Denise had a Birthday Shout Hooray!

It's that time of the year that I get to see Denise. It was her birthday! It seems we only see each other for our birthdays. I am glad we make time to do so. I love visiting with my friends and getting caught up on their families and their lives. Denise and I are both thinner than the last time we met but she has lost more! I always think she looks great! She's so darn cute inside and out! I sure do cherish my friends.....I cherish Denise! This is a friendship formed because of Visiting Teaching. She was my visiting teacher when we moved to Roy! She was more than just a visiting teacher.....she was a friend. I have always felt strongly about visiting teaching and this is one of the reasons why. I get attached to people that care about me.....I'm attached to Denise because she has always cared about me and my family! (I care about hers too)Thank goodness we each have a birthday once a year so we make time to get together. These moments in time are priceless to me! I love Denise!

this is good

So today I went bowling and that is exactly what I did. I bowled like I actually knew what I was doing!
First game: 178
Second game: 197
Third game: 179
My series: 554
I had to record because that may never happen again! It was fun.....I liked it a lot!

Bunny Bait.....yum!

Here's a yummy recipe for Easter & Spring!

2 bags of popped popcorn (I used Tender White)
1 bag of white chocolate chips
1 bag of Easter M & Ms
pretzel sticks~broken into small pieces
colorful sprinkles

Place the popped popcorn in a large bowl with the broken pretzels and M & Ms and sprinkles. Heat the chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second intervals...stirring each time until melted and smooth.

Drizzle white chocolate over the popcorn mixture and stir to coat. Spread out on a large piece of wax paper or cookie sheet to cool. Add more sprinkles if you want. Let it cool and break into pieces and Enjoy!

Spring Break

The kids have Spring Break this week! Yahoo......no schedules and just a bunch of relaxing. (at least for the kids...I still do my jobs) Today was also Larry's day off and so we decided to make it a fun day with the kids. We ended up going to the movie since they love going to the movies and we don't that often. We went and saw Mirror Mirror. A "Snow White" kind of story. It was pretty cute and they liked it. Truth is Larry and I liked it too. I loved the costumes. I thought they were awesome!

Kimleighel loved the Prince. She thought he was awesome. She loves any kind of love story!

Jared loved the "little guys". They were funny and cool. Larry loved the humor and sitting by me. ;)

After the show we went to Iggy's for lunch. It was late enough that it counted as dinner too and I like that! I'm still not a big fan of preparing meals.

Today was a very nice "break" for all of us!

Conference

I love Conference Weekend! I just feel good listening to our Prophet and Apostles and hearing the awesome music. I think the older I get the better I like it. (Of course I do because I don't have little kids running around needing my attention) I usually take notes but for some reason I didn't this conference. So that leaves me to my memory.......I should have taken notes! The talk that I can remember was by President Dieter Uchtdorf and the quotes I have here are from his talk. I love these quotes! Such good advice!

I love our family tradition of going out to dinner after the Priesthood Session on Saturday. It is late but it's always fun being with the family and keeping traditions. The grands love our tradition also and look forward to it. I love having Natalie and the kids over during the session.....it's fun visiting with her. I just love them all soooooo much!

It seems that the grands may be starting another tradition. They like sleeping over and ask whenever we are together. We agreed to let them all sleep over on Sunday Night and it was fun.
They love playing together. I love that they love playing together. The only problem with sleep overs is they are so excited they don't want to go to sleep. :) We got all ready for bed and put a movie in. The movie was a short princess movie and I thought that would put them to sleep. NOPE it didn't. We agreed after the Princess Movie that we would watch Mama Mia. For sure this would put them to sleep.....besides it was getting really late. Well Ivy (Who chose Mama Mia) did fall asleep during the movie. Zaden gave out a little bit before it ended but Mya and Kamryn were like the Energizer Bunnies! They watched the complete movie. When it was over they asked what's next? (it was about midnight at this point) I told them we were going to sleep. They whispered to each other telling the other one to "close your eyes" or "be quiet". They are too cute and crack this gramma up. I didn't mind staying up with them. It wasn't long and they were all sleeping soundly. Very soundly and very noisy. The sleeping noise also made me laugh.

Oh my I love my family!

Bowling "242"

I enjoy going bowling. Not because of the bowling but because of the ladies I get to bowl with. I have become aquainted with so many great ladies and made so many new friends. That's the real reason I continue to go!

I get hugs from Sylvia and she always tells me she loves me and calls me her Dawn's early light. I love watching others make their way to Sylvia also...she gives great hugs. I "WooHooHoo" it up with Taryn. She told me I am one of her favorites. :) I laugh with Debbie, Cheryl, Julie and Lynn over anything. Tina from my Thursday team said she liked coming because I was always so upbeat and positive and she liked being around me. I am not quiet while I bowl....I make a lot of noise and cheer for everyone. I smile when I hear the same noises come from others.

I get asked to sub quite a bit these days and I think it's because I am fun.......I'm sure it's not because I am good. I can bowl good but I don't all the time. Today I was subbing and having a great time and the last game I bowled a 242! WOOHOO to ME! Funny thing is I didn't even realize I was doing so well. I knew my team mate was and I was watching her score but didn't pay attention to mine. My team mate, Janet bowled a 245! I was shocked I was so close. I guess I just do better when I don't pay too close of attention.

I know I make a difference in others lives. I don't think people are use to being around "happy" that much. I think people like "happy" though and like it in their life. I am glad that I can share my happiness with others. When I do I just become more happy! It's a win win situation!

So that's the real reason that I bowl!

From the Mouths of Babes!

I so love my little grands. They say the cutest things. A few things that I want to remember are:

A week or so ago we were sitting at the kitchen table talking after our Sunday dinner. The kids were asking Mya questions like "Who's you favorite Uncle?".....etc Then someone asked her who the prettiest one was. She looked at everyone and then said "Gramma". Oh my crud she made my day. We all laughed but I loved it! (Mya thinks I'm pretty!)

Last night Kamryn got to stay with us while her parents went to a FHE with the Young Adults. I was putting a movie in and Kimi and Jared were arguing about something. I was looking at them and probably saying "Really?" or something similar. Kamryn then says: "Gramma Dawn?" I looked at her and she said: "You are the best mom!" Oh my heck I love the grands! They love me and let me know.

Ivy and Zaden don't ever want to go home when they get to come. (doesn't happen often these days) I guess they know that they are all my favorite and I love them so much! I am glad!