::Redskins::

It was, as my dad would say, male bonding time, at FedEx field in Maryland for a Redskins game with Ben, Benjie, and Justin. They went on Christmas Eve early early and made it back in time for the annual Lineberry Christmas Eve dinner and also to help get the kiddos snuggled into their beds!

What would football be without tailgating? {You can answer that, really. Cause I don’t know the answer!}

Check out the mass of people! Holy moley! Good thing they had awesome seats!

Parachuters! How cool is that?

They had so much fun! Ben was so excited when he was telling me about it. He can’t wait to go again!

Imagine what it’s like getting out of that place? The stadium seats 82,000 people! {Not that there was that many people there, but still!}

On the Brain

Tonight, as I climbed up to the top bunk to say goodnight to Preston and sing him a song, he says to me, “I thought you were a 12-point buck, Mom!” Okay……where did that come from? I guess that’s what happens when Ben tells them a hunting story just minutes before I came into the room.

During Sacrament meeting this afternoon, which, I might add, the children behaved themselves extremely well, Parker drew a picture for his Dad. He’s quite the little artist right now, and I should probably be scanning more of his artwork.


If you can’t tell what it is….
Dad is in the tree stand, with his bow and arrow shooting at two bucks. :)
Seriously, what 6 year old knows how to draw a tree stand, let alone knows what one is?
I wonder where he gets it from? These boys are “ate up” with hunting!

Daddy got a citation!!

And, yes, that’s a GOOD thing! :)
When I think of a citation, I think of a ticket.  {and to make sure I wasn’t making things up, I just googled it!}
ci·ta·tion
noun /sīˈtāSHən/ 
citations, plural

1. A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, esp. in a scholarly work
   • - there were dozens of citations from the works of Byron
   • - recognition through citation is one of the principal rewards in science
2. A mention of a praiseworthy act or achievement in an official report, esp. that of a member of the armed forces in wartime
3. A note accompanying an award, describing the reasons for it
   • - the Nobel citation noted that his discovery would be useful for energy conversion technology
4. A reference to a former tried case, used as guidance in the trying of comparable cases or in support of an argument
5. A summons
   • - a traffic citation

See, number 5? A traffic citation. That's what comes to mind, every time! But, in Ben’s case, he has what is referred to in number 2. Or is it number 3? Oh well. You be the judge.
Whatever the case, since I am obviously rambling on…..
Ben and his father went flounder fishing on Saturday. Just so you know, flounder is my FAVORITE! As much as I hate can’t stand put up willingly let my husband go fishing, I really don’t mind him going flounder fishing. It’s a flakey white fish. Super yummy!
Anyway, they went flounder fishing yada yada yada {if you want details you can ask him} and he caught a citation flounder, which is a BIG one. {Meaning not necessarily record breaking, but one that is not a normal size! Meaning, LARGE!} It’s the largest one he’s ever caught, and only a few ounces away from the largest one his father’s ever caught! He was super excited. I was super excited. Especially when they filleted it, and fried it up for dinner. It fed 10 adults and 4 children, and there was some left over!
“Give a man a fish it will feed him for a day….teach a man to fish……”


It’s bigger than Parleigh!!!

Good job, Ben! You ROCK!!!

Cobia Fishing

Ben and Benji took out Emily’s husband, Justin, out fishing last weekend. They had a blast fishing for Cobia—a fish that can get massively huge {in my eyes!} although the one they caught wasn’t very big {according to Ben.}Thanks, Justin, for taking these pictures!

Vay-Cay Part 6

I really wanted Beth to experience all of Virginia Beach. I racked my brain trying to come up everything that I do here in Va Beach. We ran out of time!
I love sushi. And that was a MUST! I think Beth enjoyed it!

The aquarium. It was packed, but it was worth it! The boys loved it!

We had an impromptu water balloon fight. This is what summer is all about, right?

I always tell  Beth that I won’t even CONSIDER moving Pocatello unless they get a Chick-fil-A and Target and Old Navy. I don’t think she’s ever eaten at Chick-fil-A before. We went through the drive-thu, ate it at Mt. Trashmore, played for a bit, and then got into our cars right before it started pouring down rain! Then headed back to Chick-fil-A for some ice-cream! Yummo!

I’m pretty sure the same guy who carved this Indian carved one that they have in Idaho Falls. :)

I think this is IT for pictures. We had so much fun with Beth and her family. I hope she’ll plan more trips out here to Virginia. My boys had fun playing with their cousins. And I had fun hanging out with my sister……there are too many miles between Virginia and Idaho!