The Taylors

Instead of camping with the Taylor's this year, we just took a little drive and went and visited with them.  They are camping up North Fork where they like to go over Memorial Day Weekend.  It was relaxing sitting around the fire and visiting with them.  I love this family.  I love the mountains.  I love seeing the deer cross the roads while we drive in the mountains.  I love the quiet and peace the fresh air offers.  It was nice.

Before going to the Taylor camp, we stopped by Rachel's to give her a paper from the shop and to see her cute baby.  Rachel and Craig weren't home but we found them at their neighbors house.  Jared knew the red truck was Rachel's and then he noticed her standing out in the front yard.  Rachel and her baby are doing good and her little one is so darling.   I'm glad we decided to go for our little drive this evening.

Celebrating Tonya

I was finally able to take Tonya to lunch today to celebrate her birthday which was last Saturday.  Tonya works at Weber High and life is crazy the last week of school.  Crud, life is just crazy all the time and it took us this long to get a day we both were free.  I love this sister/friend of mine.  She truly has been such a wonderful blessing in my life.  She's been my friend longer than anyone else.  We met in elementary school and have been family ever since.  I learn so much from Tonya and respect her in so many ways.  God knew we needed each other in this life.  What a blessing Tonya has been to me and my family and I know she feels exactly the same way.

We went to LaFerrovia and enjoyed a nice visit and lunch.  Tonya invited me to her cabin and I can't wait to go see it with her.  I might need to use it so I can get the book done I am trying to write about Jared's adventure.  I have too many distractions at home.  I hope we can plan more time together this summer.  Kimleighel loves her Aunt Tonya and asks quite often if we can go visit her.  We all love Tonya and her family.  I feel so blessed to have them all in our lives!

Baby Loves

 Lynette and I had the same idea again today.  We ended up at the Hospital exactly at the same time.  Thank goodness there are two babies to love on. ☺  We took turn holding each baby.  The twins are doing really good and will be coming home soon.  I learned how to pace a baby while feeding it as I watched the nurse feed little Briggs today.  Brynlie used the feeding tube for this feeding since she wasn't interested at all about waking up to eat.  Briggs chomped his bottle down in seven minutes.  These little ones and all little's are absolute miracles.  I'm so thankful and in love with these babies.  There really isn't anything in this world better than a new born baby fresh from Heaven.

I enjoyed visiting with Lynette.  I'm so thankful my kids have married into such wonderful families.  I'm thankful for the wonderful nurses that care for our twins.  They are so good and caring. Life is pretty darn wonderful!  Busy....But Wonderful!

Food 4 Thought Friday

Food 4 Thought Friday 

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Breakfast ~ What is the best thing you cook or bake? haha...that's a hard one since I don't like to cook. My family and the Ropelato extended family likes my Pasta Salad.  My family likes my Shepherds Pie, Stromboli, Lasagna, Meatloaf and Roasts.   I like baking much more than cooking and make yummy cookies and fudge chewies.  I also make a really good cheese cake.

Lunch ~ If you had to become a teacher of only one thing, what would you teach? The importance and power of positive thinking.  I wish I would have learned it earlier.  

Dinner ~ Where do you blog from?  PC or laptop?  Describe your surroundings. I  blog from my PC that is in my room.  There is a huge basket full of Larry's stuffed toys to the left of me and my bed behind me.  The printer is to the right and there are always papers of mine there.  Right now it's the binder with the stories from Jared's adventure on it.

Midnight Snack ~ Out of these three items, which would you NOT want to give up and why?  *Dishwasher *Microwave *Vacuum? I'd say vacuum even though I don't use it as often as I should.  In the long run I would miss it most.  I don't mind washing dishes and I can heat things up on the stove.

Recipe for the Week ~ (instead of your recipe for life, what is it just for the week?) Be Thankful and say Thank You!  We are so very blessed!

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Chesterfield Field Trip

Our group took a little field trip to Chesterfield today.  It's past Lava about 25 minutes.  It's a place that some pioneers settled.  It's a pretty little community with lots of green grass and rolling hills.  It's been restored and people are allowed to go and tour the buildings through the summer.

 I love all the antiques.  It was really interesting to look around each place and listen to the cool stories that the volunteer had to share with us.

We were able to go into the school house, the general store, a few homes, the church or meeting house and the tithing house.

It was a beautiful day and a really fun field trip.  I'm so thankful that I live now and have all the luxuries and conveniences we do.  I admire the pioneers and all they endured.  I'm sure they felt very blessed too.

I'm glad I don't have to make dinner on a little wood burning stove, or haul water from outside, or wash the laundry by hand.  I'm really glad I don't have to put linseed oil on my floors four times a week to keep the critters out.

 It was a really enjoyable field trip.  We enjoyed a yummy lunch in the basement of one of the buildings.  It was really cold inside and outside by the time we were finishing.  I'm thankful for the pioneers and all they did.  They were such faithful people and hard working.  I like how God placed them all over.  They had to have been inspired to even find Chesterfield.  The Oregon Trail went through Chesterfield and maybe that's why they went back to settle there.  Very Interesting Day!

Heather's 40

Heather has a Birthday Shout Hooray!  Heather is one of my favorite people alive.  Heather has accomplished so much.  She is so much stronger and better than she thinks.  She is smart and got another degree.  She is nice and my cute grand loves having her as a teacher.  She is friendly and has some wonderful friends.  I'm glad that our family are included in her circle of friends.  She is a blessing to us and so is her family. Heather is fun and I love spending time with her whenever I get the chance.  Tonight it was fun celebrating her!

We went to Maddox and it was suppose to be a surprise.  I'm not sure if it was or not but it was fun.  Larry and I enjoyed visiting with her mother in law.  We had arrived first and so we sat on the end.  We thought about sitting in the middle but decided against it. ☺ I loved the cute cake Barbie had made for Heather.  It was so bright and cute.  I think it was to remind Heather of their time in Hawaii together.

I'm grateful for Heather, Jerry, their kids and her parents.  They are all such good people.  I'm glad that are paths have crossed.  I love the Anderson's and Sessions and the rest of their family!

Miss Macie

So I didn't start the morning off at the Temple but I did start it off with this cutie.  Jared had an early dentist appointment and Natalie needed help with Macie so she could go to the school and help in her kids classes.  I picked Macie up at 7:30 and she was all cute and ready to go.  She was so excited which makes me so happy.  I wasn't going to stay while Jared got worked on but we did.  I told Natalie not to worry about breakfast and so when Jared was finished we to Macy's (store) and found a big pink doughnut for Macie.  She loved it and was hungry because she ate it all except for one little bite.

We went home and had Kimi come down to play with Macie since I had an appointment to visit teach.  Natalie got done about the time I left.  Natalie had to take Justin for a follow up appointment.  He had surgery yesterday.  The doctor did some bone crafts and put an implant in to secure a tooth to later.  His lip and gums had to be cut and stitched again since the emergency doctor didn't stitch the inside of his lip on Saturday.  Poor Justin.  We do feel blessed though because if the chisel would have hit him any higher it likely would have been a lot worse!  The doctor today was very slow in seeing Justin and so when Natalie text me to see if I would be able to pick up Mya I rearranged my list of things to do.   (I might make it to the store one of these days.)  I was actually glad I was available because that is one way I know I can help my kids out.  I don't go help clean their houses or take meals in because I'm just not good at that. So, when I get the chance to help with the kids I try really hard to do so.