Food 4 Thought Friday

Food 4 Thought Friday! 

A little feast without the calories!! 

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Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions:

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Breakfast ~ What is something you always look forward to? Sundays when the kids and grands come home and everyone is together!  I also look forward to lunches with my friends and any get away. Oh...and pedicures!
Lunch ~ What is your best advice to a newly married couple? Keep Having fun and use moisture cream while you don't need it.

Dinner ~ What is stressing you out most right now? my short waist that keeps getting shorter and thicker.

Midnight Snack ~ Name something that inspired you this week. My girls and friends always inspire me to be better! 

Recipe of the Week ~ (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?) if you want to have a fun life then you need to make sure it is!

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Celebrating 5 years

Facebook has a memory prompter so you can go back and see what happened on the day you look and years before.  About a week ago I noticed that Jodi and I had become friends on facebook 5 years earlier.  We decided that we should celebrate!  We invited Kathy to join us because it was Kathy that held craft classes and got us together. (at least that's how I first joined them)  I love these two...they are funny and kind.  

We enjoyed a yummy lunch at Zucca's.  The time always goes so fast...maybe because we have so much to say and share with each other....I did a lot of that today and was actually embarrassed because I felt like I was being negative.  I shared a few negative things that I have experienced.  I know it might have made the person that those things were about look bad...if so I didn't mean for that to happen.  It's crazy how a few "hard" times can be remembered so clearly and embedded in your soul even though there are thousands of "good" times surrounding those hard times. At this point in my life I am grateful for those "hard" times because they have helped me to be better.  I know we all have our "hard" times and they help us grow and make us stronger.  

We found some "kodak moments" before we had to part our ways and say good-bye again.  I would love to have those cute chairs and table by my front door.  I think they would look better than the broken plastic lawn chairs that are there.  Kathy and Jodi are good at finding kodak moments and striking a pose.

Back to School Breakfast

Off and on for years I have enjoyed going to breakfast for Back to School.  I have gone with my friends since it was my kids going back to school.  This year I thought it would be fun to take my girls to breakfast since they are now experiencing back to school.  We waited until Parker was able to go to Kindergarten and today was his day.  I know all the grands were very excited to go to school...Jared....not so much.  We had breakfast but it was lunch time since Parker is going to afternoon Kindergarten.  It was fun and I really enjoy being with these cute girls.  I felt bad that Kelsi couldn't join us so we planned a lunch date in a week on her day off.  If we are lucky Julie will have it off too and we will all be able to go.  I love my girls and I like finding ways to get us all together.  Being a mom is a big job and at times it's even really hard.  I think it's important for moms to be "treated" every now and then.  I sure appreciate the cute moms of my grands.  Each of them are so patient and kind and I love them all so much!

No More Braces

Jared got his braces off.....happy dance....woot~woot!  We've had kids in braces for ever!  Dr. Naylor asked me how it was going to feel not coming to the ortho anymore.  I told him that I thought I could handle it.  Everyone of my seven children got my small mouth.  Larry still has his wisdom teeth and his teeth have always been straight and nice.  Me and my kids have had to have many teeth pulled just so everything wouldn't be so crowded.  Everyone but Kevin has endured braces and Kevin is going to have to too because he has TMJ.  Oh the joys of the "gene" pull.

I love each one of my kids cute smiles. ☺ I guess at this point in life and business this is where are "raises" come from.  NO More Braces.....Hooray!!!

The Biggest Reason I Love Sundays

Happy Birthday Kevin

Twenty-eight years ago this son was welcomed to our family.  We were all excited to have him join us.  I was so anxious to know who was coming that I paid extra for an ultra sound.  I wanted to know if it was a boy or girl joining us.  My mom didn't believe the ultra sound or the doctor and thought Kevin was going to be a girl and so she made him a pink blanket and even gave it to us after he was born.  I put it over him to bring him home and never used it again.  I thought I had saved it for him to use with his kids but can't find it now. Funny, Funny Grandma Ruthie!

Kevin is such a good kid.  Kevin has a tender heart but is tough on the outside.  He's still a momma's boy and will come talk to me when he has troubles.  Kevin is such a wonderful daddy.  He's a Mr. Mom  a lot of the time since he get off work earlier than Julie and is really good with his girls.  Kevin has always loved kids and so this hasn't surprised me but has made me smile even bigger.  I wouldn't have thought that he would be so talented in the "cooking department" though.  He makes dinners and he makes his girls their birthday cakes and always does a super job at it.  I'm proud of my cute son and love that I'm his mommy!

Shower for Courtnie

Courtnie is going to marry Taylor in October and so Mindy and I thought it would be a great idea to shower her with gifts for this wonderful event. (we are her visiting teachers)  Courtnie is such a cute girl and such a spiritual giant.  I love listening to her speak in church....she doesn't read her talk and is very prepared.  (even before her mission she was like that)  Courtnie is kind and forgiving.  She is such a good example of being happy and successful even while being tried.  I sure love Courtnie and I'm so excited for her to marry her cute friend, Taylor.

Jodi and Courtnie weren't sure who to invite and so Mindy and I took care of it....we pretty much invited everyone that comes to church that might know her.  Mindy made some cute invites and we each delivered them around the ward.  Mindy also brought cute jars full of candy to share with everyone.  I think it made the counter look cute.  I just worried about cleaning my house and having it ready.  Mindy and I both made a big pan of brownies and brought ice cream.  I figured that way we'd each have some for our families afterwards.

I was pleased with the love and support Courtnie got.   We have such a kind ward!

***Larry and I got to go help in the Laundry Room of the Temple after the shower.  Alexi (my niece) works there and it was quite enjoyable helping out.  Larry was amazed at how much laundry is done and how precise everything is folded and hung up.  It's all very orderly and a super huge job!  It was a great experience for sure.  

I remember folding aprons once in the Original Ogden Temple and I'm thinking that when I showed up at the temple one day I was just asked to go down and help.  I know I wasn't there long and I can only remember folding aprons.