Kids Say The Darndest Things

So, we have an old broken cell phone that Brennden plays with. Today he comes and sets it next to my phone and says, "Oh, that's my problem. It needs a new battery." I just started cracking up laughing.

Uno Mas

Last week the ATF agent came over and did our field inspection/audit. He had a few things to say when he got here. One of the first things he told us was that he had never seen an application so complete or accurate. He was also impressed that we had all of our tax and business licenses and permits ready. He didnt have any issues with any thing. He said that he had never seen a first time applicant get it right on the first try. The only items that havent been taken care of were the alarm on the safe and the insurance, neither of which were required, but were suggested. He told us that it should be approved and that he was going to submit his report to the licensing division in Virginia on Monday and it should be 2-4 weeks from tomorrow until we have the license in hand.

Sunset

Yesterday night when I was at work I looked up and saw this sunset. It only lasted for about 15 seconds but I was able to get a picture of it on my phone. One thing it for sure, New Mexico has the prettiest sunsets.

Children's Museum

Today I took the kids the the Children's Museum. Charity had a great time in the soft play. She's in a play pin like area looking at herself in the mirror.

Brennden loves playing with the velcro wall. There are different shapes to stick to the wall, but his favorite part is the cilendars and shelves that he lines up to send a ball through.

This time they had a dinosaur exhibit. At first Brennden was afraid of the dinosaurs until he realized that they were stuck. This one you could control with a remote.

I had a hard time getting to be in this picture because these dinosaurs made noises.

There was also a movie about dinosaurs that you watched in a balloon looking thing so that the movie was all around you. Both of the kids were actually pretty good and quiet. It was funny when one dino jumped out and attacked another one. Everybody jumped, except for the man snoring.

Charity and the Elephant.

More of the play pin.

Another Step

Today I went with Dad to Albuquerque to pick up my gun safe. Well actually we went so Dad could buy a new gun and I just happened to be going to buy a safe today and went with him and picked it up at Sportsmans instead of at Wal-Mart. And incase you are wondering it does not have an alarm on it, yet we are going to have ADT come out and put a vibration sensitive door alarm on it. Hopefully our meeting with the ATF will go good on Tuesday and that will put us on track to get our FFL in about 6 weeks.

What A Day

Today I had the day off so I decided to do something productive. First I tackled sleeping in. Shortly after that I got online for 8 hours off and on and did some training for work. In between I watched a movie, cut down a tree, picked up my new FRCs, and came home and took a test on my training, got an 83% with about 4 hours of instruction. Not to bad for a class that usually takes 3 days now isnt it? As I was finishing my test, FedEx brought Angies a/c condenser and shortly there after it was installed. Hopefully doing it myself it will be right (we had it fixed 2 times before by a shop and I finally looked at it and realized that they hadn't pulled the transmission cooler away and had a hole rub through). Now its time for some ice cream.

Yea!

As you can tell, Brennden is learning to ride his bike. He has had this bike since before Christmas but it was too cold and he didn't have a helmet. Then he got a helmet for Christmas. He was very excited and put it on right away. And now, 3 months later, he is riding it for the first time.
This is the smallest helmet we could find and it is still a little bit big on him, but it's not like he is going fast and is going to crash very hard.
As long as he wasn't going too slow he did pretty good. He can get on it by himself but not off of it without tipping it over. He already tells me to "Go away, mom. I want to do it myself." Even though he has tipped over a few times. And he was trying to go on the dirt. Once he gets better I can only imagine what he will try. I just hope he doesn't give me any heart attacks.

First Thing First

Tagged by Annalee
FIRSTS:1. Who was your FIRST prom date? I think I went by myself but ended up with Joe and someone else in all the pics because they went stage too.
2. FIRST date?Real date... Gezz, I would have to say Trevor
3. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? No
4. What was your FIRST job? Papergirl for the Spectrum
5. What was your FIRST car? Some old red Hyndai
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? No text messages today.
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Charity, she woke me up crying.
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? I have no idea.
9. Who was your FIRST Kiss? Trevo, but not on the first date.
10. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? To St. George for Ashley's wedding.
11. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? I would probably say Jake from elementary school and no we haven't talked since Middle School.
12. Where was your FIRST sleepover? I haven't the slightest idea.
13. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? Dustin
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Feed Charity
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?Beach Boys
16. FIRST piercing? Ears
17. FIRST foreign country you've been to? I've never left the country
18. FIRST movie you remember seeing? Babie
19. When was your FIRST detention?I never went to detention.
20. What was the FIRST state you lived in? Idaho
21. Who was your FIRST roommate? Not counting siblings, Jan from college. Worst thing in the world.
22. What happened the FIRST time you were pulled over driving? Did you get a ticket? Stupid really. I had half of the tail light in my rear window out. No I didn't get a ticket, it was a stupid thing to get pulled over for.

I tag whoever wants to tell us their firsts.

Well, It's About Time

It seems like an eternity since Charity has been trying to teeth. At least once a month she showed all the signs of getting one. Fever, crankiness, swollen gums..... Well one finally popped up. Her bottom right tooth broke through a few days ago. And she was really good about it too. She was only awnry for a day. Once she got some medicine in her system she was fine. She might have to start getting a bottle soon. Guess it's time for another one? I just feel like she is getting so big and that she won't be my baby for much longer. I swear Brennden was a baby for longer.

DA DA

This morning as I was getting ready for work Angie was getting Charity ready for the day when I walked past the door and heard da da. I thought it was pretty coincidental so i walked past again and she said it again. It sure seems like I get all the first, rolling over, crawling, poopy diaper, and now her first word. Isnt it great to be a dad?