Mark Is Feeling His Age

Poor Mark, he is really feeling his age. He woke up this morning and remembered he is now married to a 39 year old lady!! HA HA

A Date To Prom?

Kade's junior prom is coming up and so he decided he would ask Tayler Duncan. He wanted to ask her in a cute way so Kensie and I helped him out. He took her a balloon bouquet. It was tied to a box of Jolly Time popcorn that also had a story attached. The story went like this: (every time a color is mentioned she is suppose to pop that color balloon)

Once upon a time, in a not so far away land, lived a handsome young prince who drove a horseless silver carriage. A grand ball was quickly approaching and the prince didn't want to get stuck taking an ugly green frog. After looking far and wide throughout the kingdom, over mountain, through forests, even the deep blue sea he came across an enchanted castle. He soon discovered that living in the castle was a beautiful princess who wore a pretty pink dress. His heart leapt with great joy to finally discover the perfect date to the grand ball. Now, he awaits her answer, holding his breath, trying not to turn red in the face, hoping they will have a popping good time!

Inside the five balloons to pop were slips of paper. It said: Tayler, How about Prom? Kade

Kade and Kensie snuck up and put them on her doorstep. He then texted her and told her there was a surprise waited outside her door.

The first thing the next morning she texted him and told him there wasn't anything on her doorstep. He was totally bummed and Kensie and I were just mad that someone would steal her balloons!! When I got to work she had left me a message telling me she really did get them and she didn't want him to know until she answered him. So I played along just happy that there wasn't a balloon thief running around in Kirtland!

The next night there was a knock on our door and when we opened it there was a letter addressed to Kade taped to the door. This is what the letter said:

The wonderful fondness that I have felt towards you

is now gone, I have found that my indifference towards you

increases with every day. The more I see you the more

you appear in my eyes to be an object of disdain and contempt

I feel myself in every way completely bound and determined

to dislike you. Believe me, I have absolutely no intention

of going to this dance with you. The last time we talked

just left me in a very grumpy and sour mood and by no means

gave me high and valued opinion of you and your abilities

it seems your personality is constantly in conflict with mine.

If we go the the dance, I'd experience nothing but the

harassment of friends and family added to everlasting dis-

pleasure of being with you. I could not think of anyone more

boring, stuck-up, big-headed and annoying than you and less

desirable to go to prom with.

I hope you will try in your own little way to understand that

I speak sincerely and hope that you will do me the favor of

completely avoiding me in the future. I hope that you will stop

being my friend since you seem to always be full of immense

lies, deceit, and betrayal. You do not have the slightest bit of

cleverness and good sense. Please believe me when I say I

am very sorry this had to happen, but it is important for me to

want to go to prom with you on April 10.

with love, Tayler

You should have seen his face fall when he read it. It was bad! He read it and then had Kensie read it out loud. It was still bad! Kade's only comment was "Wow, that makes me feel way less of a person." We really felt bad for him. Poor guy!!

Then next morning we found this on the doorstep.

Wow, now he is really feeling way low!! Then he remembers that she told him she didn't find anything on her doorstep so how did she have the popcorn to give back. He knew then something was up. Sure enough, there was a not inside the popcorn.

So if you go back to the letter and read every other line you will see that Kade really does have a date for his Junior Prom! I think he will always remember how he asked Tayler to the prom and how she answered. Fun times!!

Happy Birthday

March 6th Kace turned 14!! I can't stand that my baby is 14! He wanted his girls to take him out for his birthday and Kensie and I were up for that. We took him to lunch, went shopping because he had birthday money to spend, and then we saw Alice in Wonderland. It was a really fun day. I think he had a very good start to his fourteenth year. Happy Birthday Kace, we love you!!

(Don't you just love his card? Inside it said "Bet you didn't think you were going to get a paper pickle for your birthday!" He loved it! Also, this picture was taken first thing in the morning thus the hair!)

Two Months???

I can't believe it has been two months since I posted anything so here is a quick update.

Mark has been feeling his age. He went and visited the eye doctor and had to get glasses again. Not just glasses...Bifocals!!! He thinks this is the sign that he is indeed old. I told him that will be when he has to get Trifocals!

Kensie is busy with college and her social life!! We are so proud of her because this semester she received a scholarship. If she keeps her grades up it will follow her every semester until she graduates!!! Yeah!!! It pays all her tuition and some of her books.

Kade finally got his drivers license!! It really is nice to have another driver helping do all the running around. He is also right in the middle of baseball. I can't believe it's already that time again. He is also in the middle of plans for Prom!!

Kace has been super busy. He participated in the district Science Olympiad and took first in the Solar System! He was then chosen for the state team. The next weekend they went to New Mexico Tech and competed against several other schools from all over the state. He took 3rd in Disease Detector! If that wasn't enough he finished 4th in the school and district Geography Bee! He told me he is ready for a rest.

The best thing that has happened to me is that for Valentines Day my husband took me on a very romantic trip. He took me to Home Depot!!! I was so excited. We bought each other ceramic tile for the master bathroom. Our bathroom has needed some updating since we moved in four years ago and something else always came up. But not this time! Mark has been working so hard in there and it is looking sooooo nice. Kensie has a friend who didn't think this was romantic at all. To me there is nothing more romantic than my sweet husband working so hard to do something just to make me smile!! Thanks Honey!