Everytime Alyssa says, "You know..." she actually says, "You know-ho..."

February 14, 2007 (Alyssa)

Happy Balentine's day!

February 13, 2007 (Alyssa)

When I’m a big girl like your size and I have a little girl, I’m never going to make her take naps.

February 13, 2007 (Carrie)

To Brian:

She’s only four years old and she’s already learned that it’s impossible to have a conversation with you.

February 11, 2007

Alyssa recognized one of the deacons who was passing the sacrament: “Oh, does Skyler work here?”

February 4, 2007 (Carrie and Brian)

Carrie: Why don’t you put your book down and tell me how much you love me?

Brian: This is the last page of the chapter, Ding-a-ling.

Carrie: That was the exact opposite of what I asked you to do.

December 4, 2006 (Alyssa)

Alyssa was very full from dinner, she grabbed her stomach and said, “Ow, it hurts. It feels like I’m pregnant.”

December 3, 2006 (Carrie and Brian)

Carrie: Where are my slippers?

Brian: I know where mine are.

Carrie: Oh, mine are right by yours. They must like each other.

Brian: Pretty soon we’ll have a bunch of little slippers running all over the house.

December 3, 2006 (Alyssa)

Alyssa’s first sacrament meeting testimony:

I want to bear my testimony. I know the church is true. I like my family. I love good food. I like my family…I love my family. I love going to primary. I love Jesus and Heavenly Father…(starts walking away, goes back to podium after walking about five feet)…In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

November 13, 2006 (Carrie and Alyssa)

(For Family Home Evening we made peanut butter

cookies for Dad to eat when he came

home from studying. Alyssa was in charge

of the card to leave with the cookies. She was coloring away when…)

Mom: Wow, cool! What’s that?

Alyssa: A brown crayon.

November 7, 2006 (Brian)

Are you still trying to win? You have an overdeveloped sense of Disneyland. Someday that’s going to get you in trouble.

November 4, 2006 (Alyssa and Carrie)

Alyssa: Can somebody hold me still? So I don’t fall? I’m trying to put my pants on and it makes me start falling to the floor.

Mom: Try sitting on the bed.

Alyssa: Oh, okay. Thanks for trying. I'm fine.

October 10, 2006 (Carrie and Brian)

(While Carrie is coming to bed)

Carrie: Can you please move over?

Brian: What? I thought I was pretty well-centered.

August 2006 (Alyssa)

How does Heavenly Father see us if we live in a basement?

August 2, 2006 (Alyssa)

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Please bless Mama that she’ll stop counting.

June 28, 2006 (Carrie)

Alyssa, those aren’t your pajamas, that’s a pillowcase…

June 24, 2006 (Brian)

Brian: I always do my best rushing around at the last minute, though.

May 31, 2006 (Alyssa and Carrie)

Alyssa: I don’t like Moses

Mom: Do you know who Moses is?

Alyssa: Mm-hhm, he’s a prophet.

Mom: Why don’t you like Moses?

Alyssa: Because he's not very good looking to me.

May 20, 2006 (Alyssa and Brian)

(While walking into church)

Alyssa: …and I’ll put flowers on your graves…

Brian: Alyssa, we're not going to die any time soon.

April, 2006 (Carrie and Brian)

Carrie: You could have an affair, and I might forgive you. But if you bring a snake in my house, that is grounds for divorce.

Brian: Woo-hoo! You said I could have an affair!

April 26, 2006 (Carrie and Alyssa)

Carrie: Usually when it's between Mommy's opinion and Alyssa's opinion, Mom's opinion wins.

Alyssa: But I run faster, so my uh-penguin wins.

April 18, 2006 (Brian)

That's the problem with living in a basement-you very rarely have skylights.