The four kids and I were interviewed by Channel 2 (KUTV) for a segment that is scheduled to air in about 2 weeks. It was fun, but we were a little nervous. Hope we look and sound ok on tv.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Look Mom, I'm on TV!!!!
The four kids and I were interviewed by Channel 2 (KUTV) for a segment that is scheduled to air in about 2 weeks. It was fun, but we were a little nervous. Hope we look and sound ok on tv.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Card Class
I had loads of fun at a card class taught in American Fork. Yes, I drove all of the way there just to go to it, and I enjoyed learning some new things. Plus, the class was taught by Sue Neal from Papercrafts Magazine, so I got to rub elbows with a CELEBRITY. (ha ha)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It's the Great Pumpkin...
Ok, so it's a few smaller pumpkins, but this is how we spent our evening last night.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Happy Birthday Brad
Happy Birthday My Love! Thanks for letting me go out to Tucanos for dinner with you.
Emails and phone calls and gifts, oh my
Wow, what a great bunch of friends I am blessed with!!! This was certainly one of the very best birthdays ever, and I should know because I have had more than my share of awful ones. But I was overjoyed that so many people called, stopped by, gave gifts and sent birthday greetings in other forms. My visiting teachers even remembered my birthday, and that has hardly ever happened. So yes, turning 41 has been a pleasant experience for me so far. I thought that I might follow the example of my friend who just turned 40 and make a list of things I have learned...but I didn't get it finished yet, so it might come a little later.
We went out to eat dinner at Gardner Village, but we didn't realize that it was WITCH-A-PALOOZA there and we waited for over 2 hours just to be seated at the restaraunt. 
While waiting we went and visited my friend Alan who owns Heels and Toes and he gave me a gift for my birthday. 
It was interesting to watch all of the witches wandering all over, but I don't think I want to do it again.
While waiting we went and visited my friend Alan who owns Heels and Toes and he gave me a gift for my birthday. 
It was interesting to watch all of the witches wandering all over, but I don't think I want to do it again. It pays to let people know your dreams, goals and wishes...sometimes they can help them come true. Notice that one of my wishes on the sidebar is now a "wish come true". What a great birthday gift from someone who was going to recycle it anyway.
Brad's birthday is the day after mine. In a very real way it is like having a two day birthday, and most of the time that is a fun thing. Thanks everyone for truly making this a very Happy Birthday.
Friday, October 24, 2008
I voted early!
If you already know what your vote is going to be, you might as well go and vote EARLY. But if you thrive on the feelings you get of standing in long lines in a stuffy room with hoards of people, then by all means wait until election day. Either way, don't pass up the opportunity, blessing and privilege to VOTE.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Let them eat cake...
My mom is the best mom ever! Almost every year since I have been married (which seems like quite a few), I have purchased or made my own birthday cake. Perhaps that isn't any different than most women, but Brad's birthday is the day after mine, so when I buy my cake, it is his too. Anyway, this year my mom made me a cake of my very own. She gave it to me last night. My nose enjoyed the tempting smell all day today, so tonight I asked my family to sing "happy birthday" to me so that we could eat it. Tomorrow, my actual birthday, we will be going out for dinner and most likely will not want to eat cake afterwards, so I talked them in to eating it tonight. Boy, was it yummy! Thanks MOM!!!!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Into the Woods
Noah and I went to the Hale Center Theatre production of "Into the Woods" tonight. WOW what a great show! This was my first time viewing this musical- a little confusing if you don't know what is going on, but very enjoyable. The special effects used were terrific!
Winner of 3 Tonys! Sondheim and Lapine joyfully weave a fantastic, fractured fairy tale of princes and paupers, of plainness and beauty and of wanting…then losing it all. Familiar children’s tales magically enchant and even teach—will the child in all of us listen? A not-to-be-missed theatrical event…laced with spell binding music, ingenious humor and soul searching heart! http://www.halecentretheatre.org/press/intothewoods.php
Winner of 3 Tonys! Sondheim and Lapine joyfully weave a fantastic, fractured fairy tale of princes and paupers, of plainness and beauty and of wanting…then losing it all. Familiar children’s tales magically enchant and even teach—will the child in all of us listen? A not-to-be-missed theatrical event…laced with spell binding music, ingenious humor and soul searching heart! http://www.halecentretheatre.org/press/intothewoods.php
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Church Art Competition
Brad's brother Gary has many talents, one of which is painting. This year he has devoted many hours a week to a painting that he submitted to the Church Art Competition earlier in October. We have only seen this copy of the original, but are very impressed with his work. We thought that you might be interested in it as well.
We hope that he doesn't mind that we share this beautiful work of art with you along with the story behind the painting. ( Click on the picture to see an enlarged version.)
Gary's Story
It began at family home evening in February. I selected one of my favorite hymns, How Great Thou Art, to sing as the closing song. I said “someday I ought to paint a picture of that hymn”. Since I was in the midst of painting two deer in Rocky Mountain NP, I sketched out the scene I envisioned from the hymn and placed it with my other sketches for future paintings. Someday I said.
In March I noticed the Church Art Competition. I realized it must be the one I had attended three years ago while in Salt Lake visiting family. When I saw the theme Remembering the Great Things of God I couldn’t believe it. I think I was supposed to paint my idea.
I pulled out my sketch which showed me kneeling before Christ at the Second Coming in the center, surrounded by forests, lakes, mountains, a bird singing in the trees, with Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross.
I went back to the hymn and wondered, “Are these all the great things of God?” I began pondering the other things that really should be included if I truly wanted all the great things of God.
The first three versus were written by Carl Gustaf, a Swedish pastor and editor. Stuart K. Hine, an English missionary, sang it to a Swedish folk tune at an evangelistic meeting. He translated it into English and later wrote the fourth verse as a triumphant message of life eternal.
Although inspired, for the words are wonderful and full of meaning, there is so much more that the restored gospel brings. What about prophets and the temples and family and the ordinances and scripture… Once I got started, I couldn’t stop. There are so many wonderful things that God has given us to enjoy. Some may say I have tried to include too much in one painting, but that is the point. There are so many wonderful things.
After making my list of things to include, I began drawing and painting. I said “someone ought to add a few versus to the hymn to make it a true LDS hymn”. As I thought more about it, the words started to come. Having never written the lyrics to a song before, I was hesitant.
The two new versus which should be sung between the current second and third versus are as follows: (go ahead and sing it, it’s ok)
Thy church restored, the fullness of the gospel,
Thy priesthood power, returned to earth to stay;
Book of Mormon, together with the Bible,
We know thy will, our prophet speaks today.
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
The promises, and temple ordinances,
Both for the dead, and our posterity,
Together bound, husband and wife and family,
Not just this life, but all eternity.
We hope that he doesn't mind that we share this beautiful work of art with you along with the story behind the painting. ( Click on the picture to see an enlarged version.)
Gary's Story
It began at family home evening in February. I selected one of my favorite hymns, How Great Thou Art, to sing as the closing song. I said “someday I ought to paint a picture of that hymn”. Since I was in the midst of painting two deer in Rocky Mountain NP, I sketched out the scene I envisioned from the hymn and placed it with my other sketches for future paintings. Someday I said.
In March I noticed the Church Art Competition. I realized it must be the one I had attended three years ago while in Salt Lake visiting family. When I saw the theme Remembering the Great Things of God I couldn’t believe it. I think I was supposed to paint my idea.
I pulled out my sketch which showed me kneeling before Christ at the Second Coming in the center, surrounded by forests, lakes, mountains, a bird singing in the trees, with Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross.
I went back to the hymn and wondered, “Are these all the great things of God?” I began pondering the other things that really should be included if I truly wanted all the great things of God.
The first three versus were written by Carl Gustaf, a Swedish pastor and editor. Stuart K. Hine, an English missionary, sang it to a Swedish folk tune at an evangelistic meeting. He translated it into English and later wrote the fourth verse as a triumphant message of life eternal.
Although inspired, for the words are wonderful and full of meaning, there is so much more that the restored gospel brings. What about prophets and the temples and family and the ordinances and scripture… Once I got started, I couldn’t stop. There are so many wonderful things that God has given us to enjoy. Some may say I have tried to include too much in one painting, but that is the point. There are so many wonderful things.
After making my list of things to include, I began drawing and painting. I said “someone ought to add a few versus to the hymn to make it a true LDS hymn”. As I thought more about it, the words started to come. Having never written the lyrics to a song before, I was hesitant.
The two new versus which should be sung between the current second and third versus are as follows: (go ahead and sing it, it’s ok)
Thy church restored, the fullness of the gospel,
Thy priesthood power, returned to earth to stay;
Book of Mormon, together with the Bible,
We know thy will, our prophet speaks today.
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
The promises, and temple ordinances,
Both for the dead, and our posterity,
Together bound, husband and wife and family,
Not just this life, but all eternity.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
A fun day away
Our family drove a few hundred miles and spent time together having fun on Friday. The kids had never seen the Logan temple, so we decided that we would drive up and take a look.
We have made it a tradition to visit temples wherever we go and take pictures of the kids in front of them. Then we place the pictures in a special "temple book". Yesterday's picture will be number 27 for Elijah. (The other kids have a few more than him.) We also stopped in to have some "squeaky cheese" at the university.
On our way back from Logan we stopped in at Fat Cats in Ogden. We had dinner there and only had time for a game of bowling.
We definitely want to go back a try the Glow in the Dark miniature golf. They also have a rock climbing wall, the Flowrunner (indoor water current that simulated a surfing atmosphere) and iFly (indoor facility to simulate sky diving). Brad has always wanted to jump out of an airplane and I have wondered WHY unless there was something wrong with the plane. This may be the perfect opportunity for him to experience this in a more controlled environment.
We have made it a tradition to visit temples wherever we go and take pictures of the kids in front of them. Then we place the pictures in a special "temple book". Yesterday's picture will be number 27 for Elijah. (The other kids have a few more than him.) We also stopped in to have some "squeaky cheese" at the university.
On our way back from Logan we stopped in at Fat Cats in Ogden. We had dinner there and only had time for a game of bowling.
We definitely want to go back a try the Glow in the Dark miniature golf. They also have a rock climbing wall, the Flowrunner (indoor water current that simulated a surfing atmosphere) and iFly (indoor facility to simulate sky diving). Brad has always wanted to jump out of an airplane and I have wondered WHY unless there was something wrong with the plane. This may be the perfect opportunity for him to experience this in a more controlled environment.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A trip down memory lane
IF YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE '70-'80's...
You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.
You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island .
You had either a 'bowl cut' or 'pixie', not to mention the 'Dorothy Hamill'. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon Boots for snowy days. YEAH!
You owned a 'Slip-n-Slide' , on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.
You owned 'Klick-Klacks' and smacked yourself in the face more than once! You also enjoyed your Chinese jump rope and hula hoop.
Anything Holly Hobbie was your most prized possession.
You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers. The back pocket of your jeans had to have some sort of decoration on it like a hand print or rainbow and you always had to have a cool comb sticking out of it whether you ever used it to comb your hair or not.
You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon or a Baby Alive.
You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits or the Sunshine Family.
You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. (Oh yeah!)
You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).
You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Oleson!
You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink!
PONG! ('video tennis' ) was the most remarkable futuristic game you've ever heard of !
Your hairstyle was described as having 'wings' or 'feathers' and you kept it 'pretty' with the comb you kept in your back pocket. When you walked, the 'wings' flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna 'take off'.
You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie. You may also be quite familiar with all of the Smurfs.
You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic. With the thermos inside some were glass and broke the first time you dropped them.
You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!
It was a big event in your household each year when the 'Wizard of Oz' would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: 'Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?'
You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record albums.
You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like decoupage or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.
You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
You thought Olivia Newton John's song 'Physical' was about aerobics. (its not??)
You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first 'real' perfume you ever owned.
You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off.
So, does any of this bring back memories? What other things do you remember?
You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.
You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island .
You had either a 'bowl cut' or 'pixie', not to mention the 'Dorothy Hamill'. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon Boots for snowy days. YEAH!
You owned a 'Slip-n-Slide' , on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.
You owned 'Klick-Klacks' and smacked yourself in the face more than once! You also enjoyed your Chinese jump rope and hula hoop.
Anything Holly Hobbie was your most prized possession.
You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers. The back pocket of your jeans had to have some sort of decoration on it like a hand print or rainbow and you always had to have a cool comb sticking out of it whether you ever used it to comb your hair or not.
You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon or a Baby Alive.
You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits or the Sunshine Family.
You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. (Oh yeah!)
You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).
You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Oleson!
You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink!
PONG! ('video tennis' ) was the most remarkable futuristic game you've ever heard of !
Your hairstyle was described as having 'wings' or 'feathers' and you kept it 'pretty' with the comb you kept in your back pocket. When you walked, the 'wings' flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna 'take off'.
You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie. You may also be quite familiar with all of the Smurfs.
You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic. With the thermos inside some were glass and broke the first time you dropped them.
You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!
It was a big event in your household each year when the 'Wizard of Oz' would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: 'Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?'
You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record albums.
You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like decoupage or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.
You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
You thought Olivia Newton John's song 'Physical' was about aerobics. (its not??)
You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first 'real' perfume you ever owned.
You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off.
So, does any of this bring back memories? What other things do you remember?
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