The other night as we were eating dinner (hot dogs without fertilizer AKA sodium nitrate) Jacob was reading the ingredient list to the relish bottle out loud.

"Cucumbers, sugar, vinegar, salt, spices, and dehydrated red peppers."

Gabrielle said, "Cucumbers? I thought that relish was made out of pickles!"

We then gave Gabby a lesson in the art of pickle making. (They start out their life as cucumbers and then grow up to be pickles. Just in case you didn't know....)

Chad had asked if we made 31 flavors for our ice cream selling - the answer is no. There is a special flavor each Friday. The first week was key lime pie and Friday was mint chocolate chip. On the eleventh of July the kids will sell chocolate ice cream.

Chad, Jacob wanted me to tell you that, "No, we do not sell apple ice cream." Tee hee hee.

Our kids are in heaven to have Kiara and Indigo here in Salt Lake. They cannot stop talking about them and how happy they are to have them visiting us for a WHOLE month! Jacob informed us that they have to see them every day.

Oh, I thought that you might enjoy a picture that was taken about five minutes ago. Just in case you have forgotten what we look like.

We (Jacob, Gabs, and Noah)are making homeade ice-cream to sell every Friday. It is fun and awsome to sell ice-cream. Gabrielle is having a birthday soon. She can not wait for it (Double-digits).

The above was written by Gabrielle.

The article below is something that Rob sent me. (Sorry, I cannot get the hyperlink to work properly. You will have to copy and paste...)

His words: "The article is kind of lame but the picture is amazing."

http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=b79801a5-6864-40b8-b415-3aff93d3964a

Update
Kids are out of school! YAY!!! I couldn't be happier. I am looking forward to spending as much time as I can with my cute little ones.

Rob is doing well. His school is keeping him busy. For one of his classes, he can review the content by watching the course via a webcast. So he was watching it and a balding guy goes in front of the camera to turn in the homework assignment. He thought, "Nice head of hair. That guy really doesn't have much hair!" The guy turns around and LO AND BEHOLD! It is Rob! Hee hee hee hee.

He was a little upset to find out that he is losing all of his hair. Please! He lost a lot more hair than that while going through chemo. I think that you may see Rob with a lot less hair. I thought it was very humerous.

Jacob is flying through piano right now. He has been practicing a ton and is doing very well. Additionally, he borrowed from the library a book on drawing. Every day he comes home with another amazing drawing.

Gabrielle jsut returned from a fun-filled trip to Durango, Colorado. My mom took Dominique, my niece, and Gabrielle to Colorado for a weekend trip. They ran down the Colorado River in a big raft, they did a soaring adventure (a huge zip line through the trees and over a river), and saw a movie "Kung Fu Panda"! When she returned, the three explorers hiked Mt. Timpanogos all the way to the cave. They had a great time.

Noah has been busy with playing and pretending and making all sorts of cute comments. Last week, he came home from the library with a book on how to make gingerbread houses. It really is a fascinating book. It is incredible - way better than the graham cracker houses I make. So, as we were looking at it, I wanted to view a page a little bit longer. Noah tried to turn the page and I told him just a second. He tried again - I told him the same thing. A third time - the same thing happened, but he put his head on my shoulder and started snoring. Really? Like I was taking THAT long!!! He is soooo funny.



Two nights ago, we had the windows open to let some of the cool air into the house. Before he went to bed, he asked, "Mom, are robbers like bats? Do they sleep during the day and come out at night?" I had to reassure him that we would shut and lock the windows prior to going to bed.



I am still working three days a week (really? nothing has changed for the last seven years!). I am busy with school (well, I will be again in the fall - August). I still love doing my Arbonne business. Busy. Busy. Busy.

Anyway, I just wanted to do an update.

later, gator.