We hate cockroaches. And that's why we LOVE this picture.










The Roach is good and dead! And Ants are eating him up GOOD!







Today Isaac had to go for a car ride to school with Brad and Amy and we discovered that he doesn't like waking up at 6am. It pretty much ruined his day today. Plus his nose is STILL running like crazy. poh poh baby.

Celebration

I finished all of my first exams! My average grade was 86% which is right in the middle of the class average, (which isn't too bad since my class is full of genius's)

So we went out to celebrate at Cici's pizza. For those of you in Utah, Cici's is exactly the same as the old "Eatza Pizza" ya know? the all you can eat pizza, salad, pasta and desert bar for like 3.99? It was fun to go out to eat after such a demanding week!

Oh and we've been so good, we haven't spent a single dollar towards fast food in over a month! So basically we were craving this food!

In order not to get full, I didn't eat the crusts of course!!!

After the meal I counted up all my crusts and began to build a tower out of them!

Isaac LOVED my crust tower so much. He just said "wowowowo owe owe owiiiiee!!" as he watched it grow higher and higher! (total = 23 crusts)

here's a cute picture!

I remember going to Eatza Pizza with 7 or more of my friends as a scouting activity. We had a contest and if my memory is correct. I topped off with having eaten over 40 slices... my friends were all about there too, except for Eric who managed to beat the Eatza Pizza record as he ate 64 slices!! (there was one bathroom break after about 50 slices)

But man, that day our crust pile was ten times bigger than my puny tower in this picture... those were the days :-)

Sick and Sad

Well a week before this last Sunday, I took Isaac to Nursery. It was his second time going there just to see what it's like. We stayed for about a half hour and he loved playing with the balls. There were a couple naughty red head boys who were very rowdy and Isaac made sure to stay away from them. However later that day Isaac developed a runny nose. Darn!! Somebodies kid was sick in nursery. Isaac's watery nose never got too bad last week. But even though he had pretty much gotten better we made sure not to take him to nursery this week to spare the other children.

And then monday came...












Poor poor Isaac's cold got worse! His nose has officially turned into a running faucet.
He's so miserable.






This is Isaac just laying on the floor of his bedroom just sick and tired of being sick and sad. His nose just won't stop draining itself!!



However there's one thing I'm really impressed by, He'll ask for a tissue and wipe his nose himself now! He's a big boy! And last night when I tucked him in bed, I showed him how he could use his blankey to wipe his nose... and he never cried for us after that! He knows what to do with his nose!


But still, all that wiping only makes your nose turn red. Amy said that the only realy joy for Isaac comes from his current favorite drink.... "JJSSSSS"

Apple Juice!

But I guess Juice only makes the horribleness go away for a few moments, cause it's so hard to drink without breathing through your nose!

Poor Isaac woke up a bunch in the middle of the night last night! Hopefully he's better by the time Gma and Gmpa Larson come visit next week!

PS today's my last exam... ANATOMY. wish me luck!!!

25th September

One month from Amy's 23rd and a half birthday. (she's getting old now)

I was going to tell you about the horrible horrifying horror of last night but it gives me the chills and so I don't really have it in me to repeat it. It was just so bad, emotionally scarring moment etc... it involved... gulp... the grossest cockroach in the world, doing acrobats and ... nevermind I don't want to touch that subject.

BUT.
I do want to tell you that last night I made an invention!
I invent grand new foods about once a month. I always thing these foods are fantabulous, however I usually get critisized by uninventive people. But this time, ah HA! I've made something that even the WORST critics can't argue against.

I call it, "Galleta Galleta Icecream"
go to the grocery store and buy vanilla ice cream.
then you take it home and scoop out 3 scoops large sized
Add 1/4 cup of whole milk
now add one graham cracker and 1 and a half oreos.
smash and stir together until it has become thick like a shake.
Enjoy.

(or you could just buy cookies and cream ice cream and add graham crackers)
I love it and so will you.

Test Week

Well, we've been in Houston for about 6 weeks now! When we first arrived it was so so so Hot. I couldn't believe how simply going outside, no matter the time of day, and beind wet with sweat in under 90 seconds! The humidity was really thick especially. Well my memory tells me that we had about 3 straight weeks of horrible hotness and then the first hurrican/tropical storms started arriving, and the rains helped turn the humidity into water on the ground, the air because thinner and we had a few good days. The news forcasters have been remarking about how this September has been much hotter than usual. Every day we read that the high will be 91, but the average high is normally 86 or something. But this September has been so much better than August for us it's amazing! Why this weekend we loved it! The air was cool (still humid) and even though the high is in the 90's, in the evening it's only like 85 and that feels so good. For the first time, we're enjoying our backyard without feeling like we're gonna need to retreat back inside from heat exhaustion. I think this past saturday we even decided to go to the park all together and chase the duckies into the pond and play on the slide and stuff, and we never complained about the heat!

However one thing surprised me yesterday that tells me that it's not really getting so much cooler... The truth is I believe, we're just all getting used to it! I think I discovered this when I went into the bathroom to take a phone call from our home teacher. It was late and so I went back into our masterbathroom so that I wouldn't wake up the baby. I talked with him about how to deal with roaches for about 15 minutes. Usually that bathroom is the warmest part of our house, but not any more since it's been so nice outside.
But, when I finished the phone call, I glanced at my phone's screen and to my surprise it was covered in water! Sweat! From the side of my face! I'm pretty sure that two months ago in Utah I would've noticed if my face was sweating, but not any more!

Anyways, like I said, we're having fun outside:























And yesterday while talking with my mom over the phone, Isaac ran to the window because he had a visitor:

"BAAAOOOOWW"

The Story of Rhone's Grandson

Once upon a time there was a buisnessman named Rhone. He was famous for buying and selling vehicles by the dozen. However he's no ordinary car salesman. He does all of his business from his own house which is often filled with cars in the garage, driveway, along the street and even in the neighbor's driveway. Rhone loves cars, especially new ones that can drive super fast. He likes buying new cars and he likes fixing up old ones, and he takes special pride in selling them for more than he pays. And when the sun goes down, Rhone goes and drives his big semi-trucks all night long. He really loves his automobiles.

One day Rhone had a grandson, who's name was Isaac. Isaac spent the first year or so of his life riding in the back seat of cars. He would often say "vroom, broom broom," when he saw cars, and sometimes he'd see Semi's and he call them "BIIIG TKKKKK!" We all wondered if Isaac would develop the same sense of Car Obsession as his grampa Rhone.

Yesterday we found out.

Amy and Brad the dad went to the Volkswagon dealership to fix their old and dying Jetta. They said it would be a few minutes to fix and so we all were sent to the waiting room. They had a TV on and very soft leather couches that smelled like car tires. Maybe it was the car fumes in the building, maybe it was Amy's favorite show on the TV, but Something distracted Brad and Amy long enough for Isaac to sneak away...


He ran off around the corner and for the first time in his life, he saw a brand new car!!

The last thing that Brad and Amy heard was Isaac shouting, "wow-ow-ow-wow whoa-oh-whoa" and then a door closed and Isaac drove off!!!!!


















Isaac love the comfort of the soft leather. He enjoyed the new car smell and most of all he enjoyed the speed as he sped toward the Houston Interstate.
















He was naturally a good driver, always keeping an eye out for other cars driving alongside...













Isaac had been watching his mommy and daddy drive his whole life and that's how he knew how to work everything.

With Houston being so hot and humid, he decided to blast the AC

































After driving about ten minutes on the Freeway, Isaac remembered that he was thirsty and so he turned off the freeways and began to look for a Wendys where his mommy always takes him and gives him Frosties.
But as he was turning....









He was pulled over by a police officer!!! His mommy and daddy had alerted the officer of the baby's runaway, and now they had finally caught up to him!




At first Isaac pulled his happy innocent face, and he just blew kisses to the police officer, hoping he would let him go because he was so cute.













But the officer told Isaac that "Babies cannot drive fast cars." And so Isaac had to get out of his brand new fast car.




He did not like that at all.

The police put him in the Police Van and told Isaac to spread em! Cause they needed to search the baby for drugs or weapons. (this is common policy)

They didn't find anything and so they took Isaac back to his parents and now he's safe and sound. Boy oh boy, does Isaac like fast cars! Last night in his sleep he was heard saying, "wow-ow-wow-whooooooaa"

The End

Today's blog begins with a beautiful yet sad story. I ate the very last bean bag from Honduras.

This was a wonderful experience because it was so delicious but it was sad because I knew that it will be a very long time until I eat food from Honduras again.

Here you see a picture of the Baleada that I made with the bag of refried beans on the table behind it. Oh it was so good. Here Let me open it up to show you inside...

Voila! It's a beautiful array of sour cream, hot sauce, refried Honduran red beans, chunks of egg and cheese and sprinkled with parmasean cheese. All gathered with a handmade flour tortilla. Magnifique!!























Once upon a time there was a baby. He usually was a good baby. He would usually smile, and giggle and be happy. But today he was not going to be a good baby. Because today, he woke up from his nap too early. Much much too early!! In fact, he woke up 30 minutes TOO EARLY.

















His mommy said, "why baby dear, what you need is a bottle. Surely this will make you smile."

























And so he took the bottle....








But he didn't smile!!


Poor tired baby was just too sleepy. He was all grumpy faced.































In a very most distasteful face, he did push away his bottle.





And with a whine and a grunt he let mommy know that a regular bottle just would not do!





























But luckily this baby had a wise daddy.














His daddy knew the baby well and knew that he liked sugars and butters. He decided to give peanut butter a try. .. would THIS make the baby happy?






































Why yes! Oh yes, this just may work. Both mom and dad were hopeful. The baby drank and nearly smiled! Just look, I think he's happy, he may be happy...
















































The baby drank a big gulp, then he set the bottle down, and everyone help their breath...





would the baby finally smile? did it work? Is he happy?





The baby thought about it... and he thought some more...
































But he did not give a true smile! No not yet, he needed to have some MORE.












































And so, since his daddy loved him very much... He got some more. Hopefully THIS would be enough to make him happy. Isaac licked his lips and begant to drink down the peanut butter milk, YUM!









































He drank and he drank, until it was all nearly gone, except for a little bit left on his lips.














Would he now be a happy baby?


























----------NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!---------------









No no no NO! No it wasn't enough!





Poor sleepy baby wanted more more more MORE!





But knowing that this would all lead to sickness, the mommy and dad could not give him more.





So instead of a smile and instead of a frown, the poor sleepy baby gave a great howl.























So his mommy grabbed a wet clothe and she cleaned up the mess. She wiped off his hands and his lips and his cheeks.





And do you know what she did next?





Why she said, "Sleepy baby, I think you're too tired. And Now you're going straight back to bed!"















But the baby, so sad, did not like what he heard, so he turn to his daddy and with all the energy he could summon... He gave him a look that about said it all.

"oh please daddy, save me!! I don't want to go to bed! Just give me some more of that peanut butter milk, oh save me daddy SAVE ME!!"






But his intense plea was not enough, for his mom picked him up. And she put him to bed right away. The poor sleepy baby did not need more sweets. He needed some sleep and that was that.



So ... 30 minutes later...






That babe, that very same baby, Woke up happy! And can you believe it? he's finally happy and there is his smile!

















THE END

Labor Day Weekend!!

Ok so for this blog I'll just be describing pictures!
Labor Day Weekend started out GREAT. Thanks to the Hurricane Earl we were able to be part of the country that benefited from the huge cold front that moved on in. Saturday was beautiful and there's was like No Humidity!! Temperature was around 75 degrees all day, Amy and Isaac were just chillin out in our backyard here!!



















This is Isaac the Chipmonk eating some nummy cereal!!


















On Friday the day before Labor Day weekend, Amy took Isaac to go feed the ducks my bagels from Walmart. (gross bagels) Isaac loved it. Back in Utah there was always a fence between him and the ducks, but not here!! This was only a couple blocks from our house! All in walking distance (or stroller distance)














And here's the big news!!!! Amy and I went to Trader's Village (the big flea market behind our house on Saturdays) And we spotted this treasure!! This is Amy's beloved Plumeria tree!!! It sprouts yellow plumerias, the same flower that we put on our wedding cake and all that. Now Amy has her plumerias in the back yard and I have my two palm trees to take care of. It's WONDERFUL living in a tropical climate. All our favorite plants are now ours!!!!





















another pic of the plumeria tree in our backyard... we will keep it in the pot until next April just in case it gets too cold this winter.











See it bud

















see it bloom!
















And now you see it decorating Amy's hair!















but then as suddenly as Labor day got here... a tropical storm Hermine hit us!! As you can see, Amy's precious tree got to watch the storm from inside :-)

It rained for about 4 hours on Monday and then Tuesday it got really bad. There's lots of flooding today and... AND.... TORNADOS!! There was a very severe tornado warning in the Medical Center today (that's where I am at school) So far.. it's 4pm and we haven't been hit yet!!














On Labor day we spent the day at the Mall getting our laptop fixed, plus Isaac played with about 30 kids at this playground area inside. Here Isaac is showing us his favorite part... the big red firetruck! Of course when the kids around him get extra crazy he backs off and watches them before he dares to climb back on it.






Things are going good so far. Lap top should be fixed by Friday.. maybe!