Funny Video

So I wanted to video Mia reading this book she already

memorized in a few days, but in the middle of it, she sneezed

and farted LOUD. OMG Rick and I about died, I had to run

in the closet to laugh. It was hilarious!

NASCAR and more

Mia has been waiting for NASCAR day for a year now,

Rick finally got to take her last Friday. She was grinning

like this from 10am til about 6pm when Rick had to literally

drag her out of the stadium. It really baffles us just how "into" cars

she is. I mean it's a serious obsession. Even on Saturdays, she wants to look

in our engines of our cars?? She even made my mom open her jeep engine up

and look at it for an hour. Who knows, maybe she'll be a mechanical engineer

like her Uncle Kevin. She even said to me the other day, "Mom, am I the only girl

in the world who thinks cars are beautiful?" We had a toy drive for church so I asked

if she had any toys she could give away, so a few days later, she came to me and said,

"Ya mom, I would like to give away all my dolls and girl stuff." Wow did that backfire

on mom!!! I refuse to give away the TWO girl things she owns. Absolutely not! Haha:)

Anyway, this pic, Mia actually got an autograph from Jimmy Johnson, she was in heaven

and now blushes when she talks about him.

Mia and Grandpa M

We were smart and got earphones on her right at the beginning, since

she is very sensitive to sound. She was good to go!

When I talked to Rick at about 1pm, he said she wouldn't budge,

not even to pee or get a hamburger, she wanted to watch each car

go by and of course impress everyone around her with, Oh that's a Ford, that's a

Chevy, etc. Rick said people were amazed!

Taking a break in the shade

We were hoping to get in the garage for free, but Rick ended

up buying tixs but he said it was soooo worth it. She had a blast

and couldn't get her to leave. She ended up with about 6 autographs

and even a lug nut (all the adults were mad about that)

watching the cars from the garage

And this is how she stood for almost 4 hours Rick said and

didn't want to budge!

Even got a pic with the Sprint girl who asked Rick if she

was holding her right since she didn't have kids.

She wasn't looking on this one, but I guess this guy is

a really famous driver...

Mia's Jimmy Johnson autograph

All the autographs signed on the back of her shirt ( one of my favs

oh well)

Race car lug nut

Rick finally peeled her out of the race and she didn't even

make it out of the parking lot without zonking out, she

told me that she would stay there all year if she could

because she didn't want to leave.

Rick of course absolutely loved the time with her and has

a life long racing buddy. On Sunday she even wanted to

order pizza and watch the race. She's too funny!

Besides wanting to be a race car driver, she also

wants to be a doctor and usually practices on either

bear or Spock

On Saturday, she got some ladybugs and we

finally have a yard to let them go into

Mia looking at the ladybugs

Unfortunately we found some on us from the outside and

I felt like I had bugs on me the rest of the night, but it was fun

nevertheless. Mia is still going to preschool but unfortunately

has a little boy in her class who is a bully that's new and she has

anxiety about it every Monday ( because she knows he comes on Mondays)

Rick says he looks like a little sumo wrestler and Mia told me his belly

is this biggggggg. Tonight she told me his dad's belly is big too. Kids are funny.

This is the same kid who she said makes her a little bit nervous, I guess her detective

intuitions were right, but we are trying to teach her that she can't be scared of anyone,

even if he's a pushing little sumo wrestler :)

My Grandpa

My grandpa and Mia's great grandpa passed away today

at 89 years old. It was almost one year exactly that I lost my other

grandpa, which is strange, because they knew eachother for over 60 years and

only lived a few miles apart.  Mia only met him a few times and was a little afraid because she thought he was a pirate. :) My grandpa survived stomach cancer over 20 years ago

when I was maybe 13. He has lived without a stomach for this long only able to eat soups,

liquids, and very few other foods. He was so stubborn and lived with pain every day,

but he just never gave up. He was always up at the crack of dawn working til the day's end.

He raised 10 kids and had a zillion grandkids and who knows how many great grandkids.

Every single year, he sent EVERY single one of his children and grandkids a package for

Christmas that included random items of household tools, coins, and of course CANDY.

He must have spent every single day getting those packages ready for Christmas, being ill and everything,

it's amazing that he ALWAYS sent them. My grandpa LOVED candy, which is probably why he lost all his teeth, that and he didn't believe in toothbrushes :)  His entire office was filled from top to bottom with every kind of candy known to man. You could ask for anything, and he would have it. He also had a food storage

out in his garage that could feed most of Idaho. He always had the strangest jokes to tell and he was known for writing to VERY important people in the church and government and give them a piece of his mind! I have no doubt that he is arguing with God right now! (tell him to send me a baby will ya?)

He won awards for farming, was a professor and honestly one of the smartest, most stubborn, funniest,

and at the same time awnry SOBs I've ever known. (sorry grandpa) But he was my grandpa and he always

had hugs, kisses, and nice words to say to me. I love you and I hope you are enjoying your feast in heaven

right now! NO MORE SOUP :)

Aunt Nicole told us about Lowe's having a program

where you can build things so Rick and Mia went last

Saturday and since they got to build a car, she was beyond excited!

She is soooo proud of what she made! We are planning on doing this once a month.

They give you an apron, goggles, and you get little patches to sew on your apron each

time you build something. Too adorable!

Mia very determined to build her car,

taking her time

So before church on Sunday, Mia decided to make bathroom signs

to show Rick and I which bathrooms we are "allowed" to use.

She's been only wanting me to use certain ones and calling the other one's

"boys"bathrooms. It was so cute, because she did it all on her own even down to the

tape. We were cracking up!!

This one is for boys and as you can see, there is a little

girl next to the boy with an X meaning that she can't use this bathroom

This one is by her bedroom and I guess Mia and I can use these ones,

but dad can't

This one is by the guest bathroom and girls are allowed to use this one too

but not boys

Of course she won't take them down, I think it's pretty

cute and creative. Too funny!!

And of course in every picture, there's bear.

This poor thing. I hope he makes it for another 5 years. Besides her cat,

he's her best friend in the world. So tonight, we were at grandma and

grandpa B's and Mia said, " Hey guys when am I going to get married? Followed by,

"When do I get to go on a date?" It was sooo out of the blue and she was dead serious.

We just said, ummm when you are about 30 haha. Love this kid!!

Fresh Beat Band Concert and 50's Dance

My friend at work told me that the Fresh Beat Band was

coming for a concert tonight so I hurried and got tickets

since it was their first tour and Mia loves their songs. We had a

blast! We actually had Rick drop us off since it was at Planet Hollywood

and he just hung out until it was over. Then we went to Maggiano's for

dinner since I had a gift card. Mia was so cute, because when we walked in

the restaurant, she said, "I've never been somewhere this fancy before." It was pretty

cute and she was on her best behavior. We had a fun night! She kept hugging and

kissing me through the concert telling me thanks, so it was definitely worth the 2 Excedrin I took

prior to the show because I knew I would have a headache, but it's amazing how much fun moms

have at kid concerts, kind of scary that we know all the words and enjoy ourselves :) I guess we are

just glad to get out and have some fun too!! In case you've never heard of the Fresh Beat Band,

here's a little video for you enjoyment :)

And of course Bear is right next to her enjoying the concert too!

look how cute her little side shot is...

My school hada 50s dance so I borrowed a poodle skirt

from our babysitter Kirstin...

She hada great time!

Dancing with dad, rootbeer floats, popcorn,

hamburger drive through and more!

with Rick's goatie, he looks more like a

mexican gangster to me..

happy girl!!

Doing the YMCA, apparently my shirt was see through,

Rick said it wasn't and he usually catches that stuff so I'm hoping

it was the flash on my camera. Otherwise, that's pretty embarassing!!