Summer Update

So, not a lot to report on this summer. The kids are enjoying their summer camp, I'm enjoying their camp, the house is staying clean because my slaves have been working so hard, and we've been doing a lot a swimming and getting quite tan.
Plus my right shoulder is now permanently bruised thanks to Jake and a mean on-going game of slug bug. Thanks to Volkswagen for renewing our slug bug energy. But, like the commercials, we don't slug for any old Volkswagen, it has to be a bug (or an old VW van known in the Goodman family as a "double slug bug"). We also get to wail on each other for cruiser bruisers (PT Cruisers). I don't realize how many of them are out there until I get in the car and Jake starts beating the crud out of me. He is also our unofficial SlugBug police. As the family enforcer, Jake takes it upon himself to call anyone out on a repeat slug, (our car gets a little intense at times). No one gets away with slugging someone when someone else has already been slugged for the same car, or bruising someone if they mistakenly call the Chevy HHR a Cruiser Bruiser.
Our new game has even worked our imaginaton a bit. We've tried to come up with different cars to justifying hitting each other for:) For instance, "dodge this" - for any Dodge, "this will make you sob " - for a Saab, or even the "fit hit" for the Honda Fit. There was something about ramming someone for a Ram and that's about as far as we've gotten with our excuses to beat on each other in the car. It has been an adventure everytime we drive anywhere, but as always a good time.
So there you go, the summer has been great and I need to go ice my right shoulder.

What's on my mind

Here's what's on my mind this morning:
1. I'm getting kinda tired of all the SB 1070 nonsense. I agree with the bill (but I have to admit, I only read the first half of it - it all started to sound like the same stuff after a while). I'm getting sick of reading about it every single day in the paper. I know I have the power to not read it, but I find myself drawn to it daily.
2. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. My teaching certificate is only good for another 3 years and I have no recertification hours logged. I don't know what kinds of classes I want to take. It's sort of hard to go to school when your heart is not in it.
3. Abby just told me a not so funny joke, but as with all my kids' jokes, it made me laugh because it was so off the wall: Q: "Why didn't the chicken cross the road when it needed money from the bank and he didn't have any?" A: "Because he didn't speak People." Hahahahahaha. When you finally stop laughing you can read on.
4. "H-A-D-L-I-E Hadlie Taylor Goodman". My Bro. Joe and Cassie just birthed a beautiful little girl last week and Joe made up this little jingle about his little girl's name. I'm kinda annoyed because I swore I wouldn't let it get stuck in my brain and here it is running through my head over and over again.

Why I love Kindergarten

I love how kindergartener's write. They have learned so much and they love to put their skills to work. Today as I was on the phone, Abby held up a note asking for an OtterPop (a summer staple at our house). Interpreted, this is what the note read, "Can you get my bike down so I can ride my bike in the cul-de-sac?"

About a month ago, we were sitting in Sacrament meeting and Abby decided to play hangman with Jake. She picked the word and Jake went to work figuring it out. As you can see from the pic, she kind of stumped Jake, and the word was "Jake". As I watched the game progress, I couldn't help but snicker at Abby's man she drew. Most people draw a stick figure starting with the head and then move to stick arms, legs, feet, hands, and then the face. Not Abby, She drew, in this order: the head, a freakishly large ear, the other ear, the long hair, the fat body, the massive belly button, then on to the arms and hands. It was hilarious. I know I should have been a better example to my children and told them to put the game away and be more reverent, but it was too stinkin' funny.

ps - I still can't get my scanner to work, so I just took pictures of the masterpieces.