Moving Day

Braxton and Kelsi moved this weekend into a much nicer place and in the same ward they have been in.  My job was to watch the grands.  I knew that and had it on the calendar but didn't realize Braxton had the day off Friday.  In my mind it was later and so I planned to attend the funeral of Debbie and LaVerna's dad.  When Braxton asked me if he could bring the kids early I was caught off guard because I misunderstood.  I told him I would not go to the funeral but Trichelle had my back and I she watched the kids while I went and I picked them up afterwards. I love that my family really does watch out for each other and I truly appreciated Trichelle.  I just felt like I needed to go to this one and I was glad I did.

I usually make a nice green dinner for Saint Patrick's Day but didn't think much of it until it was time for dinner.  I made green spaghetti with burnt butter and parmesan cheese.  Sadie's wasn't too sure at first but then decided it must be okay since the rest of us were eating it. That was our celebration this year.

Kelsi brought the kids early on Saturday and we (Kimleighel and I) enjoyed them the entire day. Sadie loved playing outside and I got the weeds sprayed while she played.  I seriously do not like weeds yet they show up every spring.  The weather is nice now and it is wonderful to be outside and enjoy the sunshine.

Even though I wasn't super busy I was tired at the end of the day.  Taking care of babies is much harder than it use to be when I did it all the time. ☺  I was glad I could help out though and would have chose the babies over hauling or unpacking and trying to organize...or clean the old and new place.

The Light Within

Our Stake Relief Society had a nice program and dinner with all the sisters to celebrate the Relief Society Birthday.  Larry got to serve and so I decided to miss Special Needs and go too.  (I feel like I can now that I am the camp director)  The dinner was yummy and the program was really nice. The program focused on the Light we all have within ourselves.  I enjoyed the ladies at my table and we shared a little laughter together.  Larry snagged the cute grand of  Mitzie Yamashita...he loves babies. He had the cute little guy while everyone ate.  It was a nice night and I'm glad I went.  All the sisters got a cute little note book to write down the moments when the Light of Christ has impacted our lives.  Then, when times get rough we can look back on the things written and be lifted up again, knowing that He and His light is always with us.

Mostly Done...my room

Other than a few pictures I want to get my room is finished.  I love it!  It's light and cheery and refreshing.

No Pinching

The sista's met for lunch today at the Greenery.  It's always fun when we get together.  Patti brought her darling grand and she was so cute it made our visit even better.  We shared treats with eachother and that's always fun and tasty.  Some how I lost my sack of treats from Patti.  I'm guessing it was under the table.  These gal are talented and great.  Chris commented that she looked like the Green Giant which seriously made me laugh because she is quite a bit taller than me.  I love her.  She shared a little of her struggles and how she pushed through them.  That's what we do...we push through and keep going even when things get tough.  We are tough!  Jolene came in hopes of seeing Carla who is having fun with her grands.  It was nice learning a little more about Jolene.  She is very gifted and good at following the spirit.  I admire everyone and enjoyed this group of sista's today.

 Before meeting my friends for lunch I stopped by Larry's shop because Brooklyn (probably spelled different but I'm not sure how) brought me more chocolate.  I'm not sure why I"m so lucky and that I get this yummy chocolate from Australia but I'll take it.  I opened them at lunch and shared with everyone even though Brooklyn told Larry that I shouldn't share.  I think it's because I shared the first bar he gave me with some ladies at bowling and hardly ate much myself.  I like to share though and this candy is different and needs to be tried.

When I was leaving the shop, Cindee said everyone was going to bring chocolate to my funeral. I told her that I wanted lots of chocolate at my funeral to be given to those that come.One last gift from me. ☺  We talked about how a celebration of life would be in order.  She shared that her dad wants everyone to wear Hawaiian shirts and to have Beach Boys music playing.  I agree....no crying (or happy tears are okay)....but celebrating and laughter would be nice.

Jared had his first track meet today at Weber High and so I went up to watch him.  He did good and it was fun watching him be involved and a part of this group of kids.  Track and field is a lot of work and watching those kids run and push themselves was awesome.  I was getting burnt and I think Jared was about done competing when I decided to stop over at Tonya's.  I had visited with her for quite awhile on the phone but being that close and not stopping just seemed wrong.  I love visiting with her some more before heading home.

There are times when Larry gets out the vacuum and helps me with the house.  He vacuumed and it looked better but seriously it wasn't sucking as much up as we knew it should be.  Then the vacuum stopped and I was glad Larry was there.  I cleaned it the other day because I didn't feel like it was performing very good but I missed a few spots.  Like the roller....it was covered in hair. There was so much hair it looked like a wig.  Gross, I know.  Then the only opening I didn't check was clogged.  Larry cleaned it all out but we needed to wait for it to reset itself.  I'm thankful for this guy and all his help.

Getting Things Done

The boys helped Larry get the furniture back in our room on Sunday and so the last few few days I have been putting it together.  I love the new look.  It's light and cheery and feels refreshing.  Besides putting things together I also made dinner for Braxton and Kelsi.  The time slipped away and Braxton got home before I got the dinner there.  It's how my life has been this year...it's crazy.

We went over to Marc and Randee's and went through their new house.  It's huge and has a lot of cool features.  I really hope they invite us back to watch a movie or have pot luck.  Their home is meant to entertain and I hope we will be included.  Zoey invited us to stay and watch a movie but since it was getting late I asked her if she would please invite us again.

Tuesday I went visit teaching and them my visiting teacher came to me.  We still had things in the front room and so we visited in the family room.  Ruth laughed at our mess and laughed even harder when I told her she should have seen that room the night before.  I must say that Ruth makes me feel more loved and wonderful than any other visiting teacher ever.  I adore her and I hope that she continues to come and visit me.

Larry worked on cleaning the room up and I blogged.  It's all looking better, except the quiet room.  The quiet room is filled with things that belong in the closet that haven't been put back yet but it's getting there....slowly but surely.

Brent Celebrated 60

Birthdays are worth Celebrating!  Some are even more worth celebrating when you could have been doing a funeral instead.  Brent turned 60 on the 10th and so Tami and their kids decided to invite their extended family and some friends to help them celebrate.  I thought it was a great idea.  One of Brent's friends said it reminded him of a funeral.  I told him it could have been and so weren't we happy that Brent was still here to celebrate his birthday with us.  I quite enjoyed looking at all the pictures and watching the video of Brent's life.  It all made me smile.  It was fun and nice being around family celebrating a life that was fought for.  I hope Brent is able to celebrate more birthdays and that he keeps being blessed with miracles in the health department.  The thing that has been good over this last year of sickness is that Larry and Brent have gotten closer.  Brent has called Larry for blessings many times and Larry has been honored to give them.  It's been a rough year but I think there has been a lot of good things happen too.  Cheers to Birthdays and Celebrations!

Games and Plays

Ivy's games, Behr, Play, Larry Vegas

 Ivy had a few early games again.  I love watching her play and I'm happy to say that her team won both their games.  Ivy hurt her ankle at the end of the first game but worked it out because she really wanted to play the second game.  Good thing she did because she scored the first basket of the second game.  She was excited and so was I.  It was fun watching her cute brothers watch and cheer for her.  They all love this Ivy girl...Me Too!  TJ came and got Behr to put him down for a nap and so after the game I went to their house until he woke up.  Kimi took Ivy and Zaden to a show.  TJ and Trichelle went to a meeting.  Larry stopped at Dirk and Julie's today and I will admit I was a little envious.  I miss my cute friend!  Larry and Kevin also went to the Temple since the games are in the evening.  Yesterday they went shopping.  Larry even bought an Oregon Duck shirt to show support to Kevin and his team.  He's cool like that!

Ivy played with my phone and I found these pictures on it.  Isn't she so cute?  I can't believe she's so grown up.  It's crazy!  

I got to go "Play" tonight with my cute friends.  I love these ladies and we have a good time together.  The play was fun.  I also thought the play was funny but not nearly as funny as the lady who laughed so loud at everything.  Chatting to and from the play is a favorite time for me.  I love our time.  I laugh when I first looked at this picture and thought "one is not like the others". ☺  Before the play we went to the Spaghetti Factory...a favorite of mine!