The Birthday Planner

Hallie is very excited for my birthday tomorrow.  I asked her what she wanted to do and she quickly replied, "Go to Bear Paw, then to Sonic for food and drinks for you and me and then to the Park to play!"  She told me we would pick the kids up from school and then for dinner she would take me to a restaurant.......McDonalds! and we would go INSIDE to eat! She held in her little hand, 9 pennies.  I can hardly wait!

Chandon's Football Game

Today we went to Williams to watch my nephew Chandon, play in his football game.  He did great and it was a lot of fun hanging out with my sister Kimberly!

He's #55!

The Blackwell's

We went to Sedona at 6:30 this morning and took pictures of Cari's cute family!

My Sister Cari's Family

Happy 15th Birthday Kailan!!!

Six more months and she'll be driving with her driver's permit! She's counting down! Where does time go??

 From Grandpa Randy and Grandma Cindy!

 Kailan loves to read and got a couple of new books for her birthday.

She chose Cherry Cheese cake for her birthday cake.

Very Domestic!

Today I went over to Jeanna Hansen's with a few other ladies and made homemade wheat bread (including grinding the wheat into flour to make the bread) AND I learned how to use my pressure cooker that I recently bought from a garage sale and bottled pinto beans! In fact, I am just finishing up my second batch of canning before I head to bed! I am able to fit 7 quart jars in my pressure cooker at one time.  I bottled a total of 12 quarts today.  For dinner I used 2 quarts and made chili beans that we ate with my scrumptious homemade bread! It was a fun, rewarding day! Next, I want to learn how to bottle fresh roasted green chilies!!! 

Conference Crepes!

This morning we made crepes with raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, bananas and homemade cool whip (dream whip)! They tasted wonderful! Our friends, the Bliss's make crepes every conference Sunday as a tradition in their family - a tradition we thought we would like to adopt! The kids loved it.  Conference was great and I'm once again inspired to make changes that will help me be a better person! Elder Arnold who spoke in the Sunday afternoon session was Mark's Mission President.  That was a lot of fun for Mark. He has a lot of fond memories of President Arnold.

Funny Girl

This morning I was doing something that Hallie thought was funny and she was telling all of the kids that "Mom is going to crack us out!"  She kept saying it over and over while she was laughing instead of 'crack us up'.  It was pretty funny.  She wanted orange juice in her water bottle, so I demonstrated to her what a funnel was.  I rarely use my funnel and she thought it was the coolest thing ever! The simple joys of life!