TOP TEN EXCUSES WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN BLOGGING

Well we haven't fallen off the face of the earth but maybe close to it. Let's just say we have been busy with stuff. The problem is we are not sure what kind of stuff we have been busy with!

Just a little update on our lives:

Excuse #1 Brian was recently called to teach seminary so the blog has not been updated since August and Brian is the one who uploads all the photos. He is used to waking up at 8:00am for work and now has to wake up at 5:30 am every morning and teach 15 juniors and seniors the new testament, which is quite exhausting. Needless to say he is learning a lot and preparing lessons each night for the next day. So blogging has been put on the back burner.

Excuse #2 Brian is looking for another JOB!!

Excuse # 3 Aubrey has been getting MRI after MRI. First on her left knee then the right one and now on her left hip again. For those who don't know, Aubrey had hip surgery in 2005. She underwent a greater trochanteric osteotomy with anterior dislocation to repair an anterior and superior labral tear. So for those not interested in the all this medical jargon, she had her femur bone cut and her hip dislocated then had two cartilage tears repaired in her hip. It was then put back in place and two screws were used to attach the bone back on the femur.

This was supposedly going to fix the hip pain she was having but the pain seems to be returning. The left knee recently showed a 60% medial meniscus tear, so on Friday Sept 26th she had a left knee arthroscopy to remove the shredded meniscus.

Excuse #4 Aubrey has now become a Pampered Chef consultant and wants to buy everything in the catalog. That is for another post altogether. http://www.pamperedchedf.biz/aubreysplace

PARTY ANYONE??? (We really need the money) Please I am begging you (Brian)

Excuse #5 Emersyn is driving us crazy all she does is grunt and eat everything in sight.

Excuse #6 Ella started preschool is is making up stories at school.

Here is one example: Ella told her teacher that she went to the fair and won a sparkly teddy bear. The teacher asked her if she would like to bring it to show the class and Ella said," Oh no my mommy won't allow me to bring it." Well at meet the teacher night Aubrey was talking with the teacher and this story came up . First Ella did not go to the fair, second there is no teddy bear, and third our child might be a pathological liar.

Excuse #7 Aubrey is now an official taxi driver taking Ella to school, dance, and gymnastics while lugging Emersyn along for the ride.

Excuse #8 Aubrey is busy thinking about what meal she is going to cook next. While in bed at night instead of doing what couples should be doing in bed (hint, hint to all the women), she is thinking about recipes. (boring!!)

Excuse #9 Aubrey is still trying to make bows and has a convention at the Disneyland hotel in October. (I really wish she could have bows made in China so I don't have to see another spool of ribbon again. While I am wishing, I wish they would find a buyer for those bows so they could be in stores across America and then I could retire and just live the life of Riley)

Excuse #10 We are just lazy and haven't wanted to update the blog!!

So there you have it, an almost complete update of our lives. Stay tuned. Please check back we'll post photos soon.