Singing threats.........

So, everyday of my life is pretty much the same right now. I can't do much with the little one though. My two boys are starting to really tease and torture each other. They do a thing I call the "singing threats". Sometimes they are just plain comments or insults too. They aren't aware of me calling it this. Here is an example. They might be playing the Game Cube and one will be beating the other. If one is upset about losing he will sing in a calm voice, "You'd better let me win this level or else I'm going to punch you in the face." The other sings, "No you won't." "Yes I will." or "You aren't very good at this game.......I'm better than you..." and the other sings," No you're not......." And so on........ I really get annoyed because the singing doesn't stay calm for very long. They end up yelling at each other or I intervein(sp). I think it is funny that they sing it at first though.
I am reading an interesting book called "The Giver". It is by Lois Lowry and it won a Newbery Award. If you are looking to read a good book, go to the Library and pick it up. I have heard from many that it is excellent! I am only on chapter 4 and I'm into it. It is hard for me to get into many books. Anyway, I'm off.

Aaahhhhhhhhhh.......Married Student Housing.......

Well, we have lived here in student housing for almost 5 years now. Let me share some of the joys I get to experience while living here. Most mornings I get to wake up with the sound of the 7 year old girl who lives above us roller skating up and down the hall. It is usually at around 7:30am. Sometimes when I wake up, it is because of the huge ride-on lawn mower passes my bedroom window. Back & forth, back & forth. Often I am woken up by a loud knock at my door like this morning. It is maintenance coming to fix a problem. I call the office to report a problem with my kitchen sink backing up but I never know when they will show up to fix it. I am lying in bed of course (in my underwear) when the knock happened. I jumped out in time to yell down the hall at him walking in the door. "Hang on!", I yelled. After throwing on whatever clothes I can find on the floor, I let him in. All of maintenance reak of cigarrette smoke too. My house still smells and he has been gone for 15 minutes. I do not understand smoking! Anyway, these are the perks of living here.
Oh, also, the other night I was walking down our hall in the dark(4 am) and I felt something under my heel. It felt like a small ball of something but was not sure what I had stepped on. I then had a strange thought. What if it was a ...................? I turned on the hall light and cringed. I had stepped on a big spider. Ew ew ew ew ew ew! It took me a while to fall back asleep because of the thought of what I had just stepped on.
Good Day!!

103 degrees today!

Gees Louise its hot here! I'm tired of the heat. When winter is here I want summer. When summer is here I want winter. Why can't the seasons be 2 months long and then switch? That would be perfect! We are going to a BBQ for my husbands work today. We won't stay too long because it's too hot!
Today is the Pioneer picnic in MV. I miss going to those. Remember we used to have all of the booths to go to? I remember when Patti C. was doing "Splatters" we could make t-shirts at the picnic. Remember the big buckle things that we would tuck our shirt into and we would pick a color that would match the splattered paint? Funny, huh?
I miss our old ward and all of the awesome families we were close with. (Miners, Clarks, Millers, etc...) I hope that whatever ward we end up in is as cool as ours was. Ok. I am reminising(sp?) a little. I miss being younger. It was so much fun! I am lucky to have grown up in such a great place. I hate it when people here in Utah talk about never wanting to live in CA. Whatever!!!!!!!!!!

Gavin's Birthday!

Today is Gavin's 4th Birthday! I can't believe he is 4 already. We got him some training wheels for Jonah's old bike(to give to Gavin) and some sidewalk chalk. Gavin loves to draw. We are also going to a place called Boondocks in Draper to have some fun tonight. The boys are excited to go there.
Last night was a super fussy night for Breck. I think she has tummy issues. It isn't every night but when it happens it is miserable. Jake took her for a walk again outside in the stroller until she fell asleep. It was 1:30am when he climbed into bed. I got to go to bed at about 12 midnight.
I think I'm going to buy Milicon drops today and see if they help next time. Who knows?
Thanks for the info everybody on what to teach my son! I am just not very creative and I want him to have fun learning. Anyway, it's really hot here. I wish we had a neighborhood pool or something. We have neighbors that fill up tiny pools in the courtyard so I guess that's better than nothing but..........I miss the beach! Nothing beats it!!! Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!

The Sundays..........

Today was pretty mellow for me. I woke up tired again and a couple of hours later, I took a nap.
It is week two with an infant. I didn't go to church yet. Maybe next week. I stayed indoors until the evening. I think I spent a total of 40 minutes outside. Haha. I am a hermit.
Did anyone catch the Italy/France game? Did anyone see the Fenchman head the Italian player in the chest? He was tossed out(carded) of the game and they lost. Since the USA was out of the game, we were cheering for Italy to win. (we think Jake is Italian so......)
Anyway, news flash! Jonah went to bed without any complaints tonight! I think this is a first. Maybe a second or third but it doesn't happen often. Jake goes back to work tomorrow so I will be alone with kiddos. I hope I get some sleep tonight or else........
Robyn, Dave and Trent are officially moved in to their new home in RSM. I can't wait to visit and sit in the hot tub.
Gavin is turning 4 on July 12th. I want him to go to pre-school but I don't think we can afford it and we don't qualify for HeadStart like we did when Jonah went. My question is: Does anyone know of a good program or anything I could use or find online to help teach Gavin at home? Let me know if you do. He knows all of the letters and how to write some of them but I need a creative way to teach him sounds and other things. Thanks. I'm off to spend time with Jake(and Breck of course). Later.

I am so stinkin' tired!

Hi there. I didn't sleep much last night thanks to Breck. I have the hugest headache that started last night and is still with me today. She is totally asleep right now though. I would like to sleep but it is about 12 noon and I have two boys that are up and at 'em. I have my husband Jake home but starting Monday he will be back to work and I can't be sleeping all morning while my kids watch TV. I wonder how the winter will be. We will be moving into a townhome that we purchased and it will be new environment, neighborhood, people,etc... We might be even more cooped up than now. Yikes! I'm not looking forward to that. Well, I want to go to California today! I miss it. I don't think we will be going until Christmas time. There is a possibility we could come for a long weekend in August for Lake Arrowhead with the Tibbitts Family. We'll see.
If you are needing new music to listen to, go buy or burn the new Angels & Airwaves album. (Walmart has edited version too) It is the guy from Blink 182 so that is what it sounds like. I enjoy it because I feel it is music that makes me reminice. Also, Keane has a new album. It is mellow but good. I like them. Also, any Jamiroquai album is great.

A new arrival.

Hello. Below is a picture of my family. We are the Willis'! Jake, Dana, Jonah, Gavin and..... On June 27th, 2006, we said hello to our brand new daughter Breck. She is also pictured below. We don't have an updated family photo because I'm not quite photo ready. I want to lose some of my gut first. Haha. Anyway, Breck weighed in at 7lbs. 2oz. and was 20.5 inches long. She is perfect and we are so lucky to have healthy babies. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to talk about in a blog but maybe I'll get some ideas.
The awesomeness of my blog page is thanks to my hubby, Jake. He is very computer literate. Check out the links you can go to from my blog. I think you will be entertained. Jamiroquai is my favorite music group. Feel free to browse their website as you listen to tunes by them. I think they are great for working out, dancing, driving, etc... Goodbye!

My Family

What the blog?

Ok. So I just wanted to comment on my sister's blog and the site made me sign up for my own blog. What the heck! I'm not sure how often I will update it but we'll see.