Thursday, May 15, 2008

He loves to keep me on my toes.

When we were first married I came home from Enrichment meeting to find that David had shaved his head bald.

Seven years ago I sent David to the store to get some diapers and he came back with diapers and a new computer.

This past Tuesday my cell phone died early in the afternoon and I didn't have a car charger, so I couldn't talk to David till we got home from practices and choir at 7:30pm. Arriving home a few minutes after us, he then showed me where he had gone for the two hours since he got off work.

He bought a McNab puppy. Her name is Laika(like a). Carson got to name her so he chose the name of the first dog to go into outerspace. I didn't even know that a dog had gone into space. She had an owner for about a month and was called Sis or Sister so we gave her Sis as a middle name. Laika Sis(like a sis), we just call her Laika.

Monday, May 12, 2008

I'm it again!

My friend Kamy decided to tag me back this time with a different questionnaire.


Ten years ago... In the summer of 1998 we were living in a basement apartment under Kamy in Provo, UT. David had just started BYU and Carson was crawling around. I was feeling the thrills of morning sickness with Callie.

Things on my Monday to do list:
1. Clean up the house from Sunday
2. Get baseball uniforms ready for games
3. Go to the bank
4. Go to Carson's baseball game
5. Welcome home my husband who went to Sacramento on Sunday for business

What would I do if I had a billion dollars:
1. Give a million to each of my family members
2. Give a million to each of my fellow bloggers
3. Invest some
4. Buy some land and build our dream house
5. Put some away for our future and our children's future
6. Donate to the church and other charities

3 of my bad habits
1. Not drinking enough water.
2. Eating after the kids go to bed(ice cream).
3. Going to bed to (too) late and not getting up as early as I should.

Places I've lived...
Utah x3, Kentucky, Florida, Germany, New Jersey, North Carolina x2, Texas, Colorado, Idaho, Tennessee, Terceira, Sao Miguel, Santa Iria De Azoia (near Lisbon, Portugal), Korea, Oregon x2, Montana, Nebraska, Missouri, and California.

Jobs I've had...
1. filed invoices for Bolle' America Inc. in Denver, CO
2. worked the front counter at a dry cleaners
3. daycare worker
4. server at Shoney's
5. babysitter
6. receptionist
7. worked at my in-law's bakery
8. homemaker

5 things most people don't know about me...
1. I attend cosmetology school for about a month when I was barely pregnant with Carson
2. At the end of my senior year of high school each department gave an award to a student and
I got the one from the Home Economics Dept.
3. I fell asleep on the beach once and got really burnt on the back of my legs. They were purple. I also passed out to the ground from heat exhaustion because of it.
4. I severed my Achilles tendon in the 8th grade while horsin' around at a church dance. My cousin and I were taking turns pushing each other on the thing that carries the portable stage. I jumped off to soon once and the front edge ran into the back of my heal. After surgery I spent 1 month in a full leg cast and 2 months in a half leg cast. To this day it is hard for me to walk in front of a grocery cart, for fear of being hit.
5. One of my companions on my mission told me she hated me. That was a long and unproductive day!
6. I thought of one more. While at Ricks I had a roommate from Oregon that I thought was a
little strange and I said I would never go to Oregon. Then I met David who is from Oregon
and I've lived there twice. Never say never!! I've said the same thing of California before too.

Thanks Kamy, that was fun. I can't believe its been ten years since we lived next to each other.

I am going to pass this on to whomever would like to do it.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Yum!


The other day while eating some white chocolate, which I love, I remembered a treat that I would have on my mission. Ice cream covered in white chocolate. Yum!

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Baseball practice



Look at Mount Shasta in the back ground! Awesome!

After school yesterday, while waiting for Callie and Carson to finish up with choir, George, Ginger, Lucy, and I went to practice some baseball. I thought this was a cute picture of Ginger. She looks tough! She is no where near tough. She said to me later in the day, "its going to be so sad." I asked her, "What's going to be sad?". She replied, "Its going to be so sad when I move away and get married." A little later she says, "I wonder what my husband is going to look like." Although she has professed to me that she is going to marry Jonah from Lincoln, NE. There is no stopping this girl. Boys watch out!
We also found a frog in the leaves beside our house. We couldn't catch it though. It really is a small frog that I zoomed in on but check out its left hind leg, how it stretches.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

"Wacky Weather"

George had his 1st grade musical "Wacky Weather" this last Thursday. I really enjoyed watching George because he refuses to preform anything at home. He feels there are to many performers at home already; Ginger and Lucy. George did an awesome job with the actions and singing.George is on the back row. David did his hair that morning. He was so cooperative that morning. No crying or whining about being tired, he just got into his Sunday clothes and packed a bag with extra clothes to change into. He was excited for the day.

Candid shot.

Here are the girls lovin' the camera.

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Done and Delivered!

The Young Women finished the quilts and we delivered them to the Nursing Home this past Wednesday. We shared some songs with the residents and some delicious bread pudding.These two pictures are either side of our 1st quilt. One of the YW had a mishap with the scissors and thankfully it was right in the middle so we did a little repairing with a patch.

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These two are either sides of our 2nd quilt. It was made from the left over fabric that we had cut.

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These are either sides of our last quilt. I like the colors in this one the best. They all turned out really nice though.

Thanks Maizie for all your help!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

A First!

Since moving to California we felt our first earthquake tonight. It was small because the kids couldn't even tell. It was still really weird. I felt like things were shaking for a while after it. The tremor is probably from the Reno, NV shakes that have been happening. We are about 3 hours from there. It makes me wonder how the Ceo in Reno is holding up!

*update*After looking a little more I found this website that lists the recent earthquakes in California and Nevada. The one we felt was the 5.2 magnitude at 8:03pm near Willow, CA.
The Verdi-Mongul, NV earthquakes are the ones close to Reno.