Farewell ~Life, Laughter & Lego Lions~!

Ladies and Gentlemen, there's been a merger. There are 4 blogs on my dashboard... 3 of which are unproductive. And one of those 3 unproductive blogs gets tons of spam. I'm not completely sure as to why. But it was on one post in particular where I used some initials that may somehow be associated with those of the homosexual persuasion. Mind you, my post had absolutely nothing to do with those fine folks. But apparently, other folks who may have been searching for information regarding that topic were being directed to my blog. In short, those searching would leave tactless comments I didn't care to read or respond to. So. I removed those initials from that post and have now merged that blog with this one. And I intend to delete that blog once I have posted this.

I'm a little sad that it's come to this. The unproductiveness and deletion, that is. It was a fun blog that I started back in 2006 after my sister and her kiddos moved into town. Before that, it had been 8 years since we had lived in the same state, let alone the same town! And, even though she was going through some extremely hard times emotionally, I was glad to have her close-by again. I was glad I could be there for her and the kids.

So that's why there are now a few posts from 2006 in my archive. (Obviously before my pregnancy-turned-baby-turned-toddler.) :D I didn't want to lose what I had written during that time. I do, however, want to leave you with the paragraph that I had written in the "description" section under the title of my blog:

Lego Lion Philosophy: We may appear ferocious but, really, we're fragile. Even though we look fairly massive, we're still quite malleable. And oftentimes we're loud... but we just want to be loved.

And there you have it. It's all about the love, isn't it?
Cheers.

The Night G'ma Came to Town

Ok, so Aunt Pam was having some fun with her camera on this particular evening! This was the night that G'ma Pugh got into town (Nampa) for the Thanksgiving holiday... so I decided to hook my camera up to the t.v. so that everyone could see a slide show of all the fun pictures and videos taken within the last couple of months. Well, when the camera is on "Auto" mode, everyone can see themselves on the t.v!! Of course, they all started acting silly and so I just started taking pics of the mayhem. This one of everyone with g'ma turned out pretty good. Then there was this one of Jess... a picture really is worth 1000 words................................................ 'nuff said. :D

Happy Birthday, Jillian!!

Well, I'm afraid we have a princess on our hands! While Jillian was at Red Robin with her mom, the rest of the crew and I went to buy supplies for her party. When I asked what kind of party she would like, all the kids responded, "A pink princess party!" So, we had pink cake with pink frosting, pink candles and sprinkles on top... we even found a pink princess wand (that someone ended up sticking in her cake)! We had pink (bubble gum) ice cream and got pink paper plates. And for the party, Jillian sported a pink-ish tiara that sparkled. In fact, the only things that weren't pink were the party hats that we were wearing! I think the boys thought that, if they had to wear hats at all, they might as well wear Tow-Mater from the movie Cars. We did the "Surprise!" thing again when she walked in the door... which always makes the kids act goofy and giddy. Screaming is a given... every time. After everyone finished with their cake and ice cream, Jill opened her gifts. She loved everything she received but I think she enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Brent even more! He can always make her laugh. One of her presents was a slinky... so Jill and Uncle Brent decided to use it as a "telephone" to tell jokes to each other. Most of the jokes were "Knock, knock..." jokes that weren't really that funny... but Brent's responses were hilarious! We were all totally cracking up! I think Jillian even ended up on the floor 'cause she was laughing so hard. Thank goodness I've got it on tape! :D

Big Green Bug.

One evening a couple weeks ago we found a Big Green Bug near our front room window. It was Sunday night and it was our turn to host the small group Bible study meeting at our house. There were kids gathered around to observe Big Green Bug and as soon as Uncle Brent grabbed it, everyone screamed and ran away. One of the first things you may learn about Uncle Brent is that he has an interest in bugs. Any kind. From big and green to small and brown. AND he let this Big Green Bug crawl all over his arms and face. Then he asked the kids if they wanted to hold Big Green Bug. Everyone (except Heidi) screamed, "NO!" and ran away once again. So brave Heidi sat down next to Uncle Brent and let the Big Green Bug crawl on her hand... and then her arm. After they were done playing with Big Green Bug, Heidi helped Uncle Brent find a safe place for Big Green Bug to live - in the tree across the street. The end. :)



I think Heidi likes watching it crawl on her arm!



The Big Green Bug on Uncle Brent's face! Ew!

Trunk or Treat 2006

Happy Halloween everyone!! This one was kind of a bummer for me as I ended up getting sick and, therefore, couldn't make it to the Trunk or Treat festivities. Brent ended up going without me and he was able to get a few pictures to document the event. This first pic is of LeAnne and Alex... I don't think Alex was digging his costume too much! Not to mention it was freezing outside... so not more than a couple hours after folks started handing out candy, they all decided to go inside and visit where it was warm. They were also serving hot soups and chili and had some fun indoor carnival-type games for the kids. This 2nd pic is hilarious! There were several of the adults who had dressed up... Brent had talked about it but then didn't do anything... so it's just funny to see him in his regular street clothes next to some camouflaged dude! I think that's Jaeson Rodgers underneath all that camo. :D Then, last but not least, here are the kiddos in all of their funky outfits. I think Jacob was Fireman (or something), L.J. was The Thing, Jensina was a Medieval Princess, Jessica was... well, I'm not sure, and Jillian was The Little Mermaid. Cute... and funny. They had fun though. I was sad that I couldn't be there, too. There's always next year. :)