After I cut Gabe's fingernails this morning, "Oh no mom! Now I won't be able to pick my boogers. My fingernails aren't long enough to reach way up there."

Weight Watchers Wednesday

YAY! I hopped on the scale this morning and I lost 3.2 lbs this week! This is in and of itself a miracle as I was gone this weekend and I didn't eat super healthy. Now I'm back to where I was a couple of weeks ago and ready to make some positive progression in the next week and 1/2 before we go on vacation again....(this time to an all-inclusive resort - so I'm afraid I might indulge too much in the tasty foods once again). Wish me luck!

And I'd love to hear how you all fit exercise into your daily routine. This is an area I am struggling in....(no - I'm FAILING in!) So I'd love to hear how you fit exercise in with a busy family and life. THANKS!

Gabe-isms and a few about Hunter

• Gabe took off his crocs the other day and said, "Ew! Mom - my feet are all slobbery!" (meaning sweaty)
  
• Gabe was throwing a fit about going to gymnastics the other day. A few minutes before his class he said, "Oh yeah Mom - the Bakers (who teach his class) are gone. They went on vacation out of town, so we don't have gymnastics today." I hadn't heard anything about that - so I told him we were going to go check at their house. He said, "Ok - but they won't be there - we don't have gymnastics today." Well, we went, there was class, and he was just fibbing so he could get out of going. (Should this be starting yet????)
  
• Gabe said he didn't want to go to preschool this morning. He told me a bunch of reasons he didn't want to go to preschool. He wanted to stay home and play with his buddy Noah instead. I said, "Gabe - you wouldn't be able to have Noah come over anyway. I'm going to be visiting teaching while you're at preschool." He looked crushed and said, "So I have to go to preschool AND I'm going to miss visiting teaching! UGH!"
  
• The other night I made a big mistake. Gabe was stalling and didn't want to go to bed and kept asking for more stories. I said, "Ok - I'll tell you a story about when I was a little girl." My dad always told stories about when he was a little boy, and my mom about when she was a little girl. Well, I told him a couple of stories about when I was little - and guess what? He's hooked. Every night since he begs and begs to have another story about when we were little. In fact, tonight he was wanting another story. I said, "I told you that I would only read one more book in bed. I already read that - so it's time to go to sleep." He responded with, "I didn't want you to READ me another story - you can just TELL me a story from when you were little. Those stories are just in your head. So tell me one." Stinker.
  
• Gabe has been quite the little social butterfly lately. He would spend every moment of every day with his friend Noah if I'd let him (wait - today I think they did!) He wants Noah to come over first thing in the morning, and right after preschool, and "Hey mom - let's eat that for dinner - you know, when Noah comes over to eat with us." Oh boy....
  
• Hunter says several words....however - they all sound similar. Dad (Da), dog (da - but sounds different from dad), Gabe (Ga), Grandma (Ga - sounds a bit different from Gabe), Nana (Na), Mom (Ma - but he says it mostly when he's eating - so I'm not totally sure he's not saying Mmmmmm). He tried really hard to say Jesus (after looking at a picture of the Savior) when we were at church on Sunday - but it didn't make sense to anyone else.
  
• I've tried teaching Hunter sign language - just some basic signs. His favorite - which he uses all the time - is for more. But instead of putting his fingers together he kind of claps over and over again. He'll point at something and then clap - meaning he wants it.
  
• Hunter loves singing and dancing - LOVES IT. He belted it out when we were singing songs in sacrament meeting on Sunday - he was SO loud! He also dances anytime music is on - swaying back and forth and bobbing around. It's cute because he does it to any kind of music he can hear.
  
• When Hunter is ready to be done with a conversation, or wants to leave somewhere he starts waving good bye to everyone and saying, "eye (bye)". If he's really serious he'll blow kisses too. He knows what he wants and he knows it's much more polite to say goodbye than to just leave.
  
• When I give Hunter his sippy cup with milk in it in the morning he GUZZLES it! I will hand it to him and he can't be interrupted. He drinks so noisily - without hardly taking a breath - until it's gone. It cracks me up because he takes it so seriously.
  
• Hunter has weird teeth. He got his first 2 on the bottom - like normal. Then his next ones came 3 at a time - but it was the left middle top tooth, one more on that side, and the other side tooth on the right. So he has a gap - like a 1st grader - where his other middle top tooth should be. I keep thinking that it's going to come through any day now - but it will look like it's about to break through - and go back. It's done this for over a month now and it's making me nuts! It takes him SO long to get teeth. I hope he has molars by the time he's old enough to drive.....
  
• Hunter still isn't walking. He climbs like a monkey - but he's not walking. I look forward to his walking - but it doesn't seem like it's going to happen any time soon. I also hope he's walking by the time he is old enough to drive....that would be weird to explain to his driver's ed teacher.
  
• Hunter gives the BEST kisses in the whole world. He doesn't just give the big slobbery face lick like most 1 year old babies - but he smacks his lips together and everything. He is really good about giving kisses to me when he's about to go to bed - it's sweet. He also loves giving Gabe hugs and kisses before bed - something I love seeing more than just about anything in the world!
  

TOFW - Time Out For Women

When faced with the birthdays of my mother-in-law Tammy (March), sister-in-law Kori (April), and sister-in-law Ashley (May) I tend to think of a gift that they would all enjoy (call me lazy....I like to think I am just trying to be fair and give them something 'equal'). Some years I have an idea that would be better for one over another, and sometimes I think of something I think they might all enjoy. This year I thought it would be fun if we all attended Deseret Books "Time Out For Women" in Logan. So for their birthdays I gave them a gift certificate saying I'd get their tickets for the event and we could all try to attend together in the fall.

Well, Kori was expecting their first baby - sweet Genevieve and didn't think she'd be up to the whole event, and turns out Ashley had some new things planned shortly after as well (moving with her family just days before to the state of Washington). SO - our plans were a bit changed. In fact, it turned out that my mom would be around the area on her way home from a 2 week vacation - so she got to come. So the final line up was my mother-in-law Tammy, my mom Earlene, and me. We were all sad that Kori and Ashley didn't end up with us - but we love you girls! There is always next year :)

Because of some crazy work schedules and things I worked to make sure that Cory wouldn't have to take off more time from work to come up to Logan with me, and we arranged so my dad would drive down to Cedar City from Salt Lake (on the way home from their big trip) to help watch the boys when Cory would be working. Then when he arrived I headed to pick up my mom in Salt Lake and we drove to Logan. We got there in time for some dinner with Tammy and Kori at a FANTASTIC restaurant - Firehouse Pizza in Providence, UT. (YUMMO!)

Then we headed to USU for the evening event of Time Out For Women. WOW! The music was provided by Kenneth Cope and Jenny Oaks Baker and James Ferril spoke. It was fabulous. I felt the spirit, was inspired, and left feeling very uplifted. The message that Brother Ferril shared was that "You have to be down to be up" - focusing on being humble towards the Savior in order to be exalted. With the music intertwined with his speaking - it was just wonderful.

After the event was over we headed to see Chase and Kori's sweet baby. She was sleeping when we got there (it was around 10:00 pm) - but I LOVE holding a sweet, little, sleeping baby. It made me think to the fact that Hunter and Gabe used to be tiny like that....they used to have those sleeping baby sighs and wimpers....I told them it was probably good that Cory hadn't been there - I would have been telling him I wanted a little baby again (and I think at this point in life he might have slapped some sense into me :).......) It was sad that our time with Chase and Kori was so limited - we love you guys!

Saturday morning we got up and headed back to campus for the Saturday events. Once again - we were not disappointed. Each speaker spoke on Joy in different ways - finding joy through service, finding joy through our family, finding joy through forgiveness, and most importantly - finding joy through the Savior and the peace his atonement offers to each of us. I loved how they mixed the musical performances of Kenneth Cope in with the speakers, and that it was set up so that you did not feel bored at all. I sat there thinking of so many friends and loved ones that I wish I could have taken with me so they could all feel uplifted too.

I left feeling so loved, so inspired, so full of a desire to serve more and be more. But at the same time I didn't feel down on myself - I felt like I could do it, and I had the tools to do it! I loved the time with both my mom and mother-in-law. I can't think of anytime in my life that I got to spend time with just me and my 2 moms - that's pretty awesome, and I'm grateful that Tammy was ok with my mom joining us. Thank you both for being my examples, my friends, and ones who frequently pray for me and my little family. With you 2 out there as my advocates (among others) I will hopefully be successful in the things I need to do.

Unfortunately as soon as the event was over on Saturday afternoon my mom and I had to jump in the car to head home. My mom and dad would be heading back to New Mexico Sunday morning, so it wasn't going to work to stay in Logan any longer (darn!). The drive went by quickly as my mom and I chatted. I felt very uplifted by some of the things she said to me too - making me think about them the last few days. Thanks mom!

So here are just a few of the thoughts I gleaned from my notes today as I was trying to type up a synopsis. I don't totally know which speakers I got which thoughts, and a lot of things weren't their words, but were my interpretation of their thoughts - so I'm sorry if I don't quote who said what exactly:

• Matthew 6:12-14 - We are told, "Forgive us our debts - as we forgive our debtors." We MUST forgive others if we want to be forgiven!
  
• Trials are trials - yes, some may feel different from others (death of a loved one vs. issues with misbehaving children) but we can become closer to our Savior through ALL of our trials. I need to have the Lord with me through my daily trials.
  
• We are all broken. It's not about who is more broken than someone else - but what we are doing, and how we are handling it.
  
• I really felt that I might not be going through a HUGE 'trial' as-far-as the world labels trials but even when I am going through small, mundane things - they are things I can take to the Lord and find strength in.
  
• The secret to finding gifts everywhere (having gratitude) is to be down, and humble before the Lord. Then everything we have will come across as a gift.
  
• LET IT GO! We can let go of our hurt and heart-ache and literally lay it at the feet of our Savior. He will bear our burdens.
  
• As we come to Him, He will take us to others and help us to see them as He sees them.
  
• Often JOY doesn't come when we EXPECT it, but we find it in the midst of difficult times.
  
• The disturbers of joy and peace are contention and guilt. Get rid of contention and guilt and we will find joy and peace.
  
• One of Satan's vicious lies is that there are no u-turns in life. He tells us we can't fix things, or repent - but we can! We can turn around and we can change!
  
• Everyday there are chances to be peace-makers and not be contentious. It might mean that we have to count to 97 instead of just counting to 10 - but we CAN be peacemakers.
  
• There is always a better way to do things than the 1st reaction we have. Wait and let the spirit guide you in a peaceful way.
  
• The fuller our heart is with charity, the less room there is for contention.
  
• The Savior leaves the 99 to find the 1 who is lost - UNTIL THEY ARE FOUND. He does not give up.
  
• Our bodies are not us. We were us before we had these bodies, long before we had these bodies.
  
• "Simba - you are more than what you have become" (from The Lion King)
  
• The story of Hannah in 1st Samuel - Hannah wanted a child so that she could 'turn him over to the Lord'. She promised that if she could be a mother, she would raise her son in a way that he would serve the Lord all the days of his life. I made a similar promise when we waited to have our children. I need to remember that I must raise our boys in a way that they will serve the Lord as missionaries someday.
  
• If we build on the rock of our Lord we WILL not fall (Hel 5:12)
  
• Sometimes it seems that we need to lean on others to make us feel good about ourselves - tell us that we are wonderful, tell us we're doing a good job, tell us that we are smart - but shouldn't we be leaning on the Lord to tell us these things? He is our ONLY constant, and He will sustain us!
  
• Our Savior only asks that we will trust in Him. We need to let go and hold on to Him!
  
• We need to ask, "Heavenly Father - what do you want me to be? Guide and lead me to my path of influence.
  
• No one is ever happy on command - the gift you can give them is to be happy yourself, and hope they will follow your example.
  
• Service is the tutorial to become like Christ.
  
• Lives can change in a split second of feeling joy.
  
• CPR stands for "Caring Plus Response" - if we don't respond - what good is our caring?
  
• Open your eyes. Open your heart. Pray. Contribute. Act.
  
• Serve as a family - and it will save the souls of our children.
  
• Where does energy come from - FORGIVENESS. Forgiveness needs to be a morning (or daily) ritual - do it every day!
  
• We can't MAKE anyone love us. My job is to love THEM but it's their choice who they are going to love. The only control we haev is our choice to love them.
  
• What is the spirit I bring to my work with my kids???
  
• We affect (or infect - depending on our attitude) everyone we interact with.
  
• Your best IS GOOD ENOUGH.
  
• The Lord can fill us with JOY through: forgiveness, trusting in the lord, and keeping our covenants
  
• Ask the Lord to help us WANT to forgive others.
  
• Matthew 11:30 - come unto the Lord and take his yoke. His yoke (or name) is light and will help lead and guide us.
  
• The Lord says, "Just trust me and do what I ask. I will take care of the rest."
  
• Our Savior literally carries all of our burdens - if we do our part, and if we will share them with Him.
  
• When we don't forgive there is not any room in our heart for anything else.
  
• The Lord knows what will make us happy! Trust Him as He leads and guides us.
  
• Do we understand what the Lord is offering us???? He offers us a banquet, but sometimes we say, "No thanks, I brought my own snacks".
  
• The Lord says, "Peace be unto you. NOT AS THE WORLD give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled.
  
• The Lord will NEVER give up on us! He loves us NO MATTER WHAT!
  

So I'm grateful for programs like this that give us the chance to recharge and renew. I'm grateful that I got to go with such wonderful moms, and that I had the support at home from my dad and Cory - who made it possible for me to attend. Love you all!

Sunday thoughts and moments

• I got home from church today feeling like I do a lot of Sunday's after 1:00 church with 2 rambunctious little boys - TIRED and OVERWHELMED. It's like a routine - I feel like I'm not being a good enough mom, I feel like I'm not serving people enough, wondering if my primary kids got ANYTHING out of our time together. I'm thinking of all the things I should be doing to be a better sister in the gospel, a better wife, a better mother - the typical guilt trip I take myself on each week after church. Anyway I was just feeling like I didn't know what to do and Satan was doing a good job at making me feel discouraged. Then I sat down to check some blogs. I came across this quote:

"You just have to do your very best with all the capability you have. You have to do your very best. And somehow, if you do that, God will open the way before you and the sun will shine, and your lives will be fruitful and you will accomplish great good in the world in which you take a part. I couldn't wish for you anything better as I look into your faces this day."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

• Tonight I said to Gabe, "Honey - will you please help me to be a better mom? If you can help me by obeying me, I will work extra hard at being a good mommy to you and Hunter. So will you help me?" Gabe answered, "Yeah, I will. Heavenly Father will help you too mom." So true - sometimes in my hurried-life I forget the sweet things like that - thanks little buddy!
  

Coming soon.....Post about Time Out For Women

Uplifting. Inspiring. Wonderful.

Thank you Time Out For Women.

A fun way to start the morning

This weekend is Skyfest - one of the millions of festivals we have in "Festival City USA". We have missed it every year (somehow we've been out of town this weekend for several years in a row) so I was worried we'd miss it again. I went up to Logan for Time Out For Women and didn't know if we'd catch the balloons when I got back. We did! We got up this morning and headed over to the fields where they launched the balloons. We missed the main launches, but it was fun to see the balloons that were up, and watch a couple more take off. Gabe was quite disappointed to know we weren't RIDING in the balloons - but just watching....but he calmed down and enjoyed the beautiful morning and watching the cool balloons.

We came back and had tasty cinnamon rolls (courtesy of Grandma Tammy - THANKS!) and are getting ready for church now.

We miss all of the Ellis Family who are in Logan for baby Genevieve's baby blessing. Wish it would have all worked out, but we're sending hugs and kisses to everyone!

More about Hawaii....

• Wednesday - Cory's parents got to our house the night before so they'd be there to watch the boys. So on Wednesday morning (early) we flew from Cedar City - SLC - LA - Lihue, Hawaii. A LONG day of flying, but it was nice to get to fly out of Cedar City and not have to drive to the airport. After getting to Hawaii we checked into our hotel (which was AMAZING!) - The Grand Hyatt. We got settled, unpacked, and went out to dinner with our friends Crae and Jenny (they own the Logan franchise of The Blind Guy) at a tasty restaurant called The Beach House. It was right on the beach and the restaurant opened right up to the beautiful view. Unfortunately it was too late to see much....but the food was still yummy! I had a VERY good Watermelon salad!
• Thursday - We got up early and drove to our fun outing - Kauai Backcountry Adventures to go tubing down irrigation ditches that had been used for an old sugar cane plantation. It was SO cool! The ditches went through underground tunnels and over 70% of the ride actually went undergound! We had on helmets and head lamps and it was so fun! On the drive up to the drop-off spot we saw some awesome views and got to learn a lot about the history of the area. After our tubing ride they fed us lunch and we drove back to our cars. Oh - we drove in these cool old Swiss army trucks. They were all open and the mud flicked right up....right up on me. I don't know how - but I was the dirtiest of the bunch and Cory kept teasing me and saying I looked like I had just grown "whiskers". Gave us all a good chuckle. After the tubing adventure we headed up to see a few pretty views. We drove up to a beautiful waterfall (I think it was called Wailua falls...?) and then I think we went back to our hotel....we hung out at the pool and rested in some hammocks. It was SO beautiful and relaxing. Then all of a sudden we remembered that we were supposed to be at a group dinner at 5:00. So we rushed up to our room and got ready. We ate dinner with the group (which had the BEST Kuala Pork and AMAZING Pina Colada drinks!!!) We were supposed to stay for a motivational speaker, but Cory and our friends decided to skip out - so we went out to have dessert after at a restaurant at the hotel. I had a chocolate BOMB (YUMMO!) and Cory had a very disappointing tapioca/fruit dessert. It was horrible....but afterwards we sat on the beach watching the waves and then went back to our hammock to listen to the sounds of the ocean. Heavenly....

• Friday - We started this morning EARLY - way too early.....we had to be at our excursion at 6:30 and it was 45 minutes away...We went on a boating trip up the Na Pali coast with the Na Pali Explorer company. We were supposed to be on a small 16-person boat, but it wasn't working - so we took the larger 40+ people boat. It took us up the Na Pali coast - which is out of this world! My very favorite part of the whole thing was that we saw hundreds and hundreds of Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins - swimming right next to our boat! They jumped, swam, and made me smile. It took all I had in me not to just jump out of the boat and grab onto one of the dolphins. My favorite part were the baby dolphins - they were tiny and adorable! After boating up the coast we stopped to try to snorkel. There was a surge coming in, and so the snorkeling wasn't great....in fact - it was the worst we've had....that was a bummer, but you can't control the weather. But the tour was cool, we got to see some awesome caves, places where many movies were filmed - and just beautiful scenery! On the way back the weather got a little crummy and the waves were much bigger. It was quite an adventurous trip back. After the Na Pali Explorer trip we headed up to see Waimea Canyon - which is considered Hawaiian's Grand Canyon. WOW! It was beautiful too! We toured around there, and then headed back and had some fun food at Barefoot Burgers. I just ate a tasty shaved ice - which was YUMMY! We headed back to the pool and relaxed some more afterwards. Friday night was the night we stuffed our faces - we had a group dinner "dine-around" - which was like a progressive dinner. We had 4 different stations or different restaurants that we had to go to. There was a seafood station, Italian, Chinese and dessert. We ate so much and it was SO yummy. It was fun to spend time that night with a lot of the other Blind Guy franchises and chat with friends we've made over the years with the company. We love our Blind Guy friends - good folks!

• Saturday - This was our relaxing day....which felt a little boring. We stayed around the pool (which was the coolest pool I've ever seen at a hotel! It went on and on - it was gorgeous!) I read, Cory got antsy (he has a hard time just sitting and relaxing). We left for lunch at a yummy Hawaiian place, did some shopping and had fun just being together. The shopping was really fun - I found some fun things and had a good time shopping without kids (love the kids - but shopping is much more enjoyable without them....) One of our favorite stores was Honolua Surf - and they had the cutest clothes! I even got an awesome new suitcase - I love it! Saturday night we had a group dinner again - it was like a Hawaiian beach party. Unfortunately as we had finished eating (eating way too much...) the sky opened up and started POURING. We were drenched by the end of it, which was actually kind of fun....

• Sunday - To end our trip we did the most AMAZING thing I've ever done I think. We took a HELICOPTER ride! We had gone back and forth about whether or not we'd do it (it is so expensive and I wondered if it would be worth it) and I'm SOOOO glad we decided to take the plunge. It was worth EVERY PENNY! We opted for the open door helicopter and I am so glad we did! The flight was super smooth and our pilot flew right into these cool crevice areas, right into beautiful canyons - and at times I felt like I could almost reach right out and touch the waterfalls. We saw the entire island, and I can honestly say that it was the most spectacular view of beauty I have ever seen. If you go to Kauai - this is DEFINITELY the way to go!!! Then afterwards we had some dinner with friends and got ready to fly home. We took the red-eye flight from Hawaii to LA/SLC/Cedar City. We didn't make it to Cedar City until Monday afternoon, but once again we were grateful that we got to fly right home and didn't have to also drive home after all that traveling.

An AMAZING trip - one that will not be forgotten. I hope that someday we'll get to return to Kauai - it was one of the most perfect places we've ever been!

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Today I was getting ready to get some pictures developed from a water camera we used in Hawaii. There were a few more pictures on the roll and Gabe was thrilled when I let him take a few pictures. We had fun taking pictures together, some of him, and then he took some crazy ones of me. It was fun. It's been a LONG time since I've taken any pictures on a film camera (much less a SUPER cheap camera). They turned out super grainy - but oh well.

WW check-in

I had debated as whether or not I wanted to even post today...I had a gain (a big one). I am blaming it 100% on vacation. While I tried to eat good....it was hard. Cory (who NEVER wants to eat at home) had the biggest appetite I've ever seen! He constantly wanted to eat/snack/eat/snack. So the logical thing would be for me to just sit that out - enjoy the conversation and not dig in myself....however I didn't....I snacked too. Darn it! And the frustrating thing was that I would even say, "I'm not even hungry!" and eat with him anyway....I guess it was a step in the right direction that I at least realized that I didn't NEED to eat. Now if I would have just listened to that little voice and NOT eaten :)

Anyway, I got back on track yesterday morning as soon as we got home. I am grateful that I had been eating well before leaving, so that my gain wasn't on-top of my already too high weight....

So my question this week is - "What do you do when you get discouraged to get you back on track and back to eating healthy?"

It can be hard for me when I've been off track, and had a gain. I KNOW that eating healthy works - but often when I get frustrated I will think - "Who cares? I've already gained anyway - what's a little more." Counter-intuitive thinking, but sometimes I have to admit - food helps me feel better (darn it!). So I'd love any advice or tips on how to jump back up and get a positive attitude.

P.S. Right before we left last week I weighed in. I didn't quite reach my 10 lb goal, but I had lost over 9 lbs total - and I felt good about that. Now if I could just lose this new weight plus some before we leave on our next vacation to Jamacia in a couple of weeks...wish me luck!

We've been away....

....doing a little of this.....

And yes - it was heavenly! Kauai, Hawaii - 2008

(more details to come..... let me just dig myself out of this pile of laundry we created while we were away)

1st day of Preschool (offically)

Today was the OFFICIAL first day of Pre-school. Gabe seemed really nervous about it when we were getting ready. He kept asking if I was going to stay, if Hunter was going to come in and see his school - he was concerned and just kind of looked uptight. I reminded him that Daddy had given him a Father's Blessing last night, and that Heavenly Father would help him.

He wasn't thrilled with taking "first day of school" pictures - and complained that it was too cold (it was chilly this morning - I thought it felt great!)

When we got to the school he was nervous still - but I could tell he was trying to be tough. He kept looking around and when the teacher asked one of the other little boys if he would like to go see the fish they added to the classroom Gabe was thrilled to join right in. He ran over, helped feed the fish, and I snuck out the door.

The only break-down was from Hunter when we left. He was so sad to leave Gabe, until he realized that we got to spend time together and he didn't have to share mommy with Gabe. I loved spending some quality time with just Hunter. He thrives on personal attention, and we had some good times playing, and running a couple of errands. I am looking forward to getting a few things done in the mornings when Gabe is gone. Love the boy - but he would much rather be right by my side (or me right by his) than to play on his own or with Hunter. I should be flattered....but sometimes I just need a little space.

Then Gabe had promised me I could take a couple of pictures of him after school with his teacher. He wasn't thrilled about it - but Ms. Mia bribed him with a treat and he was good to go.

Gabe has had some interesting comments today. Here are a few of them:

• Mom - what is a woman? (A woman is what Mommy is. When a girl grows up she's a woman. And when boys grow up they become men like Daddy.)
  
• What's a sister? (A sister is like a brother - but she is a girl. You know - Aunt Julia is Mommy's sister, and Aunt Ashley is Daddy's sister?)
  
• Where's my sister? (...uh....well, she still lives in heaven with Heavenly Father)
  
• When do I get a sister? (....um, maybe someday?)
  
• What does arack obama mean? (Do you mean Barrack Obama?)
  
• Yeah - what's Barrack Obama? (Well, Barrack Obama is a man who wants to be the next president of the United States. Then he continued to say he was going to "arack obama" me - using it as a verb)