Sunday, February 13, 2011

So much excitment in 1 week!

Aren't these just the cutest girls? They make my heart happy!
 Well last Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday. We had a bit of a party! We had a bunch of kids over and enjoyed food, and fun!
 Elise played with Issy. Issy made her make faces.
 We have 3 girls up here going to school, no family around. We had them over and 1 brought her fiance:-) Nathan had a friend over and Chris had a friend over it was a full house.
 This is my best friends baby with my baby. Gina and I have been best friends since we were 10 years old. Our babies are 17 and 18, wow it blows our minds! We had the same amount of children and started at the same time. Her daughters family nickname it Nea and Nate family nickname is Nay. Both pronounced the same. So much in common:-)
 WE got a little snow, but it didn't fall down from the sky, it blew sideways from who knows where!
 We had the girls again on Thursday. I gave Elizabeth her first pigtails! Way to cute!!!
 Then Papa wanted to take them to lunch.
 Happy girls!
 Then Elizabeth also had another first, she went down the kids slide! Issy helped her. This is Issy telling her to just let go!
 Elizabeth LOVED it, she would say Weha!
 Nate and Elzabeth they have the same color eyes in this shot.
 I took the girls shopping after lunch. We found snuggies on sale. So I let them pick out the ones they wanted. Issy loved hers and she calls it her "snuggy wuggy."

 Oops, one of my pictures didn't come in. I had to help with our ward adult Valentine Party. They did away with the activities committee, so now each auxiliary is in charge of an activity. Because I'm in the RS Presidency over the activities I got to help the committee leader with this dance. It was a ton of work and stress, But it was worth it, we had a blast. This is one of the tables I decorated. I like shorter centerpieces so you can visit with everybody at the table. Back to the party, we had great food, and a live band, and a small earthquake! People really had fun with each other. Mike and I danced more than we had in 20 years. When we went to bed that night we felt our age:-)
 The next morning I got up and made 2 casseroles for the youth to feed the homeless in Salt Lake. It is a great experience for all involved. We donate money so they can buy fried chicken, then they serve them casseroles along with it. They collect as many hats, coats, gloves, underwear, and socks as they can. They had a huge truck full. They had to throw a net over the top to keep it in on the drive. They said all of those things were gone in a matter of minutes! Our ward members donated a lot of money. A local grocery store gave them a very deep discount on all the fried chicken. But the man who made the price agreement with them passed away after the deal. they were afraid that the store wouldn't honor the price, but they did. For the first time in all of the years the kids have done this they had extra chicken. So much that they were able to take it to the women's shelter and give it to them. 

After we got Nathan and the casseroles off we went on our little date.  I think Mike is so handsome, I was attracted to him the first time I saw him and have been ever since!

 Then last night or should I say this morning we had another small earthquake. I woke up, but didn't realize why, I was in to deep. We were all talking about our 2 earthquakes at church. Then tonight I was talking to mom and dad, and bam another small one. I was sitting on my bed, and it shook back and forth. I have gone through my house tonight and removed the large glass items from my shelves. I am also going to pull out the 72 hour kits. they haven't been touched in 5 years our emergency underwear won't fit now!:-)




 It's fun to be the only "girl" in the house on Valentines Weekend.

My guys love me and protect me. I can honestly say all of my sons truly love me and enjoy being around me. I chuckle because if I'm in my room to long exercising or cleaning, they will wander in to talk with me. We have another guy around our house all of the time. I laugh and ask the boys if they are sure he hasn't moved in. But that has me feeling loved and safe with 4 to 5 men in the house with me.

It's the week of Love share some love with people around you!

1 comment:

K said...

Honey, this is a bonny post indeed. You look gorgeous. Elizabeth looks so cute in the pigtails. Nathan is looking handsome. Mike is unrecognizable, he looks so different - but just as cheerful. You really amaze me, you do so much and are so kind. We need to pray that earthquake business away. Who knows what will happen, dang it? Bless you home and all of you = you are so lucky in love.