Mouse!

No we don't have another mouse, but I could use a new mouse!  I even thought I'd surprise my husband, and I went out and bought a new one...  I found one with out a tail for a good price!  Then I learned we actually needed a mouse with a tail...  And I haven't found one.  Josh isn't sure they even come that way now...

OK, for those who don't read my husbands blog, we saved a mouse a couple weeks back from a long slow death in our window well...  And with this cold weather we are having this week I sure hope he has moved on and not into my garage.  But back to my blog....

My kids use an older type computer to play on.  And in the evenings when Josh and I are both trying to blog at the same time, one of us will get on the "boys" computer.  However their MOUSE is in the process of a long slow death...  To put it more correctly...  It SUCKS!  You will often find me hurrying to the computer in hopes of "beating" Josh to the office and getting the better mouse.  So tonight as I was trying to come up with some thing to blog while I fed my sheep I came to this... Sorry :)

Seriously! Too much Hannah Montana!!!

My children watched a couple of episodes of Hannah Montana this evening after dinner.  And if you read my last blog on Hannah Montana I'm sure you can guess what happened next!  OK not really next, but you know later on...

We called the girls up for prayers and snack.  After snack we sent all the kids to brush their teeth (in shifts).  Some how the three girls (Myra was already a sleep, but I'm sure it wont be too long before she joins them too) ended up in the bathroom together brushing their teeth... or playing, it's hard to tell.  But from the family room you can hear... "Say Ahh..."  and then three girls screaming "AHHHHHHHHH"  and then "Jinx personal! No rhymes!"  It was hard not to laugh... the first 5 or 6 times.

Now fast forward to even later.  Teeth are all brushed (finally) and kids are in bed.  I go to tuck the little girls in bed to discover that they are doing another "fashion" show.  Catalina looks to be in pj's but if you look closely (I didn't look closely she had to show me) she has her new Ballerina tutu on under her pj's, with the actual tutu (it comes off) over the pj's.  And Savannah you can see has two dresses on... only she also has her pj's on too.  They would be under the dress (maybe we keep it too cold in the house and the girls feel they have to dress in layers...). 

Now lets fast forward yet again.  I am in the office (the other side of the house, a little ways away from the little girls room) working on my blog...  I hear through the baby monitor, Catalina singing!  The baby monitor is in the room next to Catalina and doors are closed to both rooms!  I snuck some video and will try to post, because Catalina is Hilarious!  So again I go back to my statement from Friday...  I think my girls have watched TOO much Hannah Montana!

We Have Spirit! Yes We Do!!!

Today has been a day!  I am eternally grateful for MANY friends and family members that helped me out today.  Without their help I would not have been able to do all the things that needed to be done for all the different kids.  So thank you!

Now on to my post!

We have spirit! Yes we do!  We have spirit! How bout you?  I got the opportunity to spend 2 and a half hours with my sweet 7 year old today watching a JV Basketball game...  OK I was actually with Myra, and Brooklyn was somewhere in the gym.  It was fun to see Brooklyn go out of her comfort zone and participate in Cheerleading.  She tried it two years ago, and was very cute but nervous.  Today she seemed much more confident and she actually looked like she was having fun!  I am so glad that she will try new things.  I was always a scared-of-my-own-shadow type of kid, and I don't think that I would have ever done something like this.  I am so proud of you Brooklyn! 

How do you know when you daughter has watched too much Hannah Montana???

How do you know???  When they start having fashion shows!

The last two Fridays my middle two girls have spent some time in the afternoon watching Hannah Montana down in the movie room.  Last Friday I caught them with a pile of Brooklyn's clothes and three or four pairs of her shoes.  Today they just raided their own closet.  It felt like every time I saw them this afternoon they were in different clothes!  Yep too much Hannah Montana!!!

My Ring!!!

I got a new ring today.  I am very excited.  I won a piece of jewelry from Lia Sophia a few weeks back, and I picked a ring.  And it is pretty!  It's always fun to get something new like this...

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Colorado Springs Giveaways.  It is so easy to win, and always fun to get free things!

Volleyball

Volleyball!  What is Volleyball?  On the web I found these definitions...

a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands

an inflated ball used in playing volleyball

A couple of months ago I took up playing volleyball to get in some extra exercising.  And by took up I mean I go and play volleyball on the women's night at the stake center maybe every other week, but really I think it was more like every three weeks... OK I really only went three times... Once in November, once in December, and once in January.  But there were all the holidays in November and December.  And then the first time I went in January, THE very first Thursday of the new year...  I get hurt!!!

That's right I got hurt playing volleyball!

No I didn't get hurt by making some fantastic save...  I didn't get hurt by diving hard onto the ground...  There was no spiking action that hurt my hand.  I just hit the dumb ball wrong!!!  And boy did it hurt!  But in true Case fashion (I learned from the best) and I kept playing... for maybe an hour (love you Josh)! 

So now almost three weeks later you'd think I would be feeling better and maybe up to playing volleyball tomorrow night (you know so that I could get a second time in playing one of these months).  But no...  I am still in a bit of pain...  So much that I actually went to the doctor today.  And they took many x-rays...  And now I have a super fun new brace on my hand and wrist...  But it is not broken.  Just a LOT of mad angry tendons.  And hopefully this new strong and powerful brace will help my little tendons to stop being mad and quiet down again, or I will have to go for a MRI!

So my plan to go and play volleyball to get in some exercise has made it so not only can I not do the exercising I was doing (besides walking, but that's not fun), I can't hardly lift much of anything, because it hurts too much... 

Breaking Down the Door!

I have tried for over an hour to upload a video for my post tonight, but I just can't seem to get it to work.  So I will have to go with plan B...

This morning Josh and I were talking in our room with the door closed.  Catalina decided at that exact moment that she need to check my room for Louie (her most favorite baby doll).  I looked around my room and told her that Louie wasn't in the room and to go check her room.  I guess she didn't believe me.  Soon you could here the sound of running feet and then a bag as my bedroom door shook!  Catalina was trying to "Break Down" my door!  She repeated this several times before she gave up and went somewhere else to find Louie.