Dance Festival 2009

I figured out the Video stuff!!

Check it out!



Here is the little guy in the gym after the dance festival.
It was too crazy before.
I am going to try to post the video part.

so check the bottom for some booty shaking! Ü

New Spring Look!

I have decided that I could not wait for Spring to come!
So I have taken it upon my self to bring it on! Ü
I saw this on free back grounds and thought "SPRING"!
We have had to keep our new Fruit trees under the back porch
to keep them from freezing!
I want it to warm up so we can get going on the yard and garden!!

I have just decided that Spring is here and If I Just act "AS IF"
then it will happen.
The Power of positive thinking! Ü

Keep your fingers crossed!

My Sweetie's B Day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!

What a Perfect weather day for a Birthday!
What a Perfect Man for ME!!

Here are the only pictures that I could find tonight... He did not work in the yard or go swimming, He spent the day working and feeling sick!!
He is My Hero!
He does so much for our family!
He never complains about how hard it is!
What a good sport to put up with ME! & US!!! Ü


(Our computer has died 3 times and so the pictures are somewhere lost and needing to be found!Ü)

I am the Most Blessed Girl!
This man is so fabulous !!!!
I had wanted the Day to be so different, but it was,what it was!
I did take him out for dinner on Saturday to his favorite place..

I liked the pictures due to the fact that they show
what a hard worker and what a Great Dad he is!!!!!
Not only do I love him, But All the kids love him too!!!

We have been so lucky to have him in our lives!!!

I Love You Sweetie!

It is that Time of Year Again!!

It is " Dance Festival " Time!!!
The pictures are from last year!
The little Guy was a Baby Eagle last year..
It isn't till Thursday, but I came across these 2 pictures.
There is more but they are Video.

They have been practicing today and He is very excited!

The Funniest thing is that My Husband and I both danced in our youth at the Dance
Festival!!!
(Not together, We are 10 years apart) we both attended This Elementary and
We both Hated the Dance Festival!!!!
I of course, loved getting a new outfit, but other than that... YUCK!!!!
I do love to Dance, but not with just anyone!!!
When you are Little, it can be traumatic!
You don't want to touch their hands and your not wanting people to think that you like
who ever they line you up with! ARGGGG!
The Best year is when you get to do the May Pole!!!!
But they don't always do that!
It use to be always the 6th Grade classes, but they don't even have 6th grade in the school anymore!
The Little guy wanted to do the "Chicken Dance", which is usually the 1st grades dance.
But they are doing some kind of surf board and hula thing..???
I can hardly wait!! HA HA HA
I don't know which is worse, dancing in it or watching it!!???!!!!
It is like reliving it all over again!
Who knew that we would move back here and have to endure it all over again!
What were we thinking ?
The Greatest thing is that the little Guy will be going to a new school next year and they don't do the dance festival!!! We are all looking forward to that!! Ü
(I am sure that they will have something else that we will all want to shot our selves over! Ü)

"I am sure that We don't get the "Parents of the year" award,(We never do) but there are things that we do enjoy...
Like Baseball,Soccer, Football ... Soccer and Baseball will be starting soon..
Football starts in the Summer!
The 13 year old has been practicing baseball already."

Back to the Dance Festival....
I will try to watch it with a better attitude knowing that it is the last time ever!! Ü Wah Hoo!!!

MAX

I have the craziest Dog!
He was in the car with me today.
He visited Rosey and made her
behave like a shrinking violet! Ü
I hope that she will recover enough to
forgive me!!!! HA

He picked up both boys and had his 2nd shot.
We also made reservations with the Vet to kennel him while we are on vacation....I wonder what ear would be up if he knew he was being left behind at the Vet's! HA HA
When I told the 13yearold that Max was staying at the Kennel, he for some reason thought we ment his travel cage/bed, and threatened to stay home and take care of him instead!
WOW, what kind of Parents/Dog owners does he think we are???? YIKES!!
Someone,( We won't name names) really LOVES this DOG!!!! Ü
He has almost thrown himself in front of another Dog to save Max, and now has threatened
to stay home to keep him safe.. Ü


You really can't tell , but he is really expressive.
With his face and ears, he communicates all sorts of feelings!
The 13 year old likes to mess with him to make him flip up different ears..
I swear that he uses a different ear each day..
He will also cock his head when he looks at you.. Trying to figure us out.. (Good Luck with that?)

Besides being a Pain in the you know what, He has brought something in to our home that
we have been missing!!! Humor!! Ü He keeps us laughing!
Who doesn't find it funny that he chases his own tail, and chews on his own paws!
Or when he picks up something too big for himself and then runs and flips over due to it.

Great Fun!!!!

He has stolen all of our Hearts!

A Great Saturday!

Saturday started with the Baptism of our youngest son's 2 Best Friends!!!
How sad he was, not to be baptised also!
Here they are and then the Dad's!
All these Guys are Great Friends!
The 3 Boys and the 3 Dad's!!

We hope to do it all over again on Oct. 10Th at 9:30 AM
When W.S. gets baptised!

What a Great Day!!!

Back at Work!

I have started back at Tom's!
It has been about 1 1/2 weeks since I did any real work there.
I have started to do the wall textures. It is going very well.
The real Great thing is the Windows!!!!
What a difference it makes to the whole feel of the place!!!!!!
I will take pictures tomorrow!
I am very excited with the progress!
I am hoping to be done in the bathroom & Kitchen tomorrow.
So Friday I could possibly prime both rooms!
Then ready for the final paint????
Then we will be ready for the tub fix and Tile!!!!
What a long adventure this has been!!!!
I hope that my arm won't give out on me. Ü

We still have the fire place to remove and then seal up the hole and then finish the wall stuff.
Then to paint both the front bedroom and the living room. a final coat.
We had already painted these but due to some unforeseen things, they will need at least another coat.
With that, we should be able to then go down stairs and finish the rest of the place!!
At least it is cool down there .... Ü

Then there is the Yard!!!
The list goes on and on!!

For us this is such a blessing!!!
With Work so slow and no paycheck for January and only 1/2 for Feb.. This has made it so we did not die!!!
It is funny how blessings come to us!!
Who knew that Tom's old smelly place would save us ???!!!
The Lord works in mysterious ways!!!!!

Now that I think of it, How Grateful I am to have paid a full tithe, and offerings!!!
It is moments like this that make me stop and realize that the Lord has always made it possible
for us to get through anything!!!! Not always in the way that I would like, but always there for US!
I am sure that my Husband's hard work at the Church Farm and Cannery also helped get us this help!!!
T.S is always so good to help out where ever he is needed!
I on the Other hand always do it grudgingly ... So no blessings there!! Ü
Once I am there, I am OK about it.... But all the way there, not so much!
I must have a short memory like Laman or Lemuel... They never could remember any of the miracles for longer than about a week!!!
SO, this is now my Quest.. To Always Remember all the Blessings that the Lord has Given me all the days of my life!!!
Amen

Follow the Prophet

Since the late 30's All the Prophet's have advised Food Storage,Garden's, Out of Debt,and what ever else puts your "Home in Order" to be self sufficient!

SO,
Saturday, We (T) tilled the garden, Made new planters to have mini garden areas, and bought 4 fruit trees.
Peach, Apricot, Cherry, and a Nectarine! YUM!!!
The new ones are semi dwarf . We already had 2 dwarf peach trees from last year.
Looking at the small size of the Trees, made me realize that the END of The World will come before we ever enjoy any fruit from them!!! HA

The boys cleaned up the yard and re stacked the rock that will someday go to the cabin.???
They were such Good Workers!!!!

I had Hurt my back Friday and so I was the Supervisor!! Ü
Which is my favorite Job!!! HA HA HA

My lesson made me rethink what we were going to do in our yard!

The lesson talked about the 10 Virgins and their Oil.

They were saying that all 10 were believers, 5 of them, just did not follow council!
Other wise, they too could have met the Bridegroom!!!
They all had the same time and info, 5 just didn't think it was that important.

Some of this is just to see who is obedient and who is not!
I have long felt that OBEDIENCE is really the big deal!!!
Doing something simply because we have been told to.
Not blind obedience. But Faithful and righteous OBEDIENCE!!

Not all of us can have a years supply. Some for financial reasons, others , lack of space.. and so on.
But, The Lord knows what we are capable of doing. Each having their own level to rise to.

With work so slow and money so tight, I can see that we are with the 5 unprepared!!!!
So we are trying to make amends!!!