If this man gets to be president-heaven forbid---and if he were to die in office, (heaven forbid-don't wish that on anyone!).....
This man would be president (heaven forbid) and if the unthinkable happened...
This person would be president!!!
(straight from the lips of Ames.....)
WE'RE GOING TO DIE!
Last photo taken-dated 8/23....nice leg Steve.
Um, anytime you see a companion on the side of the road with toilet paper, it can't be good. Trust me-the rest of the photos are not for public consumption!
Uh-oh. He didn't tell me about this.
What happened to his bike-did it shrink?
Sweet car.......wow-did he grow?
Hey-he's learning how to cook!
Oh no-he's sleeping on the floor??????
Looks like he is eating well.
Meeting lots of interesting people, in um...interesting places.
Is he getting a little desperate?
Ah, that's what it's all about!
We will now return you to our regularly scheduled programming....
Vincas-periwinkle. Absolutely not my favorite flower. They leave a nasty virus or something in the soil that kills petunias after them so I guess I will forever have vincas in this pot. But I have a great deal of respect for anything that continues to bloom when getting blasted with a direct hit of the afternoon sunshine every afternoon.
Zinnias. Surviving and thriving next to a wall facing the south. They are so happy they are climbing out of the box and ready to dive into the garden box next to them. Say goodbye-they will be leaving me soon to make space for something new....
A mother is giving a talk in church. She quotes her son. He says" Mom, if Obama gets to be president of our country, then we would be an Obamanation."
true that kid, true that.
Can you tell why we are twins? (please ignore the truly frightening look to my neck and enlarged nostrils)
My baby boy is starting college today {sniff}But I did have to tell him that his shirt was on inside out {giggle}
At least he still needs me for something!
"But Grandpa, if we don't turn on the water, how are we going to make chocolate cake?"
She is my little girl after two big boys .
She is the "caboose."
She is the "lucky number 7."
She is the "seven is heaven."
She is beautiful, extremely talented and good at pretty much anything she decides to do. It seemed like she was little forever and then all of a sudden, boom, she's half-way grown up!
So happy birthday Miss Liss!
Final completed today for on-line Spanish summer school class!
My new garden boxes in progress! I'm so excited. Our winter garden is going to be awesome! (I hope♥) There's not any time to blog today-I'll post more photos as it progresses.
Hey-let's go to mom's house and scrapbook in her cool scrapbook room! (the end results were very cute)
See this cute face? This is one of the "Tres Yernos", aka son-in-law.
I ♥ Coldplay
The "clog" phase. When I find a pair I like-and I really like Clark's-I wear them to DEATH. (hence the scuffs)
Your basic summer sandals. Notice a disturbing trend here? Brown, black, brown black...oh.....with the occasional
Blue.
Brown
Black.
Well, these are shiny patent leather. One cannot wear spiky heels on Sunday when one is in the Primary presidency. I just isn't done-plus it would kill my back!
(By now my kids are saying....muuutherrr, you really do have too much time on your hands!)
A few flip flops thrown in for good measure. Oh.....these are black.
So when I had to have a pair of shoes really fast for an event, TL bought these little beauties......
It was a rousing success!!!!
Lemon chicken-I used some interesting substitutions for 1/4 c. wheat flour and 1 egg and 1 T ketchup.....brown rice and home grown green beans.
And guess who's jumped on the good nutrition bandwagon??
Child who shall be nameless and faceless.....hint....
Youngest child, female, on the swim team, reading me her nutrition requirements to be at peak performance for the team..
Hmmmmmm........(thanks coach!)
"I'm Pregnant!"
Sadly, it was not to be.
It has been so hard to watch her suffer through the loss of this pregnancy. It happened to me years ago and it's awful to watch a child suffer through the same thing-a couple of my other girls had the same experience. She wrote about it beautifully in her blog, quoting a scripture,
D&C 58:3 "Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation."
It's hard for a mother to watch her children suffer pain and distress. It's almost more than I can bear. Somehow it's easier to suffer my own pain and distress than to watch my kids suffer..
Oh God, how didst thou watch thy Only Begotten Son suffer and die for me?
In the process of seeking for answers to help improve TL's health after our recent 2nd bout of meningitis-we met and consulted with a naturopathic physician. Today we just got home from our most recent visit and we are in shock.....He had a test for 100 different foods to see if food allergies might be creating problems with his immune system and lack of energy and not much weight loss success......There were 25 positives, the most significant being wheat, cow's milk, eggs and yeast. Sadly, tomato and chili peppers are also on the list which makes salsa a no-no.......even OATMEAL was on the list.
So now I am on a quest to figure out how to nourish him and avoid all these foods. I confessed to the dr. that just the other day I had made him oatmeal with cinnamon, walnuts and brown sugar, topped off with cow's milk......all on the allergy list! The dr. cracked up and said,"you're killing the poor man."
So I am going on this allergy diet too to see if some of my ailments might be allergy-related....
So wish us luck-and if anyone out there has any advice, experience or whatever.....in dealing with food allergies-I'm all for it. My next google search is going to be "allergy free cooking."
I have vivid memories of this photo shoot-he kept tipping over in the chair-he wasn't sitting up very well yet, and he would giggle every time he tipped over. We had so much fun at the time and I loved the photo results!
About a year later.....look at those curls!
These next two I think are hilarious. The school photographer was doing some "tricky" stuff and he caught him peeking just as the shutter clicked. And I can just hear the photographer saying, "don't look at me, look away". This is the result...................
I couldn't resist buying the package-it was too funny.....
A few years later-my studly football player
Fast forward a few more years....with his lovely bride....
And fast forward even a few more years after that......his 3 adorable little kids.....(I think we need to update that photo, guys)
Fast forward a few years, they are now leaving in shifts....
Junior high, 2 shifts of high schoolers, one driving...eeek! (and one toddler still at home)(please don't judge my scrapbook skills-ug)
All of a sudden my nest starts shrinking, as the "Big Kids" begin to leave home....
Grandpa turned 90 years old last Sat. Still goin' strong and hearty.And yesterday we had a party for one of the youngest members of our family.....
Baby E.'s first birthday!
There was pineapple bowling.....
Fruit skewer making....
And don't forget presents.....
And cake!
Of course there's always plenty of food, noise and water involved too.
I think I'm going to take a nice loooong nap today......
I made 3 little matching sundresses for the girls. So far it has been nigh near impossible to get them all three together for a group photo shot but we'll keep trying.
Note to self: Toddlers don't like to keep hats on for more than 15 seconds at a time for photo shoots....
We must have a group photo taken on the steps of our charming hotel retreat. (it also must take 10 times to get a good photo)
We must make "snores." (smores)
We must buy useless and crazy stuff in Mexico.
We must get the group boogie boarding photo-including cool sunglasses purchased in Mexico.
We must eat fresh, hot tortillas right off the griddle as fast as she can make them (I think we ate the whole stack)
We must eat pizza from the little joint across the street that makes the biggest pizzas I have ever seen.
We must chill in the ghetto hot tub.
We must romp and play in the waves (there were really big waves this year!)
Most of all, we must have fun and laugh and eat ourselves silly (and even get cold)!
Baby E. joined our family...
Wow, isn't it a miracle what a year can bring?
Happy Birthday, Baby!
Love, Grandma
Help! I feel like I'm on a speeding train and I can't get off! It's the first week of August and all the "stuff" starts back up.....school next week, meetings resume that were suspended all summer....there's something every night this week.....trying to recover from being gone half the month of July.....the list keeps getting longer and there's less time to cross the items off the list.......
We will return to our regularly scheduled program soon...........(We're baaaaaack-and as soon as I get some time-I'm going to be posting the wild and crazy adventures on the beach.......)
