The McKnight Family: August 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

Brayden's gone

We have one less in the house now. Brayden decided he wanted to go to Vancouver, WA for his birthday present. He gathered up all his money from grandparents and us and change from the couches and got himself a plane ticket. He will be there for 12 days. Almost 15 and almost on his own. That kid really is mature for his age. I just wish I was going with him so I could go and play with all my friends. He is going to try to visit our old house and see how it has changed with the new tenants. That should be fun to see.
Since I have been practicing my lines for the play I'm having a hard time letting go of the accent and speaking normally...like sayin' ain't and y'all and git..and all that. I am becomin' a real hick. But it sure is fun messin' with my kids and talkin' like that...it shore is!
Jason is going to Indiana next week for his 5th and final job interview. They are so worried about this property that they are taking extreme measures to make sure they put the right man in the position. They told him the job is his if all pans out. It's just the waiting and watching the bills pile up and pass the due dates. There is a light at the end of the tunnel...it's just that the path is bumpy and will mess with our credit score...blah. But all in good time and we know the Lord still loves us and all will be well in the end.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Guess What???

I was just casted as "Annie" in the play "Annie Get your Gun". I can't believe they gave me the lead. I've been in tons of plays but I've never been the lead in anything. It took me 39 years but I finally got there. Tonight we get our scripts and meet everyone in the cast. I hope I can pull this off. The performance will be the first couple weeks in November. This is a huge thing. Here in Heber we have what is called Cowboy Poetry. I know it sounds weird but here it really a fun thing. That's why they chose "Annie Get your Gun" to keep with the theme. I am a little overwhelmed. The part I am excited about is that Annie is very un-cultured and I feel I play that part quite well in my own life...so that part will be easy to "pretend". The songs are really fun too. Pray for me so that my mind will be able to memorize and hold it all.

Random Memories

I want to make a little section where I can add in random memories that come to me from time to time. Since I've just started and have a lot of catching up to do I felt this would be a way to do that.

My first random memory is one of my favorites that my cousins will appreciate. We used to make up crazy games that made no sense just to keep us busy and enjoying each other's company. We made up a game called "Wonder Woman get in bed" . Michelle, Heidi, Rob, Andrew, Katie, Liz and Cara will remember this the most. I would hide in the stairwell in our Grandparents house and the rest of my cousins would sneak up to where I was without me seeing (like red light green light) then I would bolt from behind the wall and scream "Wonder Woman get in bed" while I spun around in circles while chasing them and trying to tag them before they were "safe" on the couch pretending to be in bed asleep. We have more fun reminising about that silly game then anything else. I love my cousins and love that saying one silly phrase like "Wonder Woman Get in Bed" can bring fun smiles to our faces...like magic.

Random Memories

In February of 2007 our family went up to a little cabin to meet Jason's parents as a surprise for the kids. We were in this one room cabin talking and playing games. That particular weekend Chad was 8 months old and decided to stop nursing completely. So, I was in a corner expressing milk into a cup for Chad and Riker came in the corner where I was and was facing me. Being the weird mom I was an not appreciating the lack of privacy Riker was giving me, I squirted him in the face with a little milk and pretended it was an accident. He quickly jerked back from the shock of a wet face and exclaimed, "Mom, keep it in the cup!"
One day Riker came up to me and out of the blue said,"I don't like aliens." I asked him why and he said, "Because they bite."
A couple years ago we were watching a commercial where there were lions talking to each other and discussing how to say "carne" with the roll of the tongue. After it was finished C.J. raised his hand and announced sincerely "Okay...who didn't know that lions could talk?"
Brayden was about a year and a half old when Jason and I decided that we had better start having organized Family Home Evening. We brought out the FHE manual and found a lesson about the Savior. It had a small picture of the Savior at the well with Mary. Brayden immediately lit up and pointed to Christ's hand and said "owie" and then he pointed to his other hand which you couldn't really see and said "owie" again. Jason and I looked at each other and got tears in our eyes. The children really are close to the veil and come with a memory of the Savoir.
When I was around 5 or 6 we had a junk yard behind our back fence. My brothers went out to explore and I followed because I always wanted to play with them but older brothers seldom want a little sister hanging around. So, Brett and Brad started running away from me and I wasn't very light on my feet and I tripped and my wrist landed on a rusty nail. I ran home and mom put a kitchen towel over it and it got soaked with blood. So, now I have a scar on my right wrist from the stitches.
When I was 3 years old I was in our back yard in Chico and in the kiddie pool there was a bee that I thought was drowning. I proceeded to save it by lifting it out of the water. Consequencly the bee stung me. As I was crying my dad came out to help me and I told him I wasn't crying because he stung me, I was crying because he didn't like me even though I was trying to help it.

Remember...

Monday, August 17, 2009

Brayden's gone

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Guess What???

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