Speedily Down to Hell

Today in the car, Magoo noticed that several cars were speeding past us. Magoo: They are going off the speed limit mom! Totally! Me: Yep. They’re going pretty fast. Magoo: They’re going too fast. We don’t drive like that. Me: Hrm. Magoo: We don’t drive off the speed limit because we don’t want to get [...]

Filed under: around town, driving, faith, moto-racial profiling

Meeting Maria

I stayed home from church today with a pathetic sickly Wanda. She’s got a snuffly nose, a cough, a rattle and a roll. She can’t sleep without a binky but she can’t breathe WITH a binky so we are at an impasse. There is a lot of crying and snarfling going on. I’m just getting [...]

Filed under: faith, family fun, film

Unplanned Emergency Drill

If it’s unplanned, some people might call it an “actual” emergency but no one died so I’d like to refer to it as a drill. Monday night we were staying up a little late to watch our new favorite show Castle and I told Dan I could smell something coming in the house from the [...]

Filed under: emergency preparedness, faith

The Tank

This past weekend, we watched General Conference, a big fat conference our church has twice a year where the Prophet and other leaders of our church broadcast speeches and messages all over the world by internet and satellite. We watch church on TV for 2 days at home in our pajamas. This year my mom [...]

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Easter

We had a great Easter today. Magoo woke up bright and early and came into my room ticked that there was a baby gate at the top of the stairs. Yes, young padawan, you really think I trust you not to run down there at the crack of dawn (as though dawn exists in Seattle [...]

Filed under: Random, faith, family fun, food, holidays

God Bless the Slugs

We say a little prayer before we read scriptures each night. Usually Dan or I say it because it’s a special short little prayer, just inviting the Spirit to be there and giving thanks for what we’re about to read. Tonight Magoo insisted on saying the scripture prayer. I let him. Here is an exact [...]

Filed under: faith, kid stuff, unbearable cuteness