Last night the fam got together to have a graduation dinner for Trent.
We went to his favorite restuarant... Chilis
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Waiting for food...
still waiting...
Monday, May 18, 2009
this weekend... Trent's graduation week starts...
This weekend, the graduation festivities started for Trent! 
First it was off to Baccalaureate (I have no idea how to spell that and I'm not looking it up right now)Sunday afternoon. Here he is in his black and teal... quite a difference from the siblings Mesa High purple! 
Then it was over to Seminary graduation. It was a very nice program, but I can't get over the small attendance. In Mesa the Stake Center was always packed like it was Stake conference and if we didn't get there WAY early we wouldn't get a seat. So.... Mike and I got there 45 minutes early... and we were the first parents there... but the soft seats were great! Congrats Trent!
First it was off to Baccalaureate (I have no idea how to spell that and I'm not looking it up right now)Sunday afternoon. Here he is in his black and teal... quite a difference from the siblings Mesa High purple! 
Then it was over to Seminary graduation. It was a very nice program, but I can't get over the small attendance. In Mesa the Stake Center was always packed like it was Stake conference and if we didn't get there WAY early we wouldn't get a seat. So.... Mike and I got there 45 minutes early... and we were the first parents there... but the soft seats were great! Congrats Trent!This weekend... me and Mike...
This weekend Mike and I did the usual Saturday morning stuff... he did more demolition and I cleaned, cooked and shopped...
I like to go to Superstition Ranch Market and fill up my cart with fruits and veggies (LOVE fruits and veggies a LOT!)... really... I fill up my cart and I usually only spend about $20. They have different stuff all the time...
... like THIS... this was the talk of the store. I love brussell sprouts and this is a brussell sprout stalk. How fresh can you get. BUT... Mike and Trent don't share my love of brussell sprouts and they made fun of me and my great purchase!
While I was finding great stuff like brussell sprout stalks... Mike and Homer were busy tearing out some more tile. "Homer" is a nice orange bucket from Home Depot. I had NO idea that these orange buckets had a name but I think it was kinda cute of Home Depot to give some of their stuff a name. I wonder what they will name next?!?
The reason we have several "Homers" at our house is because Mike has to take out the flooring and haul it away bucket by bucket... The ol HOA won't let us have a bin and our garbage can will only hold so much... so this gives new light to the term "filling our buckets"! Great job Mike!
I like to go to Superstition Ranch Market and fill up my cart with fruits and veggies (LOVE fruits and veggies a LOT!)... really... I fill up my cart and I usually only spend about $20. They have different stuff all the time...
... like THIS... this was the talk of the store. I love brussell sprouts and this is a brussell sprout stalk. How fresh can you get. BUT... Mike and Trent don't share my love of brussell sprouts and they made fun of me and my great purchase!
While I was finding great stuff like brussell sprout stalks... Mike and Homer were busy tearing out some more tile. "Homer" is a nice orange bucket from Home Depot. I had NO idea that these orange buckets had a name but I think it was kinda cute of Home Depot to give some of their stuff a name. I wonder what they will name next?!?
The reason we have several "Homers" at our house is because Mike has to take out the flooring and haul it away bucket by bucket... The ol HOA won't let us have a bin and our garbage can will only hold so much... so this gives new light to the term "filling our buckets"! Great job Mike!Friday, May 15, 2009
Mystery flower...
We are always planting stuff in our small garden space... like veggies, plants, flowers... some grow great while others.. well... just don't make it. We have severl pots on the patio that have lovely plants in them. ... and one little skinny planter, that we never got around to replanting... until it decided to grow something on it's own! At first we thought maybe it was just a weed, or a cilantro gone wild... so we just kept watering it and it grew into this really beautiful purple flowered little plant. We have no idea what it is or where it came from, but it sure is cute. It's starting to get some seed pods on it so hopefully we will have more of these in the future. Thank you garden fairy... 
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
from Brazil...
Here's our weekly email from Brazil...
Oí famíliaIt was fun talking to everyone on sunday and elder camargo really liked talking to mom. He still reinacts when he was talking to her. (mom note here: I only talked to him like for a minute and he gave me the phone number to call and I said nice to meet you and complimented his english. I would love to hear his reinactment!) Yesterday we had interviews with the president and it went really good, up until he totally burned us and we all are sinners and we need to repent. He was mad yesterday beause he gave some missionaries some references of people who pretty much are asking to be baptized and the missionaries never went to their house. During the week at the chapel in the center, people go there because there is a program so people can find jobs and stuff. Pretty much everyone is really acceptive of the church and we already have their address and phone number, but the missionaries never contact them. In my interview i got the green light and he told me that the burning was not pointed at our companionship. I already figured that it wasn´t for us because we work faaarrr away from the center and everyone who is asking for a job there. President is a good guy and i respect him alot. He also filmed every companionship teaching a lesson which was kind of nerve racking. Practices are good, but they are way different then going to a persons house and teaching. But all in all yesterday was just fine. ...Did anyone find out where jd is serving in brazil? ... That´s about the highlights of the week so i guess i´ll talk to everyone later.Tchau Elder Lewis... I´m at the crappy computer place again so i can´t send pics this time.
Oí famíliaIt was fun talking to everyone on sunday and elder camargo really liked talking to mom. He still reinacts when he was talking to her. (mom note here: I only talked to him like for a minute and he gave me the phone number to call and I said nice to meet you and complimented his english. I would love to hear his reinactment!) Yesterday we had interviews with the president and it went really good, up until he totally burned us and we all are sinners and we need to repent. He was mad yesterday beause he gave some missionaries some references of people who pretty much are asking to be baptized and the missionaries never went to their house. During the week at the chapel in the center, people go there because there is a program so people can find jobs and stuff. Pretty much everyone is really acceptive of the church and we already have their address and phone number, but the missionaries never contact them. In my interview i got the green light and he told me that the burning was not pointed at our companionship. I already figured that it wasn´t for us because we work faaarrr away from the center and everyone who is asking for a job there. President is a good guy and i respect him alot. He also filmed every companionship teaching a lesson which was kind of nerve racking. Practices are good, but they are way different then going to a persons house and teaching. But all in all yesterday was just fine. ...Did anyone find out where jd is serving in brazil? ... That´s about the highlights of the week so i guess i´ll talk to everyone later.Tchau Elder Lewis... I´m at the crappy computer place again so i can´t send pics this time.
Monday, May 11, 2009
THE Phone call...
I actually kind of had a Mothers' Day weekend... lots of fun... and Sunday was the highlight with the family and yummy food and THE phone call from Brandon! He sounded great in English AND Portuguese and we talked for over an hour! I think we asked him a hundred questions... we were just so excited to hear his voice and hear all about his mission. I'm happy to report he is in a good area, doing great, having fun, has a great companion, eating a LOT of beans and rice, has good living conditions, fluent in the language, healthy and working hard to spread the gospel! Thanks Brandon for the great phone call and for your example of service! Love ya!
Everyone got to talk!
Just chillin after a great day. Thank you Steve and Teresa for letting us invade your house!
A HAPPY little mama
We had the phone on speaker so everyone could hear.
We called Dustin and Aimee on another phone so they could talk to him.
Everyone got to talk!
Just chillin after a great day. Thank you Steve and Teresa for letting us invade your house! Shopping Spree...
Well... it really wasn't QUITE a shopping spree... we would have had to spend a LOT more time and money... but on Saturday, me Kristin and Krislin flew to Salt Lake just for the purpose of shopping... Our destination: The Wood Connection! We woke up early to catch the 7:00 flight, but on our way to the airport we got stuck in this...
We made it to our destination and had a great time. We bought some lovely stuff and then went on to our next stop... lunch.
We didn't want to waste any time so we stopped at Wendy's. I haven't been to a Wendy's in a long time and it was pretty darn good! Anyone who knows me KNOWS I like chocolate rootbeer (try it ... it's yummy!)... so I noticed they offered ice cream sodas.... so I ordered root beer with chocolate (they didn't even make fun of me) and it was MOST yummy!
After our tummies were full we went on to the Quilted Bear. It was very busy and had a LOT of stuf.... but we noticed that half the store was stuff we had just seen at the Wood Connection and quite pricey! So we left with more ideas than purchases. Then it was back to the airport!
Empty suitcase...
filled trunk!
Happy shoppers back on the plane. We can't wait to go again!
There was some kind of really bad accident and the freeway was completely stopped. The warning sign wasn't posted soon enough and we were stuck! Needless to say we did NOT make the 7:00 flight, but we got on the next one.... and we had plenty of time to eat Cinnabons!
We made it to our destination and had a great time. We bought some lovely stuff and then went on to our next stop... lunch. We didn't want to waste any time so we stopped at Wendy's. I haven't been to a Wendy's in a long time and it was pretty darn good! Anyone who knows me KNOWS I like chocolate rootbeer (try it ... it's yummy!)... so I noticed they offered ice cream sodas.... so I ordered root beer with chocolate (they didn't even make fun of me) and it was MOST yummy! After our tummies were full we went on to the Quilted Bear. It was very busy and had a LOT of stuf.... but we noticed that half the store was stuff we had just seen at the Wood Connection and quite pricey! So we left with more ideas than purchases. Then it was back to the airport!
Empty suitcase...
filled trunk!
We did meet our goal of filling up the three empty suitcases with our deals and we made it safely home. I can't forget to give a big THANKS to our chauffeur for the day... my brother Dan!
Happy shoppers back on the plane. We can't wait to go again!
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- Hi there everyone! I've noticed that a lot of people have a little life story on their blogs. So, always wanting to keep up with the latest BLOG trends, I've decided to put on a little blurb about my life for anyone that's interested. BUT, so no one is bored or has heard it all, I've put MY LIFE in ORIGINAL story form... Once upon a time there was a brown eyed girl, born of goodly parents, who set out on a journey. She traveled for a very VERY long time, through desert, mountains and forests and along the way she brought with her 6 wonderful treasures. But, alas, there were dark times, battles and dragons along the way, but she kept on going, with her treasures giving her strength and direction. Then in the desert, she met a blue eyed handsome prince, who had also been on a long long journey, and he had 2 treasures. So as you might have already guessed the ending.... the brown eyed girl and the blue eyed prince along with their treasures and a bunch more treasures, lived very happily ever after! Life is GOOD! It's party time now!
