Thursday, May 15, 2008
Break
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Bee Grateful
Bishop in action.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Weekend in Photos
Prom Night-May 10, 2008
May 11, 2008
Elder Steve is the one on the right. He's doing great-he speaks Spanish like a pro-we got to talk for 1 hr. 45 min-the best news-he sent another photo card-yay!
The reason why we have Children:
The Grandchildren May 11, 2008
Baby E.-Lil Bright eyes. She has suffered for nine months from plugged tear ducts and her eyes are finally healing.
The Secret Life of Bees
I have learned more about bees this weekend than I really wanted. Don't know if you can see that odd shaped brownish thing in the trees-that is a swarm of bees settling down to make a nice home. They started swarming Sat. morning and I am terrified to go outside or let the grandkids go outside-90% of bees in AZ are africanized bees-"killer" bees which are very aggressive when defending their queen.....{gulp} The estimate of his group was 100,000 bees.......
Final thought..."The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" Henry Ward Beecher
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mother's Day
This is my favorite photo of my mom. It is her wedding portrait. Some interesting things about my mom:She is pretty much a walking miracle. When she was a young adult, she contracted a terrible disease called scleroderma. Basically what happens with scleroderma is that all the soft tissues in the body slowly harden until they don't function anymore. But for some reason, she went into remission and though she has had some residual effects from it, she is still here with us! (she had to have me & my sisters!)
She has a Master's Degree in Chemistry with a minor in nutrition (she's smart)
She worked part-time when her kids were little to help supplement the family income and to keep her sanity with 3 kids 3 and under (I was a few days short of 3 when #3 was born-#2 was 10 1/2 months).
She has taught me to love my heritage.
She has taught me to be a lady.
She was always there for me. I remember coming home from school shouting, "Mommy!" She would answer, "What?" No reason-I just wanted to make sure she was there.
She taught me sewing skills, cooking skills, homekeeping skills. (I nagged her to death until she finally relented to allow me to learn to sew. I was in the 5th grade. I think I nagged for a few years prior)
She listened to me for endless hours on the phone when I was a young mother with all my struggles.
She always made a big fuss over TL when we visited (and still does)
Thanks for giving me life-my mother. I hope you have a lovely Mother's Day.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
I'd Like To Introduce you to......
The newest alumni of Arizona State University
Friday, May 9, 2008
Through The Eyes of a Child
In case you were wondering what I look like....portraits by my children:
Some little known facts about me...
(There seems to be a lot of desire for sleep going on)
And, in case you are really interested, here's my usual schedule for the day (about 12 yrs ago)
Did you know that I am an award winning cook? One of my famous recipes:
FYI-You know mommies, how kids bring home so much stuff from school-well, I just saved the best and I decided recently to scan it and toss it (gasp!) and print it on nice white paper (not cardstock) so I can remember those precious things they did without all the bulk and storage. Believe me---7 kids bring home a lot of stuff through the 7-8 years of preschool and elementary school
