The new addition...

Welcome the newest addition to the Marchbanks Family...

Both mom and the little one are home and doing well... and I am so excited to have another nephew to spoil.

We had our first photo shoot, and I have to say, he almost has "blue steel" down...

September Fun

Aerials (or more commonly airs)

Aerials (or more commonly airs):

area a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition (curved surface linking wall and ground) available.

My favorite top news stories from this morning on MSN...

Church enlists Satan in advertising campaign
A Michigan church is enlisting Satan in a bid to drum up attendance at services.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32655207/ns/us_news-faith/


Bank robber: I did it to get away from wife
A Pennsylvania man said he robbed a bank in 2007 to go to jail and get away from his overbearing wife.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32653327/ns/us_news-weird_news/

That really is desperation to get away.


Man arrested in outhouse pit crawl — again
A Maine man caught peering up at a girl from below an outhouse toilet seat four years ago stands accused of crawling into another pit toilet in a national forest in New Hampshire.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32646931/ns/us_news-weird_news/

All I can say is... gross!!


And this one was my favorite:

Honolulu considers fining stinky bus riders
The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32649198/ns/us_news-weird_news/

Do you think they will have a burst of febreeze greet you as you step onto the bus?

why, why, why?

Do you ever have days that no matter what you seem to do to try and stay positive, the negativity just keeps creeping in. I'm feeling today like the ever bright light at the end of the tunnel I keep trying to race towards keeps moving away, much like a lightening bug that refuses to let me catch it.
So here is my question today, and you can choose to answer it or maybe just ponder it like I'm doing....

"is it all worth it?"

That's it... that's what I'm pondering at this time. I know many of you are saying, WHAT? Why not be a little more specific, but the truth is, I can't. If I could be more specific I'd know what was bugging me and be able to fix it, or at least unleash pent up anger in its general direction till it dispersed from being a pain or I fizzled into tears.

I feel as though I may fizzle into tears anyway today... I guess this is fair warning to those of you I may be in contact with today.

Who says prayers aren't answered?

Let me tell you a story about prayer... once there was a missionary who was teaching the most amazing family! While discussing concerns, one of the family members mentioned that if she was to have another baby, that it would resolve a concern and she would consent to be baptised. The missionaries left and right away pulled over in the car and prayed that if it was the Lord will, they would be blessed with another child. A month or so later, at a baptism, it was said that she was expecting another child, to which the missionaries started to laugh, and this was no laughing matter, but they told her what they had prayed for and knew the Lord had heard and answered their prayers.

That is a true story, I know because I was one of the missionaries. We jokingly refer to the child as "my prayer child". I had the wonderful opportunity to go this weekend to the baptism of my prayer child. It was wonderful to see my dear Friends and spend time with them. I love them so dearly, and am so grateful for their friendship.

I have to say how very tender my feelings were while I was there. It was so neat to see how the Gospel blesses lives. My life for the friendship and love I feel for this family, for the example they are to me in my life.

We had a lot of fun. They had a big party to celebrate 2 birthdays and the baptism, and there was an amazingly ginormous (the equivalent of giant and enormous) bounce house that we all played in.

I have to admit that I had a really hard time staying on my feet. For some reason I enter a bounce house and have absolutely no balance...

We went to the California Caverns, or Cave City. It was super fun... here are some of my favorite pictures from that adventure...

Also I have a new found love for Chihuahuas. That's right, I fell absolutely in love with Tim, he is a little love and if I could find one like him I would adopt in a heartbeat... literally, I wanted to kidnap him and bring him home with me, but I knew he would be missed, and Lily kept telling me that I couldn't take him home. I had to fight Strider for Tim's attention... see below...

LOL, this is a totally awkward photo... but he really was just massaging Tims legs, however because he made the comment that he worried about it I had to post it.

Also I need to thank Strider for being a wonderful co-pilot on the trip and being willing to go with me. It was awesome fun!

Fabulous Friends

I love these wonderful people!

It is rare that you find people you can share, laugh and cry with without feeling like you've lost your mind. That is how I feel about this wonderful group of people. Thank you for being my friends!