February 12, 2014

Today my beautiful mom turned 58 years young! To celebrate, Laura and I made dinner and dessert, and we took it over to their house for a little party. When we got there, there were these flowers on the table the ladies from Relief Society brought over. Well done, ladies!

 For dinner, I made Shish Kabobs with seasoned beef, chicken, bacon, italian sausage, lil smokies, green peppers, mushrooms and red potatoes. I prepped the stuff before we went over there, that way we could just throw them on when everyone was ready!  They turned out pretty good!

For dessert, Laura made "Better Than Sex Cake." And let me tell you....it was. So delicious!

It was a fun night! It's always good to be able to get together with family, especially when your family are the greatest people in the world!

            


            


Happy birthday, Mom! We love you so much!

While today was a day of celebration for my mom, part of my heart is also heavy. One year ago today, I lost one of the greatest friends I had the pleasure of ever having. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him, and his daughter he left behind. I'm thankful I had him in my life, and cherish the times we had. Gone, but most definitely not forgotten! Love you, Dave!

Jaylinne's Take On Fire Safety

Today I went into Jaylinne's class to pick her up from school, as opposed to just waiting outside for her after the teacher has excused them. Once I walked into the classroom the substitute teacher, Mrs. South, pulled me aside and said she needed to tell me something. At that moment, about 20 different thoughts ran through my head as to why she needed to talk to me: She's being bullied?! Oh no- she's doing the bullying?! She's struggling in math?! It's the "greater than, less than" concept isn't it?! Did she pee her pants?! She said a cuss word, I just know it! I think she could tell by the look on my face that I was worried, and she reassured me it wasn't a problem right away.  I calmed down when she began to giggle a little.

She read the class a story today about a prairie fire, and apparently it was a pretty big one! People had to be evacuated, etc.. At the end of the story, she began to ask the kids questions about what was just read to them. When asked what the most important part of the story was, apparently Jaylinne threw her arms in the air and shouted, "It was spring time!"

Clearly this girl of mine has her priorities in order ;) She is counting down the days until warm weather! Aren't we all, Jaylinne Louise, aren't we all...

Hangin' At Grandma and Grandpa's House

We went over to my mom and dad's house today to hang out with them for a while. As usual, Jaylinne had no problem finding something to do! She took it upon herself to go ahead and give herslef a "makeover."

She insisted that I take a video of her explaining how she did her make up, and post it to YouTube! Careful whatcha wish for, Darlin'! She's even using her "fancy voice." ;)


            

After I filmed her tutorial debut, she decided it was about that time to make her directorial debut as well. She took over the camera for a while.

            

After the vido camera was put away, Jaylinne and Grandma proceeded to prepare Bubba and Spikey for their close ups! Sparkly make up?! On dogs?! Those silly Gals, I sure love them ;) (FYI- the "make up" is just vaseline mixed with glitter. No chihuahuas were harmed during the shooting of thse films!)

Who Says Reading Isn't Fun?!

Lately, Jaylinne has been reading a lot. Because she read every day in the month of September, her teacher gave her a certificate to get a free ice cream cone from Burger King. How fun! Hopefully she keeps up the bookworm tendencies! (Video taken on October 20, 2013)


           

Jaylinne and Her First Band!

While I have been going through videos and pictures to update my blog, I came across this gem :) These are Jaylinne's best buddies, Brooke and Brighton, who moved to San Diego just a couple days after this video was taken (October 28, 2013.) Call me biased, but these kids deserve a record deal! ;) We sure miss this cuties being in our neighborhood!