Sunday, January 25, 2009
Jazz and Hip-Hop
The girls were awesome again as they danced for the Christmas dance recital. Sarah is taking a break now and trying out gymnastics. Alison added a ballet class. They love to be active.
Christmas Card Pictures
Most of you should have received the best of the Christmas photo shoot...but here's how most of them turned out!!! Lauren is just at that age where she rules the world. The older two were troopers though and we did have some success.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Robbing my sister.
My sister Jenn hit the nail on the head in her last blog entry...so I am borrowing her words.
"I just want to let everyone who still reads my blog know that I am actually admitting the true and undeniable: I SUCK AT BLOGGING. I am overwhelmed and let's face it, we're understaffed around here. The cook hasn't been showing up and when she does it's just chicken nuggets and mac & cheese. The maid has thrown in her dusting rag and it looks like she hasn't washed the windows for months! The nanny spends all her time driving kids around and is always one step behind the kids messes. The groundsman, landscaper and part-time janitor have colds - the miserable kind that makes you whine and beg for breakfast in bed and hack up some stuff. As you can see, I have lots to blog about but just not enough energy to blog it. I think the bottom line is that the people who are good at scrapbooking (i.e. my friend Amy - who is pretty much good at everything) are also good at blogging. So much for my hope that blogging would become my new scrapbook. No pressure." Jenn.
My groundsman, landscaper, and part-time janitor hasn't been sick, but has been working around the clock because Singapore and Australia seem to have different hours than we do! And they don't celebrate Thanksgiving...go figure!
Let's be honest though, I am super grateful that my husband has a job. I keep thinking about the state of our nation and can't help but hope that we are able to keep a job over the next few years. It also makes me super grateful that we have listened to our prophet's voice and lived within our means.
So there have been good times over the past month and a half; Thanksgiving with John and Susan, seeing Twilight finally, some totally awesome Christmas parties, two dates with John where he actually called for the babysitter one time, and a lot of Christmas shopping. This week we should wrap up the craziness with a dance recital, Christmas book readings, and a choir concert. If we're lucky we should have some pictures to go along with the good times. Until then, everyone hang in there!
"I just want to let everyone who still reads my blog know that I am actually admitting the true and undeniable: I SUCK AT BLOGGING. I am overwhelmed and let's face it, we're understaffed around here. The cook hasn't been showing up and when she does it's just chicken nuggets and mac & cheese. The maid has thrown in her dusting rag and it looks like she hasn't washed the windows for months! The nanny spends all her time driving kids around and is always one step behind the kids messes. The groundsman, landscaper and part-time janitor have colds - the miserable kind that makes you whine and beg for breakfast in bed and hack up some stuff. As you can see, I have lots to blog about but just not enough energy to blog it. I think the bottom line is that the people who are good at scrapbooking (i.e. my friend Amy - who is pretty much good at everything) are also good at blogging. So much for my hope that blogging would become my new scrapbook. No pressure." Jenn.
My groundsman, landscaper, and part-time janitor hasn't been sick, but has been working around the clock because Singapore and Australia seem to have different hours than we do! And they don't celebrate Thanksgiving...go figure!
Let's be honest though, I am super grateful that my husband has a job. I keep thinking about the state of our nation and can't help but hope that we are able to keep a job over the next few years. It also makes me super grateful that we have listened to our prophet's voice and lived within our means.
So there have been good times over the past month and a half; Thanksgiving with John and Susan, seeing Twilight finally, some totally awesome Christmas parties, two dates with John where he actually called for the babysitter one time, and a lot of Christmas shopping. This week we should wrap up the craziness with a dance recital, Christmas book readings, and a choir concert. If we're lucky we should have some pictures to go along with the good times. Until then, everyone hang in there!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
My dad.
We went to the cemetery today and talked about dad. It will always make me sad that the girls didn't get to spend more time with him before he died. We tried to tell them some of the memories...about how much he loved Hawaii, Rocky Road ice cream, getting "buzzed" out of the house by the kids and one time getting locked out, how he would make cakes for the children's birthdays in his primary class, how he was such a hard worker, how he had knee surgery and how hard that was on him, how he finished my birthday cake when I was 3 or 4 because mom walked through a glass door and had to get stitches in her hand, how he always wanted to be a ward librarian at church (news to me...mom explained that he was really organized and thought that hanging out in the library visiting with whomever stopped by would be great.) I am so grateful to have had a dad who loved me and always wanted what was best for his family. We still miss him after five years.
B-Y-U Cougars!!!!
John drove up to Provo for the game against San Diego. When he got home he said it was a lot of driving, but totally worth it. Thanks Tim and parents! Has a decade really gone by since we were there? Man, we are getting old!Halloween!
The school parade, party, choir performance, and trunk-or-treat that night kept us very busy. 
Mom has a picture on the way of she of the girls...check back later!Fall Break
We headed north for a few days mid-October and had some fun at my sister's house...eating, shopping, eating, and shopping, and I did I mention eating? Her little girl Keslie likes me. That makes me happy!
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