Memorial Day Weekend

This memorial day was incredibly relaxing! My mom rented her time share up in Park City and we spent the weekend up in Park City! I did a lot of flower arrangements. It was a wonderful way to spend the weekend. For the first time in a long time I didn't have huge amounts of arrangements to do I just had some basic arrangements. I wasn't stressed at all with this years flowers. It also helped that a friend ordered flowers from the wholesale house for me! So it was one stop shopping! I love the flower wholesale house. I could spend hours and thousands of dollars in there. Kimmie's birthday didn't fall on Memorial weekend this year like it has in the past so we weren't worried about birthday party anything either. So the weekend went like this....

Saturday- we got up got ready did a couple flower arrangements went to the cemetary for Erik's mom and my aunt Ann and went to Park City. We did dinner, shopping and the swimming pool and went to bed.

Sunday- we went to church at the visitors ward in Park City. The kids did great through the one hour church and I even forgot the church bag with the snacks and things in it. We went back to the condo and I fell asleep. Erik took Johnny for a walk and my Mom taught Kimmie how to crochet. We did dinner and played phase 10 until bed time.

Monday- got up did more flower arranging. Erik started cooking dutch oven for lunch. Went to the cemetary did more flower arranging at the cemetary. Went back to the condo Erik had lunch ready, my aunt Jo, Glenda, my cousin and her husband and son came up. We had lunch sat and talked, took the kids to the playground. We took Jo back to the cemetary and walked around for quite a while.

I got sunburned with all of this although it was a weekend that was worth while. I will have to add some flower photos and some photos of the kids on the playground later. The weekend was so calm and relaxing I wish every Memorial Day was as calm as this one was.

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! I feel like we already celebrated St. Patrick's day because we went down to see my niece Adrianne in the parade in downtown last weekend. We never have been a very big St. Patrick's day family. Every few years or something my Mom made us green pancakes for dinner, but that is about all we ever did. I didn't realize how BIG this holiday really is. So I will be posting photos later from the parade and of my daughter who got herself dressed for school today. She really doesn't match but it was all green. I managed to talked her into taking off the Sunday dress that was on the top. This morning when I was so frustrated at her I couldn't laugh but by this afternoon the fact that I let my daughter go out looking like she does. So I will have to take a photo when she gets home from school. Two years ago Kimmie had a friend in her class who's father was Irish and he came in and played the bagpipes and everything for her class and did a big party. Kimmie really wants me to throw a big thing today and I am just wanting to enjoy the day! So it will be an interesting day.

Valentine's Day

Honesty time here I am not a really big Valentine's Day person. I use to be until I stood in line for dinner one Valentine's Day waiting for an hour and a half then we sat at the table Kimmie had a seizure and we had to go home the minute we got a table. So therefore, valentine's day is a fun day to exchange cards to each other and that is about it. This year we knew we didn't have the money to do anything. There was a stake adult dance and dinner that we planned on attending if we were in the mood to go. Erik arranged the cute girl next door to come and babysit. We had never had her before so I was glad that we weren't going far. Trusting babysitters never has been my strong suit. Anyway she did great and they had a good time but it was new for me so rather hard to leave them. I will use her more often she did so well. Anyway, we got our taxes in! They aren't a lot and a lot smaller than in years past. But I wanted to do something fun for Erik. I bought him a BOSCH about 2 years ago. I love it he still wants a Kitchaid. I bought the bosch instead of the kitchaid for the extended warranty and how hard he is on his kitchen appliances. Anyway I suprised him with the food processor attachment and a cooking class at the bosch store. It was really fun to suprise my husband and put me in a much better mood. I love you Erik I hope you enjoy your new toy!!!

Christmas Tree Dress

I really don't understand this thing that my mom and Kimmie have. I love it although I don't really understand it. My mom has always been really good at making dresses. Kimmie is such a girlly girl that she is the recipient of many of her creations. In fact Kimmie has a hard time wearing any dress that Aunt Lara hasn't bought or Grandma hasn't made. My Dad asked me to stop the two of them about this time last year. I asked him which one started it and which on is willing to end it. With that being said Kimmie is the receipent of two dresses a year, an Easter dress and a Christmas dress. Plus anything else the two of them come up with. About three or four years ago my mom made Kimmie a dress that has Eggs on it for any Easter party that Kimmie goes too. Well this year Kimmie asked for a Christmas tree dress to wear to parties. First of all how many parties does this child go too and who needs a Christmas tree dress and what in the world is that anyway? So here is a bad photo of my kids but my mom's latest creation the Christmas tree dress.

Black Friday

Yes, I am one of those crazy shoppers that went out on black friday!!! Erik had to work it and Bethany and I wanted to shop so Jarin took care of all six kids. Thank you Jarin!!! We brought him pizza as a thank you! Bethany and I had a great time. I got so many good deals! I am almost all the way done. I have a few things left to get for my kids but not much. I also have only three individuals of the 15 we buy for between both families left. We weren't crazy enough to go out at 4 or 5 am. Although Erik had to be at work at 4. This year he was not harmed in anyway execpt being overly tired by working Black Friday for 13 hours! About ten years ago when a certain elmo was the rage he got in the middle of two Grandma's fighting over one. For some reason this years madness seemed to be worse than in years past. I don't know if the economy being so bad spared people to run over a individual and kill him or what.

Then my evening came! Once a year my family gets together to honor my aunt Ann and we go do sealings at the Temple. This was a far cry from the shopping I had done earlier in the day. It was an amazing experience like it always is. Thank you to my family for having such a neat tradition. Ann is definately watching and smiling at all of us!

Halloween Update

I am updating everything and I am doing it all today, before I forget or get involved in something else!!! I finally have internet connection so I am going to take advantage of it. I never did a Halloween update. We have a very uneventful Halloween for once. I am really grateful! It was so calm and fun. Danielle let me borrow a costume for Johnny and Kimmie was Sleeping Beauty. Thank you to Grandma's pink Easter dress we were set.

Grandma came over and the kids made cookies with tons of frosting and sprinkes. Erik and Kimmie did the pumpkin and we had pizza. It was really a fun and relaxing Halloween. I hope for every Halloween to be this calm.

Halloween Birthdays

First of all Happy Birthday to Adrianne and Shelly!!!

I don't know how many of you know that me and both of my sisters were born on/near holidays. So we have always been a really big party holiday family. Shelly was born on Halloween! She has always loved the Halloween carnival parties and things that go along with it. Then she had Adrianne on the 30th! Adrianne is following in her mom's footsteps with the Halloween parties. I helped this the party last Saturday and we had a great time. I loved the being in the back of the fish pond! The kids were all dressed up cute and had fun. Until I add the photos I just wanted to say Happy Birthday and I love you!!!