May 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Scott!

Scott is 38 today! Just wanted to wish him a Happy Happy Birthday!

May 26, 2009

Sarah's 27 today!

Today my baby turned 27! It's hard to believe sometimes. I feel really old! It is so fun to have her and her baby Keleigh living with us, I get to do the fun stuff with her and I don't have to do the hard stuff. She looks so much like Sarah did as a baby! It sure can stir memories! We celebrated with by grilling kabobs and making a "Better than almost anything" cake yesterday since Jennifer and the kiddos were here. Tonight Chad said we should take Sarah to dinner for her birthday and he was even nice enough to go birthday shopping for her since I had 2 papers due today I was working frantically on, he got her a bottle of perfume she had been wanting. Then we let her choose where to have dinner so we ended up at Red Lobster. She and Chad love crab and lobster so they were both quite happy with that choice. They sang happy birthday to her there, which embarrased her a bit! Here are some of her birthday pics!









Memorial Day Weekend Fun!








We had a good weekend! Chad had gigs on Friday and Saturday night. Jennifer came up from Spanish Fork for the weekend with the kiddos. We were going to go to the water park down the street but then I went to WalMart (mistake)! I bought them a 6ft x 10 ft x 2 ft pool, it should be fun but I also got a slip and slide with boogie boards! Plus water guns! I'm trying to talk Chad into a swing set so when grandkids come to our house they have something to do and aren't bored and maybe just maybe they will want to visit us more often! So Saturday we set up our backyard water park! There was also water guns, water toys and lots of fun. Griffin even learned how to use a snorkel and has decided it would be really cool to go with us snorkeling the next time we go! We grilled out a couple times this weekend, some really great chicken, pork chops, and kabobs along with Chad's favorite POTATO SALAD! He loves potatoes any way you fix em! Here are some photos of our fun couple days!

May 21, 2009

Truths change!? Just a thought...


Eternal truth never changes.

The best analogy is like the sun that stays relatively stationary in the sky. as the earth turns slowly on its axis. But when man travels on the roads it can take many twists and turns. Sometimes the sun is ahead of us. Sometimes either to the right or left of us, and yes sometimes even behind us. All that can take place in seconds of time, when traveling in a car. Or even when walking this can happen during the day.

You can see then the sun has not changed at all. Merely the direction of the road one has traveled on. So too there is truth that is real and never changes. But man's knowledge that is gained and therefore perception of the truth that has changed over time.

May 19, 2009

Busy busy busy!

School is going great, I was a bit worried about being able to keep up with 15 hours but I'm managing it. Although it takes up a ton of my time, so I don't have time for anything else. I have a marketing plan group project, so much for online courses! I also have several research papers! Plus all the busy work, assignments, assessments etc. So we aren't getting to do much fun things :(

We were going to the Knolls with our trailer and 4 wheelers on Memorial Day weekend however we may not be able to until Sunday because Chad got a gig to play this weekend!The Knolls is just east of Wendover and we have had a lot of fun there. Sarah's birthday is next week, she will be 27 on the 26th so we may go there and celebrate with her. We are hoping we have other kids who want to join us!

Will post pics of our weekend, if we get to have any fun!

May 12, 2009

School is EXPENSIVE!!!!



I bought my books today because classes started yesterday and I wanted to see the syllabus for the classes to be sure I wanted to stay in the classes and I am going to brave the 15 hour load and hope I survive! They all have research papers! I'm nervous but determined!

May 10, 2009

Mothers Day!


Mothers Day was great! Our daughter Jennifer came up from Spanish Fork with her 4 kids on Saturday and we did the shopping thing, with Sarah and Keleigh, it was fun! Then Sunday Chad treated us to dinner at Texas Roadhouse since we are all three moms! I heard from our two sons in Texas and that was really nice. Also received texts from Jennie and Dar. It was a good year for mom's around here :)

I called my mom and we had a short conversation until Monday when we continued it, she had troubling news to tell me, as has happened a lot in the past year when I talk to her. I had two uncles (her brothers) pass away within a couple months of each other early last fall and now my aunt has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, there isn't anything they can do for her. She wasn't even sick or didn't notice it if she was because of caring for my uncle during the stressful time of his illness. It makes me sad, and makes me worry about my own mom a lot! I'd like to live nearer to her for a few years but I don't know if that will be possible so I visit as often as possible. I actually have been trying to go see her every 3 or 4 months but I haven't seen her since January! My family is having a couple family reunions though in July so I may have to wait until then to see her.?

Saturday with Kaden!









On Saturday Jennifer was here with her kiddos and in the afternoon Gretchen dropped Kaden off and we took care of him for several hours and we all had a really good time with him. He was kind of attached to Chad for a bit but then Chad had to leave for a band thing and he seemed to have a good time with the rest of us! Below are some pics of the evening. Oh he was quite attached to Madi (Jennifer's 3rd child, she just loved playing with him)

May 8, 2009

School starts Monday!



Well I'm registerd for 15 hours this summer at WSU! I am going to try to finish up my bachelors within a year but it means taking a very heavy load every semester! I'm looking forward to all the major classes and I'm truly excited about them! I am majoring in Gerontology and double minor in Health Services Administration and Long Term Care Administration! I love old people and the health care settings so this has just seemed like a true fit for me! I love anything to do with health whether it is a hospital setting or long term care or anything nutrition as a matter of fact my emphasis on my major is nutrition! So I'm getting a wide variety of classes! Well I gotta go buy my books!!!

May 5, 2009

More Macey!

We went for a visit with Macey yesterday and got a few more photos! He's growing so fast, already 10 pounds! Tori was there too!



Cinco De Mayo!!!



Hope yours was as great as ours!

I got an A!!!


I got an A on my final! Which means my GPA still ranks me as high honors, which also means I got a scholarship!!!! I'm just too excited!

May 2, 2009

Finals are done!


My math final was today and I think I did ok on it! I am hoping to get an A in the class, we'll see! I didn't study one thing because we were told it wasn't on the test but then it was on there anyway to that may have cost me some points!