Selling Something?

I'm not quite sure where this came from, but this last week Abby told Ben and me at dinner that she wanted to quit school and get a job to "earn money before going to college".  Okay . . . she is only 6!  We quickly let her know that she had to stay in school in order to get into college. But she still wants a "job".  

Saturday morning she told me she wanted to "sell stuff".  I asked her what she wanted to sell. She wasn't really sure, but she wanted to sell something and wanted to do it "right away".  My mother in-law wrote a VERY cute thought book titled ABC's for a Happy Marriage (www.ABCHappyMarriage.com).  Ben was involved with the publishing aspects of it . . . and so we are storing a lot of the books at our house.  I pulled out a few for Abby and told her what kind of commission she could get if she sold one.    Very optimistically, she made signs and had me help her set up a table outside so she could sell books to "all the people that will go by".  Okay, we live at the  end of a cul-de-sac . . . so it is not very busy . . . but Abby didn't seemed too concerned with that.  Unfortunately, after about 20 minutes . . . and not selling a single book . . . she said she was done.   Hopefully she will be this determined to get a job to "earn money FOR college" when she is older:).

Fish Face

My daughters all seem to acquire this talent before the age of two.  They can make a GREAT fish face.  Check Gwen out!

Spring Break

We had the BEST time at Disneyland! The girls had a great time and so did Ben and I. What a perfect family vacation. My only hang up was when Halle told me she would rather swim at the hotel than be at Disneyland! It reminded me of Christmas . . . when I buy a gift that I KNOW she will love . . . and then it turns out she is more happy with a package of pink bubble gum. Anyways . . . Abby and Halle LOVED the Peter Pan ride! Abby also really liked Space Mountain and Screamin' California. Halle liked the Teacups and Snow White . . . and pretty much everything we rode except for the Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain and Tower of Terror. She told me she would NEVER ride those rides again. We'll see:). While we were there, we won Million Dreams FastPasses! We lived the dream by enjoying shorter lines . . . I can't wait to go again!



For those interested in the ZILLION pictures we took during our trip . . . the slideshow is for you. ENJOY!

Disneyland Announcement

Unfortunately we weren't thinking and didn't record the girls' initial excitement when we told them we were going to Disneyland. But as you'll see here, once we asked Abby what she was going to share during "announcement time" at school the next day, she was still plenty excited! (Halle was excited, too . . . deep down inside:)

First Hair Cut

A few weeks ago we were in Boise for Marie's baby shower and Kat's baby blessing. It was so much fun as always to be with the Fales Family.  My sister in-law Liz has some sweet hair cutting skills and has given both Abby and Halle their first hair cuts.  Finally Gwen was able to get hers! Look how cute she is! Thanks Liz!

Disneyland, Here We Come!

Our latest news?  Spring break is coming up next week.  The kids don't know this yet . . . but we are off to Disneyland!   The girls have never  been . . . and Ben hasn't been since he was 3 . . . so this will be a first for most everyone!  

This is my new blog

This is my new blog!  Hopefully I will actually use this often and keep my life updated since this took me FOREVER to set up . . . Ben has been laughing because he would have had this done in about 5 minutes.