I'VE BEEN TAGGED!

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!

5 THINGS I DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT
1. Diaper Bag
2. Wallet
3. kids (usually)
4. wedding ring
5. flip flops and a coat!

5 CARTOONS I WATCHED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
1. My Little Ponies
2. Care Bears
3. Winnie the Pooh
4. Duck Tales
5. Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers

5 THINGS THAT TERRIFY ME
1. car head lights that seem to be following you home
2. Where our country is heading
3. Mute Witness
4. mountain lions
5. Ghosts/Evil Spirits

5 THINGS I HATE/DISLIKE THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO LIKE
1. soaps (not the kind you wash with the kinds you watch!)
2. running
3. perfume
4. in door pets
5. earings

5 THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Travel with my husband
2. Own my dream house
3. Get another degree or masters or PHD
4. Have my whole life scrap-booked (GREAT IDEA!)
5. Teach my children to love the gospel!

5 FRIENDS/FAMILY I TAG
if your reading this! I TAG YOU!

Trunker Treat '09

The Fairy Princess in the making..........














Saturday we had our trunker treat at the church.. it was actually more like tricker-treating in the church hallway because we were rained out! But the kids loved it!

Here are the kidos getting ready to go: *Beware picture overload


And our Brave Dragon or Dinosaur, or someone even called him a crocodile...

Primary Program

Yesterday Tess participated in her first ever primary program .. I had practiced her part with her all week. She could do part of it, but not all of it. so i was really interested to see what she would do.
this was her part:
Sunbeam Teacher: "Sunbeams, How can you make your home like heaven?"
Tessa: (actual responses) "I can play with my cousins and help my mom in the store."

So when the big moment arrived. She had help with the first part. The scolded her teacher saying, "No I can do it myself!" Totally picking that up in the microphone. Then perfectly recited "AND HELP MY MOM IN THE STORE!" Loud and clear! i almost cried! i have never been so proud in my life! I wish i could have seen her face.. I am in primary with nick so we were on the stands as well..

After the program I got numerous responses about how cute Tessa is.. How funny she was, what a good singer she was... (even though she didn't know most of the words she would just SING FROM THE TOP OF HER LUNGS!) There were only three sunbeams right up front and she was definitely putting on a show by the smiles on peoples faces in the audience! It was just so fun to see! It was really an awesome and spiritual program from the primary. I was really impressed with all of them!

THE NIGHTMARE OF FAMILY PICTURES

You moms out there know what I am talking about!
Why is it that you can NEVER get your kids to look up at the same time??? Its a nightmare! All that work and I didnt get ONE good one! I quit! So you might get a photo shopped Christmas card this year! =)

The first snow flakes of the season

It was fun to be home for the first snow of the season. I was so excited the first day. Almost a week later and still 3 or 4 inches on the ground. Nick and bundled up everyone for church and as I sat in the car I realized it had been since winter 2005 that we last had to go to church in the snow.. (the one Sunday it did snow in Memphis church was canceled!) So needless to say I was brought to a remembrance.....



my winter wonderland.. home sweet home.....
all ready to go..


just jumpin on the trap? the poor kid doesn't know how to play in the snow yet....


warmin up after a walk.

Dinasaur Bones?

My brother Micheal came for a quick visit a few weekends ago and took Tessa hiking.. While they were out in the mountains they found a skull.. Tessa was so sure it was a dinosaur! SO we glued it with some other bones to make it look like more like a dinosaur. ( I think it is actually a badger skull) but really noting else too exciting has been going on.. So i am posting this little adventure..

Over all we are doing well.. Nick and I just got a calling in my parents ward to team teach the CTR 10 in primary.. I was surprised to get a calling since we wont be around more than three more months.. But its all good. we dont mind. Nick is loving his externship site and vision therapy!

A Family Day Trip

This week I took Nick and the kids to one of my favorite places! Estes Park, CO. Estes Park is the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The town is beautiful, I feel connected to it as you have to pass by my hometown to get there.(plus its a rival school!) Many people that pass through Estes Park end up heading up Trail Ridge Road, which is “the highest paved continuous highway in the United States.” It crosses through Rocky Mountain National Park and over the Continental Divide, reaching an elevation of over 12,000ft.. I found these cool pictures from the ridge road which is closed always in winter.. Isn't the glacier awesome!



WOw! thats pretty high up in elevation!! The day the road opened this season. anyway...
Estes is just a tiny little town with only about 6000 residents. At the height of tourist season, they probably have more tourists than residents! But one of my best friends, grew up there so I have lots of fond memories! Also my favorite place to go to is a shop called "Real West"..Where they do old time portraits. I've done it quite a few times!! But never as a family! So we went there and had a blast! Tessa LOVED playing dress up!



Estes Park is also known for the elk. I remember my friend telling me how she hated the elk! They were more like a nuisance to her and they would be constantly chasing them off the football field before a game! I thought that was funny. Estes Park is part of our ward and the Bishop I grew up with owns cabins there for rent. ( on my to do list) . Below is the gigantic hotel, called the Stanley Hotel. Its totally haunted!



The Stanley Hotel is famous, its the place that inspired Stephen King in The Shining, and was featured in the TV movie. Famous people stay there and someday I will!! but Anyway.. Estes Park is a cool place! So all in all it was a fun day trip! If you ever get a chance to go up there and visit i hope you do!