Mackay Madness: Micheal Jackson...passes away

Thursday, July 2, 2009

A little tribute....

For some, Michael Jackson represented a man who had made some bad choices. And yes, in the latter years, he DID. However; for me he represented a magical time in my childhood. When I was in like the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade....I idolized this man. I listened to his music constantly, watched all of his music videos, Thriller was shown at every party, and I just knew that he wrote the song "Dirty Diana" after me....Elizabeth Diane!

My mom would always buy my friends and I pins, posters, and sparkly gloves so we could have him with us at all times. My friend Catherine and I would rollerskate around her basement with christmas lights lining the floors and dancing to MJ.

And most importantly, when I was in fourth grade, my parents got me tickets to go see his concert in California. My dad worked for the airlines as a luggage man and we were able to fly standby, and my mom (not having much cashflow at the time) bought me a brand new outfit that I still remember to this day. She got it at the "Strawberry Patch" and it consisted of some super cute walking shorts, a pair of argyle knee highs and an argyle sweater vest to match the socks...along with what else but a shiny pair of penny-loafers. I thought I was FOR SURE going to get noticed by MJ that night and sing with him on stage.
Truly, it was the BEST CONCERT I have EVER been to. He was a true performer. And there was such energy in the crowd...I remember it like it was yesterday.

When he passed, my Dad called to see if I was alright. Partly joking, but a little serious. It did leave a little pit in my stomach. Despite his bad decisions in the past few years, originally he was a fantastic entertainer. And who can sit still when his music is playing???

Unfortunately my kids didn't get to enjoy that part of his life. In fact, Addie didn't even know what he looked like or who he was until he died last week. And now that she has seen so much of him and what he looked like when he died...she is TOTALLY FREAKED OUT BY HIS APPEARANCE. She thinks he is scary. And last weekend when we went camping, she was totally scared to go into the bathroom because she JUST KNEW that MICHAEL JACKSON was in the outhouse!!!!

Nevertheless, he will be missed. And I would like to thank him for contributing to my childhood boogie sessions. I will always know that I AM....Dirty Diana, Yeah!!!!!

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!