Funny Accents

Where do silly accents come from? Why do they sneak up out of nowhere and just overtake us? Sometimes they get a life of their own and don't know when to leave. Kevin has been putting on an accent each night lately. Ok, just for the last two nights, but it is a little concerning. Last night was Italian and tonight it is an Okie drawl. It doesn't help that we watch COPS every night. There is a direct correlation between the region of the U.S. that the episode is filmed in and Kevin's new "personality". I think we'll have to select his programming a little more carefully. It IS very entertaining, though...

No Knives at Pizza Hut???

About a month or so ago, Kevin, Megan, and Thomas called me at work and said we were going to meet at Pizza Hut in Yuba City for dinner. We ordered our pizza, and when it came it wasn't cut all of the way through. No problem, right? I mean, any other eating establishment would have the proper cutlery to do the job. So, I send Megan to the counter to get a knife. Big mistake.

Apparently, they couldn't see her at the counter and the employee that was working was doing something out at the tables. (Mind you, we were one of just 3 families that were even in there.)
Anyway, I went up to help Megan at the counter and the employee asked if we needed help. I told her that the pizza wasn't cut all of the way through, could we please have a knife? Seriously, a plain old plastic knife would have been fine. BUT NO... they didn't have ANY knives. For real. It was ridiculous. How expensive are plain ol' knives anyway? I think they are 4 for a buck at the Dollar Tree. For real metal knives. That would cut through pizza.

So, be warned. If you go to the YC Pizza Hut, take your own camping utensil set with you. It may come in handy.
Again. CRAZY.

Megan's Mysterious Bumps

Megan has a rash of bumps on her arm. They itch but aren't fluid filled and haven't spread much in 3 days. I really don't feel like going to Urgent Care today, so if anyone knows what it might be, can you let us know? She's a cute girl, but we could do without the spots. Even though the kids say I am a doctor sometimes, this is out of my realm of expertise. Once we know what it is, I can come up with a billable code, though.

Ringing in the New Year

Well, 2008 was quite a year for our family! First of all, we had not one, but 2 weddings... ok, the same people got married twice, but both weddings still count. Next we had a graduation, a surgery, and of course the moving process to contend with. So, the fall of '08 was spent getting kids settled into new schools, new bedrooms, and dealing with 5 kids sharing a bathroom in the morning! We did quite well, actually, and mom and dad are very proud.



New Year's Eve came to the Potts' house in festive form. Grandma Alice came over for tacos, snacks and games. Yes, she played Wii bowling with Megan and laughed the whole time. Joey came over that night to stay with Megan and Thomas. He always adds a pleasant attitude to our mix, and we love having him over. In addition to the Wii, we played Scrabble and Yahtzee turbo until the wee hours of 8:oo. Then it was time for our sparkling cider toast, and off to bed within the hour. We had big plans for an early start to 2009.



Meanwhile, the Smith kiddos were at the "Tall House", aka: their dad and Krista's house. They had a good time with some friends and Grandma and Grandpa. They also played video games, but stayed up waaaayyyy later than we did at home. They were staying in town on the first, so they could party all night.



The alarm came early on 1-1-09. We got up around 5:45 and headed to San Francisco. Grandma Alice had given the family a membership to the newly remodeled and reopened California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. We got there in plenty of time to stand in the cold with everyone else who got up early on New Year's Day. The new building is amazing and we had a great time. We saw the wonderful show in the planetarium, learned about wolf eels, saw leafy seadragons, and the T Rex skeleton. We made sure to save some fun for next time. What a great gift idea that we can use for making memories and learning all year long.