It's really a tragedy this blog doesn't get updated. Recently a thread appeared in the "Sloanie Shenanigans" group / family chat that I felt could live here... it reminded me of the silly things we often tried to document here. --Mike

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March 30, 2018 @ 1:59pm

Jesse Knight: Speaking of shenanigans...

Jesse Knight: Marianne has a tendency of piling stuff on our bed during the day. Not that big of deal, but on occasoin I want to sit on my side of the bed.

Jesse Knight: I've accused her of doing this a few times lately and while I should probably just let it go...

Jesse Knight: She probably hasn't appreciated me taking issue on this.

Jesse Knight: You know, pick your battles.

Jesse Knight: But then this happened....

Jesse Knight:


Jesse Knight: Guess which side is mine.

Iris Sloan: How about the other couch? 😂

Jesse Knight: LOL!

Jesse Knight: She likes to remind me how much I would miss her.

Jesse Knight: And I would. Terribly.

Marianne Knight: Oh my gosh. 😂😂😂

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Thank you for sharing the shenanigans, Jesse. :P

St. George Shenanigans for Mother's Day

I know there's already a top-ten list for St. George in a post on this blog somewhere else, but I'm going to do one for the trip Melissa, Muti and I just took:

10.  Muti's potty-mouth

9.  Melissa's onion breath

8.  Mel's "if you touch me, I'll kill you" policy

7.  Chocolate Coke from Swig

6.  Melissa's inappropriate crush on the 17-year-old server at Red Lobster

5.  Star Wars Mad Libs

4.  Mel's inappropriate pictures

3.  The Brigham Young Winter Home

2.  The St. George Temple

1.  Muti's naps

It was AWESOME. 

Thanks for the trip, Mar!  

HOW Long?!

It seems like Sunday dinners are the best time for shenanigans, especially with Addie, Westen and Lucas.  Having dinner yesterday at the care center with dad was no exception, with Westen taking a bite out of rolls, cheese and cookies before putting them back on their plates, and Lucas shoving fistfuls of salad into his mouth.  (I want to see a picture of THAT, it was hilarious!)

My favorite, though, has to be an exchange between Jesse and Addie later in the evening, when Mar was getting the kids ready for bed.  Addie has a lot of cute clothes, and apparently they all look alike to Jesse - he thought Addie had been in the same outfit for a few days:

Jesse:  "Addie, how long you been wearing those clothes?"

Thoughtful pause from Addie.

Addie: "Um, about thirteen minutes."

We erupted into laughter. 

Seriously, that kid is so cute.

Photo taken a week ago at Muti's place, where Kate and
Addie were having a "picnic" outside

Muddy Buddies...

Dan made muddy buddies tonight. Usually he figures out how to get Shawn to make them for him, since Shawn's are his favorite. So apparently Shawn gave him the tip that upping the powdered sugar a bit is one of the secrets to awesome muddy buddies.



He may have used a tad too much, hahaha. But then... is it possible to use too much powdered sugar? :D Definitely a big bowl of crack.

What? No posts since 2009? Yeah... google broke the blog when they got rid of FTP hosting. All fixed now... now we just need some shenanigans.

September Zion's Trip in Pictures

Well, MY pictures, anyway. Maybe Shawn can post some of HIS pictures from the Subway hike the boys did! :)

So, Jesse, Steve and Shawn all did the Subway hike. They came back pretty beat up, but happy - sounded like fun! Jesse forgot to change his shirt, so I was a nice sister-in-law and traded him, so he wouldn't have to wear his work shirt on the hike.


Mar, Addie, Kate and I hung around camp and ate, slept a little, got on the shuttle and went up to Weeping Rock. Addie liked the shuttle okay at first...


But then she preferred to sit on Aunt Kate's lap and chill for most of the ride.


When we got there, Addie was actually okay with being put in the baby backpack Mar and Jesse have for her - she seemed to enjoy it!


Anyway, it was a fun trip - pretty relaxing. Well, for me, anyway - I doubt it's very relaxing to hike the Subway! Or change 7 messy diapers in 24 hours, since Princess Poopypants couldn't seem to stop filling her pants! Hehe! :)


Fun times!

Happy Camper

So cute.

Addie's Adventure

About a month ago, Mar and I went for pedicures at a small place in Riverton near her house. Addie came along for the girlie festivities, and she kept herself (and us) very entertained. She thumbed through an Avon catalog and wandered around the place looking for things to do.

"Anything good in here?"

"What do you think, would these look good on me?"

"What else is there to do around here?"

"OOOHHH... sparkly. I can't get it, there's glass in the way!"

"Aunt Mel, can I have the pink one?"

Look how adorable she is, I'll pretty much give her anything she wants! I think she had a pretty okay time being girly, and it will be fun when she's old enough to sit still and get her own toes painted. Good times!