names have been changed to protect the innocent

"We would like to excuse Sister Orange today, her family is home sick"

side conversation

"what's the matter with her family?"

"Her husband cooked last night"

"Oh"

strange dream

warning this is strange, sad but really strange!
okay we are in our present home but someone else is here with us. a mom figure, though i'm not sure it's my mom or the love of my life's mom but a mom never the less.
we get a big package on the front step with no return address
inside the box we find lost of things : a DVD, a box of Cheese-it's, a telephone not a cell phone a telephone cord and all, a letter, a blanket, and ...
this is the weird sad part
...
...
A BABY yeah a baby probably a few months old in this box
...
well naturally we take him out change his diaper, feed him, love him, play with him find him a crib.

after the initial shock of having a baby in a box on our door step sinks in we start to examine the context of the box
the letter though it doesn't have a signature expresses the desire for this baby to be taken care of he came from a home that was not loving, his parents were neglectful and selfish. the person who wrote the letter sent him to us to protect him and raise him with love.
we were thrilled with this concept at least I was but as a mother my heart went out to the true mother of this baby but we had no way of contacting them or knowing who this baby was
after a few days we found a phone number written on the inside of the telephone that was in the box, something about the number suggested it was from a neighbor of the home where the baby come from. i recognized the necessity to call but my own selfish desire didn't want to give this baby to the family that we had seen portrayed on the DVD that was in the box never the less i made a determination to call
...
i woke up before i called the number

cherries

summer '98 my best friend and I made a trip to Idaho for EFY! along the way we stopped in Utah and stayed at her grandparents house before we left in the morning for the final leg of our trip we went across the street and picked cherries we probably ate more then we picked which is half the fun. we pack our cherries in Cool Whip container and headed out! when we got to Rexburg we put our cherries in the fridge.
When our roommates looked in the fridge they were baffled, " who brought Cool Whip to EFY?"
we just laughed
and
most likely will be the only ones laughing
i guess you had to be there

Room Pictures!!

here they are finally!

big sisters corner


LIBRARY

Little brothers corner!

little brothers primary talk

gross i know

big sister says "Mom sometimes when i'm sleeping spit comes out of the side of my mouth and gets on my pillow"

"sis that's called drool"

"oh"

swimming lessons

we had swimming lessons the last two weeks it has been a blast! here is the final accomplishment

finished

the presidents room is finished well mostly but unfortunately i can't get my computer to get the pics off hopefully tomorrow!

little brother is getting old!!

happy birthday to little brother!!


gotta love that smile


he loved his cake

todays mission

okay so i'm not sure were to start but todays missions is to obtain all the material necessary for the presidents room. I decided in stead of buying comforters i'm going to make them so first task to obtain sheets for their blankets, easy right! then to find paint, rugs, curtains oh and wood stain and varnish!
i can do it i've just got to stay focused!! pictures will be coming hopefully i remember to take a before picture

feels like home!!

it's raining it's pouring!!! I truly love the rain! it's been raining at least once a day for a week and the last three days it's been pretty much all day!! i love the rain it makes me happy! if the rain continues for days however i'm putting in a request that it stops for at least and hour everyday for swimming lessons!

first day of summer

(this is my new house)

yesterday was officially my first day of summer vacation! and what a day. the love of my life said i over did it for the first day now what will i do the rest of vacation but i'm sure i'll find things to fill my days. i'm taking inspiration from "Phineas and Ferb" and making everyday a good day.

so what did i do i'm first day? we woke up early turned on some tunes and DANCED yep DANCED!! if i was in charge of the world i'd DANCE for at least and hour everyday! after that the presidents and i got ready for the day and went to visit grandma bebbi! we visited for a while borrowed the truck come home and loaded it full of branches from the trees in the back yard that i've been religiously tending to. we made 2 trips to the dump then took the truck back. we came home put on our swimming suits and went to the pool. talk about fun. big sister can touch in the three feet now so that relieves a little stress and little brother has no fear so that adds a little stress but it's fun! after a little swim time we came home de-cluttered a few spots in the house, moved some furniture and made dinner. about this time i was getting a little soar. my day had been at least 10 times more active then even a few weeks ago. we ate dinner then went for an evening walk!



what a great day! I just hope to continue to have great days all summer!



i'm so excited to be home!

bananas

sending a shoutout

thank you to aunt karin who taught the presidents how to open bananas "like a monkey"

(from the bottom in case anyone doesn't know)

LOST!!

I'm without a computer!!! well that is not entirely true i am without Internet no i've got that i have Internet with a stupid firewall that keeps me from all my email and facebook! i'm loosing my mind. if I could get on to face book for the last few days my status would have read

• packing
• cleaning
• packing
• moving
• packing
• cleaning
• unpacking
• cleaning
• painting
• cleaning
• unpacking
• organizing
• unpacking
• shopping
• cleaning
• Pruning!(my rose bushes!!!)
• cleaning
• sleeping
• without power
• at church
• unpacking
• unpacking
• cooking
• visiting
• sleeping
• working

Fun i know see why i need Internet!

venting

alright so i've been trying to be positive and not drag a certain someones' name through the mud but i am livid right now!!

long story short

bi-polar

identity theft

1000 dollar check honored

judgement

promise to pay

HE HASN'T PAID

now my home loan is hanging by a thread!