Tag Team

Hey, I've been tagged! It's my first time. I feel so special!! So, here I go:

4 places I've lived
1. Tucson, Arizona
2. Provo, Utah
3. Schaumberg, Illinois
4. Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

4 shows I watch:
1. I am a die-hard Lost fan.
2. Survivor, yes it's true.
3. How clean is your house? Love those British ladies.
4. Dog Whisperer. He cracks me up.

4 jobs I've had:
1. Babysitter
2. Court transcriber (lasted two days)
3. Secretary, lots of times
4. Music teacher

4 places I've visited:
1. New York City
2. Washington DC
3. Niagara Falls
4. Yellowstone

4 blogs I read regularly:
1. Family blogs -- there are more than 4, does that count?
2. Fat Cyclist
3. Pioneer woman
4. Hmm, nothing here

4 favorite foods:
1. Anything with chocolate in it
2. Panini's
3. Chicken braid
4. Yakisoba (noodles with vegies, yum yum!)

4 places I'd rather be:
1. In the Provo MTC
2. In Pusan, Korea
3. In Washington state
4. Here at home

4 things to look forward to next year:
1. losing weight (ha!)
2. Mari's graduation
3. Emily's graduation (am I looking forward to that?)
4. Cross country skiing (you have to find SOMETHING positive about the winter!)

4 things I do in my spare time:
1. Internet junkie
2. Shopping with Em
3. Manicures and pedicures
4. Do I have spare time?

4 favorite things to do with kids/family
1. Long chatty walks
2. Playing boggle
3. Just talking
4. Snuggling with DH in the morning hours with nothing to do and nowhere to go

Ok, Paula, Becky, Erika, Maria, tag, you're next!

Home again

I'm back home.

Sniff, sniff.

As much as I want my boys to serve missions, it just kills me to see them go.

I will take you backward through our week, starting today and yesterday. Our stake president lives in Saginaw, about an hour from our house, and we had a setting apart scheduled at 7 pm. With Ad's flight leaving the next day at 8 am we decided to spend the night in Saginaw. So, not even 24 hours after arriving home from Nauvoo we were once again on the road and headed for another night in a hotel. Man, I miss my bed!

Here's my missionary, last picture from home:

One last little snuggle:


Here's our stake president, with another missionary also leaving today. These boys were friends here in Michigan and at BYU:

We saw our president later out in his garden rototilling the weeds.

We had decided that after the setting apart we would go out for Chinese food, you know, in preparation for the mission food to come. Well, American Chinese food. Someone said to us, "I'm surprised Adam wants Chinese. Won't he get enough of that over the next two years?" We pondered this statement as we drove up and down the street looking for a good restaurant. Adam said, "You know, I'm really craving that hamburger I had after conference in Utah. It had the best bacon on it ever! Boy, I really think that is what I want." We remembered that the restaurant was "Chillis" but we had no idea if we could or would find it. As we were gradually giving up hope of finding anything that would do, can you believe . . . We came across a Chillis!!! Hurrahs were heard as we pulled into the parking lot at 9 pm.


Here's Adam with the "Big Mouth" burger

Emily had a Mesquite salad, and heartburn an hour later

DH and I, with our forced smiles

Early the next morning at the airport

My camera died shortly thereafter. Emily and I held it together until he got through security. He gave us an "HURRAH FOR ISRAEL" arm wave as he walked to the gate . . .

Yahoo, Nauvoo!

We just got back from a wonderful, terrific, fantastic trip to Nauvoo. I don't have time to tell much, because we are off again to send son #2 to the MTC :-(

So I will post more later, when I have recovered from the trauma, with pictures and stories.

Some Missionary Inspiration

Our time with Ad is slowly coming to an end. We wanted him to feel inspired in these last few days with us. Here is an video we found that he has been practicing diligently. Enjoy!

Saturday - Hammer Style

Hey, it's Saturday!!

You know what that means!

Everybody sing along with me . . .

Saturday is a special day
It's the day we get ready for Sunday:
We clean the house and we shop at the . . . .

WAIT JUST A SECOND!!

What are these kids doing?
They aren't cleaning. Hmmm, we need to change the words.

Okay, begin again.

Saturday, is a special day.
It's the day we get ready for Sunday.
We lift the logs,

and we split the wood,

So we will be waaarrm on Sunday.


We clean the garage (yahoo!)

And we sweep up the dog

And we call it our get-the-work-done day.
Then we stack the wood

and we scrape up the mess.

So we can be ready for Sun-day!

What good workers I have around here.
Did you notice that I am not in any of the pictures! Hehehe
What kind of work are you doing today?

I'M BAAACCKK!

Hello all!

I am finally back to blogging after a long hiatus. I was recently chastised by son #1 for not blogging, "I read those things, you know, Mom!"

So, here I am. I could put down a load of excuses why I haven't blogged, but really, I just was too lazy to do it. I have slow internet and it takes awhile . . . Anyway, 'nuff said.

So here's what has been happening in the last month:

• DH and Son #2 went to Japan and back. I have 482 pictures I could post for that, but I'll just share one:

It rained a bit apparently. They had a blast despite the 14 hour roller-coaster plane flight.

• I also put in my garden:

• Planted flowers:

• While DH was gone I thought I would surprise him by being 5 lbs lighter when he returned. Instead I gained 4 lbs. You would think with the main eaters in the household being gone, I would have more control. Apparently not.
  

• I witnessed Daughter #2 heart get broken. Not a fun experience. To compensate for my feelings I have been playing this: http://www.andkon.com/arcade/tetris/ bubbleshooter/bubbleshooter.swf

There's nothing like popping a few bubbles to help release some aggression. !!WARNING!! This game is very addicting! Play at your own risk! Don't blame me, I'm just the messenger!

Have a wonderful day, everyone!