Our family is thankful for many things in 2012.....

  • Pam FINALLY graduating with 3 AA's after starting 19 years ago...now she will continue for her Bachelor's degree at the University of Arizona in the Fall 2013.
  • Emmalee getting straight A's for the first time ever!
  • Fresh Air mornings & beautiful Fall evenings.
  • Healthy bodies
  • A Temple announced for Tucson, Arizona!!!!!
  • Adam safely returning home in July from Brazil
  • EFY for our youth.
  • AC in our home finally!!!- (a benefit of working for an AC company).
  • Cars that are old but keep on going!
  • Aubrey learning to play the piano.
  • Sutures that can repair gashes in foreheads. ( Emmalee had to get 12 from falling on the 4th year Girls Camp Hike in July)
  • Safe return for Damian from Washington DC
  • Plan of Salvation
  • Great Spellers in the family :)
  • A good education for our children.
  • A's last semester for Pam

Monday, March 16, 2009

Happy Birthday Steven!

Today is Steven's Birthday. Aubrey says he is 24. ;)
It was so cute what the kids did for his birthday. All on their own, they wrapped a gift for him in some wrapping paper with only stickers instead of tape. He got a toothbrush! Aubrey wanted to give it to him (she had just gotten it last week in a raffle bundle she won at school). When he opened it she had the deepest, loudest belly laugh. It was so cute. Damian also drew Steven a picture. On Steven's shirt it says "I love my son". We are blessed with very cute kids!

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I saw this on Elena's blog and enjoyed it. Join in.
Copy- then highlight the things you have done in bold.

1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14.Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22.hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a 1/2 Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31.hit a home run. 32.been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone. 78.Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee 100.Made amends with someone who offended you 101. Flew in a small Cessna plane with just you and the pilot 102. Ran out of gas 103. Eaten fried okra 104. Swam in the Caribbean Sea 105. Peed in a swimming pool 106. Stayed in a beach house 107. Hosted an exchange student 108. Been a Secret Santa to a family in need 109. Worked on a political campaign 110. Coached a sports team 111. Baked bread from scratch 112. Driven from coast to coast 113. Paid off all of your debt 114. Roast marshmallows over a campfire 115. Cut up a credit card 116. Drove a car through a flood 117. Been on t.v 118. Had braces 119. Been to the top of the twin towers in NY. 120. Have played in both the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans 121. Been to ground zero 122. Bitten your fingernails 123. Scrapbooked 124. Visited Mexico 125. Seen a Tornado in person 126. Been lost at sea 127. Kissed a frog. 128. Given birth to twins. 129. Received 2 moving violation tickets in 1 day. 130. Taught English in a foreign country 131. Gone rappelling132.Seen a show in New York City. 133. Have never had a cavity 134. Peed your pants from just laughing so hard.

Make sure to add a new question once you're done.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

I am as happy as a pig in mud

My mother-in-law was coming to visit us and mentioned that she had a mixer that she would be willing to give to me if I wanted it. At first, I thought "I already have a mixer why do I need 2?" Then she told me that it did a bunch of stuff and would even grind wheat. Well, of course I said yes after she told me it would grind wheat. After all, what good is it if I have all these cans of wheat and no way to grind it? Well, she came last night and brought it with her. So today I decided to try it out. I ground about 2 cups of wheat into a fine flour in about 30 seconds. It's so SWEET!!!! Reading the manual it tells you how to make your bread dough in the mixer. So I am enjoying my first attempt of homemade wheat bread after only 1 hour from start to finish. I need to order more wheat now from the cannery. 300 lbs. per person just isn't going to be enough.
Below you will see the machine, my loaf of bread dough, and then the final product.
Gotta go enjoy my bread. YUM YUM!!!