I guess this is what boys do best!
Poor kid fell down the outside stairs at my moms tonight... Sadly this was his second goose egg today. You can't even see the first one compared to the honken one. It looks like he has another forehead! Motrin, here we come!
My little brother, Elder Brandon Mower, came home from his mission to the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West Mission yesterday!! We have been so anxious for this day to come, and now we can't believe he is really here!
My mom was so excited she could hardly stand it!
This is right after he came through the tunnel. He came home with 4 other missionaries from the Dominican Republic. We saw them coming, and then we saw Brandon stop, wait, and then walk out. He kinda looked at us, but not directly at us... Turns out, his companion stole his glasses, and he had been out of contacts for 4 weeks! He couldn't see us!! It was so sad. He told my mom he had to ask the other missionaries where to go to get to us! Needless to say, he has an eye appointment!
These women are the other moms to the missionaries that came home also. My mom has been emailing Elder Colby's mom, so they were excited to finally meet.
L-R: Elder Hatch's mom, my mom, Elder Yapias' mom, Elder Colby's mom.
It was so fun to see the families of the other Elders that Brandon has told us about. As a bonus, the all live from Provo to Centerville, so they can stay in touch.
Madison kept walking around with her sign and asking, "How much longer?" Seriously! It felt like forever!! This was also Brandon's first time meeting Cayden. I found out I was pregnant with him the week after he left to the MTC. Cayden was a little gun-shy, but got over that real fast.
At least I am not the only one with this problem!! HAHAHA
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Yesterday, the Nesquik bunny made his appearance at the renaming of the E Center to the Maverick Center. My dad works for Nestle and occasionally Chris gets to play the part of the Nesquik bunny. He has usually done it at SUU basketball games, so outside in July was a stretch! The fan inside was not working, so we tried to rig our own fans inside, but it didn't really work... After about 15 minutes of wearing the suit, Chris was dying. So back to the trailer we went to change him out of the suit. Oh wait, did I mention that yesterday was also the Justin Beiber concert at the new Maverick center?? I swear there was Beiber Fever everywhere!! 97.1 zht was there giving out tickets and a backstage pass to one lucky winner. When the girl won, she started bawling!! It was hilarious!!
This is the girls showing off their Beiber posters they made to try to win the backstage pass. The bunny was right there with them!
A few weeks ago, I went to Walmart for the never ending grocery shopping! I hate to take the kids because I usually end up buying 10 items not on my list and forgetting the most important 5 that are on my list! UGH!! But, shopping with the kids sure beats shopping at 10:00 p.m. when I am tired, and really for get what I need. Anyways.... Cayden is getting to a point where he is out-eating Madison. Its kinda ridiculous! I saw in the frozen food isle the bags of pre-cooked Chicken nuggets, and thought, why not? He might really like them and they are fast and easy. Now mind you there are 2 things in life I am not willing to go cheap on. Food, and my make-up... I eyed the Tyson brand of chicken nuggets, but then quickly saw that the Great Value Brand(Walmarts brand) was almost 2 dollars cheaper. Seeing as it was for the kids, I opted for the Walmart brand. They won't care, right? So we go home and a few days later cook a few for lunch. Then Yesterday I decided to make some more. I made 9 for Cayden and Madison to share. I cut up the first 2 for Cayden, and as he finished those, I cut up another. He was still hungry so as I started to cut up the 4th, my knife wouldn't go through it. Surely it can't be frozen was my first thought, so I pulled the top of the nugget off and found this:
A PIECE OF BLUE PLASTIC!! I about died! It was super jagged and sharp. I was not happy, so I immediately called Walmarts corporate office and complained. The girl there was very nice and kept apologizing. I know its not her fault, so I tried to not be rude, but come on! Plastic in my food!! She told me they were going to send me a pre-paid package envelope to send the nugget back in so they could investigate how the plastic made it into the nugget. I told her I wanted a copy of the report also. She then asked my if I wanted a refund... Is that even a question you have to ask? Of course I want a refund! Later I went into the local Walmart where I bought the nuggets and talked to the store manager. I wanted him to be aware of what was being sold on his shelves just in case other customers had problems too. He was very nice and asked me if I would like a new bag of nuggets while I was waiting for my refund to come in the mail. I said yes, but not the Walmart brand, please. He generously gave me the Tyson brand chicken nuggets and we were on our way.
I love my Durango! We bought it almost 5 years ago, shortly after Madison was born. I told Chris after the first snowstorm I got stuck in with Madison in the back seat, that from here on out I wanted something with 4-wheel drive. I didn't want to ever get stuck in the snow with a baby in the back seat and not be able to get out. We found our durango from a private seller, who was selling it because his wife was pregnant and they needed something with a third row. It was a '98, and he was the original owner of the car. He had taken really good care of it! It looked new!
Now, 5 years later, we have been through a lot with that car. It has withheld 2 kids, lots of road trips, new tires, and we have loved it. But... the air conditioner has never really worked. Every summer we dread how much we will put into it for us to have cold air for a few weeks and then it stops again. And lately the shocks were starting to squeak, the back hatch wouldn't stay up without a bunjy cord, and we were starting to have transmission problems... We considered fixing everything, but quickly realized it would be more worth it to put that money into a newer car.
So... Saturday we picked up this beautiful car!
Its a 2004 durango. I knew I wanted another durango after how much I loved the old one. This one is white, with leather seats, and sunroof, dvd player for the kids, and has a third row! It even has a hemi (whatever that means...)
We look forward to many years with our new car! Madison loves to sit in the way back, so each of our kids have their own row. SPOILED KIDS!
