Wednesday, January 4, 2012

12 in 2012

January - health & fitness
February - love & marriage
March - Thai cooking
April - organization
May - family history
June - friendship
July - quilting
August - travel
September - finances
October - food storage
November - service
December - faith


These are topics I'm really interested in.

I want to learn more and accomplish something in each of the categories for that month.

Wish me luck!



Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Out with the old year, in with the new





And a picture of Skippy in her new outfit as well...

Here is a list of things I want to remember about the Christmas season 2011:
~Spending 11 whole days with Rick and Andy. The are really good company. They keep those good times just rollin and rollin.
~Shopping for Sunday best outfits for our four little granddaughters. (Head gear compliments of cousin Jessica...so cute!)
~Watching three little girls ages almost 6, 4 and 2 on Christmas morning! Is there anything better than watching their expressions of pure delight?
~Being the guest and watching our daughter be a marvelous hostess.
~Seeing our great son-in-law love his job helping Santa work his magic.
~Eating Christmas dinner with my Mom. I haven't done that for many years. She loves Christmas and misses spending it with her own kids.
~Traveling south to enjoy weather in the 70s each and every day with sunny blue skies. I'm dreaming of a "green" Christmas...there is some magic to it every once in a awhile.
~Spending the night in Vegas right before Christmas and thanking my lucky stars that I don't have to spend Christmas there. The best way to see Vegas in the in rear view mirror in my humble opinion.
~Enjoying an hour massage at Massage Envy with Mom & Jord.
~Movies
~Games...the game of "Things" continues to capture and hold our undivided attention
~Food, food and more food...yikes.
~Hearing "I love your Grandma Vonnie...will you play with me?"
~Going to David Mejia's wedding reception and seeing his saintly mother Julia
~Traveling through Palm Desert and paying a visit to my good friend Marcy. She made us a delicious meal and we had some good conversation and many laughs.
~Spending New Years with Bob and Robyn and their family...watching the 2 of the 3 girls warm up to Ditty and Lucky their dogs.
~Not exercising at a gym
~Spending the night at our friends lovely home (Mark and Colleen) in St. George on the way home.
~Talking to Dave and Courtney, Rich and Claire and Skippy and hearing all about their Christmas activities.
~Watching my true love get a good start on a beard for the two weeks we were on vacation. I wish he could have keep it, but alas, he is teaching at BYU this semester and having a beard isn't going to work...sad.
~Seeing how much fun everyone has together and how sweetly the girls treat one another, their parents and us
~Watching Andy play and play and play and play with (and gently tease) the girls.
~Good feelings, fun times and a memorable Christmas season 2011.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Countdown to Christmas


~Merry Christmas~


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For unto us a child is
BORN, UNTO US A SON
is given and the government
shall be upon his shoulder;
and his name shall be
called, Wonderful
Counselor,
The Mighty God
The Everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
Happy Birthday to the Savior of the World Jesus Christ.




Saturday, December 24, 2011

Countdown to Christmas








Day #24

Christmas Eve.

Five C~R~A~Z~Y people started out the day this way...I wouldn't recommend it...the Polar Bear Plunge. No they didn't have to break through ice first, but still it was very cold to jump into an unheated pool in December...not for the faint of heart...or me.
We went from the ridiculous to the sublime. Jordan was a perfect hostess and she prepared a wonderful Christmas dinner. Jake conducted the program and we enjoyed sharing the Christmas story in word and song and some sharing of talents by everyone there. It was a lovely evening and it was so fun to be together.

















Friday, December 23, 2011

Countdown to Christmas






Day #23

Rick, Andy and I headed out of town to spend the Christmas holiday with our oldest daughter and her family. Our other two children were spending the holiday with their in-law families. Rick had to work most of the day so we reserved a room in Vegas and went that far the 1st night. Claire found us a lovely room for $40/night at a place called Tuscany resort and suites. It was lovely and we would return another time.
We arrived to find this:



I'm thinking that I will write a new song...I'm dreaming of a GREEN Christmas...it was actually quite LOVELY!!

We immediately started some fun activities with our 3 little grand daughters and their parents by driving around looking at some crazy & amazing Christmas light and by going to a fun train park. Our little 2 year old granddaughter is NOT a fan of nutcrackers or Santa Claus and you can see by the look on her face that she was ready to get the heck out of there. We sat in the back seat of the van with our oldest granddaughter Lauren and she put her arm around through our arms as we drove around and said she was so happy that we were there. Auhhhh....so sweet!