Monday, October 21, 2013

Fall Break 2013

What do you do when you have a week out of school?
I thought about it...and since the pools are closed and my dad was a no go on baptizing Caleb in the ocean Utah it was!!!  Caleb's baptism, my sister Steffaney's baby shower, Seth and Karalee's baby blessing, Spencer and Kristen's baby blessing, and my Aunt Carolyn's retirement as Elder Ballard personal secretary meant everyone was in town!  My kids had all the family they could imagine!!

 On our way out of town the Rudd family was kind enough to let us park Andy's car at their house...best old neighbors in the world!  If we would have known that we had 22 hours of driving ahead of us I do not think we would have left....Nebraska is a nightmare and Wyoming is rude!  Me with my sweet driving skills, road watch out!
 Utah was lovely...the kids were so excited to see my parents!  We stuck a note in Tate's pocket just in case (My grandma and grandpa love me but sometime I get curious...with their phone number).  They took all 7 of their grandkids to a halloween hay extravaganza!  While they were there I got to hang out with my sibling at the grossest restaurant known to man-kind, Rodizio Grill.  BLAH!  Andy was in heaven because no way would I ever eat there again.  It was like a scene from Miss Congeniality!  All that half cooked meat being shoved in my face just did not sit well with me but it was good to visit without kids! 
 Once we had the kids back we went to Eagle Mountain to Spencer's new house and fed the kids and played.  My Grandpa Hyde joined us!  Then he hung out with us in Orem while we set up for the baby shower.  He was a sport and even shared Ainsley blanket with her!  Tate had fun playing with Ella and Aubrey had fun playing with Dallen.  
My mom made yummo cupcakes and rice crispy treats!  The best soups ever that we ate the next day too!   My Grandma Ras helped my with the marshmallows...she is always by my side. Then and now.  Pretty cool!
Tate and I had fun getting baby stuff for the baby shower...I must say that a lot has changed in 4 years.  Aubrey and Ainsley did the coloring.  Tate was VERY invested in the "baby" of it all.  Telling everyone we do not have a baby but we are having a baby party.
Ainsley just loved all the Grandpa's!  She made sure Grandpa Ras knew where to go and sit.  Tate just loved him.  He is a big, very strong guy so he felt like he has a lot in common with him!:)
Zohorob was the best!  Not only did he hook up his wii for Caleb but he brought Caleb his favorite cereal and made the kids french toast.  He took Caleb, Aubrey, and Tate a LATE  3D movie!  The kids just thought he was incredible!  So fun!

 Ainlsey and her Aunt Sydney...other then Ainsley having athletic ability and I pretty sure they are exactly alike (oh and Ainsley being social).  Ainsley had a special sleep over with Aunt Sydney where they went shopping, Ainsley ate a taco in her car, sang music, and watched HOCUS POCUS...pretty much the best Halloween movie ever made for kids!  Sydney taught Ainlsey the cups song with a cup and gave her a necklace.  It was the best night of her entire life!!  In the morning when Syndey was suppose to put her hair in piggy tails Sydney said "Do you want your hair in piggy tails..or do you want to look like MOVIE STAR?"  So, now Ainsley always wants her hair down!  Oh boy!!  Also, everything is...Aunt Sydney likes likes this or Aunt Sydney does this....hopefully this wears out soon!
 On Sunday it was a big day.  In the morning we were in Eagle Mountain for Spencer's son Conner's blessing and then stait to Magna for Seth's son Daniel's blessing.  At 6:30 it was Caleb's baptism!!!  
Family made the last minute drive....It was pretty great.  
The kids sang, while Andy played.
I think it is great that Caleb made this decision.  While a goofy kids, he's a good one.  
While he was drying off my mom was leading us in songs and it was quite an experience for me to be able to sing families are forever with so many family members there, in the same room.  We have never really been in the same room like that.  It has been years, we have been through so much.  Almost all of my grandparents were there.  It was just awesome.  It was great to have Kelly Harmon and his wife there too!
 Caleb, Ashlee, and Chase (Jane...walking)

 CALEB ALL BAPTIZED!!
On Monday we went and visited my Grandpa Clark and Grandma Nita...Ainlsey wants to be an artist just like her.  They were both wearing purple (how about that?!)  She gave Ainsley fancy paint and something to paint!
 Ainsley, Grandma, Caleb, Grandpa Delton Clark, and Tate Delton
sitting in the same chairs they have had for 20 years!
 Hanging out with Uncle Greg at his new office.... fun lemonade!
 Kickin' it!  
 Jack, Tate, Ainsley, Jane, Paris, Aubrey, Caleb..at Aunt Ella's cool as ever new house.  Tate found the cool buddy ever with Jack...once he found someone who love Batman as much as him he just knew Jack was the four year old cousin he could roll with!!  The kids had a blast on Uncle Matts swing and playing in there AWESOME yard!
 On Tuesday we drove to West Valley City to see Uncle Seth's new house!  He hooked up the wii and they fed us lunch!  It was a blast!   
Ainsley loved to hold Daniel, a big squooshy fun baby!
 Tate trying to teach Daniel how to roll over...he told me he was worried that Daniel was going to roll away and I said babies do not know how to roll.  So he got down on the floor and showed him how.  Then I told him.  You do not know how to spell...it is kind of like that.  He just didn't relate the two because he said "Mom, rolling over is so darn easy"
 In the late afternoon after spending time in Lehi at Andy's sisters we went to Sandy to hang out with my family!  The fasted family picture ever!!  It was cold but fun to see everyone.  Everyone is grown up, with careers...kids, or in schools.  It is just so great to see us together again and to see everyone healthy!
 On our last night in Utah it wouldn't we be the best trip ever if we didn't see the Chipmans right?!!!  We drop back to Eagle Mountain to their new AWESOME house,  our kids had unlimited fun and we did too!  
 Not a day older right?  Just real jobs, real bills, mortgages, an INCREDIBLE wife, and kids.  
We also saw The Hill Family which was a highlight too, she just had her baby and the kids had a blast.  
We had a blast!  We loved seeing everyone and staying with Steffaney in her new House!!  Utah is a beautiful place but Kansas is the place for us!  There is no place like home!
One of Aubrey and Ainlsey's favorite things were the scarves!  They loves the beautiful scarves that their Grandma Jean made for them!  It was so fun to see Aunt Bonnie as well! 
To end our fall break we pick Nate up from the airport for the big game!  It was fun to have him here for the weeks end!  THE CHIEFS ARE 7-0 now and he saw the kids off to school this morning!  Goodbye fall break! 

From this experience I got exactly what I needed. I wanted my children to be able to be around their family.  On Andy's side as well as my own.  My childhood memories as so clear, my happy thoughts and feelings of cousins, aunt, uncles and grandparents.  Funny memories.  I want my children to be able to have those.  For my children to be able to have this trip and be old enough to remember it. To love there extended family and talk about them all the way home.  That is such an exciting thing for me.  To be able to call up my cousins/uncle and say hey come.  I just love my family so much.  I have such a wonderful strong one.  My children are incredibly lucky.  I am blessed, even though they have chosen Utah to live:)

Friday, September 20, 2013

Six, Pretty much the best day ever...of my life


Ainsley waited for all 3 of her siblings birthdays to pass. She waited for school to start.  She just kind of waited all summer basically.  Since we moved to a new area I told her she could have a party...she picked the theme and POW...the count down began....CANDYLAND.  
 The night before while she was asleep I filled her room with balloons.  She woke up excited for school, excited to be 6, excited for Friday, excited for Fall, excited for library at school that day, just excited for it to pretty much be the best day of her entire life, ever!
 While she was at school, I set up.  With Caleb home of course.  I can always count on him to have the flu on every scheduled important day (at 1am that morning he vomited and had a high fever so I started the day with a POW, yuck).  This is my solution to a pinata.  I hate those things.  Kids with bats, plus we do not have a tree so this was a clever alternative and it went with my CANDYLAND theme.
 Over 800 gumballs all over the house in vases and jars.  The girls thought that was so exciting!

 We played life size CANDYLAND!  It was so much fun!  
 Punch the dots...I didn't tell the kids what was in the dots.  They were curious...excited.  Everything was OOOOOO,  AHHHHHH,  WOOOOW!  So new and wonderful!  
 Andy played the guitar to the present game and the little girls just thought that was hilarious!  The song was "Lollipop."  They had to do silly things.  They were laughing, blushing, and dancing.  
 A couple of crafts, ending with decorate your own cupcake...
 The little 6 year olds take crafts very seriously and getting them to move on to the next activity took some work but it was fun.  Home made pizza by the mouth full, lemonade, glitter hairspray...and we didn't even have time for the 2 final games!  
I heard about 30 times how super incredible today was, when Ainsley opened presents stuffed dogs, hello kitty, and these silly glasses that Ainsley might never take off were "the coolest" of "the coolest!" Our old neighbors came over for the party to make it as Ainlsey said "PRETTY MUCH THE BEST DAY EVER, OF MY LIFE!"

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY AINSLEY!  
She loves school, pickles, and her best friend Makiya!
She loves stuffed animals, doing homework, riding her bike, and going to her grandma's house.
She love to listen to music and sing.  She is kind and a good helper.
Her favorite book is Hanna Horse.
Her favorite color is purple.
She loves Hello Kitty.

*Ainlsey was also athlete of the week at school so that was fun.  I hope Ainlsey always stays this delightful and happy spirited.  In her world the simplest kindest is OUT OF THIS WORLD and everything is AMAZING, WONDERFUL, and LOVELY. So is she!  I love you more than watermellon Ainsley!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

15 years

15 Year Reunion
It was crazy hot and no town can party it down like Andy's town.  I lived for a couple of years in a small town in Wyoming and let me tell you that this town it 1/4 the size.  We love it.  We go to Septemberfest every year.  This year Andy's high school graduating class was having their 15 year reunion...Yahoo, for the CLASS OF 1998!  I think 30 showed up (out of 60).  The kids thought it was fun to see their dad on a parade float.  Every year Windsor has the same floats.  The class reunion, cool tractors, running queens, princess', cool cars, marching band, old and new fire trucks.  It is fun!
 Class of 1998, Andy included...we didn't come early so Andy just hopped on last minute and the kids didn't get on with him.
 Ainsley, Caleb, Tate ready for candy.  Tate waved in a very serious manner...he wanted that candy. The fire truck throws stuffed animals and he ended up with a cool lobster this year! (Aubrey was in the shade I think)
 High fives!!
 After the parade while Andy was at his party we went to the carnival with Andy's mom!.  Ainlsey was in heaven!  Caleb complained that all the rides were for babies.
 Aubrey thought this ride was perfect, especially because it was so stinkin' hot outside.  Caleb continued to complain that all the rides were for babies.
 I found a ride.  He was barely tall enough to go on.  Caleb is a very sensitive kid.  He begged to go on even after explaining what the ride did in detail.  I saw this going one of two ways.  He was kind of a complainer all day...so I let him hop on...since we were the first ones at the carnival I knew they would be able to stop the ride if he wanted off....yep...he made it up, and then wanted off.  I think that he is still 3 years away from a real ride.  He is just a little guy.  He loved the swing ride though!! 
 For Caleb's 8th birthday we got him a pretty good looking suit!  I had begged Andy and Caleb to take time and try it on...see how it fits because it was the smallest size.  Ya, no.  Sunday morning came and it was a tad big BUT he looked good.  Mostly the complaint from the peanut gallery was why didn't I get him real church shoes. WELL!!!!!  Really, I mean...it wasn't on my list of priorities.  It took me and my shopping buddy (TATE) forever to find that suit!!

 Of course, Ainlsey wanted her picture taken if Caleb was having his taken.
Tate wanted to wear his blazer on Sunday but once we were there we noticed how it really didn't fit him...it was a "fat guy in a little coat" moment.  With his pants too.  I think I might have to put a restriction on peanut butter sandwiches to 3-4 a day.  Goodness. (He does this before we go to church a lot.  He has this stuffed Weiner Dog that he likes to take with him places but I do not let him take it to church so he just plops down like death.  That is also why I have started wearing flats to church. Maneuvering Tate with his size is just not something you do in awesome heels. So very sad.)

-things we heard in August...clipping up.  Ainlsey continues to run threw the door after school exclaiming!  I clipped up or I clipped to the principal!  Its a behavior thing at the school.  We thought it was only in kindergarten.  Only after back to school night did we find out it was in every grade.  Imagine a parents surprise when one child has clipped to the principal 2 times and 2 children haven't had any progress at all...hummmm!!
-aubrey gets phone calls from friends now.  often.  usually a boy, the same boy.  yah.  I need to get a phone with a cord like the old days.
- my mom recently told me "oh well so and so's baby" and I was like what?  when people do not update their blogs I think they only have 2 kids when they really have 4 kids!  it makes me look like a really bad person and I have no idea where everyone lives and I am still here in Kansas...KANSAS !!

I really welcome all to visit.  There are fields, we have a free farm, and a lake you can not swim in, we just look at and play by down the street.  How can you beat that!!!  Actually, we do have awesome stuff because we ARE KC BABY!!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

TURNING 8...

CALEB IS 8!!
Caleb turning 8 means he is still alive, really.
All the disaster, hyper boy behavior, weird teacher emails, and memorable parent teacher conferences has finally led him to the age of accountability.  I love my blonde hair blue eye boy.  The one that "Tell's joke at inappropriate times"  but still brings me notes late at night with a picture that says I love you.  He has changed my life, forever and always.
 
Onto life...Ainsley goes to school looking like this.  And comes home looking like something that doesn't have a home!!  Same smile, always happy and laughing while walking through the door but woooooo is she a mess.  For a school without an art program I wonder what goes on there.  It looks like she might wrestle or something as well.  When I asked her she says in an exciting voice with hand movement "IT JUST GETS SO CRAZY DURING NAP TIME AND ON THE TIRE SWING!!"

 Tate and I have a routine.  On Friday we mow.  We stare at the mower and the lawn for a while, talk about mowing, talk about cleaning out the mower, BUT we mow eventually.  This Friday we had a long list of things to do before Caleb's big party and so Tate wanted to get right to work. No talking he said.  He even cleaning out the bottom of the mower for me!  That was nice!
 

 Caleb's party was tricky.  Our location makes it interesting because we are in a different school district for the kids we go to church with and a different city then the kids we go to school with.  So, Caleb handed out invites but few said they were coming.  Andy and I were exited to have a low key party.  Decorate your own giant cupcakes, have the boys make giant pizza's, do some boy games...ya...when 17 8 year olds showed up...crazy imploded.  Luckily I do crazy well and other kids (not my own) think I am PRETTY COOL!   
 Water balloons are always fun, thankfully Gretchen stuck around!
Once all the boys were wet they weren't smelling so good...didn't think that through.  All in all it went fine!  The science explosion was the best part!  Happy Birthday Caleb!  You are 8!
 
(This is the first party I didn't have to make special frosting...it was awesome, it was nice not to have any boys with allergies...yahoo, to this age group!!!  Although, I did make special cupcakes)- I wonder if it is a year thing or something... maybe a boy thing?  One year there is major food allergies one year there isn't?
~On Saturday I took Caleb and his friend to the store to spend Caleb's birthday money.  We stopped by the pet store.  We are considering a lizard and it was dog adoption day so I wanted to just look.  His best friend Nathan has a pretty nice tan, brown hair, brown eyes.  We were walking around and the lady said would you and your sons be interested in dog adoption.  I said...oh, this is my son and his friend.  But she misunderstood and thought because Caleb looks nothing like me that the friend was mine...the boys thought that was the funniest thing and pretty much laughed for 10 minutes and the entire car ride after that!  While Caleb might look just like Andy and act just like him, and dress in a similar way one day someone is going to say...that Caleb G. looks just like his mom!  One day!   


Monday, August 19, 2013

Back to School

I love reading everyone's back to school posts.  The ones that say...
I wish summer was a month longer so I could spend more time with my kids or similar wonderful things like that!  I really do.   While I to enjoy time with my children I wonder if summer is some sort of cruel punishment to test my limits, for go all my rules and boundaries, and make me wish we had cable.  
I can blame it on not having a neighborhood pool (what kind of subdivision doesn't have a neighborhood pool?!!), I can blame it on the chiggers (WOOOO, I mean they are out of control), but mostly I think we missed our pals this summer.  Actually, let me take that back.  My kids had plenty of pals...I missed mine.  So, summer was fun, the weather was perfect, we enjoyed watching the hot air balloons from time to time, playing a lot of uno, headbands, and trouble, and best of all playing kick ball!  I did make it all summer making everything from scratch... snacks, breakfast, lunch, and dinner...I almost caved but I made it!

Getting ready for the first day of school was pretty easy!  I took the kids over to Missouri for tax free weekend (I feel like Kansas should really jump on board...I mean really!!!) for school supplies.  It was crazy!  All in all we needed 38 glue sticks and 80 pencils, I didn't have to sharpen them this year though!  The kids backpacks were good from last year and since it snowed through May and they wore swimsuits all summer so their clothes were in mint condition!  Yay me!  Aubrey did need new boots this year and since her boots never make it through the year we decided to go in a different direction, cowgirl boots.  
Taking the kids to the Western store was like being in Wyoming all over again!  It even smelt like Wyoming! It was fun for the kids to look around and it was right next to the Chopper restaurant to so the boys looked at the the cool motorcycles and stuff.  Too bad there wasn't a store that spelt like Florida!  The kids made end of summer wishes by throwing coins in the fountains...then they told me their wishes.  They really aim high...Caleb wish for a slushie, Tate wished for gum, Ainsley wished for a really great day, and Aubrey wished for an extra coin at Chuck-e-Cheese... easy to please these kids are!!




First Day of school!  Aubrey 3rd grade. Caleb 2nd grade!

 Ainsley's first day of kindergarten!!  She started the day after Aubrey and Caleb.  To say she was excited was an understatement!  Since all the the kids teachers were new to the elementary this year (due to the new schools being built) they didn't find out their teachers until last minute.  Ainsley was still holding out hope that it was going to be her preschool teacher but once she met her new teacher she was okay!  I know she will have a great year...leaving behind an incredible organization/teacher that we have known so long will be new for us Griners! If anyone can do it, its Ainlsey!
 Ainsley is leaving behind floppy..it wont be in her backpack or in the car...big step!  When she got off the bus I asked her how her day was and she said, IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!  I asked her what she did and she said "I got 2 recesses and I got to eat lunch!"  Add on that she got to ride the bus...and all of her dreams just came true in one day!

It is just me and Tate for the next two years!  I let him pick our activities for the day.  He picked the park on the lake.  The weather was kind of weird, a bit chilly!  I think he was kind of glad to have our regular routine back!
So... back to homework, spelling, and teachers emails.  A, B and C days.  Spirit Days, Pajama Days, and fall will come before we know it!  They already had me sign up for parent teacher conference!  It really only took one day to get back in the swing of things like nothing has changed...they get on the bus at they same time but due to the new school they get home 30 minutes later!  Oh boy!  They love their teachers, friends, and it looks like another fun year...I am extremely grateful that I do not have to sit in car line, and so is Tate!  Our first year, car line free! 

*Congrats to my brother aka "the Spencer Clark family" and their new addition, a boy. so wonderful!
*Congrats to my little sister aka "the Zorhobyan family" she is having a girl and they bought their first house!!
*Congrats to A and her sweet new ride!

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Tate is 4!!!

4 on the 4th!!!
Our Tate is 4.
Our youngest, our bravest, and often times our most understanding.
It is so funny to think that Tate is turning 4.  That so much time has past.  That all those toddler phases are just done, gone.  As a mother THIS part of my life is over and I am taking a step forward.  Hu, wow.  I feel really grateful for this little boy!
Being 4 means...he is a sunbeam.
He like fruit.  Blueberries, banana's, strawberries...if we are at the store and I tell him he can pick anything he wants and he will go strait to the banana's.
He rarely cries.  If he falls, that's what it is. He gets up and grabs a stick or goes down a slide.
He tells me he loves me often and out of no where, it's the best part of my hour!
He always has things in his pockets...rocks, soda tabs, broken sticks, cars.
He loves to explore.  He loves the airport park.  He loves Ainlsey. 
He loves to catch turtles and tree frogs.  He like to pick purple flower weeds for me.
He loves dogs and his stuffed wiener dog. 
He hates "bean greens" and peas.  He talks really loud.  Ryan and Joshua are his friends.  He loves his sleepovers at Grandma's and spending time with his Grandpa.  It is pretty much the highlight of his entire 2013 year.
One night when Tate wasn't feeling good I sang him to sleep singing Little Mermaids "Part of Your World"..he will never admit it, nor will he let me do it again, but some times he likes pretty things too...(maybe it is a every 4 years kind of a thing)
He loves to ride his bike.  He is constantly making a mess but always has to wear clean clothes so he is always without clothes....boy, it is hard to be 4!!
He is good at sharing, loves going to the zoo, and loves batman.
I think we will keep him!
 By mid summer he was swimming without a life jacket and going off the diving board!  The pre-teens and teenager provided quite a cheering section for him!
 Tate had a Monster's Inc. Party! 
Once again my dairy free cupcakes got no complains...I didn't have to do the egg and wheat again so that was nice.  I also find that if you do not tell the kids in advance that different change in ingredient they never know the difference!
 GRRRR!
 Pin the Eye on Mike!
 Monsters and Caleb...

Happy Birthday Tate!  We love you! 
 
*It has been a funky summer with the weather being so so and the chiggers being totally out of control.  I taught the kids how to play kickball for family night!  That was hilarious it was Tate and me vs Caleb, Ainlsey, and Aubrey!  Tate is a beast and I will be on his team any time!
*Uno...the kids are getting really good.  We had a family over last Saturday.  Andy is in a band with the husband so we thought it would be nice to get together and the husband could play and everyone else could just relax.  You could hear the music from the basement while I was playing Uno with the kids in the dinning room....at the same time in unison all the children (mine and theirs) broke out sing a Weezer song while playing an intense game of Uno.  I can only imagine the memories my children will have when they grow up!!!
 
*School starts in 10 days.  Are we ready... we are packed. We get the bus line up Monday and new teachers soon.  This year will be so fun!
 


Wednesday, July 24, 2013

When Your 9!



When you are 9!
Aubrey is 9!
She likes blue, drawing, and going to church.
She loves to swim, read, and color.
She loves an Australian tv show called H2O and she loves to ride her bike.
She loves school, art, and she is quiet.
She loves to dance, sing, and she likes to save her money.
She did NOT understand Gone With The Wind, she LOVED The Sound of Music!
She is kind, compassionate, and very shy. 
This year she did not like skirts, the color pink is SOOOOO last year, and Ben is her friend.
Tether ball is AWESOME, bosko sticks are the BEST, and you can never have enough key chains on your backpack!
1D is very cool, school family skate night- yes please!, and Mom gets a hug every night as long as in public I am not too embarrassing and do not ask too many embarrassing questions.
She makes good choices, loves to make little books, dreads talking on the phone or in public, and does not like being the center of attention!
She is wonderful and we are so lucky to have her, I think we will keep her!




 Aubrey is getting so tall!  I was at the store and I had to ask the sales clerk where the skinny size 8 slim's were!  I saw them advertised in the little girl magazine I get.  I was so excited to find some shorts and jeans that will finally fit this skinny girl!
A flip flop party for Aubrey.  We live in a different school district then the rest of the little girls Aubrey goes to church with and we live in a different city from all the girl that Aubrey goes to school as.  Weird location.  So we let Aubrey have a party for the 2 groups to meet and for Aubrey to get to know them a little better also.  Each girl got to make their own little pizza, I made dairy free- wheat free giant cupcakes and it was a blast!  Especially considering the power went out the night before!  Nice!


 We played a flip flop coloring game to the Beach Boys, the cotton ball game, the present game, and each girl made their own hair tie adding water balloons!



These were the party favors!  So fun!
 After the party it was fun to see a double rainbow...and nice to have a day of rain!  Kind of a summer cool down!  Happy Birthday Aubrey!

 On Aubrey's real birthday I took her into the city to have lunch with Andy. While she was watching a magic show at McDonalds and chowing down we drove past our old house and picked up an old friend to spend the day!!!  Like nothing has changed!!
 Ainsley lost her 2 front teeth!  Not by an accident...I know, it is a common question! 

 Caleb's hair is turning a tad green... we will cut it before school starts or we could just wait until he gets baptized!!!  We have had a fun summer! Not too hot, the grass is still pretty green and I know my kids wont say it but they are getting really excited for school to start!!
 
*On an exciting not Congrats to my sister...she closes on her house soon and my sister in-law is due with her baby boy any day!
*Around the 4th of July Aubrey got a letter in the mail from her friend asking her a series of questions one of which was Do you want to be my WIFE?!!
*At the pool a different friend told Aubrey or rather stated...If we get married I will by you a dress! 
Since these two rather bold things have happened my children have been extremely curious about age...When can you get married?  How old will I be when they are 18?  How old was Andy when he got married?  For goodness sakes!!  Poor Aubrey...she was so embarrassed by the entire thing we just told her waiting until she was 25-28 sounds like a good solid age to find a nice good looking guy!!  And as far as Caleb goes he needs to think of a more lucrative career...video gaming is not going to cut it.  Tornado Chasing...maybe!