SUNDAY DINNER 3-28-10

It's not Easter Sunday on the 28th but it's our Sunday to get-together so we'll do the Easter Dinner thing. Ham, Yummy Potatoes, etc, etc.
Lisa will do her traditional hiding of jelly bellies and "guess how many in the jar".
Hope everyone can come.

The other day Craig, Mike and Tyson were in Smith's and Mike went into the bathroom followed a minute later by Craig and Tyson. Craig called out to Mike, who was in a stall, and then held Tyson up to look down on Mike and said, "Tyson, who do you see?" Tyson didn't say anything and then Mike came out of the next stall. Craig, realizing he was holding Tyson over the wrong stall looking down on the wrong person, pulled Tyson down and said, "Oh, sorry guy!" and quickly left the bathroom!

Believe It or Not...

It's been ONE YEAR as of this Thursday, the 25th!!!!

Happy anniversary to me and Chuck!!! :-)

Cool Shades

I had to post Mayzie's shades. She didn't even try pulling them off! So cute!!!

Mary's Wednesday Babble

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Do you remember what you were doing four years ago today, March 18, 2006?
Well, some of us spent HOURS driving from fabric store to fabric store searching for just the right fabric to choose to represent us in our upcoming project of making "Family Quilts". Then we came back here to my house and spent more hours cutting, sewing and ironing. It was great fun and with such great results. We all LOVE our quilts.
Thanks Lori!

Pictionary FHE

A few weeks ago we played Pictionary for FHE. Grandpa was out of town, so we invited grandma to come over. See if you can figure out the picture:





Baylee: kidneys (thought for sure it was appendix)
Brinley: Sunrise
Whitney: Around
Trek: Jumper cables
Grandma: the word was defect, but she misread it as defeat(we didn't guess it)haha
Karlene: Mosaic (look close)No one got that either:(

Family Activities

Mark your calendars for June 21 and 22. On Monday (21st) we plan to go to Hogal Zoo and This is the Place Heritage Park . On the 22 we'll be at Seven Peaks. Grandpa's treat. Hope everyone will be able to come and join in the fun.

fun blog

KC and EM have a blog that is updated often with pictures of their triplets. Check it out at
www.teedle.blogspot.com

clever way to make an announcement

The chicks in the top picture are about five inches tall and two weeks old. Myles calls them "big chicks". The three baby chicks are just three days old. Myles will see them Saturday and hopefully let us call them "baby chicks".

We have new chicks at our house

Mary's Wednesday Babble

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
This comes from Plato (429-347 BC). Good advise.

Zebra Queen

(Zebra, meaning my floors are now black or white.)
I have been trying to clean the grout on my tile floor for the last couple of days!
I've rented a Sargent Steam cleaner that is supposed to be fantastic but it isn't so great. It's a lot of work which I wouldn't mind if it worked the first or even the second time but I am having to do it four times! Meaning steam it really good, let it dry and stream again and again and again! and it still isn't perfect.
End result = a zebra looking floor.
I have become a great fan of linoleum!
My mother never had so much trouble with her floors.

SUNDAY DINNER 3-14-2010

Menu
HAWAIIAN HAYSTACKS
dress Hawaiian (if you would like to)
P.S.
Hey Karlene I need a picture.
And how about you and kids teaching us the hula?

stunning!

Mary's Wednesday Babble

Actually, this week it's good stuff, not just babble.

After everyone left our house last Sunday, I found this written on a note paper.
When you can't sleep at night don't count sheep, talk to the Shepherd.
Good suggestion. Lisa said that Lori told it to her for a possible handout.

In keeping with the above message I thought I would include two of my favorite scriptures. D&C 84:88 and
I Nephi 21:14-16
Would love it if some of you would tell us a favorite of yours. You could add them in Comments.

The brethern at the BYU game

The other day at the BYU game, Pres. Uchtdorf and Elder Bednar were there. I had to zoom with my little camera so the quality is bad, but I thought it was fun! Next to Uchtdorf is Pres.of BYU and he usually has at least one of the well knowns there, but it was fun to see 2 of my favorite people!!

State Road 92

As you know sr 92 is undergoing new construction. There is a video that is kind of fun to watch that shows how the road will be when finished.
click here on www.udot.utah.gov/sr92/
then click on the middle of the picture, then the sound emblem (lower right of picture).
It's worth watching.
P.S. sr 92 is the road between Thanksgiving Point and Alpine.

B I G sale at Pepperment Place

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My heck, I almost started to hyperventilate when I saw that I could purchase --
100 gingerbread men for $1.00
100 pumpkin things for $1.00
12 Valentine cookie cutters filled with chocolate for $1.00
a bunch of witches for 25 cents
a heart shaped box of chocolates for $2.00
etc. etc.
Treasures all!
So what does this all add up to? = Buyers Remorse.
What in the world am I going to do with all of this?

NAMES

We all remember with fondness when Trek couldn't remember Lucy's name so he referred to her as "the sitting down grandma". Well, yesterday Austin called Grant his "white haired grandpa". Love it!

I need HELP!

Can you believe I watched Pride & Prejudice again today?
At least it was only the 3 hours version but altogether that adds up to 18 hours of P & P in one week!

SUNDAY DINNER 2-28-10

MENU
Taco Salad
Dessert? Not sure yet but something yum.

Mary's Wednesday Babble

Still recovering from tooth extraction and a biopsy. I hoped it wouldn't take this long but it is. So, yesterday I felt justified in watching the SIX hour long Pride & Prejudice. All together I have watched the three hour version three times plus the six hour version once, which equals fifteen hours of Pride & Prejudice. I think I have it memorized. A good reward.

Hi everyone this is Brinley I am super bored at home so I decided to try and do this!!! I don't really know what I am doing but ok hey everyone! Love you guys! Bye

Glad your still among the living Mary...

But rest assured that if you do go, we will keep your memory alive for all the great grandkids

UPDATE

Well, everything went well at the oral surgeon's office yesterday. I was in the dentist chair for over an hour! Was given three prescription. Then back home, I enjoyed Pride & Prejudice - TWICE (just the 3 hour one).
About bedtime things started going downhill . I had an allergic reaction to the medicine (Percocet & possible Clindamycin) and ended up in the ER today. Not fun. We just returned home. Thank goodness for hospitals and competent physicians.

P.S. Karlene can you find a picture of someone who looks half dead? Actually 99% dead would be more like it.

I ran across these photos and thought I'd share

2000 with Grandma DeVere

Mary's Wednesday Babble

I'm having some minor oral surgery tomorrow. At first, I was kind of dreading it but then I took my own advice (see Babble on 2-3-10) -- "focus on something that's after the dreaded experience". Now I am focusing on coming home from the dentist and spending the next SIX HOURS immersed in Pride & Prejudice. It's hard to justify watching a 6 hour movie but since it's my reward, it's ok. Now I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow. Well, almost.

Hey,
I have a question for you all. Here in Thailand, they have shops that make sports jerseys for way cheap and my companion gave me the idea to get matching family jerseys. What do you think if I got some of those for us? Would that be something cool? They would look like soccer jerseys and we could put whatever we want on them. If you decide you want to do it, let me know of colors and sizes. For measuring purposes, I wear a size large on the jerseys. Well just let me know what you think. I think it could be a cool souvenir to bring back but it all depends on if you would all wear them.
Steve

Maybe Chuck could design us some kind of family logo or something, what do you think? Lori

100 things about me

Karlene was talking about "writing 100 things about yourself". She'll have to tell us more about it. Just one line somethings. Anyway, I started writing stuff about me and it's kind of fun. Sample to follow:
I love Utah
I never nag - never
don't like being barefoot
I fear I might be plump?
love the rain
haven't had a bath in over 15 years (but I do shower daily)
favorite color to wear - black
on time 99.9% of the time
feel "grateful" a lot

I had a second ultrasound yesterday (my big 20 week ultrasound)..... and it's 100% GIRL! Everything measures perfect to my due date so I'm still due July 3rd

Sunday Dinner (2-14-10)

MENU
Dutch oven dinner.
roast - potatoes - carrots - gravy - hot rolls
pretzel salad (we need something red for Valentine's Day)
I'll have to come up with something appropriate for dessert - maybe something red?

Great Performance!

Amy did GREAT in her performance Saturday night. Great I tell you! Great!

Mary's Wednesday Babble

I saved $200.00 yesterday -- maybe more! A couple of friends and I went to Gardner Village and there were many items that I loved. I practiced my 5 minutes rule (pick it up but wait 5 minutes before buying) and amazingly, the honeymoon was over within 5 minutes with each item. BIG savings.
P.S. I don't understand why Grant doesn't understand "savings".

there she is - Rail Robinson 1 day old

New Addition

We have decided to name our new addition Rail Robinson. Lisa likes it -- points out: Lori, Lisa, Ron, & Rail. You can all have a chance to look at, hold, take pictures, etc. during our next family get together. So fitting that it will be on Valentine's Day!

Mary's Wednesday Babble

"If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear."
This scripture is so true but there is also another "fear thwarter". It's all about "focusing".
If you are nervous about something -- a dental appointment, giving a talk, an upcoming test, whatever -- you can ease your fears by --
First: being prepared, of course.
Second: by focusing on something that will occur after the feared event.
Such as -- after my operation I will reward myself with . . . .
Or, after my dental appointment I am going to enjoy watching my favorite video.
Or, after I sing my solo in church (this one will never happen to me) it is going to feel soooo good to sit back down in my seat.
You get the idea --concentrate on the reward. Try it, it works.

I LOVE those pictures of the birthday boys, Ron and Steve!

SUNDAY DINNER 1-31-10

MENU:
Soups in Bread Bowls

When I asked Ron what kind of birthday cake he wanted he smiled and said, "The Orange Cake that you made for the California cake baking contest."
(There is a long story about that cake but hay,
I won a prize -- fourth in the state!)
Keep your fingers crossed and don't expect too much.
The last time I made this cake was in May 2005 at Lori's request and it was about the same as eating cardboard.
Well, maybe it wasn't quite that good.

Performance Alert!

My performing doesn't happen very often anymore, y'all. Want a night out??? Come!!!


Wicked, Les Miserables, Rent, West Side Story, The Secret Garden, Lion King, Fiddler on the Roof…A showcase of popular musical theater featuring some of Utah’s finest talent! Hosted by award winning recording artist, Jenny Jordan Frogley.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!
Saturday, February 6th
Two performances-6:00 and 8:30
Orem High School, Elison Auditorium (175 S. 400 E. Orem) Arrive early for parking!
$10.00 general admission, $15.00 reserved- All proceeds will go to the Syd Riggs scholarship. Tickets can be purchased in person or over the phone through the Orem High School financial office 801-227-8765 ext 252

The cast includes more than 100 of Utah’s finest performers, most former students and friends of Riggs, who are all donating their time and talents. Professional credits include: film, television, Broadway, national and international tours, commercial and print, recording, dance companies, cruise ship and theme park entertainment. The performance will also feature a performance by current Orem High School theater students.

This year’s show will also be a tribute and farewell to the Elison Auditorium as the reconstruction of the high school will be complete this coming spring.

Syd Riggs passed away unexpectedly on June 18, 2005. Thousands in Utah and beyond have seen and enjoyed her shows. Riggs worked on shows for Hale Center Theater, Sundance Summer Theater, Provo Theater Company, Thanksgiving Point, The Playmill Theater, Promised Valley Playhouse, Backstage Theater, SCERA Center for the Arts, Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University, and Orem High School to name a few. She directed hundreds of plays and musicals in her career and was a beloved teacher at Orem High School for more than 15 years.

Mary's Wednesday Babble

We have so much to be grateful for, so much.
Lately, I have an increased appreciation for photography. I love looking at the pictures you post on the family blogs. Our ancestors never dreamed of such a thing. It was tradition (before photographs) to have a small lock of hair from a loved one, to remember them by.
Photography is a modern day luxury/blessing that I truly appreciate and enjoy.

Our month in pictures..

Whitney asked Nick to Preference.
Trek got asked by Katelyn. They all had a great time.
Fun family night. I recommend Cranium! Really fun!
Baylee had a root canal. Ouch!
Needs no explanation..

I love this boy! I can't get over how blue his eyes are!

TIP OF THE DAY

When you have lots of really good advice but no one listens to a dang word you say -- start a Tip of the Day thing. Everyone is compelled to read it just out of curiosity.

I'm done -- the end. No more "wiseness".
What is wiseness? see comments under Where? 1-12-10, I love it!

P.S. Well, maybe I could take Darci's suggestion and do a "weekly" thing.
Wednesday's Wiseness?
Sounds good. Back here on Wednesday.

Help with name......

Ok so I need everyone's help.....Jas and I are having a debate on how we are going to spell your little girls name! I want everyone's vote!!

Kinzley Morgan
or
Kenzley Morgan

What do you think???

TIP OF THE DAY

Tired?
President Kimball had a great idea to solve this problem. Every afternoon he would lay down on the living room floor and take a nap. He said the floor was the best place for a nap because it wasn't comfortable enough to sleep more than 20 minutes and that was all he needed to feel refreshed.

Even duct-tape has it's limits!

I say nothing...

A pictures is worth 1000 words?

and then some pictures require 1000 words to explain.

Karlene has the twin picture of this one. Hope she posts it soon.

TIP OF THE DAY

Hand washing dishes.
Put some dish soap on a Dobie or cloth or sponge and wash each item with it. Rinse under running water. Much better than a dish pan full of soapy water. Have you ever been washing a bunch of dishes at the church and someone comes along and puts more dirty dishes with food still on them in your dishwater? Gross, gag, puke!
Use this suggested way and you'll not give a hoot about such a thing happening.

P.S. Maybe I need to up-date my memory bank. I don't think we wash lots of dishes at the church anymore (yeah for paper plates).