DISNEYLAND and LEGOLAND HO!!! (a few memories of Vegas too!)

I STRONGLY suggest that we all save our money and head to the most "MAGICAL" place on earth. We had so much fun. Some of the greatest:

• Buzz Lightyear (See picture. All of you hunters now know why. Ask Jason and B what their scores were!)

• Splash Mountain (Hayden couldn't figure out why the bunny was tied up and yelling, GO BACK, GO BACK!!! Now he knows!)
• Indiana Jones (Ask B about driving the JEEP!!!!!!!)
• Fireworks, they truly are amazing. You have NEVER seen fireworks like this.
• The HOURS and HOURS and HOURS and HOURS and HOURS of walking, but never wanting to leave.
• The BLOOD CURTLING scream that came out of Natalie's mouth as you go from 0 to 60 on California Screaming!
  
• Hayden's face getting painted (we kept forgetting and FINALLY on Saturday, LATE afternoon we remembered.)

• Hayden yelling to EVERY member of the parade "HELLO . . . (whoever they were) this was my Favorite "HELLO Cinderella, Hello! EVERYONE of them would look right at him, blow him a kiss and wave. He could get any and all of the characters to look at him. Nemo came right up to him and blew bubbles in his face. It was so darling!
  
• The electrical parade was one of my favorites too. Cinderella waving at Haydie!

• Trying to talk Hayden into going on Pirates, then trying to talk him into doing soemthing else when he was done.
• Seeing the darling show at the ?? can't remember what it's called, but everyone calling each other "Billy" when we were done.
• The Parades were AMAZING.
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• Watching B FREAK OUT!!!! when the spiders came to visit on the Bug's Life 3-D experience.
• Hoping Jason wouldn't buy the Jacket that said "I'm with Grumpy!" He didn't, thank goodness, but bought 2 grumpy sweatshirts that are AWESOME!!! He must like Grumpy?!?
• Getting the boys faces drawn at Legoland.

• All of the AMAZING things made out of legos (See pics)
• Heading to Vegas to show my boys some of the fun things to do there and then EVERYTHING being canceled because of the high winds, too bad!
• We found this SWEET chopper! Couldn't resist the picture.
  
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• Here are a few fun pics of the beach.

Court's Funny Memories

If you love me, you won't show this post to the police. :)

Funny things I remember:

1. Getting chased by the police two years in a row on the last day of school, for trying to sleep over on the football field at the high school AND not getting caught because I was the only one that could jump over a chain link fence. (Mom and Dad: this is definitely a joke because I was for sure sleeping soundly at Cole Cooper's when this supposedly happened)

2. Having to go downstairs to tell Mom and Dad that the police were upstairs to talk to me... think orange objects.

3. Having a mad crush on Ruth and Bill's granddaughter Brooke but never doing anything about it because I was and still am pretty chicken. (Turns out the feeling was mutual - whoops!)

4. Not drinking the Fresca.

5. Going to the kitchen to sleep almost every night because of the heater under the sink and waking up with most of the other kids next to me. I STILL love sleeping by heaters but can't stand being hot. ???

6. Burning the schniekees out of my face by digging the fuel out of like 5 model rocket engines and lighting the pile of powder on fire. (Tyler's idea)

7. Dad asking Tyler if I was doing drugs because of the resulting burns on the bottom of my nose after the rocket fuel incident. Never been into the white stuff Dad!

8. Dad thinking that I was on drugs because I had a 'bad attitude' hahahahaha. I admit that I quite often had a terrible attitude and probably seemed like I was doing lots of drugs.

9. Crashing at least 20 times on the four wheeler at the farm and being AMAZED that I didn't break any bones.

10. Playing in the top of the Norths' shed with Nat.

11. Playing in the top of Bill and Ruth's shed with all the kids.

12. Dripping water on Phil's face all the time haha he has to be traumatized.

13. Becoming a man at age 10 when I finally fought back against Nat's oppression. I hit her in the head with a stuffed lamb and the music box thing inside cut into her head. I felt terrible but was later mad that I became the bad guy over the incident. It was self-defense judge!

14. Brooke, Adrian, and friends making cookies almost every Sunday at Cordell's.

15. Finding out within a 10 minute period that Adrian had met someone, was dating him, engaged, and married.

16. The Adrian sleep talking incident - DEFINITELY asleep! All I remember is that she was playing a baseball game or something.

17. Phil sleep walking and getting into the tub and turning on the water.

18. Sharing a room with Nat for like 100 years.

19. Passing out in the kitchen and waking up with mom and Jeremy Teeples standing over me.

20. Playing with the girls on the trampoline by swinging a pad around and around - didn't end up as fun as it started. Ad broke her arm and I was the bad guy for a while.

21. Throwing Eric on the couch about 8,000 times when he was little. I definitely remember how much he loved that.

22. Getting dominated by Brooke at Balderdash and then retiring from the game.

23. Eating fried cheese that we cooked on the stove lol.

24. Flaming snow balls.

25. Hitting risers at the farm and getting stuck once in the water lol.

26. Having absolutely nothing to talk about when I got home from my mission.

27. Phil having grown like 3 feet while I was on my mission.

28. Mom asking who I danced with after school dances!!

29. Watching Nat work the boys in baseball.

30. Shooting a bird that was on the ground at the church with my .22, and then sprinting inside the house because it was SO loud.

31. Feeling like I didn't want to walk because my hamstrings were so tight (wait that's right now).

32. How good it felt when Eric asked me to baptize him.

33. Having a beauty pageant in Grandma M's basement. Natalie and Andrea (is that her name?) Dobson and Natalie were the contestants and Michael Dobson and I were the judges. Of course, Nat won.

34. Thinking that I'd killed Adrian when we wrecked in the old car, then walking all the way home without a single car coming by.

35. Going hunting with Dad and the uncles and laughing my head off when most of the uncles started pulling out O'Doules. Dad didn't have any, of course.

36. Mom and Dad hiding 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' in the top of the toy closet downstairs because we weren't allowed to watch it muahhhhaaaaaa.

I wish I could remember more!!

Happy Birthday Dad! Love, Brooke

Today is Dad's birthday! First of all, Happy Birthday Dad. I love you very much. It was great seeing you yesterday and spending a little time with you. I hope you have had a good day!

10 Random Reasons why you were a great Dad:

#1: You always expected a lot from us growing up. It wasn't always easy living up to your expectations. You demanded perfection from us, and we all learned perseverance.

#2: You taught us to have a great work ethic. This is a great gift and I hope you know it. Although we are all very different, we all learned that work is an important, vital part of life.

#3: You taught us the gospel. I remember getting up SOOOO early to read the scriptures in the mornings. We also had family home evening. Ya know, when it's all said and done, this is the most important part of life.

#4: You supported us. I can honestly say that you and mom supported us in everything that we did. You were ALWAYS there cheering us on, and you traveled all over Utah to be there for us.

#5: You are a great cook. I remember eating some DELICIOUS meals when you were in charge of dinner. For example, chicken fried rice, pork chops and potatoes, stew, and scrambled eggs with hash browns!

#6: You worked hard for us. I know that owning the farm was extremely stressful, and I know you worked extremely hard to provide for us. Thank you.

#7: You are extremely competitive. If you haven't noticed, you passed this on to most of us. I remember you and Courtney arm-wrestling and you and Philip racing at the church on the lawn. We always had/have fun playing games with you.

#8: You always knew how to fix EVERYTHING. You have a gift of knowing how to fix things.

#9: Not only did you support us, but you let us be involved. I loved being involved with sports and then drill team and track. It was fun, and not every kid got to be involved with whatever they chose.

#10: You taught us that doing things yourself is a much cheaper way. I remember you always had Mom cut your hair, you fixed your own vehicles, you built your own addition...with a few slaves helping...:).

I hope you know how much we love you. You are a great Dad.

ATTENTION SIBLINGS: If you don't post something, Dad is going to sit you against the wall until someone admits they drank the Fresca!

Brooke's name...does this fit me??

What Brooke Means

You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous. You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things. Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life. You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip. People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Sand Hollow Fishing!

Rich and I had a good time at Sand Hollow last a week or so ago. I never had a chance to post the pics this week with the DAT and all, but now that thats over here they are! Anyone that wants to come down just say when and I'm there. ...... Seriously, I think that I would enjoy the life of a full time fishing guide. J/k...................Enjoy the pigs....I mean PICS :)

Mom's and Dad's Memories

You little devils! We've learned all kinds of things we didn't know!

Here are some of our memories:

• Taking you all over to Ruth's to pick raspberries after you had seen the snake to teach you to be brave. I just wanted the raspberries so bad . . . I ENDED OUT A SCREAMING BANCHEE WHEN THE SNAKE JUMPED AT THE KITTY AND YOU WERE ALL BAWLING! So much for being brave . . .
• Feeding the ducks with Grandma. We would use loaves of bread. You all loved it.
• I would put in the singing cassette tape when we would leave Holden ("This Old Man," "B-I-N-G-O," "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain," etc.) and the tape would shut off as we pulled into Grandma's driveway.
• Eric being so offended when we didn't wake him up for family scripture study when he was tiny.
• Bottling hundreds of bottles of food.
• A side note on Natalie's "alcohol" family night story: We also brought you guys home state pins from that National Young Farmer Convention, and we put them on your coats. After Philip went to pre-school with his new pins, I asked him if he showed them for show and tell. He said, "Yes, I did, and I told them you brought home alcohol!"
• A special thank you to Philip when he told everyone in Primary I was having a baby and I wasn't! HE WAS NEARLY TWELVE!!! Thanks, Phil! He thought it would be funny.
• Natalie and Jamie (I can't remember if Amy was in on it) pulled every carrot in our garden.
• Going to the Monte Bean Museum at BYU with Grandma.
• How much you all loved Eric when he was born. The morning he was born I tried to call my friends to announce his birth, and you had already called them all. You guys had even called Bishop Dobson! You loved Eric so much.
• Adrian walking home from the church park STARK NAKED and carrying her clothes because she had wet her pants.
• How embarrassed I was after I had let the three big kids go to play at the Dobsons. Adrian wet her pants when she was there; and when they tried to change her clothes, SHE HAD ON COURTNEY'S UNDERPANTS!! WHAT?!?
• Eric always thought he was as big as the rest of you. He wouldn't go to bed until everyone of you were in bed.
• Your friends always loved Eric. I saw Scott Monroe just lately and he asked about "Monk, Monk!"
• Remember the FORBIDDEN PIT at Grandma's? I'm sure every one of you jumped in it.
• You guys brought home the wagon FULL of Ruth's green apricots. I'm sure she was so grateful!
• Ruth and Bill loved you guys like grandkids and you loved them like grandparents!
• Every week family nights. We did lots of interesting things for family night; and if I tried "just this one week" to not have it, you all reminded me. I always tried to have treats for family night even when money was really tight. One of my favorite memories was teaching you to dance. Courtney and Natalie would dance the length of the front room and then would bolt and run to the basement. I'd have to go retrieve them. You learned the waltz, the cha-cha, and the two-step.
• You all learned to lead the singing at family night. You also learned the "Heimlich" and basic first aid at family night.
• Eric loved to two-step. He would stand on my feet, and we would dance the two-step and then I would throw him on the couch. The closer we got to the couch, the bigger his eyes would get!
• Rucifee climbing up and down the ladder when we were roofing the house!
• Dad SCARING THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF SHAWN KELLY when Natalie was about a freshman!! You'll have to ask her about that one! Later, he was talking to her at State Basketball and all of a sudden he said, "You get out of here! I can see your Dad!"
• A side note on the SNAPPING in church. I sat alone with you for 12 years and would SNAP to tell you to behave or die. The first Sunday after Dad finally got to sit with us again, I snapped my fingers and Dad got mad at me! I about told him the next 12 years were his alone! It wouldn't have been the same, though, because you were pretty grown up by then.
• I'll never forget turning up the road off main street and having the ambulance parked in our driveway. I PARKED THE CAR ABOUT A MILE AWAY AND BIFFED IT ON THE LAWN! I was sure someone was dead because they weren't hurrying. It never occurred to me that they weren't hurrying because IT WAS NO BIG DEAL! I also remember getting in the ambulance, and the first words out of Eric's mouth were, "Can I suck my thumb?" We had been trying to break him of that! Two stitches and a $300 ambulance bill later, things were fine. Thanks, Adrian, for the $300 ambulance bill! At least she knew about how to call 9-1-1!
• You guys used to love to eat popcorn at Grandma and Grandpa M's and watch the slides. Grandpa would always pop it in the popcorn popper and then would melt the butter in a can on the stove.
• Grandpa would always come outside while you rode the big wheels and would push the new baby around in the stroller while you played.
• I remember Dad giving Natalie a coronary at the farm. She was down in a trench, and he crawled on his stomach next to the hole and said, "S-s-s-s-s-s-s!" She about died.
• Philip and Eric driving all over the farm all night long in the blue van looking for elk.
• Walking through the corn field trying to get the elk out and having the elk about run over Courtney. (Was it Court?)
• The FBI showing up at our doorstep to talk to Dad!
• Bringing the hunter in from Las Vegas and having him hyperventilate when he saw the elk!
• Going to visit Grandma and Grandpa Tuttle and nobody even daring to get a cracker! Grandma and Grandpa M's house was a little more relaxed! We ate them out of house and home!
• Dad calling me in the middle of the night to tell me Charlie hadn't shown up and asking me to drive down there to see if his truck was still home. I did it, (IN MY NIGHTGOWN!!), and the truck was still home. Now what was I supposed to do!!?? Thank goodness for cell phones. They would have made a big difference!!
• When a hay truck would call, I would have to load you all in the car and go to the farm to tell Dad.
• Hitting various deer in the car.
• Sometimes we would take a lunch to the farm and all pack in the tractor cab and ride for a while with Dad. Sometimes he would go days without seeing you because he would leave before you were awake and come home after you were asleep.
• Driving the swather with Eric asleep all day in his car seat. We would pay for it at night when he was up forever!
• All five of the older kids with the chicken pox at the same time! Grandma M had never had the chicken pox so she couldn't come help. Dad was gone driving the hay truck and there I was with five "speckled" kids. Courtney and Adrian had them so bad. Courtney had 350 on one arm. He would hallucinate that Josh Bennett was floating around his bed room!
• MILLION of dollars worth of medical bills!!
• Once when Philip was a baby he was being really cross when I put him down for his nap. I ran down to the mail box; and when I came back, the house was quiet. Fifteen minutes later, I went in to check on him, and Brooke was in his crib holding him. She couldn't stand it! She was two!
• Courtney's "bird" experience when he was cutting hay when the bird landed on the riser.
• Dad and I checking the farm every night.
• Our family singing programs.
• The tapes we used to make for Grandma and Grandpa Great.
• PIANO LESSONS! SINGING LESSONS!
• The green scrambled eggs I made for you for St. Patrick's Day. Nobody would touch them.
• Mickey Mouse and "other" pancakes. I could even convince you the round ones were baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls, or moons or balloons.
• The game we would always play in the car. "Where is Brooke (or one of the other kids)? I can't see her any where. I guess we'll just have to leave her here." Then you would jump out!
• Once when I was in the Stake Young Women's we had an early stake fireside before stake conference. When Dad came with you kids, the girls' hair was wonderful. Your bangs were all curled and "fluffed." I asked him if he had called Laurie and Tracie to come help him and he said, no, he had curled / done your hair himself! I was pretty impressed!
• Eric asleep on the bleachers as a baby during Court's football games.
• Our dog, "Ralph" who became "Ralphene." I hated that dog! It chewed all of the guards off Court's new bike the very day he got it. When it got hit by a car, I called Celine and told her that the dog had been hit and killed. She was quiet for a minute and then said, "Did YOU do it?" She knew how bad I hated him.
• Nearly catching the quilt on fire and burning us up with the propane heaters at the football games.
• MILLIONS of miles on the car as we travelled to watch you all participate.
• Seven of us getting ready to go places in ONE BATHROOM before the basement one was finished. I think it was finished right before Eric was born.
• Peeling potatoes before church. I think each of you peeled seven or eight. We went through 10 lbs. of potatoes for one meal.
• Brooke and Adrian getting the salamanders out of the window well, taking them to church, and letting them ride down the slide.

We love you all! Mom and Dad

Trip down memory lane

That was so fun reading those... I had tears running down my face laughing!!! Here are a few of mine.

• Being sidewalk artists at Grandma M's
• Drinking Grandpa M's Pepsi out of his old blue truck and eating his treats
• Laying in the back window of their brown car and ruining the speakers Oops!
• Having Adrian and Brooke and ALL of their friends, stay with us, what concert was this for? I have never made so many pancakes in all of my life :)
  
• Playing with Amy and feeding our dolls real bread and water
  
• French Fries every Sunday at Ruthie's and Irene's house
• Feeding the ducks
• Going to ShowBiz with Grandma M and collecting the tickets we won to buy the prizes, Disney on Ice, the Circus
  
• I still remember looking out the window after gotten home from Grandma M's and watching Grandpa M drive up the road, turn around and head back home.
  
• Playing in the boat at Grandma M's
• The Art City Days parade and Carnival
• ALWAYS wondering why we always had more candy than everyone else (THANKS GRANDPA M AND UNCLE DAVE!!)
  
• Playing with the Dobson's EVERY summer
• Running into Grandma M's house and waiting for the "Who do I hear"
• Grandma Great's glass pop bottles and her can opener hooked to her cabinets
  
• Riding our big wheels at the church by Grandma Great's
• HATING going to Primary in Springville, but never throwing a big enough fit to have to be taken for ice cream ADRIAN!! :)
  
• I honestly miss the hot ham and cheese sandwiches that I used to order all the time at Hardee's
• Pulling over on the overpass to say a prayer before we headed to Springville.
• Doing a perfect Swan Dive off the docks when we went fishing in Wyoming, pulling MOSS out of my hair
• Grandma M's burning inferno in our basement
• Uncle "Bean" and Celine, playing in the top of the old garage
• Starting Midnight on Fire
• Courtney and Tyler burning their eyebrows off
• I LOATHED mom snapping at us in Church and now I am a "Snapper"
  
• I remember when the roads in Holden were still dirt
• Riding our skateboards from the top of Norma's hill all the way down to the bottom road, not even stopping to look for cars on Main
• Numerous summer with Bill and Ruth's granddaughters, they always came over because they had the HOTS for Courtney!!
• Felipe feeding us his lunch, A LOT!!!!!
  
• Getting to drive to the farm to shut off the wells and not shutting off the yellow pump OOPS!!!
• KEN DO YOU READ!! KEN DO YOU READ?? and he never did!! (That made me laugh I had to add it too)
  
• Thinking dad was sooooo cool because he had one of those fancy bag cell phones
• Trying to make the road really slick at the bus stop so the bus would slide on by
• Watching for the bus out the sliding window
• Hearing mom 's swather story that none of us are supposed to know about
• I too remember hitting numerous risers, the gush of water out the top of the header was always amazing!
• I remember cutting hay with Julie Moody and only getting about 3 wheel tracks cut ALL day long
• Calling Eric "The Baby" until he was . . . . 18? :)
  
• Sleeping over with Aunt Laurie
• Her doing my hair all the time with HOT rollers and tissue in my hair so I wouldn't get burned
• Singing along with the choir in the benches and having Aunt Laurie tell me to be quiet!
• Walking to Activity Days with Diana and having our hair freeze
• Making bracelets with embroidery string
• Renting movies and getting pizza quite regularly
• Going to Wood's with the LONG list of items to buy for the BYU tailgate parties in the basement
• Mom and Dad teaching us how to spell A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E
• Mom and Dad teaching us the lesson on not to drink alcohol by lighting it on fire in a pan
• I loved Grandpa M marching us all over his house too, I loved the anticipation of him marching us right into a wall and wondering when it was coming
• Fat Jacks Pizza
• Cereal in Ziploc baggies for the ride home to Holden, ALWAYS the marshmallow kind
  
• I loved looking at the slides of Mom and Dave when they were little
• I loved how Grandma M would read us a story before going to bed (Little Black Sambo) at her house and rubbing my face in that funny pattern
• I loved that big hanging light in one of the bedrooms, WHERE IS IT??
• Going on family vacation? to Vernal to the Dinosaur place
• Eric almost drowning me at the Gunnison Pool or was it Phil?
  
• Remember when we were building on or something and the Sheetrock was in the hall FOREVER upstairs?
  
• I remember Dad trying to pull my tooth out with a piece of dental floss and the doorknob, DISASTER!! Don't try this on your kids, won't work will it Dad?
  
• The skeet shooting contests with the Tuttle's at the reunion
• Snowmobiling
• Dad taking Courtney and I mountain lion hunting, SCARED ME TO DEATH!!! I thought we were lion meat for sure
  
• I remember making Adrian run the bases IN HER SLEEP, you were too sleeping!!!
• I also DON'T remember throwing you on the bunk bed
• I DO remember balancing on Sandy's knees
  
• Roller derby in the basement around the sewer pipes
• Racing Dad and Court up the stairs and Courtney leaning in the curve and knocking himself out, almost
• Looking for the caterpillars in the weeds in the ditch hoping to find one that would be a Monarch someday
  
• Everyone asking to use the bathroom during summer softball season! (That one's for Mom)

Sure love you all, THANKS for the memories!

Meet the new Aubs and Phil

Sweet trip down memory lane! We were laughing our heads off remembering some of those things...........priceless. Thanks for posting. You guys (Ad and Brooke) forgot beating me to a bloody pulp with hangers to get me to help clean.................. Mom's ridiculously loud SNAP when we were noisy at church...I could go on, but I have a final to study for.
We wanted to show y'all our new looks! Pretty sweet. Let us know which look is the best!

Random things Ad remembers!!

Hi everyone!! After reading Brooke's list it made me think of a few things too. . . she told me that I needed to write them down in a post, so here it is!! Hopefully you will remember a few of these things too!! Love ya, Adrian (AKA, ADBUG!)

1. Making "beds" or "tents" out of the big, wooden dining room chairs...2 facing each other for each one with pillows & blankets inside & blankets over the top! (The chairs with the arm rests worked best & were the ones ALL of us wanted!!)
2. Sitting on the counter in the bathroom watching Grandpa M shave & having him snap his dentures at me or put shaving cream on my nose!
3. Going to see the ostriches at the Dobson's house!
4. Freezing our little tushes off going Christmas Caroling!! (We all grumbled, but we all loved it too!!--at least for a while!!) Arguing over who got to give the neighbor the gift...we all thought it was our turn EVERY time!!
5. Writing & drawing on the sheetrock downstairs before the basement was finished...& skating & skateboarding down there too!!!
6. Going to watch Natalie play volleyball or basketball...I thought I was SOO special when I got to go alone with Mom & Dad. We'd go eat at Taco Time--YUMMY!! It was always my favorite place to eat!!
7. I remember going to the car during one such game to get something...after the game we realized that the car keys were missing. We looked EVERYWHERE & Dad was getting REALLY mad! We slowly made it back to the car & found the keys IN THE KEYHOLE in the car!! I was so relieved to see them, but I felt SOO dumb!!
8. Wearing Midnight the cat around my neck like a mink fur!! I can't believe she would just sit there on my shoulders!
9. Sleepovers on the tramp with Marci & Tanis...singing some Mickey & Minney song & dancing around!
10. Laying on the tramp looking at the clouds or watching for shooting stars.
11. Watching Courtney throw a ball over the house playing "Annie-I-Over".
12. Playing a game where we'd each be a colored egg & the wolf (I think) would try to guess our colors & then if he DID guess it we'd have to race around the yard & get back to the stairs first!
13. Decorating our bikes for the Pioneer Day Parade...it was the BEST parade ever!
14. Prank phone calls at AnaLisa & Caroline's house...we'd call 1-800 #'s & pretend to be ANYONE but ourselves...I can't believe I was brave enough to do that with my phone phobia!
(Mom, I bet you didn't know that one!)
15. Changing sprinklers with Natalie & being SOO scared that they were going to blow away one day when the wind picked up right after we'd emptied all the water out! She went & got someone to help us & we were able to get it moved & hooked back up ok, but it was VERY scary!
16. Being surrounded by a HUGE swarm of bees while I was cutting hay one day...I SERIOUSLY thought they were going to come through the vents & it scared me to death!! There were SO many bees that I stopped the swather & they surrounded it COMPLETELY!
17. Being grounded because we went to look for Joni when she was "missing"...Mom told us to stay home while she went & looked & we decided to go look up in the trees up by the pond instead. When we got back they'd found her in bed under the covers & we were grounded!! I think it was me, Brooke & Phil who went looking 'cause I remember watching Natalie & Courtney playing in the backyard that night & being so jealous that they could play & we couldn't.
18. Decorating the church playground with the pinkish/redish flowers from the church tree! We'd stick a little bunch of them out of EVERY hole in the playground!! We thought it looked SO beautiful!!
19. Going ice fishing & getting SOO sunburned! Being told that I "sleep-talked" on the way home, but really being awake--I SWEAR I was!! hehehe
20. Putting our pajama pants on "knee first" instead of "feet first" & then walking around on our hands & knes!!
21. The Christmas Eve when we got smoked out of the basement & all of us kids had to sleep together in the room by Mom & Dad's!! I LOVED IT!
22. Having the hydraulic hoses pulled out of the truck when we were bagging hay at the Kesler's house...not once, but a FEW times at least. & having Jim take the blame for me 'cause I was SOO scared that I'd be in SUCH BIG TROUBLE! (Yes, Dad--it was always me...what a guy for Jim to take the blame!)
23. Making a contract for me & Brooke to clean our room EVERYDAY--& making Brooke sign it, of course! (Jim found it oneday when he was here & thought it was HILARIOUS!! He still reminds me about it almost everytime I see him!)
24. Being THROWN up onto the top bunk by Natalie & Sandy (I THINK) because I wouldn't go to bed one night when Sandy was babysitting. . . I didn't think they EVER would really do that in a MILLION YEARS! I was wrong! It was SOO SCARY!
25. Looking for nuts or bolts or screws or ANYTHING in that big, white trailer on the farm & being SURE that I was catching the HANTA VIRUS while I was in there!
26. Courtney sitting on us with our arms pinned down to our sides & having him tickle us to death or tap on our forehead until we'd go CRAZY!!
27. Breaking my arm because of that STUPID boy that ran into me with his bike...not going to the Dr. for a few days because I didn't ever cry about it so Mom & Dad didn't think it was really broken.
28. Coloring my cast BLACK because I was SOOO sick of it!!
29. Missing the 6th grade water fight because of my broken elbow!
30. Getting to eat YUMMY soup at Aunt Chris's--also because of my broken elbow (but BEFORE I'd even gone to the Dr.)
31. Telling Natalie I couldn't hold onto the trapeze bar any longer & having her say, "Yes, you can!" with one final PUSH just as I FLEW off & broke my wrist!!
32. I remember learning to drive in the blue suburban when I was 8 (AAAAAAH!!!) .Dad told me NOT to push on the gas because he said that the field we were in would make me go fast enough by itself. (He was going to FOLLOW me in another car.) Pretty soon I was going TOO fast (even though I REALLY didn't push on the gas) & didn't know what to do! Dad came FLYING around me looking FURIOUS & waved for me to STOP!!! I DID--he didn't believe that I hadn't pushed on the gas, but seriously would I have DARED to do that on purpose?!?!?
33. Failing my swimming class because I didn't dare jump off of the high dive...grrr! I was a good swimmer--I SHOULD have passed!!
34. Running through the sprinklers or putting the sprinkler under the tramp!! Good times!!
35. Being an elf in the Christmas Program in 5th or 6th grade!!
36. Practicing "walks" down the streets in Holden during nights when we couldn't think of anything else to do!!
37. Me & Suzanne Stevens running down to JoAnne's house while being chased--by a SKUNK!!
38. Toilet papering Cody Turner's house -- while we were sleeping at his house for a Young Women's Activity...AND coming back the next day to clean it up!!
39. Going to the res. Do you remember that HUGE potatoe that was stolen by Delta kids from Triple C floating in the water there?? TOO FUNNY!!
40. Staying at Grandma M's house during State Wrestling!! We had a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
41. Going to the haunted house at 7 peaks...me & AnaLisa & Nicole rolled down the hill afterwards & were yelled at by someone!! The woman pulled up to us in an "official circle" car (or at least, that's what WE called it!) & told us that there were TWO reasons why we shouldn't do that...#1 was that people lived there...then she couldn't think of anything for #2. We told her we were sorry & then laughed our HEADS off when we got back to our car!!
42. Getting a lecture on "what a felony is" TWICE by a police officer as we tried to return the orange cone that had been stolen. Nicole told us right before he got there that she was afraid that she was going to laugh 'cause she would do that sometimes when people were getting mad at her...she just couldn't help it. The WHOLE time he talked to us we were all trying SOOOO hard not to laugh...He gave Nicole the lecture (since she was in the driver seat) & then turned to the rest of us & asked us if we'd heard him. We told him yes, but he proceeded to repeat the ENTIRE lecture! When he left we waited until he was in his car & driving away & then we LAUGHED & LAUGHED...& LAUGHED--probably harder than I've EVER laughed in my whole life...it was SOOOO HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
43. Being "trapped" up on the roof 'cause I was too scared to jump off, then getting caught 'cause I waited too long before jumping after Mom got home!!
44. Racing our bikes around the block!
45. Courtney saying he was allergic to the "cow smell" over by the Stevens's place...hehehe
46. Pulling pranks on the people that would come stay at the green house--like collapsing their tents during the night! I don't remember which holiday it was that they'd always come. I must admit, we weren't very nice! =(
47. Riding Blackie (I think with Brooke) & having him decide that he needed to lay down & roll WHILE WE WERE ON HIS BACK!
48. Saving our money & going to Woods Market to buy yogurt or ravioli-o's or penny candies! Man, I miss those little purple & red berry ones...they were good!!
49. Falling over the last hurdle at a track meet in Delta...& NEVER going back to track practice EVER AGAIN.
50. Going to watch Donkey Basketball in the old gym! I thought it was SOO cool that they'd actually RIDE on donkeys to play!!!

That's all I can do for now...it's hurting my back too bad to write anymore! I hope you liked my list!!

Random things I remember about my childhood!

So, work is pretty slow right now, and I decided to jot down a few wacky things I remember about growing up. Enjoy! Love-Brooke (AKA Boo Boo)

1-dressing up the cats in doll-clothes
2-climbing the trees at the park
3-jumping off the house onto the trampoline
4-Courtney and Tyler helping us jump BACK ONTO the house from the trampoline
5-Marci running their four wheeler into their house and their back faucet at their red house
6-sliding down the ditch under the street
7-flushing a banana down the toilet (Philip told on me)
8-being grounded when mom's friend DD came (because I scratched Philip's back w/ my nails)
9-going sledding down grandpa's hill
10-wrecking on our bikes (a lot)
11-making a maze in the sandbox at the church for box elder bugs to "find their way home"
12-playing steal the flag in the baseball field at night
13-going hunting for lizards up where Denise and Kelly's house is now
14-making potpourri in our hut in the tree (we were lucky we didn't start a forest fire)
15-making Adrian turn off the light EVERY night
16-walking up the rock trail to the cemetery
17-changing this oil-like gunk from each tower on the pivots (it was green and smelt horrible)
18-learning to drive in that tiny white Subaru
19-playing in Bill and Ruth's yard and making those (hamihock??) dolls
20-going to dance competitions in Cedar City
21-being mad at Courtney and Tyler for saying "piss" (I thought it was a swearword)
22-watching what seemed like a million sports games
23-pretending I was running the hurdles in the fields by jumping over the wheel-tracks
24-getting stuck in the tractor, car, truck, about a MILLION times
25-helping Marci and Tanis fold laundry
26-riding those pad-things from the trailer down the stairs
27-breaking some bones...ok we broke A LOT of bones
28-playing softball ALL SUMMER
29-hearing Val Brinkerhoff (and his mom) YELLING at sports events
30-and Linda Nixon for that matter...hehe
31-walking on the fence
32-wishing Grandpa Tuttle would let us ride his horses more often
33-the smell of yummy, salty popcorn at Grandpa Tuttle's house
34-wishing Grandpa Tuttle would let us go downstairs!!!
35-looking for flint in Grandpa's field
36-watching Dad shoot skeet
37-our wood pile starting on fire
38-playing "double dare" and making up horrible con-cauctions for people to drink
39-having a store at the church in the pine tree that used to be in the front
40-riding our roller blades
41-making banana bread with Norma
42-stopping at Norma's and asking her for a roll of paper towels (because we forgot to buy them at the store and it was just TOO far to go back) LOL.
43-seeing the snake in the storage room...yikes
44-crashing on a motorcycle with Jim Stephenson at the farm
45-watching Courtney play football and kicking everyone's trash
46-about having a heart attack when Phil fell in the hurdles that one time
47-when Eric jumped off the couch and busted his head open (eskimo the bear)
48-losing "munk-munk" a million times
49-Loving Eric's cute dimples when he was a baby, and now for that matter
50-playing at grandma M's on our big wheels
51-going to 7 peaks
52-playing a game (I think it was called BLOB) with Sandy when she babysat us
53-laying about a million miles of pipe at the farm
54-learning how to splice in some weird electrical thing and crimp it with this tool thing at the farm?? (hopefully some of you get this language)
55-plugging up the swather a lot
56-being completely grossed out by Mormon crickets
57-Courtney riding the four-wheeler at the farm standing up
58-Adrian always being the "sweet" one and me being the "naughty" one (Mr. Beckstrand said)
59-sitting on a chair!
60-midnight, stud muffin, and rusifee (spell?) cats
61-exploring up at grandpa's shed
62-Adrian getting in trouble for climbing in the ceiling at the middle school
63-Courtney and the pumpkin incident
64-being crushed when our hut got destroyed by the Stevens twins
65-crying when Courtney left on his mission because I was getting my driver's license in a few days and he wouldn't get to see me drive!
66-being TERRIFIED of dogs (especially Gus at Kathy and Kevin Coats' house)
67-riding down the canal by Kathy and Kevin's house in tubes
68-going to see the animals on a ride in the car around Holden
69-getting warm cookies as a "home from school" treat right off the bus
70-Mom making "B" pancakes to tell us she was having a baby (Eric)
71-When Eric was born, grandma M was there when we woke up
72-Grandpa M marching us through the house and running into walls
75-Playing in the cupboards at Grandma M's (especially the one with the chairs and the sliding door)
76-NEVER wearing shoes
78-watching "return to oz" for someone's birthday party (creepy guys who wore roller skates on their hands)
79-reading scriptures in the morning
80-"Ken do you read, Ken do you read"
81-Phillipe' and all his burritos
82-Courtney being the "master" at getting the motors to start on the wheel lines
83-moving hand-lines
84-Adrian's accident in the little truck at the farm
85-trying to get my lines straight on the swather
86-how crooked Cody Turner's lines were when he cut hay
87-hitting risers on several occasions (Ad hit one in the middle of the night, I think)
88-being on the drill team with Ad
89-wrecking on Phil's wheelchair
90-making Phil let me ride him (Betsy, was his name)
91-Courtney and Adrian wrecking in the little gray car (I think the axle broke)
92-watching "Living Scriptures" movies
93-getting the trampoline (and being SOOO excited)
94-sleeping on the tramp
95-when Natalie moved away to college (I was really sad)
96-Natalie being really good at volleyball and softball
97-hanging out at Cordell's house and Courtney wanting cookies EVERY Sunday!
98-swimming lessons in Delta
99-going looking for deer with Dad in the blue truck at night with the spotlight
100-singing in Mrs. Starley's 6th grade choir

Dad

Who are those people on our blog? ha, ha ha, ha ha

This is a great idea, I love it. Do you think we could aslo have a real family pic? For that matter, all of the family portraits?

Love you all.

The Tuttle Bunch

(Meant to be sung in a totally ridiculous version of the Brady bunch tune, just try hard, it doesn't go great)

So there's a story of a lovely lady...she met the most amazing guy. His name was Ken and they hit it oooofffff...she waited weeks for his replyyyyyy. :)

Then one day, they got married and mooooovvvved, to a tiny place called Holden, this lovely lady thought she'd go crazy and left the TV on all the time.

The kids started coming oh so early, and kept coming and coming and coming. After six they decided to be done....and oh they love every one.

The kids kept them busy. Riding their bikes and playing in the ditch (I mean NEVER)

They chased them all across the state watching all sort of acts. They loved and supported each one...that just a faaaaaact!!! LOL.

The guy, he had a farm. He worked and worked SOOOO hard. The kids got their turn with the farm, I'd rather cut off my arm!

The guy, he worked all night. Thank heaven he turned out all right!

The kids are all spread far and wide...with this blog, you can no longer hide.

We all love and care for each other....so post or you'll be smothered.

The oldest daughter, we call her Nat, she's a littttttle bossssssy. We still love her and call her always when we need a friend.

The oldest son, Court is his name. He's a successful genius, soon he'll be inducted to the internet hall of fame.

Then comes Adrian. She's the sweetest of us all. She's going crazy, right now she's in the hospitaaaaalllll.

Then comes me, what can I saaaayyyyyy. I'm everyone's FAVE! :)

Now is Phil, a storyteller is he. He's sooooo friendly and loves anythhhiiiiinnngggg!

Now there's Eric. He's the baby of the fam. We can't believe he learned how to drive in the big blue van!

Now that lady and her guuuyyyy. Grandma and grandpa is now their name. The grandkids love and cherish them. Now they live alone at home.

And that's the way we became the TUTTLE BUNCH!

Our new blog!

Hello everyone,

I decided to start a blog for our family. I think it's a good idea to keep connected. I stole the idea from Kelly and Denise's family. (see link to the right) They've been using a blog to stay in touch. I LOVED THE IDEA!

I love you all,
Brooke