mckay humored me

Your Karaoke Theme Song is "Margaritaville"

You are a true party animal, but your style is mild and chill. Kicking back with a few friends and a few drinks is all you need to be happy. You certainly don't feel pressured to be a part of any party scene. In fact, you avoid trendier spots. You've been known to kick loose anywhere and everywhere. All you need is a cooler. You might also sing: "Gin and Juice," "Love Shack," and "Red Red Wine" Stay away from people who sing: "Wind Beneath My Wings"

What's" Your Karaoke Theme Song?

this could get addicting...

Your Karaoke Theme Song is "I'm Too Sexy"

You're a total goof ball and a bit of a nut job. You don't take yourself seriously at all. And while you may not be the greatest singer, you're the first to volunteer for karaoke. You have a wild and unpredictable sense of humor that always gets people cracking up. Irreverent and rebellious, your humor knows no bounds or limits. You enjoy shocking people. You might also sing: "Like a Virgin," "Ice Ice Baby," and "Hey Ya!" Stay away from people who sing: "Sweet Home Alabama"

What's" Your Karaoke Theme Song?

wal-mart redeemed - sort of

Basically I went to Wal-mart this morning for some retail therapy. My life at work has been insane lately and Henry needed a new toy. So I picked up an Exersaucer to aid in Henry's sitting up phase. This is what it looks like. PS - I bought this at the 20 items or less counter with no problems. Wal-mart has been redeemed for now.

SJMS - go snow leopards

Congratulations to me. I am the new Spanish I teacher at South Jordan Middle School. If there are any prospective middle schoolers that want a great Spanish teacher, I highly suggest moving to South Jordan Middle School boundaries - nothing will be better. I start in August, and so for the summer I get to stay home with my favorite son and hang out - I'm teaching him to fetch me Cokes from the refrigerator. I also enjoy dressing him in matching outfits.

secret tattoo

Sloan has had this secret tattoo for like 2 years, and none of us have known about it until now. He even hid it last Christmas when we all met up in St. George wearing long sleeves the whole time - even to the gym where my older brother Todd was wondering why he wouldn't take his hoodie off while running on the treadmill. So unfortunately Sloan recently became sick (kidney disease - neuphrotic syndrome) and has been in and out of the hospital for about 6 weeks. Anyway, my SIL was in LA a while ago and during one of his hospital stays went to visit. She was the first to see the tattoo. Then Roz and Chan went to visit - a surprise - and Sloan's fantastic roommate called my mom and made mention of the tattoo so she wouldn't fall down and have a heart attack. Sloan even tried to hide the his arm for about 2 hours under the hospital sheet after being surprised to see my parents, until it was just too obvious for anyone to care. So the secret has been out and we have all been dying to see this tattoo. Most readers won't care - but if you knew Sloan this would be shocking to you as it was to the entire family. It looks fantastic though.

city of angels

Family reunion. So fun. Roz (mom), Chan (dad), Jerett, and I jetted off (not really, but in a super nice rental truck that you could practically sleep in) to Los Angeles to help my big city living brother move. LUCKILY it was only from one apartment on Orange St. to another apartment on Orange St. and the weather was perfect. We had such a good time - it's been a while since we have been together without spouses and children (oldest VERY BUSY brother Todd could not attend so it wasn't the entire original Shaw clan) and although I missed M and H very much it was nice to reminisce and laugh about the old days. Somehow the rest of this entire blog is about food - but that is how we roll in the Shaw family.

Chan, Roz, and Jerett. We stopped at Mimi's in the very lovely Victorville for brunch. Jerett opted out of having bacon and eggs and ate an entire portion of banana foster's pie by himself. At 10 AM. I love how he vacations. It was fabulous - lots of Mountain Dew and random gas station food - but he is thin and beautiful and works insane hours, so who cares?

Sloan and Roz. We went to the Grand Lux cafe, sister co. to the Cheesecake Factory. This was Roz's Mother's Day present and we sort of ate disgusting amounts of deserts - still lost 1 LB at my weigh in, however.

Jerett, Roz, and Allison.

Roz and Chan.

gone fishin

We bought this shirt at Target a while ago because McKay loves to fish and it was kind of an homage to our favorite brother Dave. Anyway, LUCKILY I found the awesome pants that match for sale at the world's most amazing Target in Los Angeles and had to get them. M feels that Henry looks like he is ready to go golfing, and I know they are sort of ridiculous and may end up in Christine's baby's closet someday (preppy baby - will love Chaps) ...but I had to get them.

nummy nummy

Henry has started to really enjoy eating his hands. As you can tell in the pictures below the pacifier is no longer wanted when awake. He loves his hands and literally shoves one or both so far in his mouth that quite often he chokes and starts a coughing spell. He even tastes his hands like he is eating the best creme brule on earth.

sleep

So McKay is the best at getting Henry to sleep. Just thought I would share some photos that only M and I probably care about - the peaceful sleep photos.

197

So as McKay has mentioned...I love the game ticket to ride. I have been waiting for like 2 months for the 1910 version expansion set to be restocked. It finally happened, and I sort of selfishly mentioned to M that we perhaps should get that for his mom for Mother's Day. He totally jumped on the opportunity - as MD was around the corner and he figured flowers would be just fine to give her (I feel that was sort of a cop-out present, but maybe the expansion set was too.) Anyway, my MIL loves the game too - we both usually lose and get really excited when we win. So I was at Sloan's for MD and M gave her the gift without me. She wouldn't even open it until I got home. She is the sweetest. So on May 14 - a pre BDAY party party - we sat down and played the long anticipated expansion set of ticket to ride. Basically the whole point of this story is that I beat my last record of 189 and now have a new record of 197 - No one has beat that yet - not even Dave - and I don't think they will.