Thanksgiving is over and now we are putting up the Christmas decorations! It has only been 1 year since all you kids and your families were HOME for Christmas. This year can't start to match last years but it is fun to remember as I put the decorations up. Thanks to Tera and Erick's gift the last 2 years the outdoor lights were a snap to put up with Ambers help.
For Christmas this year dad is giving us a new bathroom downstairs. This means Marty is doing the work so Dave has a gift to give! He is amazing and things are already really moving. I must say that dad has been doing whatever he can and has worked very hard but we wouldn't know what to do without Marty. When you come to visit next time you will have a new bathroom in your room!!!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
I've been tagged!
Oh boy this is really hard. I've been tagged more than once which means you kids are desperate!
OK Here goes....
1. I have lots of weird friends. I don't look for weird people to be buddies with but they come from all over the United States and world to find me. I've finally realized to my startled dismay that they just seek out one of their own and find me the queen of weird. Several of my friends don't have any other friends... just me. Now the question is ....since a weird person doesn't usually realize she is weird, does she know if her kids are weird too? Is this hereditary? Reading your blogs causes me to wonder!? Tracy with the wild radio, kissy Erin, Smarty Tera...hummmmm
2. I like sleeping with Darth Vader. I never understood Erin and Brayden and the fan thing at night until dad was told he had sleep apnea. He got a mask (Which is on Tracy's Halloween faces blog) and as he breathes he sounds like Darth Vader. I like the soothing sound! But what is even better is he hates the sound and it keeps him awake so he puts in earplugs to hide the noise then I can watch TV or e-mail or whatever and he sleeps through it.
3. I love exciting things and I love to travel. I don't really have a strong desire to live to be really old. I want to go before my kids & husband (I don't want to be old and mean or make you kids change my diapers.) but I'd love to go in some exciting way. Checking out the other side sounds like the ultimate excitement and a real trip!
4. I love being a mom. I loved it at every age but I love it the most now. Now I sit back and watch my kids and feel so proud as though what they do is my fault. I watch them raise their kids and burst with pride and I don't have to lift a finger to raise perfect grandchildren! AND THEY ARE PERFECT!
5. Church work gives me the excuse to not clean my house. I never really enjoyed housework but I had 8 kids to organize with job charts to do the things I disliked. When the kids grew up I was in trouble until I realized that if you throw yourself into your calling (whatever it may be) you have an excuse for clutter! That works great until the Relief Society calls and asks you to go clean someones house.... that happened this week... let's see on second thought maybe saying you have a migraine would be a whole lot easier than doing church work and save time too...
6. I don't like to type. I type so slow that by the time I type something I forget what I wanted to say so whenever.. uh... I mean...wha..??? Oh well.
7. They say you can tell how good of a job I did in raising my children by looking at who they married. (Who would have them) I must have been a fantastic mother because the spouses are better than my kids!!!!! Wow!!
OK I painfully did this and now tag someone else. A blog is a family thing so I choose Marty, Dave, Steve, Brayden, Erick, Thad and Jared. You wives can help them and explain the rules! XOXO
OK Here goes....
1. I have lots of weird friends. I don't look for weird people to be buddies with but they come from all over the United States and world to find me. I've finally realized to my startled dismay that they just seek out one of their own and find me the queen of weird. Several of my friends don't have any other friends... just me. Now the question is ....since a weird person doesn't usually realize she is weird, does she know if her kids are weird too? Is this hereditary? Reading your blogs causes me to wonder!? Tracy with the wild radio, kissy Erin, Smarty Tera...hummmmm
2. I like sleeping with Darth Vader. I never understood Erin and Brayden and the fan thing at night until dad was told he had sleep apnea. He got a mask (Which is on Tracy's Halloween faces blog) and as he breathes he sounds like Darth Vader. I like the soothing sound! But what is even better is he hates the sound and it keeps him awake so he puts in earplugs to hide the noise then I can watch TV or e-mail or whatever and he sleeps through it.
3. I love exciting things and I love to travel. I don't really have a strong desire to live to be really old. I want to go before my kids & husband (I don't want to be old and mean or make you kids change my diapers.) but I'd love to go in some exciting way. Checking out the other side sounds like the ultimate excitement and a real trip!
4. I love being a mom. I loved it at every age but I love it the most now. Now I sit back and watch my kids and feel so proud as though what they do is my fault. I watch them raise their kids and burst with pride and I don't have to lift a finger to raise perfect grandchildren! AND THEY ARE PERFECT!
5. Church work gives me the excuse to not clean my house. I never really enjoyed housework but I had 8 kids to organize with job charts to do the things I disliked. When the kids grew up I was in trouble until I realized that if you throw yourself into your calling (whatever it may be) you have an excuse for clutter! That works great until the Relief Society calls and asks you to go clean someones house.... that happened this week... let's see on second thought maybe saying you have a migraine would be a whole lot easier than doing church work and save time too...
6. I don't like to type. I type so slow that by the time I type something I forget what I wanted to say so whenever.. uh... I mean...wha..??? Oh well.
7. They say you can tell how good of a job I did in raising my children by looking at who they married. (Who would have them) I must have been a fantastic mother because the spouses are better than my kids!!!!! Wow!!
OK I painfully did this and now tag someone else. A blog is a family thing so I choose Marty, Dave, Steve, Brayden, Erick, Thad and Jared. You wives can help them and explain the rules! XOXO
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Academy has "FALLEN"
It looks a little different across the street from the temple now that the Joseph Smith Academy has been torn down. We have known from the beginning that this would happen but here it is a pile of trash. Soon all remains will be carried away and grass will replace it.
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