Spring Break 2008

Snow. Ice. Frost on the windshield. Mud. Boots. Gloves. Getting stuck in my own driveway. Daily. Those are the fun things I got to say goodbye to this week! My family packed up & took off for Sunny St. George! We had SO much fun. We stayed at Mom & Pa's house, but connected up with Val & Joel's families every day. Whether it was for an outing to Snow Canyon, to hit Pizza Hut, to have an Easter Egg hunt, have a BBQ (mom snuck & ate BBQ chicken when she thought no one was looking! hee hee) to go shopping, to find golf balls at the Golf course, go to the temple (tried, at least. TWICE!) or simply to hang out & veg in the hot sun. Ahhh! It was fabulous! The weather was in the high 70's each day & my whole family was simply SWEATING! We aren't used to such grand weather! We think 45 is something to celebrate...

Thanks, everyone, for the wonderful time! I really REALLY needed the thaw-out there is sunny St. G!

Spring Break in Sunny St. G!

This slideshow is when my family took us to Snow Canyon. The first pictures are at the petrified sand dunes (or the "cow-pies", as my kids called them. Look! They do have a resemblance... :) and the last pictures are while we are actually at the sand dunes. I could've stayed there all day, except I was starting to itch from sand in all the crevices (Hey. I'm talking about my armpits, you dingbats.) and the babies were getting a bit windblown.

Being here made me realize so many things about how very small & insignificant I am. Not in a negative way, just in a I-appreciate-Heavenly-Father's-creativity-way and I felt very lucky to see it. I'm continually in awe at nature!

Crap. Literally...

BRIG. Need I say more?!?

Boys Will Be Boys...

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He stayed home today, sick, from school. He really DID have a fever. He had no appetite, which is a total clue that he isn't feeling good. So, why is it that I found him like THIS? Naked, doing backflips in the snow? Bridger, you are SUCH a BOY! And by the way, he only thought it was warm weather 'cause he's fevered, remember?

And, yes, this is Montpelier, ID on March 12th... we still have tons of snow all over our yard. Isn't it supposed to be spring? Waah!

I learned my lesson...

Ever have one of those moments where you think, "Heavenly Father just taught me a lesson"... ? Well, I had one the other day. In fact, I'd rather forget about, but my family teased me to no end last night at Family Home Evening about it, & Brooklyn wanted to know if I was going to blog it. Ha ha ha, they all laughed at my expense. But then it was really so funny that I thought you guys might need a good laugh today. Here goes:

I was in the bathroom fixing Brooklyn's hair for school. She's SO STINKIN' PICKY that no matter how hard I tried to make it like she wanted it, she'd complain & make faces like I was the most retarded hairdresser in the world. In my frustration with her, I screamed a string of, "I'm never gonna fix your freakin', stinkin' poopy, ugly hair again in my entire life!" (or something to that effect. Brooklyn would know the exacts of what I said, and I'm sure she'd be happy to tell them to you as she laughs real hard...) then I turned in a huffy & ran STRAIGHT INTO THE DOOR FRAME!! The thud was loud. The laughter from all my family was louder. Deafening even. I actually PICTURED Heavenly Father laughing lovingly as the bump began to form on my head. Luckily I had enough sense to laugh about it, too, before I had any more "teaching" moments come my way. And luckily my hair covers the bruise...

I saw this MormonAd at the Distribution Center yesterday, & Tony bought it, chuckling, to put up in our house. Can you guess why Family Home Evening last night was such a funny episode, at my expense? Tony was on the lesson & this poster was his Visual Aid. Just wait, babe, for next Monday night. I'll come up with something...

Jen & Pat

My sister, Jen & her husband, Pat got sealed in the Boise Temple last weekend, & it was such a beautiful day! We feel so privileged to be a part of this special day with them. After the sealing, they spoiled us with lunch at the Golden Corral. My heck, we all came out of there looking pregnant or something. I mean, you can't go to such a great buffet without going back 72 or 73 times. There was a definite pouch on me! Next time, I'll have to remember to wear a mu-mu! Jen, Pat, & love you guys so much! Thanks so much for allowing us to be there with you!

Shineah Gibson

Make a slideshow - it's easy!

This is my sister, Tawnja's daughter, Shineah. We were in Boise this weekend & decided to kill a roll of film (wait... it's digital, so how would you say that? Kill a CARD?!?) Isn't she absolutely beautiful? My, Shineah... you were an easy subject. So photogenic. I love you!