January Family Time

 SOUP...SOUP...SOUP...YUMMY

So it has been decided that we do not visit enough with local family... oh yeah holidays, baptisms, a blessing here and there... but not just to visit and or play together...

Naomi... Love the socks... They go well with your basketball uniform...

You rock...










The year 2010 we are hoping to have 6 of these... Since Mike and I are down sizing... we thought we'd best have it at our house early in the year... Limbo may not be a good place as the year goes on...and on...and on.

The theme was soups...  Holly made a cheesy potato, John made corn chowder, and I made taco soup.  The Harrington's brought dessert, the Wilhit's brought rolls and the Tyson's sent salad... Kristy and family had to many things come up to be able to attend... They were sure missed.  Al had to work and John came up from the dungeon to grab a bite and smile (a rare thing somedays).  The thing about our get togethers is they are not a have to but if you can make it... Hurrah and if you can't... maybe next time... Relax.. Enjoy... Chill...

Naomi and Adylin were the photographers for the party.  They did well over all... I think Ady was a bit of a camera hog...but she is still young and learning the lessons of life.  

London was the star of the night.  

She was the cat and dog chaser... kept the pets on their toes and on the run... 

Tanner and Isaac spent the majority of the time on the ps2 playing... not a peep to be heard most of the time... 

Our photographers got one good photo of Gunner, but it was the back of his head...

Teens have it hard enough without adding a picture of just the back of his head.  He watched t.v. with the guys...had a small headache...and just chilled out.

I think our next dinner is at Tricia's in March... So... until then, enjoy the show.

Choco versus Carob...No Vote!!!

Tonight Rachael and Christie came over 

and made cookies.

One made choco chip and 

the other made carob chip...

Yum Yum!!!

CHOCOLATE CHIP

CAROB CHIP

They didn't test them to see if they had enough flour...but they are good anyway... I prefer sweetened carob chips in my cookies and these are not...but I can eat them and that is what counts... Thanks Rach and Christie.

HaHaHa
Today my doctor used the phrase "after we get your asthma under control"...So does that mean I have asthma or they are just treating me like I have asthma...

I got a new inhaler today... hurrah!!

It's not purple, but pink and really cool.  I love it already... Sure enough... the orange lip balm shows you how small this is... So far so good, but it takes a few days to notice a difference...

If it helps I am all in...

Tomorrow is the family get together...
Soup, soup, and more soup...
Hopefully it will be fun and relaxing...

While Rach and Christie were here they made the Tic Tac Toe game from Lowe's... 
The game came with these cool tiles... Not x's but squares and the o's were circles.
It took great precision to stack them without falling over. Christie used her coordination
to carefully stack them so they wouldn't come crashing down upon her small frame.


The slight slant of this pix makes you think of the leaning tower of pisa... but
in truth the photo wasn't taken straight... and as we moved the center of the photo we got this great view...

Not to shabby...
Good Job!!!

 

It would seem that someones father is a chiropractor... note the spine shaped stack of this one... hum... Way to go girl 

LOL...

Ok... It's a Friday night and I got bored with doing nothing... 

So here is what I do on a Friday night... 

It's fun...

Honest...

Good Night Sweetheart... It's time to go...

MY BUCKET LIST!!! Yes really!!!

OK...

Can you believe that I made it to the year 2010...

That has such an odd sound to it.

Twenty Ten...

To close to Twenty-Five Twenty-Five...

From the song in the 60's.

Ahhhhhhh.... 

SO...
I've decided to make a bucket list!!!
That is a list of things I would like to do before I kick the bucket!!!
I will continue to add to this list as I think of things I have always wanted to do...

1. Visit Hawaii with my hubby.
   
2. Take a cruise with my hubby.
   
3. Take a class in photography.
4. Make a new recipe a month for a year...Thanks to Kathy I have a really good one I am going to try for Patti... won't that be fun
   
5. Attend a Josh Groban concert...I even have a good friend picked out to go with already, right Leslie
   
6. Finish Mark's Photo Albums (I have about 30 yrs to go)...for a quick update I had 48 yrs to do so I have done some of it...
   
7. Update my genealogy for the church current for 5 generations...wouldn't be so hard if people would just quit having those babies...
   
8. Make my own recipe book (been working on it for 3 yrs)...already in the computer and have the booklet I am using...what is the problem getting it all together eh???
   
9. Visit every state in the USA...could even drive most of them and have a place to stay when going to Flordia, Maine, West Virginia, & Washington...
10. Attend every Temple in Utah...Only have most of them left to go...even the Oquirrah one too...LOL
    
11. Water Ski and not in the canals being pulled by a truck you ID cousins
12. Snorkel in the ocean
    
13. Day Hike the John Muir trail in the Sierra's with my camera
14. Go snowmobiling in Yellowstone Nat Park
    
15. Visit Calgary Canada
16. Get my passport so we can travel outside of the USA
17. Go to England and Scotland
18. See the White Cliffs of Dover
19. Write my Dad's stories and put into a booklet
20. Go Deep Sea Fishing (bigger than a trout, OK)
21. 
    

Ok... that isn't a bad start to the list.

Some I can do without cost and those are the ones I will work on first...
If you can think of some I may have suggested over the years... email and let me know.
OK... a few of you out there may have one or two suggestions!!