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On Tuesday, Macy decided to do a little re-decorating for us. What a lovely gesture. I don't know where she came up with the idea, but it must be one of those kid-things. You know... the ones where parents scratch their heads and question, "Whatever possessed my normally-good-choice-making child to do such a thing?" Must have been because I was checking my email instead of watching her every move. I guess the good side is that we got to have a talk about when you're doing something that gives you a bad feeling, ie: "I'm scared this is going to get me in trouble", that's the Holy Ghost telling you to stop doing it. The pictures are worth a thousand words. Still haven't found anything that will remove the permanent marker that she used, but I'll let you know when/if I do! (And the "great" thing is, we're renting this house...) Maybe she has been seeing all the "tagging" around town and decided to try a little of her own. She also tried to write Elise's name a few times. But, writing your name on the toilet? Who does that? lol

It's A.....

Girl!

After much deliberation and trying to get the little peanut to open her legs, we were unable to see any boy parts, so the technician confirmed it's a girl. Even though we don't have picture proof of it, cause she was keeping her secrets well. lol

But, we got lots of other fun pics. Good luck deciphering what you're looking at on some of them. Some are very clear. And, she says "High Five!" in one of them!

Macy has been telling us the whole time that it's a girl. We're all excited. Macy thinks we should name her Annabelle. Robert's voting for "Gertrude Bufonte Pemberton". Um. No. (Of course, he was joking... thank goodness!)

What's that Noise??

So, I have to tell you about the adventure we had last Wednesday night. I went to a Mary Kay party with my sister, mom, and 2 friends, and Robert went to his friend Darren's to play games/talk books. I got home at about 10:45. As I was exiting my car, and digging through my purse for the house keys, I heard something bang against the backyard door of our garage, and a sound like a dog whimpering. Scared out of my mind, I ran to the door and fumbled until I got it open. As I yanked on the handle, I heard a dog snarl, like it was going to attack me. I had NO IDEA what the heck was going on, raced in, and locked the door behind me.

Frantically, I called Rob to ask where he was. He was about 10 min away. I kept him on the phone the whole way home as I cowered in the kitchen, frightened to go anywhere near the windows (which all had the blinds open), or the doors. As soon as he got here, I rushed to the door to open it for him. Brave man that he is, he marched to the back door, and flicked on the light to the patio. The only thing we could see was a small animal lying still on the back patio. We had no idea what it was, but saw that one of it's paws was twitching. We were sad for the obviously newborn infant whatever-the-heck-it-was, but didn't feel good about trying to go outside and take care of it. So we left it there. Temperatures fell, and it rained that night. The next morning, the creature was dead.

I called Wildlife Services to ask them what to do with it, and I took pictures of it. They told us to pick it up with a plastic bag around our hands and throw it in the trash. I emailed them pics and they said it was most likely a baby raccoon. The only thing we can imagine that may have happened is that I disturbed the mother while either A) giving birth, or B) transporting the baby to a safer location. The dog and crashing noise also may have meant that a dog had happened upon them and tried to attack the mother raccoon. We'll probably never know. But, it was a terrifying few moments for me, and I'm glad to have a husband that is strong and brave and able to be cool-headed in scary situations. We feel sorry for the baby coon, but don't think we could have done anything different. The joys of living in a "rural" (or formally so) community! PS... I deleted the pics. They were too depressing.

The Mayan

So, Robert and I went to a fun "themed" restaurant for lunch on Thursday. It's called "The Mayan" and I almost felt like I was on the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. Everything was decorated and decked out in theme. While waiting for your "adventure" to begin, you can wander around the lobby and look at their "artifacts"... some of which MAY be real, and most of which we're pretty sure were not. But the displays were fun to look at.

We were seated at a table balanced precariously in the branches of a giant man-made tree.
We had a pretty good view of the Cliff Diver shows that happen at 20 past and 45 past the hour. The first show we saw was not too impressive, as far as the acting, but the diving was good. The next one had a bit better acting, and definitely more music and action, so we enjoyed that more. They last about 5-10 min each. The other pics I tried to take didn't turn out, thanks to the ambient lighting. http://www.themayan.com/

Most of the food was "mexican" type, but they had a few signature dishes that we decided to try. I had a pork barbacoa de yucatan....on a banana leaf with sweet potatoes and pineapple salsa. Robert enjoyed his cheese and carne asada enchilada, and I enjoyed what was left of his pico de gallo with rice. :) This is a picture of our $4 "appetizer" of guacamole.
We had to mix the additions in ourselves. We felt a little ripped off on the guac, but at least we got 2 big bowls of chips and a whole bunch of yummy salsa for free. It was a fun date!

Cub Scout Kaleb!

Tonight was Kaleb's first Pack Meeting. He was so excited! He came with me to the scout shop to buy his shirt and the initially needed patches. (Man those are a bugger to sew on!) :) Kaleb is excited to start earning badges and awards. Our ward provides a Wolf Book for him, so as soon as we get it, we'll start working on passing things off.

"Magic" was the theme of the night. The boys got a couple of cool toy magic tricks to take home. One of the priests in the ward did a magic show that was pretty good for an amateur. I liked his "mind reading" trick- he went out of the room while a volunteer placed a bouncy ball under a paper cup. Then he came back and concentrated on "reading the mind" of the volunteer while hovering his hand over each cup to determine where the ball was hidden. I think he was able to guess 7 or 8 in a row before he messed up.


We're all excited for this new adventure in Kaleb's life!

What's in a name?

Apparently there are 3,039 people in the United States with the name Kayleen. I've met four or five of them. 99.9% of people named Kayleen are female... lol!

There are 13,766 people with the last name Pemberton. However, no one is named Kayleen Pemberton, besides me. Or at least the likelihood is 0%. It's good to be unique.

Any guesses on the name Robert? Duh da da DA! 4,787,573 people in the US are named Robert. Big shocker, eh? There are possibly 217 people named Robert Pemberton.

Check your name out, it's kinda fun! (Thanks for the link, Kris!)

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Happy B-day to Rob!

Rob's birthday was Saturday, the 5th. He shares a birthday with my Grandfather Ted, and my Great-Uncle Larry. We had family come over on Sunday for dinner. Ethan & Emily, my parents and siblings, and Rob's friend Darren came. We had lasagna, Frog Eye Salad, Green Salad, Garlic Bread, and those who didn't have lasagna had North African Chicken. (Thanks for the recipe, Courtney!) Dessert was Lemon Meringue Pie (Robert has been dropping hints about wanting this for a couple of months now), and chocolate cupcakes with penuche frosting.

Robert got money to put towards buying a bike, since he's the only one who doesn't have one. Then we can go on family bike rides!

I asked the kids some questions about Robert, and these are their answers.

Questions:
How old is Daddy?
What do you like most about Daddy?
What is your favorite activity with Daddy?
If you could do anything with Daddy, what would you do?
What do you want to say to Daddy on his birthday?

Kaleb:
30
He’s fun
Playing games
Go skiing
“I love you and have a good birthday!”

Elise:
36? Wait, 27
That he takes care of us.
Go to the park and take walks with him
Go skiing
“I love you Dad! You’re the best dad I ever had!”

Isaak:
Hmmm… I think he is 5
When he plays with me
Watch him play games on his computer. He has two computers.
“I want to help him know which way to go. I want to wrap him a present. I love him when he fixes the lights.”

Macy:
14 81
That he bought us new blinds
Play a game, like the house game
Go roller-skating
“I like how he plays with me. I like going Trick or Treating with him. I love you!”