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Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
-- Brad Henry

Tuesday, April 20, 2010


I am posting to say how grateful I am for Spring- daffodil's are blooming in my yard, my husband is home at a reasonable hour since the IRS deadline has now come and gone, the kids ride their bikes again to school and scouts and fun things, the grass is slowly turning green, and even the windy afternoons in Emery county, remind me to be grateful for sunny days instead of those cold winter days. I am a seasonal person and enjoy them all for various reasons, but for some reason I feel very grateful for this spring 2010. Hope your bulbs are blooming for you too. ( I think "blooming where your planted" is spiritual as well as physical.)
Blooming and Grateful!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Two posts in a week this is a record, but my cousin's wife-- I will call her a friend- I do really consider her more of a friend than a cousin-in-law and what exactly is a cousin -in-law (do you have such things). Anyway, she inspired me to be a better blogger and so I will share with you all...
I am not a movie goer, I am not even a movie renter, more of a can't sit down kind of a lady, feel some guilty, because at the movies I want the popcorn with the butter- extra - and I like enough to last the whole movie, it is sooo yummy. The problem is when my calorie counter on my watch says I only burned 250 calories and ran two miles it is discouraging. So maybe that is my real reason I avoid the theatre- I can't say no to that yummy popcorn?
But over Easter we went to the movies-- Chris and Beau went to Clash of the Titans----it is leading our family into a Greek mythology study--- I will let you know the grades on the reports. I went to How to Train Your Dragon with the kids. I liked it. I have always had a bit of a fascination with dragons, but truly I liked the whole premise that sometimes we try so hard as parents to mold our children into something when truly they can make their own way with the skills that have been given them. They will be awesome--- they are awesome in their own way, we do not have to all be vikings and slay things to be 'okay' or we don't all have to be a certain religion, race, political party, etc. Life is about each person establishing their own identity.

So instead of Siskel and Ebert it is Court and kids movie take.

Love chatting with you.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

I might officially be the worst blogger.
To all my blogger families I commit to do better, I love my family and keeping in touch with friends, it just doesn't appear like it from my lack of posts.


We are really into baseball-4 kids playing thus far and Luke signed up tonight. No Chris nor I have found new spouses to help attend each game we are doing a lot of splitting up and Recruiting everyone-even Pappa Herb. ( He continues roll his eyes at me.) Derek won tonight and did great
pitching, Tai's team won last night against Price, and Seth and Bet are on the same team- Bethany got her first 'real' hit on Saturday she is still sooooo excited. They played tonight too and did great.

I do not sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game I sing something like Home on the Range I miss my warm house on those windy nights.