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Dear Mr. Plumber,

The phrase "Plumber's crack" is merely a term, a stereotype really, not a requirement to be good at your job. While I appreciate your dedication to the craft, you have the skills to be a good plumber without haunting my children with visions of a three inch crack for weeks after your job here is done.

Thank you for listening,
Bethany

More injuries

Marley took a spill from our friend's golf cart.

She is fine but is sporting a bunch of scabs. The good news is, no broken bones.

Doesn't the red of her scabs make her eyes sparkle?

Happy Birthday Marley and Addy!

Marley and her great friend, Addy have birthdays one right after the other so we had a great big party for the both of them at Addy's house. There was a barbeque, cake, music, and a giant slide. The girls had a fabulous time!

I just love a good party!

NO MORE CAST!

Both a celebration and a command!

We have no more casts in our house and there will be no more casts in our house!

Look what happens when you take a water proof cast to the beach. That was in September. It was pretty painful to get all the sand that was imbedded in her skin out.

A fun day at the beach, trade, for a couple days of raw skin. Totally worth it!

Daddy Daughter Date

They had Lasagna, salad and breadsticks. They played games and had a great time.

I went on a Daddy Daughter Date with my grandpa too.

Candy Trading

I remember doing this with my brother and sisters, dumping out all of the goods and trying to get the most with what you've got. At times like this it is nice to have a little sister who is willing to part with a Reece's for a Hershey bar (Liza's favorite.) The candy that no one wanted, even for free, was Bit-o-Honey, and Babyruth Bars.

Home Improvements #1

We are in the midst of remodeling yet again. This time it is the kitchen. We are moving the kitchen from the front of the house to the back. When you come to my front door now you can see if I did the dishes that day. In the future you will only know if I decide I want you to know.

We've spent months thinking about what kind of style we want, talking to people who have done this before, tearing down walls that will no longer be there, taking out old ugly tile, getting bids from various cabinet companies, picking the appliances, deciding the layout of the new kitchen, and how we will keep the old kitchen while the new one is being built.

In these pictures my dad and Rob took out the old window to put in a smaller one that is counter height. They also had cut the concrete foundation across our entire great room and where the new kitchen will be to search for sewer and water pipes. All we have left to do is get the plumbing in before we start putting it all together.

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These two picture are the before

Here are some pictures after the damage has been done. A big mess.

Halloween 2009

Eliza-ballerina princess, Lane-witch, Marley-a marshmallow, Sydney-convict, Price-Goofy

Eliza just wanted to be a princess but by the time we were done with her costume it looked more like a ballerina and the crown was itchy.

Lane wanted to be a vampire but I couldn't come up with something I thought was cute, girly, and vampirey. So I asked her if she would be a witch and she just said, "Sure, cool!" Lane is a very laid back girl in a lot of ways. Most of the time she just goes with the flow. She just wanted her costume to be comfortable.

For the last few months Marley wanted to be a marshmallow for Halloween. Really, I expected her to change her mind but she stuck to it till the end. She tried to get Lane and Eliza to be a graham cracker and chocolate so they could be smore's together. Eliza was OK with that but Lane wouldn't budge. She didn't want to just be a brown square. "That would be boring and not very comfortable." I couldn't figure out how to make it but Marley just kept telling me she knew I could do it. (pressure) I finally made it with hoola hoops on the top and bottom and connected them with a white blanket, hot glue, and duct tape. She even looks like a marshmallow. By the end of the night when we were done trick-or-treating and we walking home people would call out, "hey, Marshmallow!" and "Look, it's the marshmallow."

Sydney wanted to be something comfortable and easy so we borrowed the orange jump suit and put some tattoos on her with a bandanna.

Price just wanted to trick-or-treat so he took a t-shirt that he got from Disneyland and added a goofy hat that we borrowed. He didn't keep the hat on for long. By the end of the night Price and Syd had swapped costumes but I didn't get a picture.

My Incredible Husband...

Since May, when we first got a virus, I have pretty much hated our computer. It is slow. I mean really slow. When we got the second virus, just a couple of months later, it got much much slower. So the title of this post is the beginning of a sentence and the end of the sentence is this.

....built me a new computer!!!!

and he totally rocks!!!

Papa

He put on this fro while we were deciding what everyone would be for Halloween.

I kind of think he looks like Grandma Price, his mom, with that cute little face.

My Big Sister

Miranda, my sister just turned 40 and we had a surprise birthday party for her. She was completely surprised. Miranda always has great ideas and more than once while we were planning the party I almost called Miranda to see if she had any suggestions.

Miranda has always been an amazing sister. She helped me learn things that my Mom might have been a little too shy to teach me. She taught me about fashion, and makeup, and I remember spending hours baking cookies with her. I remember when she got her driver's license and we got to go to the movies by ourselves for the first time. Our van was packed with friends and we were riding down the street, having the party of our lives. I am sure we were screaming and hanging out the windows. Miranda pulled the car over and yelled, "SHUT UP! This is a lot harder than it looks!"

Miranda has always treated me like her friend instead of her little sister. I love that!

At the party we had a bunch of different yummy soups and crusty bread. We played some games and then shared some memories of Miranda. Here's mine...

When I was a sophomore at BYU I went to school knowing that I needed to get a job. I didn't want a job, so as a result I procrastinated. I had earned money all summer so I made that money stretch most of the year. When the money started to run out I donated plasma (for an extra $12), I also worked for my roommate's brother stuffing envelopes ($5 an hour), I was the extra in a made for TV movie (for $50 a day), and I flirted so I could eat on dates. I was living on bread, the cheapest white bread that I could find for $.33 and I splurged for some margarine for another $.33. I was living on toast.

One day Miranda came over with Tanner to visit me. Tanner was hungry so she asked if she could get something out of my cupboard to feed him. Before thinking, I said she could. She opened my cupboard and there was nothing there. She just looked at me and said, "Bethany?" No one knew that I was so hungry. I hadn't told my roommates, my parents, or anybody. I just started to cry and Miranda understood. I was so hungry. She came by my apartment that night with two huge shopping bags full of groceries. Her and Jim were probably very poor themselves. They had just moved up to Provo and Jim was working two jobs but she came to my rescue anyway.

I lived the rest of the year on those two shopping bags.

That is the type of person Miranda is, she would do anything for the people she loves. I feel really blessed to have her as a big sister and a great example. Thanks Mirky!

The girl party

Birthday girl, sisters, cousins, friends, fingernails, obstacle course, elbow tag, blanket flip, laps, bottle cap, mingle, human tangle, relay races, chips, candy, cake, ice cream, presents, balloons, Macarena, Cha cha slide, Electric slide, Hoki Poki, FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!!

Lane's Birthday!

For Lane's Birthday this year she wanted to have a girl party. She thought that Tanner (her favorite) might find that a little awkward so she wanted to invite the whole King Family out to dinner and then have a "girl party" later.