Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Dinner & a Show

Last Saturday, our ward had a talent show and pot-luck dinner.


We were greeted by dressed up people asking us what we were wearing. I didn't want to admit it was probably Wal-mart or a thrift store find. :o)

We walked down the red carpet and watched the red carpet performers, then headed to the gym.







The stage was set.

Oscar was there.







Because I was gone the week before, we chose not to do a performance, but Taylee and Treyson both entered artwork.
Taylee entered a booklet she had done at school, "Sara Plain and Tall" (with very nice illustrations) and a sticker collage.The sticker collage was like a house with different rooms; bedroom, bathroom, outside front and the whole neighborhood map. I liked looking at the bedroom with the 3 roommates and all of their stuff.Treyson drew a giraffe eating from an apple tree. He tells me that his very favorite animal is the giraffe. ---I turned in the artwork, the day before, to the ward member who was in charge of the show. She has a 6 yr old little boy named Conner. When we got to the show, we noticed a very similar giraffe picture next to Treyson's. The artist of the second picture was Conner. So cute. Coincidence? I don't think so...but so, so cute.

Some of the highlights of the show were;
-The Dunn family dancing to "Hey Mr. DJ". --A single mom with 3 kids all took turns coming out, standing on a little table and showing us their moves. They were so cute and boy do they have some moves. I was totally impressed by the mom...she can dance!
-I also liked hearing the Bishop sing two numbers. He has an awesome powerful voice.
-The boy scouts of course did a corny skit, that made us all laugh.
-Also an awesome piano number, written and performed by a primary-age kiddo.

So much talent and so well organized and attended. Fun was had by all.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Shade

I got me some "SHADE"!

I went to a $5 shirt sale today and purchased 4 shirts. Long sleeve-white, cap sleeeve-brown, 3/4 sleeve- black and long sleeve-dark pink. I missed the other 2 sales, a few months back, so I was glad to finally make it to one. I couldn't wait to wear new clothes, so put one on today.
(I know, it's kind of dorky picture. Oh well.)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Toothless Treyson

"Sally sells seashells down by the seashore." Try to say that with your front teeth missing. Treyson recently lost his second top, front tooth. I was working with him on his speech homework (lots of "S" words) and he said, "I can't do it. It just slips out without my tooth there. Seeeeee!" (I had to dodge the flying spit.)

PS- I'm happy to report that the tooth fairy was on the ball this time. Whew!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Lollipops

Lyrics to 2 different songs come to my mind, as I look at these pictures..."Lolly, lick a lolly, lick a lolly, lollipop" (I believe that one came from "Electric Company". Do you remember that PBS show?) and... "Lollipop, lollipop, ooo lolly lollipop, lollipop, POP!"

Rylee actually has another lollipop from her birthday, a year ago.
Wonder how long this one will last?
Taylee says hers tastes like "watermelon marshmallow".
In true, "Treyson form", Treyson had broken his and had most of his lollipop eaten before bed time.
One of the first things Abree did, was smell her lollipop. (I don't know why she likes to smell her food, but she does this often.) Abree reported that it smelled like strawberries, but tasted like sugar.

I got these for the kids, while I was on my trip. It's not much, but I like to bring a little something home to them, when I've been away. It's proof that although I was kid-less during the week, I still thought of them. :o)

Monday, March 9, 2009

Post Falls Get away

I've just returned from visiting my good friend Krissi, in Post Falls, ID. We had a lot of fun.

First on our agenda was a spa day, at the "Highlands Day Spa". Six women gathered (Amy, Laurie, Dena, Erika, Krissi, & myself) to treat ourselves to some relaxation and time away from every-day life.
We enjoyed a hand and foot paraffin dip, a foot soak and massage, a mud hair treatment and...
an awesome upper back massage from Zach! He did a great job. I REALLY needed a good massage! As we took turns at each station, we ate yummy snacks and visited with one another. We had a nice relaxing time, enjoying the company of women and getting to know one another better.

Next, we went to dinner. A few more women joined us for the night; Tami and Terri. I can't remember the restaurant's name, but it was like P.F. Changs. We enjoyed a family-style meal, including lettuce wraps...of course!

Then, we headed towards the mountains. We stayed in a condo time-share. We stayed up late talking and eating yummy treats. The highlight was the chocolate fountain in which we dipped, rice crispy treats, strawberries, mint Oreos, etc.

In the morning, 3 girls had to get back for kid's ballgames, but the remaining 5 of us took our time getting showered, dressed and cleaning up before leaving.

Me, Dena, Erika (Dena's sis-in-law from California), Krissi & Terri.
Here's the view from our condo balcony.
Right on Lake Coeur'd Alene.

After checking out, we went to lunch and did a little shopping. Such a nice get-away, with such a nice group.

Saturday evening, I went to a Spokane Indian's hockey game with Krissi and her family. Steve's work (Krissi's husband) takes all of their employees/family/friends to the game, once a year. They rent out a "box" and have catered food and drinks. It was an exciting game. They played the #1 team, in their league, (Spokane is #2 in the league) in which they have a lot of team rivalry. There were 2 really big fights (gloves, pads, helmets, etc. thrown off) and 1 small fight.

Spokane's mascot visited our box twice. Some kids loved him others did NOT.

For the remainder of the week, I hung out with Krissi, her family and her friends. We scrapbooked, volunteered in her girl's school, went to her R.S. birthday dinner and did a little shopping.
Here's Krissi's youngest, Daniel. I took a picture of him with all these stuffed animals surrounding him. The whole couch was full! It reminded me of that scene in E.T. :o) --His favorites are "Cookie" (bear) and "Puppy" (build-a-bear dog).
Did I mention we scrapbooked??? My goal was to scrapbook a whole year while I was there. Well, I didn't get a whole year done, but I did get a lot accomplished. I started in June 2006 and ended in April 2007 (I had to skip Dec 2006, because I accidentally left my pictures at home.)

Krissi's friend Lisa, let us come over several times and scrapbook in her awesome basement. Krissi has brought over most of her stuff to Lisa's because she has such an awesome space. All I had to bring was my book pages, photos and cutting instruments, everything else was provided. (Lisa has a Cricut. You know that cool die-cut machine. That was fun to play with.)
Thanks Krissi and Lisa!

***Lisa and Jodie, you lucked out. I accidentally erased the picture of you scrapbooking. So sorry. I bet you're so bummed. I was fun hanging out with you girls! Thanks again.***

Overall, I had a really nice week. I am grateful for good friends and a great husband and family.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Oops, I did it again.

I'm out-of-town visiting my friend Krissi, but this didn't stop me from visiting Kmart, one more time, before the double coupon week ended. I wanted to check to see if they had more items stocked than ours...and they did. Here's what I got here:

-6 Kotex pantyliner (Candice, are you squirming?)=$Free
-Vaseline lotion=$.29
-Gillette Shampoo=$.50
-Johnson & Johnson gauze pads=$Free
-Johnson & Johnson first aid tape=$Free
-3 Band-aids (20ct)=$Free
-More Ky Warming=$2.49 (Candice, I know what you're thinking. Your secret is safe with me.)

Total=$3.85+tax