I'm not a frequent contributor on our blog, this should do it for another year or so... I used to own a 1972 Plymouth Fury III it was given to me by my Grandmother Cora. I loved this car. Kelli and her friends, when we were dating, wanted to give it a name so Cora was the natural choice. When the pinewood derby came up, I had to make Cora! Kelli went the with something a little more non-traditional.
After many hours of carving, polishing, painting and taking a neighbor to the urgent care for 10 stitches (after using one of my chisels) the cars were done. The day of the race came, we had a lot of fun with the different ward members that participated.... Drumroll please! I got 3rd place in our regular mens division and Kelli blew everyone away and got 1st place in the sisters category! Way to go Kelli!!
The videos tell the story! I barely lost to Kelli in our head to head exibition race. I don't feel too bad, I did a good portion of the carving and wheel polishing on her car (she sculpted the monkeys), but she still won.
Estin wanted in on the action too! His poor mosquito bitten face! 
I've never seen a badger so close before. They're a little scary out in the wild!
1) Mother's Day was not extremely relaxing for me... at least during church. Our ward has the crazy schedule of starting at 1pm with Sacrament meeting last... so needless to say, it usually ends up with Justin or I out in the hall. Estin had not napped at all and was having a hard time when I took my shift by taking him into the mother's lounge to make him sit on my lap. I KNEW he was tired but he wasn't cooperating... in fact, he screamed SO hard he threw up all over me just as the overhead speaker was comparing a mother's work to that of the angels. I thought I might calm him down by singing his favorite bedtime song, "I Am a Child of God." As I started to sing, he shouted..."No Child of God!" "No lead you, guide you, walk beside you!" How can you not smile after something like that. He eventually did fall asleep... 5 minutes before church was over.
2) While walking around the grocery store the other night, Estin was chomping away on a sucker when he pulled it out of his mouth and said, "I need this!"
3) Estin's been struggling with a cold and runny nose for the umpteenth time this year. The other day I caught him wiping his nose on his arm, then rubbing it in and saying, "Lotion!" Wow... I have a little boy!!!
