Festival of Trees-Princess Tea Party

A picture is worth a thousand words so I hope you enjoy all the picutres! The Princess Tea Party is an anual event of the Festival of Trees put on the Portneuf Medical Center. Little girls and their mothers or Grandmothers come for a fun night of dress up and a tea of strawberry milk, star shaped peanut butter sandwiches and cupcakes. The girls do look like princesses!

THANKSGIVING

What a crew!!! We had a great thanksgivning dinner. The only thing that could have made it better was if Chelsey were here and if Shawn would have been able to come. He was on call for work and unable to get away. We missed them both. The kids had fun playing together. We topped off the night by playing duck duck goose and eating pie. Kris, my friend from work came and ate with us with her 3 children. It was fun to have her. I have tried to adopt her since I need another daughter!

Chelsey--this is the dinner plate we dished up for You!!

BYU vs U of U

I wonder if we will ever get enough football!! Thanks to Bill and Lisa McNabb we had tickets to the BYU/Utah game in SLC. Dave and I drove down and met Whitney there. We sat in "RED" territory....at that stadium for that game there wasn't much "BLUE" territory. We tried not to cheer for BYU because the McNabbs are die hard Utah fans. It didn't matter much anyway though because BYU you got beat 48 to 24. Whitney felt like a traitor but if things work out with her and Griffin this spring, she will have to change her loyalties and cheer for RED.

Whitney went on tour to Colorado with Theatre Ballet at BYU. They had a "dress rehersal" in their studio so I went to watch. I miss seeing her dance whenever I want to. She had a great time in Colorado and in general just loves BYU. (The dancing, social life and not so much the studying).

Trip to Arizona

We went to Arizona to visit Karen and Ron Howard and to go see a Monday Night Football Game between Arizona Cardinals and San Fransico. We had a great time with Karen and Ron. We climbed the "bell rock" and went to Sadona. We attended the singles branch where Ron is the Bishop and then had dinner at Lori's. It was fun to see all their kids and grandkids. The game was fun and CRAZY. I can't even imagine how much beer consumption goes on at those games. Everyone around us was buying bottles at $7.25 a piece. They didn't limit themselves to just one. Notice the tight white "tights". The stadium holds 60,000 and was sold out. It was loud and crazy and fun for a one time adventure. We met Chris and Colleen and then stayed in their house Monday night. We flew back home on Tuesday.

Grand
children
are so fun!!!

Guess who the King is!!!

Oct 31....For Halloween Roxy Rock Star and Hannah Montana (alias Roxann and Jeannie Gibson) had fun at the ward Trunk or Treat party. Dave is not in the picture because he dressed up as a Potato Warehouse manager and was not having near as much fun and Hannah and I. Life is too short to act like I am 50.

Oct 18th. It was Grandma James 78th birthday. We had a surprise party for her at my house. Dan and Deb and several of their kids, all of mine (except Chelsey, Casey and Whitney) and Karen and Barry and Cindy came. We had 37 for dinner. We had sloppy Joes and salad and birthday cake. It was fun and Grandma was surprised. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grandma!

October 17th.....This is the most exciting thing that happened in our yard for years!!! I have wanted Dave to fix some sprinklers and water troughs for the horses for years but he always had the excuse that he couldn't because he couldn't turn off the water. Well now.....there is no longer a good excuse. Ricahrd and Marsha came over and dug holes to find it and then spent a few hours fixing the pipe. I am thrilled. Dave has even started fixing some of the pipes around the house and I am still hoping that the automatic waterers will be next.

This is a job that I knew Richard did not want to do, so I have been reminding him with kindness for the past 2 months. I have been taking cookies, bread, cake, etc to entice him to come. He finally came through for me. He said he didn't know if he wanted to because the treats would end. I assured him they wouldn't. I have taken him goodies 3 times since.

October 12, 2008
Here is an update of the snow for you Chelsey!! Enjoy your sun because before long you may see some of this.
I got up this morning to take some motrin for my tooth (or lack of) and this is what I saw. Dave and I went to the Mystique Theatre last night and saw Joseph Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was pretty good. Today we are having soup in a loaf for dinner. I have been eating a lot of soup the last week.

October 11, 2008
We woke up to snow this morning. CRAZY!!! It melted off by noon but then this evening it started snowing again. We have snow on the ground again tonight. I am not ready for the cold!

This is about as close as I will ever come to seeing my name up in lights. This Portneuf advertisement is a bit misleading don't you think? I posed for the picture but did not make up the add!

October 11, 2008
Chelsey's good friend Nathan got married a few weeks ago and since Chelsey was occupied in Washington D. C. and unable to be there in person, we brough Flat Chelsey to the reception. She stood gaurd over the gifts and greeted the bride and groom. It was a fun time for all!

Sept, 7 2008
There was a gorgeus sunset the other night. I love where I live. Jenika and Cutler spent some time with Grandma this week while Rachelle was at school. They are so Cute!!!

Sept. 7, 2008

Yesterday I spent all day painting the old play house. First I had to kill all the hornets and knock the nests down, (yuk!) then I had to get rid of the spider webs, some with spiders (double yuk!). I made Dave get on the ladder for the top window and eaves. It looks much better. It has turned into my Christmas storage in the loft and my garden center in the bottom. I listened to my Ipod the whole time to a new book called "The Holy Secret" It was so good. Lots of new insights to the scriptures, the Sabbath day, the Temple, and our responsibility. I loved it and realize more and more how much I don't know.

August 31, 2008

So Now that it is just Dave and I home, this is what it looks like here. Either Dave on the bed watching TV alone.....or I am sitting by him. That is pretty much it. What an exciting life! Acutally, today we went to church, it was great....Joylene Quick and Merlin Blad spoke. I had to give my R.S. lesson today and I am very glad that is over. After church Mel and Jo and the kids came for dinner. Bryson was with Jackson so that was extra fun. We had corn on the cob and I should have go a picutre of Jessica eating her corn...she loved it. Now the kids are gone, we have spoken to all the girls on the phone and I have to work tomorrow so I guess I will go to bed. What an exciting life huh?

August 31, 2008
On August 23rd Chelsey flew out to Washington DC. We put her on the shuttle in Pocatello and she was off. We miss her but are glad she gets to have this opportunity. She is there until December.

On August 25th I took Whitney to Provo to help her move in and to visit Casey. Whitney is all moved in and ready for another exciting year at BYU. She auditioned for the Ballet theatre and made it. Her first show is Sept. 18th - 20th.

So while I was there I went to Nephi with Casey and Luke and his Dad took us on a horse ride up the canyon. They run their cattle up in the canyon and I really don't know how they gather them in those mountains. It is pretty steep in spots. We had fun though and then went to Lukes house and his mom made us dinner. By the way....what do you notice is the same in each picture?

August 31, 2008

On August 22nd, Chelsey, Whitney and I hiked to table rock. See that flat little mountain in the picutre? That is where we hiked to.

IT took us 3 1/2 hours up and the same down hill. I was trying to keep up with the girls the whole way. The last 30 minutes of the hike up is a killer. This year I listened to my IPod for some inspiration up the hill and I think it helped. It is sooooo beautiful on top. You can see all the way down the valley into Driggs and of course it is a close up view of the Tetons!!!

Of course we always have to get an arabesque shot! There is a reason I did not post the ones of Chelsey and I. The way down was easier on the breathing but my toes were killing me. I was sore for the next couple of days. We had a great time though. We ate square ice cream cones at the "Dam" store on the way home. What memories!!

August 7-10, 2008 We went on a family camping trip to warm River just outside of Ashton. We had a great time as you can tell from the pictures. The kids loved floating the river on the tubes, the girls all had a book (from the Twilight series) to read and we even played some cards. We went to Mesa Falls and Yellowstone park and saw a play in West Yellowstone, ate some great ice cream and shopped. We came home tired, dirty and grateful for carpet and a bathroom with a flushing toilet within 10 feet of the bed.