Sale Flyers for Our Neighbor

Based on recommendations from Laura and 

lots of help from Anne...

Know anybody looking for a house? ;-)

  

Not too shabby... maybe I'll invite over some of my 5 year olds friends and test this theory?! Heh, heh....

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For Baby Elena!

Why we are related...

This picture of my two oldest getting dressed was taken in early March, but remarkably similar to a photo of my cousin's darling little girl  (click and scroll down). 

Funny how genes or maybe in this case JEANS work within families!

tAgGEd AgAiN! what FUN!

Here are some things that make our littlest girl 

REALLY  Happy!

1.Hanging out with her sisters!

2.Her Aunt Anne: "I love Aunt Anne, she's the best! She likes me. And her hair is yellow like me and my Daddy."

3.Listening to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Believe it or Not" on the CD from Aunt Becca.

4.Dora the Explorer! And Go Diego Go!

5.Wearing flip flops with everything!  Even with p.j.'s.

6.Wearing her swimsuit when ever she can, she's even worn it to pick up her sisters at school! More than once! Lucky for her  it's warm here! 

7.She is a real Daddy's girl and 

she'd caught her first fish before 

she turned 3!

8. Playing dress up! -but I wonder, if she's so good at dressing up in play clothes....

... why does she always get caught up in her pajamas?!! (click link and scroll a bit. I actually had ANOTHER video of the same p.j. predicament she always gets into, but blogger won't load it today).

Now she is tagging: "Nicole's son, Tanner, Cousin Kate, Uncle N8, Aunt Elisabeth, Aunt Anne and Baylor!"

Happy to be "tagged" by Nicole!!

5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago
1. Working at Beneficial while husband attended college.
2. Living in a 500 sq. ft. house made with asbestos shingles.
3. Volunteering at the local Humane Society, cause we couldn't have a dog in our tiny house. Now we have two! I fondly recall the days when I could skip vacuuming without being overrun with pet hair!
4. Dreaming of the day when we could start a family... now I dream of the days when it was just the two of us and no one threw food when they thought it was unpalatable. As in the case with our 3 yr old over the rice and raisins I so foolishly thought would be a nice breakfast (she threw it to the dogs)!
5. Planning our summer trip to Disneyland with Anne, Elisabeth and Laura, that we eventually paid off two years after the fact! <--The true mark of a vacation done right!  5 Things on My To-Do List Today
1. Keep the girls entertained enough to stay in the living room and listen to Conference.
2. Take the kids to the library during the break between sessions, as a reward for sitting nicely through 2 whole talks! <--In a row! 3. Plan a personal progress night for next week. 4. Let the girls run in the sprinklers after conference ends and eat outside after sitting inside all day today. 5. Begin reading the 3rd book in the Twilight Trilogy tonight. 5 Snacks I Enjoy
1. Graham crackers with cream cheese spread (a good little treat).
2. Peaches and cottage cheese.
3. Chips and homemade salsa.
4. Celery with peanut butter
5. Kettle corn from the local farmers market, new fav... yum!

5 Things I'd Do If I Were a Billionaire
I really don't even know...
1. Pay a lot of tithing and be sincerely happy about it.
2. Pay off house and cars.
3. Invest.
4. Help military families with loved ones deployed.
5. Set up a "pay it forward" kind of fund that keeps on giving.

3 Bad Habits (wish I only had 3 to list!)
1. Choosing other diversions other than reading my scriptures daily.
2. Choosing other diversions other than enjoying my little girls.
3. Not treating my daughters and husband with respect when I am angry.

5 Jobs I've Had....
1. Excavation Professional 
2. Coach
3. Medical Diagnostics
4. Transportation Specialist
5. Office Manager
...all within the last few days!

5 Things People Probably Don't Know About Me

This one is hard, I don't think I have many things that people

wouldn't already know about me.  Here are some weird ones...

1. I love to color with crayons.  Maybe it's the smell, I don't know.

2. I am really really afraid of bees, and if you've been following my blog, and saw the trouble we've been having with bees, you would know why I appealed to the "blogging world" for help! It's hard to be brave so my girls think I don't care about the bees flying around, I just don't want them to develop my same irrational scream and run tactic.... I don't think I've fooled them...

3. Remember the Golden Retriever I found, his family sent me a thank you card and a gift certificate to spoil our own dogs at Petco... I haven't told you that yet, it was a neat surprise.

4. I want to sell Brite music, so I can get it all really inexpensively for my own family. I keep going to the site and inquire about selling it, then chicken out! <--for years now.

5. I really do like to play with my kids, who are out playing a soggy sandbox without me and I need to catch up with them in a hurry before we have to come in for bath and bed.


I tag 5 people who've read this and think it may be fun to do with their friends and family.

Our Trip to Santa Fe over Easter Weekend

The Cathedral of Basilica

We had a lot of fun in Santa Fe.  There are so many shops and museums to see, there was no way to fit it all in, but we felt excited about the many things we were able to see and do. But most of all we are happy that Dad is finally home!

In front of the Children's Museum

Getting all dolled up at the museum

Realizing how high above Dad she is!!

Big sister makes it  to the top!

Outside of the Cathedral of the Basilica

Our family at the indoor farmers market.