FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE

 TAMI, DON AND I WENT TO THE HUNGER GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHT.  WE ALL ENJOYED IT.  CHLOE HAD TOLD TAMI ALL ABOUT THE BOOK SO SHE KNEW  THE STORY LINE.  WE ALL FELT THAT IT HAD WONDERFUL SPECIAL EFFECTS  AND IT REALLY KEPT YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT.

I'M GLAD THAT I READ THE BOOK SO THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT  ALL THE FUSS  WAS ABOUT IT.  I HAVEN'T DECIDED IF  I WANT TO READ THE OTHER 2 BOOKS OR NOT.  I HATE THE IDEA OF CHILDREN KILLING EACH OTHER FOR OTHER PEOPLES PLEASURE.  THIS IS SO BARBARIC.   I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE IN THAT KIND OF WORLD.

OUR CELEBRATION OF LIFE OUTING

 JANET JUST FINISHED HER SECOND ROUND OF CHEMO.  SHE REALLY DID GREAT.  A FEW DAYS OF NOT FEELING GOOD AND BEING VERY TIRED AND THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION AND GET THINGS DONE.

WE ENJOY THE SAME STORES AND INTERESTS.  HERE WE ARE AT HOBBY LOBBY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME SALES FOR SCRAPE BOOKING

 WE LOVE THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS TOO.  WON'T BE LONG AND IT WILL BE JULY......WE ARE READY!

WE ENJOYED GOING OUT TO DINNER AT INTERNATIONAL BUFFET.  JANET HAS HER APPETITE BACK AND SO DO I!!  WE HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER SHOPPING AND VISITING.

WE TRY TO DO THIS EVERY THREE MONTHS.  SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER.

EASTER 2012

IT WAS SO FUN TO HAVE TAMI COME OVER AND COLOR EGGS WITH ME.  I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER OUT GROW THIS FUN TRADITION.


I WAS ABLE TO EVEN GET MY EASTER DECORATIONS OUT TO MAKE APRIL SPECIAL IN OUR HOME.

 ON SUNDAY TAMI CAME OVER AT 9:00 A.M. TO GO TO MEMORIAL GARDENS WITH US BEFORE CHURCH.  IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SPRING MORNING AND THERE WAS NO WIND.

WE FIRST PUT SOME FLOWERS ON ALASHA'S GRAVE WITH A LITTLE SHEEP IN IT.

 WE THEN STOPPED AT THE RESURRECTED CHRIST STATUE WHERE THE EAMES PLAQUE IS.  WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SPOT FOR REMEMBERING MY MOM, DAD, RON AND TERESA.

 THE TREES NEAR THIS SPOT ARE IN FULL BLOOM WITH GORGEOUS PINK BLOSSOMS.  IT SO PEACFEFUL THERE AND WE ENJOYED TAKING A FEW PICTURES AMONG THE BLOSSOMS.

WE THEN WALKED ON TO THE OTHER STATURES OF CHRIST IN MEMORIAL GARDENS.

 THE BENCH IN THE SHADE IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SPOTS TO TAKE PHOTO'S.  SHADOW AND MUFFIN LOVE THIS AREA TOO.

 SPRING IS SO BEAUTIFUL WITH EVERYTHING COMING BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.  WHAT A PERFECT TIME OF YEAR FOR EASTER AND CHRIST'S RESURRECTION.

SINCE IT WAS STAKE CONFERENCE FOR OUR STAKE WE DECIDED TO GO TO FRUITA WITH TAMI TO ATTEND HER WARD.  THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL EASTER SERVICE.  IT WAS SO NICE AND WE ALL ENJOYED BEING TOGETHER FOR SACREMENT MEETING.  TAMI DIDN'T HAVE TO SIT BY HERSELF FOR A CHANGE.

OUR EASTER WEEK-END WAS WONDERFUL.  HOPE YOU ALL HAD ONE TOO!!

MY WEEK IN VIRGINIA

 I HAD LOTS OF FUN WITH COLDON.  HE REALLY LIKED THE ST. PATRICK'S NECKLACE THAT LIT UP WHEN YOU PUSHED A BUTTON.  THE SHAMROCK GLASSES WERE FUN TOO.;

 I LOVE BEING WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN AND GET SUCH A KICK OUT OF THEM!

 TASHA AND JEFF ARE  GREAT PARENTS.  I FEEL SO BLESSED THAT I HAVE WONDERFUL SON IN LAWS THAT I LOVE AND ADMIRE.  THAT IS A  GREAT BLESSING.

 TASHA AND JEFF LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND WE ENJOYED GOING FOR NIGHTLY WALKS WITH THEIR DOG RILEY.  THE WEATHER WAS LOVELY AND IT WAS NICE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT.

 TASHA AND I LOVED DOING SOME SHOPPING.  WE WERE PREPARING FOR REYGAN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SO BABIES R US AND PARTYLAND WAS ON OUR LIST TO GET SOME IDEAS AND GIFTS.

 REYGAN AND COLDON ARE SO FUN.  I LOVED BEING AROUND THEM AND ENJOYING THEIR DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES.  I TOOK SOME GREAT PHOTO'S OF EACH OF THEM.

 GRANDPA DON FLEW IN ON THAT THURSDAY.  IT WAS GREAT SEEING HIM AGAIN AND HAVING HIM WITH ALL OF US.  HE MADE A HIT WITH COLDON WHEN HE GAVE HIM A SHARK FOR A GIFT.

 REYGAN SEEMED TO LIKE GRANDPA DON RIGHT AWAY.  SHE LIKED BEING IN HIS ARMS AND WALKING AROUND.  REYGAN SEEMED TO KNOW THAT HE WAS A SPECIAL PERSON IN HER LIFE.

 THE TORGESEN'S CAME IN THAT AFTERNOON TOO.  DON AND I PLANNED ON BABYSITTING THE GRANDCHILDREN WHILE THE TORGESEN'S AND LADNER'S WENT TO THE OPENING SHOW OF THE HUNGER GAMES.  BEFORE THE SHOW THEY WERE GOING TO A HUNGER'S GAME'S PARTY.  IT WAS A PARTY THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DRESS UP AS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE.  CAN YOU GUESS WHO THEY ARE?

I DECIDED TO READ THE BOOK SO THAT I WOULD KNOW WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT.  I WAS GLAD I DID BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THEIR COSTUMES AND THE STORY.  CAN YOU GUESS WHAT TASHA, CHLOE, LARA AND BEN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE?  THEY HAD A GREAT TIME EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL 3:00 A.M.

 WE ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME TOGETHER.  HERE WE ARE HAVING A DANCE PARTY.

 SATURDAY WAS THE BIG DAY FOR REYGAN.  THIS IS WHEN WE CELEBRATED HER FIRST BIRTHDAY.  SHE LOOKED SO ADORABLE IN THE MINNIE MOUSE DRESS AND EARS.  WE FOUND THE DRESS AT BABIES R US AND THE BLACK EARS AT PARTYLAND.  I DECORATED THE EARS FOR HER FIRST BIRTHDAY/

 ALL THE COUSINS HAD MICKEY MOUSE EARS TOO.  ALL EIGHT OF THEM WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.  THE RED WAGON WAS HER GIFT FROM MOM, AND DAD AND IT WAS PERFECT FOR PUTTING ALL THE OTHER GIFTS IN IT. REYGAN WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT HER SPECIAL CUPCAKE.  SHE WAS JUST LIKE COLDON ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY.....SHE DIDN'T LIKE GETTING  MESSY.

 THE NEXT DAY THE TORGESEN'S,  GRANDPA DON AND GRANDMA JULIE GAVE COLDON HIS BIRTHDAY GIFT SINCE IT WAS GOING TO BE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE WANTED TO DO THIS SINCE WE WOULDN'T BE THERE FOR HIS SPECIAL DAY APRIL 14.

THE TORGESEN'S LEFT FIRST AND THEN DON AND I FLEW HOME ON SUNDAY.
WHAT A GREAT AND FUN TRIP!  WE LOVED IT!!

DON AND I WERE GIVEN BEN'S I PAD SINCE HE GOT THE I PAD 3.  WHAT A GREAT GIFT.  IT ENTERTAINED DON ALL THE WAY HOME ON THE AIRPLANE.  IN FACT, I'VE LOST A HUSBAND.  SEEMS LIKE HE IS ALWAYS ON IT!!

I'M NOT COMPLAINING.  I LOVE THE PHOTO'S BEN HAD PUT ON IT AND THAT IS WHAT I''M INTERESTED IN.  THANKS BEN AND LARA.  WE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY!!

MY 2 WEEKS IN MARYLAND

WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME I HAD VISITING MY FAMILY.  I SPENT 2 WEEKS WITH DADRA'S FAMILY FIRST.  JASON AND DADRA ALWAYS MAKE ME FEEL LOVED AND APPRECIATED.  DADRA HAS LOST ALL HER  EXCESS WEIGHT AFTER NOLAN WAS BORN AND LOOKS WONDERFUL.  SHE'S SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ME  IN HER EATING HABITS.

NOLAN HAS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE I LAST SAW HIM  WHEN HE WAS BLESSED LAST SUMMER.  HE IS ADORABLE AND HIS PERSONALITY IS SO MILD AND FUN TO BE AROUND. AND HE REMINDS ME OF DADRA WHEN SHE WAS A BABY.  AS LONG AS HIS NEEDS ARE MET, HE'S CONTENTED AND FUN TO BE AROUND.  NOLAN ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE TOO.

IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GO TO CHURCH WITH THE FAMILY.  SUNDAY IS A SPECIAL DAY OF REST FOR ALL OF US AND WE ENJOYED FAMILY ACTIVITIES.  LOVED HAVING ABBY AND DADRA SING TOGETHER SOME SPECIAL SONGS.

ABBY AND I HAD A FUN PROJECT WHILE I WAS THERE.  I HAD WRITTEN TO HER ABOUT MAKING A QUILT AND SENT HER SOME SPECIAL CRAYONS .  SHE NEEDED TO DRAW 20 PICTURES BEFORE MY VISIT SO THAT I COULD IRON THE PICTURES ON QUILT BLOCKS.  ABBY HAD DRAWN 18 PICTURES ABOUT HER LIFE AND FINISHED THE LAST 2 WHILE I WAS THERE.  I IRONED ON THE PICTURES TO THE QUILT BLOCKS.  THEY TURNED OUT SO CUTE.

ABBY PICKED OUT HER FABRIC FOR IN BETWEEN THE PICTURE BLOCKS AND ALSO THE FABRIC FOR THE BACK.  SHE LOVES PURPLE AND THAT IS WHAT SHE DECIDED ON.  I SEWED THE BLOCKS TOGETHER AND IT LOOKED SO CUTE.

THIS IS HOW BIG HER QUILT IS.  I WAS ABLE TO TIE THE QUILT TOGETHER AND THEN BIND IT.  ABBY WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HER QUILT SHE WANTED TO TAKE IT TO SCHOOL AND SHOW HER TEACHER.  HER TEACHER WAS DELIGHTED WITH HER QUILT AND THOUGHT IT WAS FUN SHE WAS ON A BLOCK WITH ABBY AND THE SCHOOL IN THE BACKGROUND.

DADRA, JASON AND NOLAN LEFT FOR A FEW DAYS FOR IDAHO.  JASON'S SISTER GOT MARRIED IN THE IDAHO FALLS, TEMPLE ON MARCH 16.  I WAS ABLE TO WATCH ABBY AND LANDON WHILE THEY WERE GONE.   ABBY AND I HAD ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE DID.  WE HAD GONE TO HOBBY LOBBY AND BOUGHT SOME YARN THAT MATCHED THE COLOR OF HER HAIR.  WE WANTED TO MAKE A TANGLED BRAID FOR HER.  MY FRIEND LORI DILLON SHOWED ME HOW TO MAKE THIS BRAID BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE ONE FOR HER LITTLE GIRL FOR HALLOWEEN.

OUR FINISHED PROJECT WAS ADORABLE AND ABBY LOVED IT.  THE BRAID COMES DOWN TO THE FLOOR.  WE DECORATED  IT WITH FLOWERS AND GREENERY.  THIS WAS A FUN PROJECT FOR BOTH   OF US AND WE WERE PLEASED AND DELIGHTED HOW IT TURNED OUT.

I WAS THERE FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY TOO.  I HAD BOUGHT SOME FUN THINGS FOR LANDON AND ABBY TO WEAR ON THIS FUN OCCASION.  THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES WE TOOK THAT DAY.

I DON'T SEE MY  GRANDCHILDREN  VERY MUCH SO IT'S FUN TO MAKE THESE KIND OF MEMORIES WITH THEM.;

MAKING GREEN COOKIES TOPPED OFF THE DAY.

A FEW MORE PICTURES TAKEN BEFORE LEAVING FOR VIRGINIA TO SPEND A WEEK WITH  TASHA'S FAMILY.  THAT WILL BE BLOGGED NEXT.

I DID FIX DOG'S NOSE AGAIN.  ABBY LOVES THIS STUFFED DOG AND I'VE OPERATED ON IT A FEW TIMES FIXING THE EYES AND NOSE.  I DON'T THINK THE NOSE WILL COME OFF AGAIN SINCE I USED A GLUE GUN.

MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE SO ADORABLE.  I LOVE TAKING PICTURES OF THEM.  THAT IS WHAT I HAVE LEFT WHEN I GO BACK HOME.  PHOTO'S AND MEMORIES.   SO GRATEFUL FOR BOTH OF THEM.