Work out buddy

I'm using the Wii Fit to work out today. It's a ton of fun and with all of the kids gone today I have no competition. Normally the second I'm on a kid puts 30 minutes on the timer so they can get on next. With 8 kids in the house we live and die by the 30 minute Wii timer.

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Megan and Amaya's new video

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Megan and her friend Amaya decided to put together their own music video today.  The created this video completely by themselves

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Megan and Amaya

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Megan and her friend Amaya were playing around on the computer and came up with the lyrics to their song. It's amazing what kids can do this day and age. When I was ten I didn't know what a computer was and I was too busy stirring cow poo with sticks to even care.

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YouTube - The Makeup Game

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We had a lot of fun with the family in town over Thanksgiving 2009. One thing we did to pass the time was play the makeup game.

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Waiting for Uncle Brad

A few of the boys heard that their Uncle Brad in OR received some Nerf guns for Christmas. They are locked and loaded and waiting for you Brad!

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Night Time Madness

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We start getting kids ready for bed at 8 pm.  It is usually organized chaos.  I decided I would take some pictures of the process.  Now I know why it takes the boys so long to brush their teeth.  With toys, texting and bugging of each other we are lucky to start scriptures and prayers by 8:30 and have them officially in bed by 9.

Road Trip

We loved our Roanoke trip so much last year that we are getting ready for another one. This time we are going to spend two weeks out east and hit Nauvoo, Illinois on the way home. I am dreading the drive, but with 8 kids we aren't in the position at this time to fly. That is my goal though, to be able to go on an awesome vacation with the entire family and fly there. A Disney Cruise sounds like a ton of fun.

Janese and I will take turns driving the two 12 hour days, but with me doing the lions share. While I drive Janese handles throwing food, water and other items to the kids in the back of the van to keep them happy.

Janese will spend the entire week before we leave getting everything planned and purchased and then I will load up the van the night before and hope we leave enough room for the kids. With being gone for two weeks we are also going to have to figure out how to do laundry. I don't want to overwhelm Grandpa by how much laundry we have to do as a family of ten.

I am very excited to see my family and this time enjoy some historical sites of Virginia. It will be a great trip. This time I plan on making a video diary of the trip. I will post it on www.livinginhd.com/christley when we get back.

Now I have to get used to saying "ya'll" again.