Merry Christmas!

We had a great day. Spent with (some) friends and family. Not everyone could make it, but it was fun. The pics here are of the gift that Steven made me in school. It is one of my favorite gifts. He made a different page for each month, of course. Look below for explanations of a couple.


Cover



January



February



March




April



May




June





July



August



If I was the Principal... I would put hot tubs on all the ceilings so everyone could swim and show their parents they can swim.

September






October



This is Steven and his teacher on Halloween.

November



This is a comic strip. Steven wrote: box 1: Berries are perfect for pie. Box 2: Pie, Pie, Oh how I love pie. Box 3: Thanks! Box 4: Awww! My fork bent! Box 5: Get out Pie! Box 6: Hey! That pie makes a perfect wheel!



December

Tagged

OK, I borrowed this idea from my cousin's blog. Basically, what you do is open the folder where your pictures are kept and open the 4th folder then post the 4th picture.

This is what I found! A picture of Rachelle and a boy I used to babysit, Jordan. This picture was taken Sept 26, 2006. It is a picture that I have been meaning to print for Jordan's mom. BTW, Jordan is only 1 month older than Rachelle!
Ok, now it is your turn, and make sure you post me a comment so I can see what you find!

Nails!

If you know anything about me, it is that I BITE my nails. Well, it has been nearly 4 weeks since I stopped biting my nails! YAY ME! After 30+ years of biting them it sure is WEIRD to have nails. I have to get used to them. For instance, one night I was fixing dinner and cut my nail off with the knife. WHOA! I have never done that before. The next day I was at Costco and ran my hands through my hair and one of my nails snagged in my hair. I looked and my nail had gotten broken somehow.

You can see in this picture (taken almost week ago) the weird way the nail broke. If you can't tell, it is the left ring-finger nail. Ok, I am finished about my nails. It is just something cool I had to blog about because I have never had nails this long before. Thanks for reading.

Recipe For Kindness

My friend Marilyn, who recently lost her husband of 41 years, sent this to me. I thought I would share.

RECIPE FOR KINDNESS

Author Unknown

Fold two hands together

And express a dash of sorrow

Marinate it overnight

And work on it tomorrow.

Chop one grudge in tiny pieces

Add several cups of love

Dredge with a large sized smile

Mix with the ingredients above.

Dissolve the hate within you,

By doing a good deed

Cut in and help your friend

If he should be in need.

Stir in laughter, love an kindness

From the heart it has to come,

Toss with genuine forgiveness

And give your neighbor some.

The amount of people served

Will depend on you,

It can serve the whole wide world,

If you really want it to.

Memory Lane

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments. I would love for everyone to play along. Don't be shy leave whatever memory you would like.




Thanks Steve for posting this in your blog. It is a fun game!

Softball

In order for Steven to earn his Tiger Cub Badge he has to do 15 different things. One of the things he has to do is learn the rules of a game or sport and then go watch it. Since a friend of ours is on a softball team we looked up the rules online and then as a family we went and watched The Sleepers play. We had a great time. Watch the pictures load up and enjoy.

My New Grandbaby!

And here he is!

Braden

Born on April 1, 2008

5lbs

18 inches

Proud Mom!

Dance Dance Revolution!

My brother and sister-in-law came down a couple times after we got our DDR for the PS2 and Jesica wanted to play it. But they never had time. FINALLY we turned it on right after they got here a couple day ago and Joseph and Jesica played it. Jesica said she would like to get one, but Joseph said NO! But who looks like they are having more fun!?!

HAPPY BIRTDHAY!!!

Just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friends, Sunnie and Gale, and my sister-in-law, Jesica, who happen to share my birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!!

Love ya!

Spring Snow

Yesterday it SNOWED!

I thought Spring was in the air?

It was very pretty though.

Pierced Ears

Steve, Delsa, Steven, Rachelle and I were walking around the mall. Delsa wanted to look for a necklace set similar to the one Terrilyn got for her and Delsa that is 2 necklaces with heats and says 'lil sis' on one and 'big sis' on the other. While in Claire's looking for the necklace, that they didn't have, Rachelle saw some earrings she wanted to have. We told her she couldn't have the earrings because she didn't have her ears pierced.

So she said she wanted her ears pierced. We wandered around the mall looking for a place that would do them where they had better looking earrings for a fairer price than Claire's had. We found a place and got all set up. There were 2 girls in the kiosk and they both loaded a piercing gun. They prepped Rachelle's ears and counted 1... 2... 3... click, click. Rachelle immediately said "I don't want my ears pierced and more"! I told her she had to leave the earrings in for 2 months. Here are pics of her getting her ears pierced.

Spring Is Coming!

The tulips and daffodils are coming up

and there are buds on the trees!

How pretty. I can't wait for warmer weather. I am so tired of being cold!

CRASH!

I wrecked Steve's baby last week! OH MAN! Well, at least it wasn't my fault. :) A lady slid on the slushy road through the stop sign and I couldn't do anything BUT hit her. Everyone involved is ok and his baby will get fixed soon enough! The top picture doesn't show the full extent of the damage. The parking light in the bottom picture is hanging on by just 1 screw now.

Breaking Ground

Pastor Scott told us yesterday in church some AWESOME news! We will be breaking ground for our new building this summer! YAY! Even though we don't have all the money needed to build the whole building, we will start with what we have.

Happy Birthday Steve!

Today is Steve's 40th Birthday.

Transfering A Blog

I just visited my Y!360 site after some several months of inactivity, due to slow dial-up (which is also the reason of the lack of posts here). I read that they are getting rid of Y!360. I don't know when or any other details, but thought I would try to preserve my blogs and comments here. I don't know of any way to accomplish this task, except to copy paste. There is talk over on Y!360 of people "backing up" their blogs, but I haven't checked into the "how-to's". So I will do what I "know-how"!

Edit:
I figured out that I can create a post today and make it like I had posted it before today. How awesome it that? So that is what I will do! Yay Me!