whatever she wants. She kicks butt at every game. Hmmm, connection?
Brittni- Shes pretty much a computer geek. Has been since she was like twelve or something. She loves turtles and is an AMAZING knitter.
MCKINNA- She does super cool stuff all the time. She can drive and steer a steam engine. She has her ham radio liscense. And she wants to learn to fly a plane.
KAITLYN- She is the most amazing girl ever! One thing she loves to do is watch movies all day. Her most favorite ones to watch over and over and over are : Juno, she's the man, hercules, mulan, and a walk ot remember. But she also lovvvves watching house with her dad, Even though she has to cover her eyes half the time cuz of the blood and needles and intubating. She's also a LAX star!! Well, not really, but she loves it with all her heart, and gets to play lots of different positions. (LAX=lacrosse)
ELIZA- (often known as bean) She is one crazy little bugger. (bugger NOT booger-similar, but different) She loves to look up music videos of her favorite artists- Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Taylor swift, and carrie underwood. She is awesome at soccer, but also loves basketball and Kaitlyn is trying to convince her to love lacrosse.
Grandpa Homer- He's always thinkin' about other people and doin' all he can do to help. He loves to laugh, and make poeple laugh. He also loves to tease grandma :)
Grandma Homer- She worrys enough for all of us, but we love her! Shes always working on some project like filing, or getting birthday cards ready, or writing letters.
Brian- Secretly he is spiderman! He also loves racecars, and does anything to make nicole happy.
Jim- (AKA Jimbo) He is a SUPER red socks fan, and loves his turtles.
That is the super condensed bio of each of the family members. Our family is pretty much the best. I mean sure, we fight, but when we are all gettin along and stuff, we are the best bunch around.
And now heres an update on the homer household. This is a whole different section because this is all about whats been goin on and coming up at the homer house. So pretty much Nicol and brian, and brittni and jim, and g-ma and g-pa (thats their gangster names) aren't included cuz none of em' live here right now.
Well, this is a cherry year. Every other year is a cherry year. which means we Actually get cherries. But this year the weather was CRAZY, so we have alot, but they aren't as delicious as the past years. Mom is making jam at this exact moment. Rasberry I believe. Then shes gonna make marion berry I think. Not much else is goin on so I think this is a good time to end this post.
-Kaitlyn Homer,out!
First of all, you need the truth about each family member.
DAD- The only boy. dances crazy, but does the BEST sprinkler.
MOM- Can do just about everything. Bike, run, swil, bake, cook, scrapbook, and sooo much more!
NICOLE- She is a princess and gets whatever she wants. She kicks butt at every game. Hmmm, connection?
Brittni- Shes pretty much a computer geek. Has been since she was like twelve or something. She loves turtles and is an AMAZING knitter.
MCKINNA- She does super cool stuff all the time. She can drive and steer a steam engine. She has her ham radio liscense. And she wants to learn to fly a plane.
KAITLYN- She is the most amazing girl ever! One thing she loves to do is watch movies all day. Her most favorite ones to watch over and over and over are : Juno, she's the man, hercules, mulan, and a walk ot remember. But she also lovvvves watching house with her dad, Even though she has to cover her eyes half the time cuz of the blood and needles and intubating. She's also a LAX star!! Well, not really, but she loves it with all her heart, and gets to play lots of different positions. (LAX=lacrosse)
ELIZA- (often known as bean) She is one crazy little bugger. (bugger NOT booger-similar, but different) She loves to look up music videos of her favorite artists- Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Taylor swift, and carrie underwood. She is awesome at soccer, but also loves basketball and Kaitlyn is trying to convince her to love lacrosse.
Grandpa Homer- He's always thinkin' about other people and doin' all he can do to help. He loves to laugh, and make poeple laugh. He also loves to tease grandma :)
Grandma Homer- She worrys enough for all of us, but we love her! Shes always working on some project like filing, or getting birthday cards ready, or writing letters.
Brian- Secretly he is spiderman! He also loves racecars, and does anything to make nicole happy.
Jim- (AKA Jimbo) He is a SUPER red socks fan, and loves his turtles.
That is the super condensed bio of each of the family members. Our family is pretty much the best. I mean sure, we fight, but when we are all gettin along and stuff, we are the best bunch around.
And now heres an update on the homer household. This is a whole different section because this is all about whats been goin on and coming up at the homer house. So pretty much Nicol and brian, and brittni and jim, and g-ma and g-pa (thats their gangster names) aren't included cuz none of em' live here right now.
Well, this is a cherry year. Every other year is a cherry year. which means we Actually get cherries. But this year the weather was CRAZY, so we have alot, but they aren't as delicious as the past years. Mom is making jam at this exact moment. Rasberry I believe. Then shes gonna make marion berry I think. Not much else is goin on so I think this is a good time to end this post.
-Kaitlyn Homer,out!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Xtreme w/a Capital X!!
What were we thinking??
We went down to UT this past weekend to go to a friend's (Matt Kirkham) wedding. It was a long drive down, but arrived safely Thursday evening at Judy'd parents in Orem. Friday found Eliza spending the day with G&G Rose, while KD spent the day in SLC with Aunt Janice. Alan & Judy went to Matt's wedding, in the beautful Bountiful Temple, in the afternoon and then Alan, Judy & KD attended the reception that evening at Little America in downtown SLC.
When we decided to go to UT, I, Judy, being of unsound mind, decided that we should do an event while there. I googled the internet and found an 8K trail run. Now we had no plans for Saturday morning and we needed to run 11 miles for our marathon training that day (or so our schedule would dictate). But UT is at a much higher altitude, and the trails were up in the Snowbird ski resort, so I thought that was an even exchange (I already said I wasn't of sound mind). The day before the race I happened on an article in the newspaper that described the run we were planning on doing the next day.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9701513?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com
Needless to say it did nothing to aleviate my fears that they might have to bring our bodies down from the mountain in bags. With little sleep, but much fear and trepidation we headed for the mountain early in the morning on Saturday. We got our bib numbers, t-shirts, and a look at the map, and headed for the starting line. The first 3/4 of a mile gave a false sense of my ability to enjoy the run. But from then on the whole thing kicked butt- we went from an altitude of 7000 ft to 9000 ft (we train at @ 200 ft). I had jokingly said that it would probably be uphill both ways. No joking it pretty much was. It did a figure 8 so you pretty much knew what pain was coming the second time. Happily we both crossed the finish line without the aid of body bags. It took us both just over an hour to complete. Judy won a hat, and even got her picture on the website (bottom right).
http://www.stridersrunning.com/xterra_snowbird_8k_2008
Now there are those of you out there who might think that insanity has set in at the Homer's- at least in the Parental Unit department. But we are just trying to stay young so we can keep up with our kids.
We went down to UT this past weekend to go to a friend's (Matt Kirkham) wedding. It was a long drive down, but arrived safely Thursday evening at Judy'd parents in Orem. Friday found Eliza spending the day with G&G Rose, while KD spent the day in SLC with Aunt Janice. Alan & Judy went to Matt's wedding, in the beautful Bountiful Temple, in the afternoon and then Alan, Judy & KD attended the reception that evening at Little America in downtown SLC.
When we decided to go to UT, I, Judy, being of unsound mind, decided that we should do an event while there. I googled the internet and found an 8K trail run. Now we had no plans for Saturday morning and we needed to run 11 miles for our marathon training that day (or so our schedule would dictate). But UT is at a much higher altitude, and the trails were up in the Snowbird ski resort, so I thought that was an even exchange (I already said I wasn't of sound mind). The day before the race I happened on an article in the newspaper that described the run we were planning on doing the next day.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9701513?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com
Needless to say it did nothing to aleviate my fears that they might have to bring our bodies down from the mountain in bags. With little sleep, but much fear and trepidation we headed for the mountain early in the morning on Saturday. We got our bib numbers, t-shirts, and a look at the map, and headed for the starting line. The first 3/4 of a mile gave a false sense of my ability to enjoy the run. But from then on the whole thing kicked butt- we went from an altitude of 7000 ft to 9000 ft (we train at @ 200 ft). I had jokingly said that it would probably be uphill both ways. No joking it pretty much was. It did a figure 8 so you pretty much knew what pain was coming the second time. Happily we both crossed the finish line without the aid of body bags. It took us both just over an hour to complete. Judy won a hat, and even got her picture on the website (bottom right).
http://www.stridersrunning.com/xterra_snowbird_8k_2008
Now there are those of you out there who might think that insanity has set in at the Homer's- at least in the Parental Unit department. But we are just trying to stay young so we can keep up with our kids.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Planes, no trains, & automobiles
This week finds us packing bags and cars and making a trip to the airport. McKinna flies out late tonite for Ohio. She is going with our friends, Paul & Michelle, to attend some big steam engine convention (not sure what they are called in steam engine lingo). The rest of us our making a quick trip to UT for a friend's wedding. Eliza will have an extended stay with Grandma & Grandpa Rose. When asked what she will do with Grandma she said, "I really like that Grandma lets me dry the dishes!" She is taking an assortment of other activities with her also. She will get to ride the airplane home, all by herself. Alan & Judy are considering doing an 8K trail run at Snowbird ski resort while there. Judy thinks they ought to take a look at the trail the day before as she is sure it is uphill both ways. But it would be a new experience!! Kaitlyn will visit with Great Aunt Janice and G&G Rose. I am sure she will relax in Janice's pool- weather permitting!! She will return home with the parental units and be an only child for a few days. Should be a fun couple of weeks for all involved.
~~Judy~~
**NOTE** Eliza decided the night before we were to come home that she just couldn't live without Mom for 10 days. She decided that she was just coming home with us. We will try again next year, but maybe for a shorter time period.
~~Judy~~
**NOTE** Eliza decided the night before we were to come home that she just couldn't live without Mom for 10 days. She decided that she was just coming home with us. We will try again next year, but maybe for a shorter time period.
my first post
Hi it`s my first post!!!I`mdoing it all by myself.But you might think that it is easy but it is really hard to think of some thing to write about.Have you ever tried to write a post?hayif you have not ever writen whole blog.Then you might want start thinking. hay now that i think about it, i playd some rumacube with my parents.(i lost) buti still had fun.
-Eliza :)
-Eliza :)
Monday, June 16, 2008
message from one parental unit
As one of the parental units (the affectionate name our children call us) to this blog, I thought I ought to put in my 2 cents worth (perhaps give the REAL story). I am not too computer literate. I got the picture up, but couldn’t get anything else working. I probably could have if I could have done it the way I wanted, but these blog places have templates and such and I couldn’t get it to do what I wanted it to. So McKinna fixed that and just kept on going. I guess blogging is all the rage. I personally feel that as long as my children blog on this site, you, the reader, will know way more than I would have ever considered letting the outside world know. That being said, please take whatever you read here with a grain of salt. As McKinna said, “The things written in this blog are not necessarily the feelings or opinions of the entire Homer family and should not be taken as such.”
From the female parental unit (MOM)
From the female parental unit (MOM)
Oops
So about 5 seconds after that last post Kaideii and Eliza freaked. So here is my apology and future disclaimer.
Apology 1. I spelt Kaideii's name wrong originally I spelt it Kaiedii so sorry for switching the letters. Oops
Apology 2. I only wrote a line (and a half she will correct) about Eliza. i had fully intended on going back and writing more but i become overwhelmed with blog happiness and hit post without realizing i left her with only a line (and a half).
so here is a little more about Eliza
She just finished 2nd grade and though she is sad to leave her teacher she is ready for the summer and to move onto the great unknown. 3rd grade. Eliza became a Chess Wiz this year and loves to show us all up any chance she gets. Summer has just begun and we have already played countless games of badmitton, horse shoes, and croquet. She is also working on a beautiful tan.. actually its just happening cause she loves to be outside, but her tan worries her and she takes precautions to prevent skin cancer (she is too darn smart) isn't she fabulous. And as soon as the cherries are ripe she will have the ever familiar cherry stained feet of summer.
And here is the disclaimer
How much I write or how my spelling is has no correlation of my love for anyone. Also if I completely forget someone or only write a line (and possibly a half) about someone that does not mean I don't care about them or am angry with them or they aren't fun blah blah blah. Please insert any other ill feelings or offensiveness you may have taken from this blog here and then get over it. The things written in this blog are not necessarily the feelings or opinions of the entire Homer family and should not be taken as such.
Ok there it is and if anyone else has a problem with my posts feel free to let me know … but there are no guarantees I will do anything about it.
With love, McKinna
Apology 1. I spelt Kaideii's name wrong originally I spelt it Kaiedii so sorry for switching the letters. Oops
Apology 2. I only wrote a line (and a half she will correct) about Eliza. i had fully intended on going back and writing more but i become overwhelmed with blog happiness and hit post without realizing i left her with only a line (and a half).
so here is a little more about Eliza
She just finished 2nd grade and though she is sad to leave her teacher she is ready for the summer and to move onto the great unknown. 3rd grade. Eliza became a Chess Wiz this year and loves to show us all up any chance she gets. Summer has just begun and we have already played countless games of badmitton, horse shoes, and croquet. She is also working on a beautiful tan.. actually its just happening cause she loves to be outside, but her tan worries her and she takes precautions to prevent skin cancer (she is too darn smart) isn't she fabulous. And as soon as the cherries are ripe she will have the ever familiar cherry stained feet of summer.
And here is the disclaimer
How much I write or how my spelling is has no correlation of my love for anyone. Also if I completely forget someone or only write a line (and possibly a half) about someone that does not mean I don't care about them or am angry with them or they aren't fun blah blah blah. Please insert any other ill feelings or offensiveness you may have taken from this blog here and then get over it. The things written in this blog are not necessarily the feelings or opinions of the entire Homer family and should not be taken as such.
Ok there it is and if anyone else has a problem with my posts feel free to let me know … but there are no guarantees I will do anything about it.
With love, McKinna
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