SSC w/ Z&Z

Zachary has been attending Science Summer Camp this week with his friend Zane and, wow; they are on a roll, this week I have found:

*matches on the front porch
*water droplets all over the kitchen floor (and I mean allllll over)
*many plastic cups filled with all sorts of colorful goo
*lists of potions he wants to concoct 
*lots of whispering and laughing (never a good sign)


Other than dealing with all that while I am filling my time with painting and getting some home improvements done, he has been so funny and quick witted (just like his Dad *sigh*)

-One morning I was asking him to unload the dishwasher and he said to me, insert a whiny voice "but that isn't my job." So I tell him "well, nothing is your job this week!" meaning we are not doing our usual weekly job chart since the girls are not here and Bradley is gone for a couple days, he quickly piped in with "well then, I will do nothing and I will do it well!!!" "ha-ha, smarty pants, now take out the garbage as well...!"

-I was getting ready to take the boys to SSC and Zach pipes up with "Mom, start the car while I go brush my teeth", "yes sir, Zach" when he finishes getting ready he comes in and says; "andele, andele, let's get going!!!"  As I am grabbing my keys and purse, I am saying, "I just have to grab my............." when he so suddenly interrupts me with "That can wait, let's go!!!"  Do you kind of understand why I call him Zac-man aka Boss-man?!?!?!?

-We were listening to the radio before SSC one morning and I break out in song and pretty soon Zach is joining in with me, but the cutest thing ever is that, as I am dancing (ever so awesomely, mind you) into the kitchen, I look over and Zach is dancing as well, but he is facing away from me so he can't see that I am watching him, it was so cute, I loved it!!!!!!!!  (and he is going to be so embarrassed that I am telling you all this but I don't care, it was adorable) I love having memories like this :)

-He has made a list of ingredients for some stuff he wants to make and on his list is Mouth Wash, here is his list of ingredients for that:
     *water
     *spring mint flavoring
     *hand sanitizer

Do not, I repeat, do not put anything Zachary has "made" in your mouth, unless it is his secret ingredient fry sauce (do not worry, I know what the secret ingredient is), I know he will be a genius one day, it is just surviving until that day that I worry about!!

Baseboads

38 years

456 months

1,985 weeks

13,893 days

333,432 hours

20,005,935 minutes

1,200,356,148 seconds

have passed in the life of Scott King, all this time has gone by with nary more than a bump or bruise and if you heard the stories he tells of his childhood this would almost seem like a miracle.  But Sat. June 23, 2012 it all came to a screeching halt.  Scott was in Bradley's bedroom trying to rip out baseboard and he was using this tool:

I was in the kitchen and I heard Scott holler out "Mel, oh crap, I cut myself really bad, oh crap, it is really bad, get me something to help stop the bleeding!"

My heart just sank, I didn't want to go in because I knew for Scott to say it was bad, I knew it was probably worse than I could imagine, but I grabbed some paper towels, took a deep breath and ran into the room. Thankfully, because of Scott's quick thinking, he grabbed his leg and put so much pressure on his cut that when I got to him he was not even bleeding, quite the miracle since you can see how deep the cut is:

The only good thing about this is that; Scott can now stop saying that he has never had stitches in his life, it kind of made me happy,  especially since he narrowly escaped getting them twice in the period of about 8 days last October.  I told him that he needs to stop thinking he is invincible, he is getting old and he needs to be more careful, he looked at me and said "okay", but he said it with his "I love you, but I am not listening to you" grin!!!  

$25 co-pay, 9 stitches on the inside, 11 stitches on the outside and 1 green apple sucker (to help with not passing out) later, Dr. Darren declared him; put back together again!!!

Week with no kids pt. 5

Day 5 of no children and I am a little lonely :(

You know how at the end of Day 4 I put that I went to bed @ 12:56 am, well I did, but my mind would not shut off; I was trying to pull together a talk for church on Sun. and it just wasn't coming together like I wanted, soooooooooo no sleep for me, I like to worry that way.

5:00 am - finally fell asleep :D
9:30 am - woke up in a panic, my phone beeped with a reminder about piano lessons, I couldn't for the life of me remember what time I was suppose to be there though.  So I jumped in and out of the shower then had to find a past text message telling me the time of my lessons......sheesh, talk about a heart attack.
10:30 am - piano lessons - Lainee will be proud to know I passed off my songs!!!
11:15 am - worked on special project
12:00 pm - stopped to have a very special lunch  - A Zacky lunch (only with good bread)!!!

12:30 - 10:30 pm - worked on special project, it is hard work so someone had better appreciate it A LOT!!

2 more days until I can be with my kids again!!!

Week with no Kids pt.4

Thursday - getting closer to my kids coming home!!!

7:30 am - woke up, wanted to snuggle with my Lainee :(
8:00 am - finally round up enough dishes to actually have a full dishwasher!
8:30 am - walk/ran only 1.43 mi. today, got new shoes, need to break them in.
9:15 am - got text from Cassie, she was ready to switch cars, now Kennadee will no longer be embarrassed to be in such a small car!!!
10:15 am - left house, went to get gas, and realized I forgot stuff at home.
10:28 am - left house for the 2nd time!
11:10 am - Met Cassie and girls @ Sam's Club, bought some fun things and got something that Grandma Robin bought for camping that I decided I had to have!!!

12:00 pm - lunch with Cassie and girls @ Rumbi Grill, loved that B seemed more comfortable with me and was being playful and fun!!!  Although she only wanted to talk about "pup" aka Sophie, her 2 favorite things about us King's are Sophie, the pup and bossing Zach around (she tells him to sit, only she adds an "h", can you guess where....)
2:00 pm - back home again, swinging in the hammock, but it was too hot to enjoy, wishing I had someone to fan me, swing me and feed me grapes.....where is Kennadee when I need her!
3:30 pm - had to postpone a pedi with a friend (because of kids, go figure) until tomorrow, at least it will be  something to look forward to!
4:00 pm - hmm, what to do when you can't have a pedi, take a nap!!!
5:30 pm - Dad came home and dinner is served
6:30 pm - Dad leaves for Bow Club and I water plants, what do I notice....the grass needs mowed, missing Bradley and Zach!!
7:00 pm - Start to catch up on computer stuff, grocery smarts, blog, e-mails, looking up articles to write talk on Sunday........oh yeah and Pinterest :)
8:40 pm - called and talked to Lainee, Grandma and Bradley, all others were out riding 4-wheelers.
11:00 pm - Dad goes to bed, Mom still on computer......no surprise, huh Bradley :p
12:25 am - I go to bed!!!
12:56 am - correction, now I go to bed........yay!!!

Saw cute pics of my kids today, missing them all the more!!!

Week with no kids pt. 3

Wednesday, Wednesday, oh man why is it Wednesday!!!

9:00 am - woke up (Scott stayed home from work so no alarm clock, YAY!!!)
9:15 am - called and talked with Lainee and Zach (they were the only ones up)
9:30 am - got ready to go into SL with Scott

10:30 am - Went to Downtown SL to the new City Creek, beautiful!!!
12:00 pm - ate Lunch @ the Blue Lemon (yum, yum, yum)

(talked about all the cool stores each kid would like to go into, missing them)
2:00 pm - left City Creek (Scott bought me a present.....sadly it didn't come from Tiffany & Co. he wouldn't even let me go near that store)
3:00 pm - Couples Massage <3 <3
5:30 pm - Came home, ate dinner and had Movie Night (we even watched chick flicks)
11:00 pm - went to bed.........love, love day dates with Scott!!!

Missing you guys, but somehow I am surviving :)

Week with no Kids pt.2

Here was my Tuesday routine because I know my kids are just dying to keep up with what I have been doing!!!

8:00 am - woke up

8:30 am - finally got outside and walk/ran 1.88 mi.

9:15 am - showered and did my hair

10:00 am - watched some TV, started laundry

10:15 am - saw that Bradley got back online and told me he loved me too :)

11:00 am - started a secret project (that may or may not be done this week!!)

12:00 pm - had lunch outside, sat on the tramp all alone

12:15 pm - started to read a book in my hammock!!!

2:00 pm - woke up from a nap, guess being in a hammock on a beautiful day will do that to you!!

3:00 pm - talked to Grandma Merkley on the phone!

3:30 pm - played Bubble Witch on Facebook, thought of my kids playing it on Grandma Robins computer.

5:30 pm - finished the laundry, YAY!!!

5:35 pm - talked to Dad on the phone

5:45 pm - Dad got home from work, started Dinner

7:00 pm - Dad left to go help out at YM

7:30 pm - had a mini primary meeting (phone call)

9:00 pm - watched Dance Moms, thought of my cute girls dancing

10:00 pm - went to bed

Week with no kids!!!

Yay, it is summer and the best thing about summer is 

Week with no Parents!!!

My kids and Sophie, get to go stay at their Grandma and Pappy's house and get to enjoy time away from their parents and Scott and I get to enjoy a "stay"cation, we get to stay home and enjoy having a clean house, no noise, no fighting, no whining, peaceful week.  So this week I thought I would clue my kids in on what I get to enjoy while they are gone, because I know they are dying to know what I do and I know that they think about me all the time, only because that is what I do when they are gone.  So here is a run down of what I did on Monday

8:00 am - got up
8:15 am - walk/ran - 1.88 miles
9:00 am - ate breakfast
9:30 am - practiced piano
10:00 am - shower/did my hair
10:30 am - wondered what my kids were doing
11:30 am - went to lunch with my friends
3:00 pm - got home from lunch and practiced piano
3:30 pm - Visiting Teachers came over
4:00 pm - took my friend to pick up car
4:15 pm - went to the grocery store
5:00 pm - put groceries away and thought "Wow, when the kids are gone I hardly buy anything."
5:30 pm - talked to Scott on the phone
5:45 pm - Scott got home from work, we talked about the kids
6:00 pm - Scott took me out to dinner, ran into a couple we hadn't seen for a while, they were pregnant with    their 10th child.
7:15 pm - came home watched some TV, got on facebook and chatted with Bradley for a while, he said they are all having fun and getting along.  I said I love you, he logged off......
10:00 pm - went to bed

So far, so good, I miss my kids but not so much I want them to come home yet!!!

I should write comics

Picture it in cartoon form :)

This morning Zach comes into the front room where I am sitting on the floor folding socks and he says "Mom, are you in here?" to which I sarcastically reply, "bbbbeeeeep, I am sorry but the party you are trying to reach is no longer available, please leave a message and they will return your call as soon as possible."  So just as Zach starts to leave his message, I cut him off with a "bbbeeeeeeeep, sorry mailbox full!!"

* eye-roll*   "Mom.........."