* Harley, we just got back from taking him to our friends house to hang out. Amy & Jeremiah have two other Yorkie's so he will have a blast with them. I am super sad to leave him... I will miss him, but I am glad we have friends that will take such great care of him.
* You guys... I really love this new hobby of blogging. I love it. I love all of you and reading about your families.
* The snow... HA - Just kidding!
* Sonic... I love Cherry Lime Diet Coke with crushed ice.
* My family that is still here. I love hanging out all of the time with my Mom. I love eating lunch with my siblings and Mom & Dad.
* Church - I love our ward and the awesome people in it. I love to go to see who will be speaking and teaching and learning from them.
I am sure that there is more stuff that I am forgetting but I need to finish packing. Have such a great week I will chat with you when I get back. I can't wait to read about your lives when I am back.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Disney Cruise...
We have 31 hours until we have to leave for the airport for the Disney Cruise. The kids are all packed. Steve is almost too. I am going to finish tomorrow. We are so SUPER excited. I just checked the weather for the places that we stop... between 75 - 86 degrees. We will be thinking of you while we are by the pool in our swimming suits.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I went bra shopping today...
So I have nothing to blog about today and Steve said "well you went bra shopping today... that is exciting"... yah to him maybe. Not to me. I had Ashley with me... not fun when the Victoria Secret girl is measuring me. I tried a few on... again fun... found one I sort of liked and went to get it and decided against it when I saw that it was $49.50. Of course when I came home and told Steve he said "uh... you need one. Now you just have to go back and get one. Why didn't you just pick one out". Well I think because I like to torture myself... That is why.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday... Thankfulness!
I am copying Lisa L. and starting a new post on Sunday nights or Monday mornings. In this post will talk about the things that I am thankful for the week before. So here it goes.
* My cute cousin Bryce's Farewell yesterday. He is so grown up. I can't believe he will be leaving for 2 full years. He did such a great talk.
* Bonko - I love my girlfriends... I have said it before and I will say it again. They are the greatest girls. I love all of my friends... and the great things that they teach me.
* San Diego - I had such a great time flying there for one day last week with my Mom. Her and I always have so much fun together. Even if we were there on "business" we still had a great time there in the 62 degree weather.
* Coming home to a clean house... Steve cleaned out every room but the kids rooms. He loves to organize and he does such a great job of it.
* Cooking for FHE for my Mom & Dads singles ward. I cooked for about 150 people and loved every minute of it.
* My kids and their strong personalities. We tried really hard to teach them to stand up for what they believe in. Sometimes it backfires on us and they use it against us. In fact they are using it against each other in the other room right now.
* I love my siblings too... we (our whole family) eat together almost everyday somewhere for lunch and whoever can come does. I miss them when I don't see them for a couple of days. (as you can tell all of our traditions have to do with eating).
Lisa - I love this idea. Thank you for it.
Until next weeks thankfulness... oh and it might have to be early because we will be on the cruise... so I will maybe do it on Thursday night.
* My cute cousin Bryce's Farewell yesterday. He is so grown up. I can't believe he will be leaving for 2 full years. He did such a great talk.
* Bonko - I love my girlfriends... I have said it before and I will say it again. They are the greatest girls. I love all of my friends... and the great things that they teach me.
* San Diego - I had such a great time flying there for one day last week with my Mom. Her and I always have so much fun together. Even if we were there on "business" we still had a great time there in the 62 degree weather.
* Coming home to a clean house... Steve cleaned out every room but the kids rooms. He loves to organize and he does such a great job of it.
* Cooking for FHE for my Mom & Dads singles ward. I cooked for about 150 people and loved every minute of it.
* My kids and their strong personalities. We tried really hard to teach them to stand up for what they believe in. Sometimes it backfires on us and they use it against us. In fact they are using it against each other in the other room right now.
* I love my siblings too... we (our whole family) eat together almost everyday somewhere for lunch and whoever can come does. I miss them when I don't see them for a couple of days. (as you can tell all of our traditions have to do with eating).
Lisa - I love this idea. Thank you for it.
Until next weeks thankfulness... oh and it might have to be early because we will be on the cruise... so I will maybe do it on Thursday night.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Today...
Our day today...
First - We have a standing tradition with my parents that has been going on since Shawn was about a year old (11 years now). We go to McDonald's for breakfast EVERY Saturday morning. We have to miss a few when one of us is traveling but we really try not to miss it. Our kids look forward to it and they miss it when we don't do it. We always go to the one on State and 59th South then the kids can't play on the play-set (there isn't one) and they have to pay attention to Grandma & Grandpa. When (if ever) they get more Grandkids we will have them come too. FUN, FUN, FUN!
Second - Alyssa's play practice. She has a lead role in a play called "Down in the Dumps"... she even sings a little solo.
Then - On to Hale Center Theatre to go to a bake sale and auction that benefits a couple in our old ward.
Then - To Harmon's to their case lot sale... I love to get a few things for food storage at the case lot sale.
Next - Somewhere in there I picked up Alyssa. I dropped off Harley for his first ever haircut... he was so scared... he was shaking. I felt terrible. He sure looks cute now though. We also went to Subway for lunch. You know... it was good but I sometimes think that I would like to be 900 pounds so I could eat something like "Training Table" for lunch everyday and "Rio Grande Cafe" for dinner every night.
Finally - we went to our ward party for pizza and salad and GREAT company.
Last - We have The cute Morrell Kids over here for a little late nighter while Jami & Dean go to a friends surprise party. They are all in their jammies and watching "Bratz the Movie".
What a great Saturday.
First - We have a standing tradition with my parents that has been going on since Shawn was about a year old (11 years now). We go to McDonald's for breakfast EVERY Saturday morning. We have to miss a few when one of us is traveling but we really try not to miss it. Our kids look forward to it and they miss it when we don't do it. We always go to the one on State and 59th South then the kids can't play on the play-set (there isn't one) and they have to pay attention to Grandma & Grandpa. When (if ever) they get more Grandkids we will have them come too. FUN, FUN, FUN!
Second - Alyssa's play practice. She has a lead role in a play called "Down in the Dumps"... she even sings a little solo.
Then - On to Hale Center Theatre to go to a bake sale and auction that benefits a couple in our old ward.
Then - To Harmon's to their case lot sale... I love to get a few things for food storage at the case lot sale.
Next - Somewhere in there I picked up Alyssa. I dropped off Harley for his first ever haircut... he was so scared... he was shaking. I felt terrible. He sure looks cute now though. We also went to Subway for lunch. You know... it was good but I sometimes think that I would like to be 900 pounds so I could eat something like "Training Table" for lunch everyday and "Rio Grande Cafe" for dinner every night.
Finally - we went to our ward party for pizza and salad and GREAT company.
Last - We have The cute Morrell Kids over here for a little late nighter while Jami & Dean go to a friends surprise party. They are all in their jammies and watching "Bratz the Movie".
What a great Saturday.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Shawns Karate Test pictures & My scrapbook room
This is a picture of Shawn in the middle of the test. He did so great. We were proud of him. For the presentation of the Black Belt he now has to wait for 6 months to prove that he is ready for the belt and that he is not just in karate to get the black belt and then quit.
GO SHAWN!
This is a picture of MASTER LIM that started and owns the karate place. We only see him when we test.
NOW... my scrapbook room has been done for about a year to a year and a half. Over the last few months it has become the go to room if something doesn't have a home... "just set it on the craft room table... we will figure out where it goes later"... OK you can imagine the mess... HUGE! Lets just say we could hardly walk into it.
So... Steve can only take a mess for so long then he gets sick of it... even if it is not "his" mess. This became the case on Wednesday Evening at about 11:00pm.
Thursday night at about 430pm I walked to my craft room and before I open my door to it I took a DEEP breath to brace my self and get ready for the mess... I opened the door and this is what I saw...
You can imagine my surprise especially since I had just been in the room on Wednesday Night and it DID NOT look like this. I ran out to the car to ask Steve when he had done this surprise...
He had stayed up ALL NIGHT LONG the night before to clean the room... not just surface clean but he went through all of the cupboards, drawers, closet EVERYTHING. He said he stood at each area and thought "if I were a girl and I scrapbooked how would I want it organized". He even made the kids a whole craft area of just their very own stuff. He also hung new shelves that I had bought clear back in July.
I was SHOCKED and AMAZED. It looks so great. I can't even wait to use it. The girls and I are going to scrapbook tonight. We can't wait. The boys will probably work on their radio controlled cars... it is a little more manly.
Steve is always doing such cute things like this for me. THANK YOU BABE ~ I LOVE YOU!
GO SHAWN!
This is a picture of MASTER LIM that started and owns the karate place. We only see him when we test.
NOW... my scrapbook room has been done for about a year to a year and a half. Over the last few months it has become the go to room if something doesn't have a home... "just set it on the craft room table... we will figure out where it goes later"... OK you can imagine the mess... HUGE! Lets just say we could hardly walk into it.
So... Steve can only take a mess for so long then he gets sick of it... even if it is not "his" mess. This became the case on Wednesday Evening at about 11:00pm.
Thursday night at about 430pm I walked to my craft room and before I open my door to it I took a DEEP breath to brace my self and get ready for the mess... I opened the door and this is what I saw...
You can imagine my surprise especially since I had just been in the room on Wednesday Night and it DID NOT look like this. I ran out to the car to ask Steve when he had done this surprise...
He had stayed up ALL NIGHT LONG the night before to clean the room... not just surface clean but he went through all of the cupboards, drawers, closet EVERYTHING. He said he stood at each area and thought "if I were a girl and I scrapbooked how would I want it organized". He even made the kids a whole craft area of just their very own stuff. He also hung new shelves that I had bought clear back in July.
I was SHOCKED and AMAZED. It looks so great. I can't even wait to use it. The girls and I are going to scrapbook tonight. We can't wait. The boys will probably work on their radio controlled cars... it is a little more manly.
Steve is always doing such cute things like this for me. THANK YOU BABE ~ I LOVE YOU!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Random thoughts on Wednesday...
* I got back from San Diego today... I LOVE the weather there... I think I will move there.
* I love my Bonko friends... we have been playing for over 7 years... I love everyone of them. I miss them when I don't see them.
* I love Mexican food.
* I am excited for the Disney Cruise... 8 1/2 more days...
* I hate dirty craft rooms that you can hardly walk in.
* I love Elijah Smith (my 3 year old neighbor).
* Our Ward parties are fun... we have one on Saturday... I think it is mainly our ward that is fun... not just the parties.
That is all I have today!
* I love my Bonko friends... we have been playing for over 7 years... I love everyone of them. I miss them when I don't see them.
* I love Mexican food.
* I am excited for the Disney Cruise... 8 1/2 more days...
* I hate dirty craft rooms that you can hardly walk in.
* I love Elijah Smith (my 3 year old neighbor).
* Our Ward parties are fun... we have one on Saturday... I think it is mainly our ward that is fun... not just the parties.
That is all I have today!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Random things on Friday...
* Tonight we are going to the temple to do initiatorys and then to dinner. If any of you would like to come... please email or call me. We would love to have you.
* I loved the smell of Chelby Suttons house yesterday when it was SUPER clean. I wish mine was that clean.
* I am cleaning right now ... can you tell?
* Shawn is testing for black belt in Karate tomorrow... we are SO proud of him.
* I just made really good soup for lunch.
* I love days when I actually don't leave the house and I get stuff done.
* Steve surprised me a bought a really cute table for all of the electronic stuff in our family room yesterday. I will post pictures soon.
* I have a million things on my to do list today... they are not done.
I will now get back to being a productive person.
* I loved the smell of Chelby Suttons house yesterday when it was SUPER clean. I wish mine was that clean.
* I am cleaning right now ... can you tell?
* Shawn is testing for black belt in Karate tomorrow... we are SO proud of him.
* I just made really good soup for lunch.
* I love days when I actually don't leave the house and I get stuff done.
* Steve surprised me a bought a really cute table for all of the electronic stuff in our family room yesterday. I will post pictures soon.
* I have a million things on my to do list today... they are not done.
I will now get back to being a productive person.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Just two weeks...
We have just TWO LONG WEEKS until we go on the Disney Cruise. I seriously don't know who is more excited me & Steve or the kids. Although Alyssa does have most of her bag packed already. She packed it last week when I came home from Greece.
WE CAN'T WAIT!!!
WE CAN'T WAIT!!!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Greece... Warning LONG!
These top 2 are in a place called Meteora, Greece. It was Monasteries (Cathedrals) on top of cliffs that were around 1000 feet high. SUPER AWESOME!
The next 2 are just some group shots. One is at the Hard Rock Cafe (yay - normal American food). The second one is at the Olympia - where the 2004 Summer Olympics were held.
This is my Mom, Dad, Jelissa & I on one of the Islands that we visited. I am not sure what it is called.
The next 4 were all taken at the Parthenon in the Acropolis. What a cool place. It was super windy the day we were there.
The next 3 are just random of Steve & Me. In the bottom one of us I am not for real wearing that ugly dress with my pants under it for some new style that you haven't heard about... while we were at the Cathedrals they made us be respectful and put skirts on over our pants... CUTE - believe me.
This is my cute Mom & Dad. Thank You Mom & Dad for the trip. I truly am blessed to be your daughter. We both had such a great time.
The next 2 are just some group shots. One is at the Hard Rock Cafe (yay - normal American food). The second one is at the Olympia - where the 2004 Summer Olympics were held.
This is my Mom, Dad, Jelissa & I on one of the Islands that we visited. I am not sure what it is called.
The next 4 were all taken at the Parthenon in the Acropolis. What a cool place. It was super windy the day we were there.
The next 3 are just random of Steve & Me. In the bottom one of us I am not for real wearing that ugly dress with my pants under it for some new style that you haven't heard about... while we were at the Cathedrals they made us be respectful and put skirts on over our pants... CUTE - believe me.
This is my cute Mom & Dad. Thank You Mom & Dad for the trip. I truly am blessed to be your daughter. We both had such a great time.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Greece... postponed!
I sat down tonight to tell you all about my trip to Greece. I started reading about all of you and just loved it. I miss you all. I'm now so freaking tired that I could face plant on my computer. I am going to bed. One of these days I will blog about Greece... soon I promise... just when I am not STILL jet lagged.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
I am alive... I know that you thought that I fell off of the Earth.
I have been busy to say the least.
First... Christmas - we had such a great Christmas. Santa was good to us. I loved everything about the day. My very favorite gift by far was when our kids all opened up the box with the certificate for the disney cruise and sunglasses for all of them with a note that said something like... "Let's put on our sunglasses and go "SEE" Mickey Mouse in Disney World and on the Disney Cruise". I had to laugh when we had spent all of that money and they were, for a second until it clicked, more excited about the sunglasses. Funny! It clicked finally and now that is all that we talk about.
I love to go over to my Mom & Dad's house on Christmas Morning for my Dad's yummy Christmas Brunch. I love to sit at my parents house and hang out. I loved having Jarred home this year and not lost. I love to wear our cute Christmas PJ's all day. I love to have all of the Grandparents over Christmas night for soup, salad and rolls. I love to sit on the couch and listen to the sounds of my kids playing and talking all day.
Steve gave me a super cool picture from Deseret Book of the Salt Lake Temple. Look on wallwoody.com it is the panoramic one that is huge.
The day seemed WAY too short because we had to pack up to leave for Greece. I really wasn't excited to leave our kids. Grandma Karen took the kids to her house to sleep over and we started packing and finally at about 2:30 am we were ready to go. We then got in the hot tub until about 3:15 am. Then finally went to bed. We had to get up SUPER early 5:30 am to leave out house by 6:30 am. WE WERE SUPER TIRED.
I will download my pictures really quick and then post some. I will blog about Greece tomorrow. I am still on Greece Time and it is feeling like it is 5:30 am.
It is good to be back. I missed you guys.
First... Christmas - we had such a great Christmas. Santa was good to us. I loved everything about the day. My very favorite gift by far was when our kids all opened up the box with the certificate for the disney cruise and sunglasses for all of them with a note that said something like... "Let's put on our sunglasses and go "SEE" Mickey Mouse in Disney World and on the Disney Cruise". I had to laugh when we had spent all of that money and they were, for a second until it clicked, more excited about the sunglasses. Funny! It clicked finally and now that is all that we talk about.
I love to go over to my Mom & Dad's house on Christmas Morning for my Dad's yummy Christmas Brunch. I love to sit at my parents house and hang out. I loved having Jarred home this year and not lost. I love to wear our cute Christmas PJ's all day. I love to have all of the Grandparents over Christmas night for soup, salad and rolls. I love to sit on the couch and listen to the sounds of my kids playing and talking all day.
Steve gave me a super cool picture from Deseret Book of the Salt Lake Temple. Look on wallwoody.com it is the panoramic one that is huge.
The day seemed WAY too short because we had to pack up to leave for Greece. I really wasn't excited to leave our kids. Grandma Karen took the kids to her house to sleep over and we started packing and finally at about 2:30 am we were ready to go. We then got in the hot tub until about 3:15 am. Then finally went to bed. We had to get up SUPER early 5:30 am to leave out house by 6:30 am. WE WERE SUPER TIRED.
I will download my pictures really quick and then post some. I will blog about Greece tomorrow. I am still on Greece Time and it is feeling like it is 5:30 am.
It is good to be back. I missed you guys.
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