Announcing...

































Coming in March 2008...

another Price production...

Baby #6-




Stay tuned for more details.

Here are some more birthday pics-

He blew on his candles about 15 times

and they finally went out with some help from Mom. He had such a look of concentration on his face when he was opening his presents. He is the kind that pulls on the tape and doesn't rip the paper. It was very interesting to watch. He got a toy laptop that makes music and sound and flashes lights, a stuffed Eyore (is that how you spell it?), and a thing that when you shake it it lights up and has glitter floating around in it. It's kindof like a lava lamp but with glitter and it changes color from blue to green to red. Then the rest of the gifts were clothes-two pair of pants and three shirts. He sure had a great time!

We are sure lucky and blessed to have this little guy in our family!

Aaron's 2nd birthday photo shoot-

Today Aaron had his 2nd birthday check-up at the doctors. He was very curious about what they were doing to him. He couldn't quite figure out why he had to lay on a table and have the doctor put this weird looking thing on his chest to listen to his heart. Aaron had to get one shot today and the whole time he was just looking at the nurse and wondering what she was doing. He didn't cry or squirm or anything. What a little man!

Anyway, when I post this it will be just about the exact moment that he will turn two. He was born at about 3:45 pm.

Happy Birthday Aaron and Sara!!!!

Other big happenings at our house occurred yesterday. This is one of the reasons that I haven't posted recently. I was getting ready for the "Tractor Guy". Mike found this guy with a tractor for hire.

He came yesterday and moved dirt, plowed down "the jungle", leveled the yard, and tilled.

You probably can't tell from these pictures, but we have a totally different yard now.

He was here for almost six hours and it makes me think about how much work we won't have to do because we had this guy come. There is no way we would have ever been able to move all that dirt and get everything ready for a sprinkler system to be put in so soon.

He even let Mike try out his tractor. I don't know if you can see it in this picture, but Mike has a HUGE grin on his face. You'd think he was a kid in a candy store.

Anyway, now all we need to do to get a yard is to rake, pull weeds daily, rake, dig trenches, pour a patio, pull some more weeds, plant grass, and about a million other little things. At least I can say that at this moment, Our yard is weed free!!! Hurray!!!!

I'm sure that won't last long though. Such is the curse of all mankind.

Well, I must go. Today I still need to cook some dinner, wrap some gifts, do some laundry, bathe some kids, and retype the entire 8-page Primary Program, changing some of the parts and assigning the rest. There are only 160 parts. It shouldn't take me more that 5-6 hours (you know, since I have so many "helpers" running around here). Maybe I can even get some sleep eventually.

Side Note to Isaac and Sara-

We are praying for you especially hard and long today. And not just because it's Sara's birthday and she is getting so old. We hope you get your biggest birthday wish fulfilled! We Love You!!!!!

Guess what I've been doing the past few days? Scroll down for a clue.


In the meantime here are the kids school pictures for this year. I think they all turned out very good. These were taken on August 2nd.

Here's the clue mentioned above-

That's right, I've been canning peaches. I must say that after doing 48 jars over 3 days I don't really want to eat any peaches any time soon. I had three bottles break (each of my first three batches had one bottle apiece) and only one didn't seal. It was on my very last batch. That's a pretty good record for me. Usually I have one per batch not seal.
Anyway, that's all that's been going on around here. Literally.



Have a Fantastic Day!

Tag, I'm it I guess-

Sara tagged me for this survey-

1. Jobs I've held-

• babysitter
• busser at a restaurant
• waitress (different restaurant)
• ladies dept. at K-Mart
• movie concession worker
• custodian at BYU
• nanny
• cashier at 2 different grocery stores
• bakery- making doughnuts at 5 a.m.
• Beehive Clothing as a seamstress
• bank teller
• mom

Places to go for a weekend get-away-

• Park City
• kids to a sitter and to a movie with my sweetie

Movies I can watch over and over-

• City of Angels
• The Family Man
• Serendipity
• Better Off Dead
• 13 Going On 30
• Sweet Home Alabama
• Just Like Heaven

Guilty Pleasures-

• dark chocolate
• Grey's Anatomy
• calling Mike at work

Places I've lived-

• Provo-2 different places
• Salt Lake-3 different places
• North Salt Lake
• New Jersey
• Arizona
• Orem
• Spokane
• Clearfield
• Clinton

What were likely the first things you thought of when you saw your significant other for the first time?

• He looks like he is a really nice guy that cares a lot for his friends
• I'd like to meet him sometime

Places I've been on vacation-

• Petrified Forest in Arizona
• Phoenix
• Corvallis, Oregon
• the Oregon Coast
• Disneyland
• Park City
• Washington D.C.

Favorite foods-

• Mexican
• pizza
• chicken cordon bleu
• broccoli
• tomato sandwiches in summer
• creme brulee

If in a "jam" with your spouse, what tactics do you use to get out of the doghouse?

• we don't fight
• really, I usually just ignore it and hope it goes away

Websites I visit daily-

• Sara and Isaac
• Mat and Kati
• Mom and Dad Price
• LisaBearnson.com

Best First-Kiss Landmarks-

• on the corner in front of my Young Women leaders house
• on the grass in front of Seven Peaks

Places I'd rather be right now-

• out to dinner
• eating ice cream
• with my sweetie
• asleep

Who sent this to me: Sara

Other blog buddies to do this "survey"- Sara already tagged them all (refer to my previous tagging experience)

Well, I have been a major slacker about adding to this blog. I was going to add after we went to Idaho to the May Family Ranch and tell a bit about that, then they decided to call me as the secretary in our Primary presidency. Holy Cow! I have been sitting at my computer for about four days straight trying to get things under control enough to know what's going on. Then Ben started school on Wednesday, Aaron learned how to open a doorknob, and he started into his "terrible twos". It's been a full two weeks.

Here we go catching up on the last few weeks.

They have this great waterslide up at the ranch that Paul built. He diverted part of the stream to go down the waterslide so it has a continuous stream of water going down it. It is very fast and has a bump in it so you have a little jump. The kids loved it and spent most of the day going down it over and over. It was really fun to watch. They had contests to see who could go down the fastest, who could go down the slowest, who could do the most spins and tricks on the way down, and lots of other things. They had a blast!

Here is a picture of Aaron playing in the little play cabin.

There was also a very interesting thing that happened while we were there. There was another family there while we were there. They were a smaller group, a mom and her three or so kids with their spouses and kids. Maybe 13-15 in all. They stayed to themselves mostly and did their own thing. On Saturday they were packing up getting ready to go, and one of the moms had her baby (about 9 months old) in a high chair in the mess hall. Somehow he fell out of the high chair and hit his head on the cement floor. Dixie checked him out (she works in the emergency room in Boise). He was unresponsive for about fifteen minutes. They called the ambulance and it took them awhile to get there. During that time some of the members of our group were given permission to give the baby a priesthood blessing. As soon as the blessing was over the baby woke up and started acting normal. He was playing and things. Then the paramedics arrived. They checked him out and said he was fine. They decided to call life-flight anyway and fly him to Boise in case he had internal bleeding in his brain or something. It was exciting for the kids to see a helicopter land in the field.

They ran an MRI and CAT scan and he was fine. They said that it was like nothing ever happened. The grandmother and one of the kids are active in the Church but the rest are not. They are hoping that this experience will maybe get the Mom of the baby interested in the Church again. Needless to say, we had a very spiritual testimony meeting the next morning. The spirit was so strong at the Ranch after that experience. I hope the other family could feel it too.

While we were there Josh asked Clark if he could draw a portrait of him. Here it is. It took Clark about 15 minutes to do. Josh was really impressed with Clark. He wants to be an artist when he grows up. During the testimony meeting Clark talked about a time when he forgot about a promise he made to Heavenly Father and he lost his talent. He talked about how it felt and how sorry he was. After he remembered and kept his promise he got his talent back. He could feel it flowing back into his body he has never forgotten that feeling. It really impressed Josh. He is so excited to have this picture as a reminder of that wonderful weekend.

On to the next big thing.

Ben started school (junior high) on Wednesday. I took him the first day. I think I embarrassed him. (Isn't that what parents are for?) I was taking pictures of him and he kept saying "O.K. Mom. Don't you think it's time to get out the scissors and cut the umbilical cord? I'm going to be late." It was about 15 minutes until school started and he had plenty of time. Finally I had to let my baby go. I was fine- I really was. The next day he started taking the bus. When I sent him out the door I got a little teary and my

"wonderful" husband made a snide remark that I didn't appreciate. Mike keeps saying that he's glad I have such a tender heart, but then he makes fun of me for it. I guess that's just my lot in life.

Ben is having a good time with this new adventure. I was worried that he would have a hard time with having seven classes to remember, but he seems okay with it so far. Of course it is only the first few days and they don't really start having homework until they go back on Tuesday after Labor Day. Then he might have a little bit of a time, but I think he'll do great!

I need to go and get some things done. You know, like cleaning up the breakfast now that it's after 10:00, changing a diaper for the first time today, getting dressed, etc.

Have a great day!

Kati has started playing this game and "tagged" me to play it too. You can see her answers on her website by clicking on her link in our friends column.

Here are the rules. You GOOGLE your name then "needs". So when I did it I GOOGLED "Michelle needs" and these are some of the things that came up-

• Michelle needs to get her game together. (Well, I think that's obvious to anyone who has visited my house lately.)


• Michelle needs a long break. (Mike and I have been trying to find a time for a get-away for months.)


• Michelle needs a good man to care for her and tend to her as she deserves. (Fortunately I already have one that treats me much better than I deserve.)


• Michelle needs every advantage possible. (DUH!)


• Michelle needs a home that can accept her limitations.


• Michelle needs a family that will be patient, consistent, kind, loving...(maybe a little less loud and rambunctious, too)


• Michelle needs to fatten up! (I DON'T THINK SO!)


• Michelle needs to return to the Chicago airwaves. ( I don't know what I'd do once I got there.)


• Michelle needs an Oscar!!! Acting will one day save the world. Maybe, Michelle is the actor that we have all been waiting for. (I'm ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.)
• Michelle needs to spend some of her newly aquired wealth. (What? Does someone know something that I don't?)
• Michelle needs to pray more, think more, be more patient and more resilient. (This one is right on the money.)

This is what I think Michelle really needs-

• Michelle needs more help from her children.
• Michelle needs more hours in the day to get things done.
• Michelle needs to have ALL the boxes unpacked and things put away.
• Michelle needs more sleep.
• Michelle needs more time with her husband.
• Michelle needs a vacation-sans children.
• Michelle needs to read the scriptures more.
• Michelle needs to talk to and/or visit her mom more often.
• Michelle needs less cooking and more eating out.
• Michelle needs more hugs.

Well, that's it for now. I would tag some people to do this, but Kati already tagged everyone that I know would do this. Apparently, Michelle needs more friends, too.