My love, we have seen it all...

If we didn't see it all, at least we did it all! And all in one weekend. Sisters Unite! (Title: lyrics from Celine Dion’s new song.)

(Warning, there will be a lot of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In here because I love to use them anyway, but because of the great time we had I will be over using them I’m sure!!!!)

What a great weekend! We had the sisters weekend we have been planning for a year and 4 of our sisters were able to hang out together most of the time and really had a great 4 days!

I think the best way to do this is give a quick recap of the weekend highlights…

Wynonna concert began like this…


Looked like this…..



And ended like this….


AWESOME! Right? We waited an hour or so to meet Wynonna because WE WANTED TO. It was sooooo cool. I'm glad we waited!

Then...

We found a project we all loved (it was hanging on Steph's wall) and we decided to make a project out of it and we all were going to make one and have the others be gifts. It began like this… just crafting along... Making Christmas presents...



Looked like this…..

It seemed to skip a few hours, time just flew by, or something!! We spent hours just looking for the paper and ribbon and colors we wanted, and it felt like nothing.



The project ended like this……





(There's nothing there because NO one finished the project! Too much laughing, napping, discussing and not enough work got done... Bummer, but they will be finished! Hopefully!)



Ok and the finally of the weekend began like THIS!...
CELINE!
Don't you wish it was you in that car...goin' to Celine?

Found food in Glendale right by the arena. It was a nice place.

We waited for what seemed like forever for her to start!


During the concert looked something like this.....



She had about 4 more clothes changes! Interesting wardrobe! Great show!
The middle takes up a lot more time if anyone cared, but just know it was a great show!!! Celine had a way of making everyone in a huge arena feel like they are involved in the show and even if you aren’t particularly a fan of Celine, it could not be disputed that she puts on a great show!!! Can I have an “AMEN”?! (Same experience as when we saw her in Vegas, she does a great show!) (how many times have I said, "great show"? I'm so tired...)


The night ended like this………..

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But you can picture this in your minds little eye... Four old laides out on the town, finally hit the pillows late, late! Add a little drool on the pillow, no alarm and the clocks finally striking 10 AM and you got the main idea!

We were all so tired! It was a really long weekend in that we had little sleep! But well worth being tired and anything else that came of it!

So, to end this thing... to all those Arizona people who I love to hang out with I can only apologize that I haven’t had more time for them! I love you all too and I wish I did have more time to spend with you!!! Netty, what the heck? When are we going to spend a weekend just you and I? Laura, you probably want to shoot me right about now! I know I’ve been there twice and not seen or called… What is the matter with me? I bet if you think about it for 2 seconds you will figure it out! Everyone else who reads this blog I can only say, blah, blah, blah… Same old stuff. I’m telling you if heaven isn’t like one big party with all the people you love around you whenever you want them to be, then I am going to totally disappointed because this life time just doesn’t have enough TIME! Especially if you live in Arizona! It’s like a time warp place or something! The minutes, hours and days just fly by! That’s nearly as bad as the heat in the summer. (The two worst things about Arizona.) But I have loved being there the past two weeks and enjoying my family and a friend here and there. Hey, I might be the only person all of you know in Apple Valley, CA so if you aren’t reading this from the high desert in California, COME VISIT US HERE AND WE CAN HAVE A GRAND ‘OL TIME!

I shouldn't be blogging!

I really shouldn't be blogging... It seems like such a harmless thing to do yet it has it's traps! You know it's a trap when it feels good. Isn't everything that feels good bad to do? :) I just want to blog for a minute, if I do it fast enough maybe it won't be too bad. The only reason it is bad is because I really should be cleaning the house, finishing the decorating for Christmas, getting myself ready to go into the office, and I could think of many, many more if I wanted to!

The thing is, is that I need to share about the week just a bit! Thanksgiving really started when we had the Kindergarten feast on Wednesday! It was cute, they did a little show, got to take a journey on the Mayflower and then ate the feast! Bricky was a pilgrim for a while (while on the Mayflower journey) and then for the feast he was a Indian. He had a good time, which is saying something since he is a little stinker sometimes!

Finger lickin' good!

Then the holiday continued in Mesa. We didn't eat on Thursday and so that was a bit strange. We had to wait some family who had other inlaw's and such to go see. But family is always good, right... worth the wait?
So here are a couple of highlights. The pilgrims gathered again... They were a bit silly, but always cute!

I have cousins who brought babies and my kids just thought that was awesome! We don't have babies around much any more, so they couldn't keep their hands off of them. Well, Ba and Carter in particular!


They all did some turkey coloring thanks to Grammy and they played pin the hat on the turkey. This is Kendahl doing a little turkey dance... "woo hoo" I guess she did well at her turn with the turkey!

Here are the kids with Grandma Harris! It was nice to see her again after a couple of months of her being in AZ. She left on Saturday after all the partying... to go back to Cali, so Melanie and I will get to start our visits with her back up! That's always great, I can't complain about that!! I Love this lady!

As you can see the weekend was great. What I don't have any pictures of yet is the little play date we had with the Taylors! The little ones got to go play with a whole neighborhood of kids over at Tom and Tammy's. We had a good time with them and now Scott is officially the little kid wrestling buddy! (He always has been, but I thought I should make if official...) After Charli's x-ray today we'll see if her arm was broken when Scott landed on her during one of the rounds... Hope not, sorry Steph!

As we were about to leave I got a great picture of Steph and I... Not really so great, but I love this gal too and I am so thankful for all she does for us! She is my friend, my comic relief, and my person!

It's amazing we made it back in one piece because the traffic was SO bad coming home! But we did make it and we were extremely tired from the LONG trip home, but today kids are at school and life is moving on!

So now that I have taken this moment out of my day to blog... I better get back to it!!! On with the day!

Thanks at 3 AM

It's super early Thanksgiving morning and I am awake and in Arizona! Why I'm on the computer I don't know, but I am and I decided to be thankful!

First of all I'm thankful that we made it to Mesa tonight because the traffic was HORRIBLE and we drove 70% of the time in rain and sometimes heavy rain. The two don't mix well and make for bad driving conditions. So, GLAD TO BE HERE! To top it off I don't think any of the kids had seat belts on once the movie was over because they all laid on the seats for better resting conditions. Knowing that was the case I was super cautions until I got tired... then I was super sleepy and trying to be cautions! I didn't want to stop and let Scott drive because it was pouring by that time and I wanted to get there. We drove the entire 6 hours with NO stops! That's got to be a record with kids!! (I can do it by myself in 5 hours and no stops.)

K, another thing I am thankful for is those 5 people who accompanied me to Arizona! They are amazing. I am so lucky to be the mom of wonderful, smart, talented, beautiful children!!! (I'm also lucky to have my sanity with such demanding, whiny, argumentative children!) No, seriously, my kids are great! And Scott??? how did I pull that one off? Who knew I would marry a guy like Scott? He totally loves me (that takes patience I'm sure!). He is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He would give his right shoe to someone if they needed it, and his left one to them even if they didn't need it. He has tons of integrity and is really a wonderful person.

I am thankful for our home that is constantly a work in progress. It has been fun adding new things on to it and working on it, (even though it is getting old..) and someday when it's done it will be even greater! I love living in Apple Valley that's a blessing too.

I am thankful for my friends. I have been made so aware lately of just how blessed I am to have some truly special people in my life who look after me and love me. Oh there is so much that could be said about that, but I will save that for another day. I'm just grateful to have good friends.

One of the most special people in my life is my grandma and I am truly blessed to have her in my life. She and I have had the great opportunity to spend time together the past couple of years and I almost feel guilty for it because it is so wonderful for me! They say that things that you love are usually bad for you or a sin? Well this 'good thing' isn't! She is amazing for me and it fills me up to be around her!

I'm thankful for kindergarten because the parties make for great photo op's! Like the Thanksgiving feast we attended today, (which was really yesterday, but I haven't been to bed yet.) I'll get one or two and post them for the holiday, I'm too tired now to go find them!

Well, I could go on and on, but it's 3:21 now and I am going to fall asleep right here in Stephanie's comfy chair! So I better get off of this computer! I have tons more that I'm thankful for, but I'll leave you in suspense.

Have a wonderful turkey day with your loved ones.

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I saw this on someone else's blog and thought it was so funny. It made me smile. Thought it was way worth sharing!
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Things I re-learned today

Slow down, Enjoy each moment, Breathe. Be thankful. Breathe between each thankful thought. Pay attention to each thing that happens each moment, and breathe. Things are better than we think they are. There are ways to do things differently so that we recognize the blessings in the moments. If something isn't working for us, changes it. Do it differently and you will see it differently. Oh, and don't forget to breathe... slow, deep breaths.
I oftentimes go through the tasks of the day so mindlessly that I don't remember a bit of it... I'm choosing now to do it differently and remember it.

Sunday, Sunday

Ok, so my roll was broken... You know, life gets in the way. So we continue on.
I cooked for the missionaries today. We had some good food! My dishwasher broke for good, now I am the dishwasher! I can't wait to get the kitchen remodel going!

I'm looking forward to the holidays that are coming! There's lots to plan and do! We'll be in Arizona for Thanksgiving and then we are going to the cabin for Christmas! I am SOOOO excited about Christmas! I have to finish everything early because once we leave for the cabin there won't be much shopping! Can you imagine that 3 days before Christmas everything could be done? Wow! I'ts coming TOO soon! I love Christmas!

I think my son hates me. There's no trust when I cut his hair! No trust from him and I don't even trust myself. I cut his hair! I wanted to go a bit shorter than usual, but I got out of control! He looks like a boy!!! He did a good job of not showing his frusteration! While I was cutting I asked him what he was going to do when he saw it and he said, "I'll probably have to go in my room and say, 'why so short, ahhh short hair." Then we kind of giggled about how he would react. I think because we had the little conversation it kind of helped him deal with it a bit. What a good kid he is!!!



Monday starts the week out in such a uuhhh way! I have to go down the hill to a class and so I'm gone all evening. I decided Monday would be soup day, so I have to find a recipe to put in the crock pot. I'll find a good one. Last week was lentil, I'll let you know what I do tomorrow.

So, everyone have a great week! If you hear from me it means I have something to say, if you don't, well then... I don't!

I'm on a roll!

This is going to make four days blogging in a row I think!! Wow me!
Today has been a great day, so much accomplished! The thing is you just can't sit down! No rest for the weary!

So four days blogging and two days cooking! If you know me you know I don't cook... Usually... When I do it is pretty good! So I got a craving for soup yesterday and I made the family some Lentil soup in the crock pot. Healthy, good. Tonight I had to use up some broccoli because I bought double for some reason and I made fettucini with broccoli pesto and baked chicken. I know! Right? Can you believe it? Two nights and two very healthy meals... Wow, I must be on a roll!

So this week I have been a widow to flying. Scott left Saturday afternoon out of the blue to go to the mountain and watch people fly (paraglide). He isn't the level he needs to be yet to fly off that mountain. So they went to watch and then to some paragliding meeting. Today he left again to go down to San Diego to fly and take their P2 test. NOW he can fly off that mountain, (if he passes the test, I guess I'll know that when he calls.) So I guess this week {day off=paragliding}. I wonder if that will continue... Not this coming saturday, I'm going to fill his schedule!

That's all the news for this crazy woman! Happy Wednesday all!

Witness

So I was driving down the hill tonight for a meeting and I was behind this trailer. He started to sway just a bit and I thought nothing till it was swaying a little bit for a long time. I thought at first he was just kidding around with the people in his truck or something, then I thought, "is he going to pull out of this?" And then he began swaying more! I was then slowing quite a bit and watching what was about to happen. He got more and more out of control and then it just whipped the heck out of the trailer!! It was CRAZY! I couldn't believe it was actually happening! By the time the guy stopped I had stopped about even with them and stopped on the fast lane side next to the guard rail. \

I jumped out of the car and ran over to them. I was hearing cries of total fear. It turned out the one screaming out was a 10 year old boy. There were 4 people in the truck. Man, woman, 10 year old and a 64 year old grandma. The grandma was having a hard time getting out of the truck, it being totally on it's side and smashed up, and I couldn't do much. There was a man on the phone to 911 and I yelled to him to help pull her out and I grabed his phone and finished with 911. It was so fast and wild. The grandma was bleeding from her head and her whole face was covered in blood! After she got out I was trying to get her to lay down, but she seemed confused and kept saying, "why do I need to lay down?" Whe was sweet and yet she was sort of out of it!

Anyway, after all the medical people got there it turns out that grandma had a huge cut on her head and the boy had a large softball size yucky bruise on his calf and that is about it! The trailer was GONE and the truck wasn't much better!

It was the closest I have ever been to an accident and was actually the first one on the scene and able to help! Wild!!! As soon as the fire dept. got there and I felt strange sticking around I decided to get out of the way. I felt so bad for the people. They were really nice.

I got these pictures on my phone. I wanted to take pictures of the people but thought that would be kind of rude!


I don't think they'll be able to repair these!! Do ya think?


Some of his quads that flew out of the trailer. One was WAY down the mountain!


Trailer and truck, I don't even know how it got in this position!