Clue #1

A song written in 1968 made popular by Dionne Warwick...

Do you know the way to ___  ____?

IT'S HERE!!!

ANY GUESSES???

It won't be long...

I have been a little more teary eyed as my second son starts his preparations to serve a LDS mission.  I think it is because I know what its like now.  (Ben, my first has been out for FIFTEEN months next week!)  I know how much we will miss him!  He was made an Elder a couple of weeks ago and he turned his papers in to our Bishop last night!   We should hear where he will be serving his two years in about 3 to 4 weeks!  I'm just not so sure that I am ready!   :)

Sweet Heart Dance!

This weekend was Meg's sweetheart dance.  She had a real hard time finding a double SO.... she got to double with her parents and T's parents!  We all had a fun time (we... his parents... have been friends for a long time).  Meg cannot wait till her 6 months are up so she can actually drive with a date somewhere and not have to have her parents drop them off!

Meanest Mom EVER!

One of my favorite blogs that I follow is The Meanest Mom.  I like her sarcasm & she has some hilarious stories and creative ways of thinking up consequences for her own children.  (Check out her story about the chicken Pox!)   I started reading her blog mostly because I have told my kids their whole lives that I'M the meanest mom.   With this in mind... I have been trying to get my children to keep their rooms clean, make their beds, do their jobs... sometimes we succeed sometime we don't.  

Earlier this week Zack ordered a codex for Brayden and they are eagerly awaiting its arrival!   I had a brilliant idea (if I do say so myself!) on Tuesday... I will receive the package... and HIDE it somewhere in their mess of a room!!!  They won't know whose room it is in... only that it has arrived!   Brayden decided that he would thwart my efforts by keeping his room clean all week!

IT GOT HERE TODAY!

Let the cleaning begin!!!!

Maybe I will be cruel and hide it in their sisters room!

Can you see the resemblance?

Yep, you guessed it our dogs name is PIPPIN after Pippin and Mary from Lord of the Rings!  They both are small, have huge eyes and brown fur (hair)... so why not?  I just can't stop calling him Scooby!  (our last dog!)

Gonna be Trouble!

You know there is gonna be trouble.... when your husband and children are secretly planning and whispering.... then suddenly there is an unexpected "errand".  THIS is what greeted me after crafts last night!  He is a Chorkie.  Now we just have to name him!   Any sugestions???