Valentines, Sweethearts, Black Eye, Science Fair, Ward Conference, Cats and a Dog

You may be wondering what these things have in common? These are events from my week.

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To start off, Aubrie participated in the school science fair. The question she chose was "Do different brands of apples have the same number of seeds in them?" So we bought alot of apples af all different brands. I was suprised to see that every apple was different. They do not all have the same number. a few of them had the same, but when we cut open another of the same brand it varied. It has something to do with when they are pollinated. she won a Honorable mention on her project. she was pleased with how it turned out. We enjoyed eating the apples, and found that we liked Braeburn the best. Very tart, yet sweet.


Tim Enjoyed the apples with carmel dip

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We have 2 dogs. Wicket and Princess. Well Princess's favorite thing is to play "Come Get Me" or hide and seek. Zac and Aubrie were playing with her on Tuesday night and her Dew Claw (the Claw on the side of her paw like our thumb) was ripped mostly off. We think it got stuck in the carpet as she was running. So off to the Vet on Wednesday for Surgery to remove the joint and nail. Now it cost's x amount of $ to have the dog put under for surgery, and everything you add is minimal, so we had the other claw removed and had her fixed, so we don't have to place puppies on KSL.com in the future (Cleaning Puppy Poo for 3 months is not my idea of fun!) To keep her from licking her stitches, she has to wear a "Lamp Shade" for 2 weeks. She hates it! the vet told us to come back in 7 days to have her stitches removed. I asked him of it was included in the price and he said no, so I decided, that since I have recently passed my Medical Assisting Course I could do it for free, so I think I will save $50 and do it myself! I've decided having animals is not cheap! When the vet told me how much the surgery was going to cost, I jokingly told him to just "put her to sleep" he thought I was serious and told me he couldn't do that by law to a healthy animal. So when did animals start having do many rights? Anyway I think she is enjoying being a pampered pooch. Wicket has noticed how much attention she is getting and wants to be loved too. It is interesting that animals are so sensitive to attention or the lack of.

Saturday was Valentines Day. Tim and I went to the Temple and did Sealings for 20 of my mom's side of the family. It was awesome to kneel across from my sweetheart, and know that I will be his, and he mine for all eternity. Weston Surprised me and Aubrie with a Yellow Rose, and a note telling us how much he loves us. That was very special that he thought of doing that for us. Michael went to he Sweethearts Dance with his special friend Anna. They love to play Wii Guitar Hero together, so after the dance they had a Jam Session. Weston went to a Friends house where we used to live and spent Valentines or "Single Awareness Day" with her. They ate cow intestines, he told me it tasted like cooked manure! I think I will pass on eating that. Today his tummy hurts, I wonder why? His intestines are not used to eating intestines!

Michael Looked Very Handsome and His date looked "Amazingly Awesomeness" as Mike stated

On Friday Zachary came home with a big Bleeding bump above his right eye. He got hit at school by a badminton racket. It gave him a headache all this weekend. It looks alot better today, but he has a purple eye lid and a puffy eyebrow. I told Tim that he got in a fight at school, he asked if Zac won and I said no. He knew I was lying, because he knows that Zac would win! I guess I cannot pull the wool over his eyes!

We have had 2 kitty's living with us since my September. We fell in love with 2 kittens, and decided that it would be fun to have them, but it soon wore off! We had them in our garage, and pretty soon, it started to really stink, so we decided it was time to let them go. We placed a add on KSL.com and within a few hours they were adopted to a good family.

Today was our Ward Conference. The theme was bringing unity into our family. One thing that really stuck out in my mind was that they encouraged families to eat dinner at least 5 of the 7 days of the week. I remember as a child we ate all our meals together, and now with my own family, it seems like we are all on different schedules, and so we don't make the effort to eat as a family. When the kids were younger we always ate as a family, So this is one thing I will try to change in my family. A talk was given about being a kinder person. I think that sometimes we are too busy and caught up in our own personal lives that we are not rude, or thoughtless on purpose. But we need to take the time to do kind things for our family and other people around us. We never know how far a kind word or deed will go, or affect someones lives for the good.

Next week I am hoping for a not so crazy week! I'll take hum drum anytime! Have a great week xoxoxoxoxoxo Lottie