Birthday Surprise!

A bunch of us got together and went to San Diego for a surprise birthday! It was a short trip but real fun to visit and catch up with everyone! We even got to go to church and see Shauna and Jake's baby Ryland be blessed. Jake gave him a beautiful blessing. Some of the family stayed on Coronado Island right across the street from the ocean. Beautiful! 4 Generations!

The Birthday Boy with his sugar-free pie and ice cream! Yum Yum!

Dave and Joe


We stopped in Carlsbad at the Flower Fields. So So Pretty!!

A Cool tree with Bottle Brush Blossoms! Too bad they don't clean bottles. They just look pretty.

Tagged again!

My Cute Niece Tagged me. Everyone probably already knows all this stuff about me, but here goes:

TAGGED-----Me from A-Z
A--Attached or Single? Attached
B--Best friend? my hubby, Brad
C--Cake or Pie? Neither, actually
D--Day of Choice? Saturday
E--Essential Item? Burt's Bees chapstick
F--Favorite color? Green
G--Gummy bears or worms? Neither, don't love gummy stuff
H--Hometown? Logan
I--Indulgence(s)? Godiva Dark Hot Chocolate
J--January or July? Most surely July!
K--Kids? Yes
L--Life is incomplete without? Vacations, chocolate
M--Marriage date? July 2, 1800
N--Number of siblings? 3 Sissies, 2 Bro's
O--Oranges or apples? Both. Love oranges and love Pink Lady apples
P--Phobias or fears? Spiders and snakes. I hate them
Q--Quotes? Where much is given, much is expected
R--Reason to Smile? Because I am so so blessed
S- Season? Love love love summer.
T--Tag 3 people? Brianne, Kim, Mel
U--Unknown Fact? The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
V--Very Favorite Store? Basket Loft
W--Worst habit? picking my lip when nervous.
X--X-ray or ultrasound? I've had more x-ray's than ultrasounds?????
Y--Your favorite food? Chips and salsa, fresh peas from my dad's garden!!
Z--Zodiac? Gemini

Where is the Sun???

Hey, I thought it was suppose to be Spring. I am sorry, but I am so ready for winter to be over. For some weird reason, this winter seemed to have lasted forever and it is still continuing. So, yesterday I walked outside and this is what I found. April 15 and we have big fat snowflakes falling. Ok...... am I the only one who feels the need for some sunshine?

Spring Break

Krista, Rachel, Amanda and I went to San Francisco for Spring Break this past weekend. We had such a great time. We shopped a lot, ate some pretty good food and laughed more than anything.
We got to see most of the city. We had a nice hotel room that over looked the city and was close to everything. We got tickets to ride the cable cars and got around mostly that way, but did some driving too.

We were eating dinner at Cheesecake Factory in a highrise building. At the end of dinner, Amanda being the dork that she is, pulled her sweatshirt up over her entire face except her eye. I told her I would give her $10.00 if she would stay that way til we got back to the hotel. She was the last one in the elevator, so she was the first thing that people saw when the elevator opened to the bottom floor. Then she proceeded to walk all the way to the hotel that way. ( approx. 2 1/2 blocks) Needless to say, I was $10.00 poorer by the end of the evening, but we got a lot of good laughs anyway.

We had a great girl time. Brad met David in Vegas and they went to Danny Gans Show at the Mirage. Then they went to St. George and stayed with Mardell and Mary and had a good visit. It was a great Spring Break Weekend!

Carrots!

My cute neice Lindsay gave me some carrots last week and they were sooooo yummy. They were fresh as can be and I am still enjoying them. Her grandpa planted them in his garden, then digs them up and puts them in a deep hole in the ground and covers them with leaves and such all winter and can retrieve them any time he wants some fresh carrots. What a smart guy! Carrots kind of go with Easter, don't you think? Here is some carrot trivia:

*Carrots have the highest content of beta carotene (vitamin A) of all vegetables.
*The Longest Carrot recorded in 1996 was 5.14 metres (16 feet 10 ½ inches)
*Carrots were first grown as a medicine not a food
*Holtville, California dubs itself "The Carrot Capital of the World." with an Annual Festival, now in its 60th year
* Carrots are not always orange and can also be found in purple, white, red or yellow

Did you know? - One pound of carrots gives a normal man enough energy to raise 64 tons 1 foot in the air? That same pound can produce 1 ounce and 11 grains of sugar. A pound also contains 14 ounces of water.

You might say I have a boring life if I am posting about CARROTS!
Just thought you would all be interested. Thanks for the carrots Linds!

Florida, It is

She opened the call last night! She is going to Jacksonville, Florida. We are so excited for her!
It was funny because after she opened it, she started reading it and then she stopped right before she got to where she was going, and got kind of emotional. Then she started laughing and said, " Its funny, because I know where I am going, but none of you do!" We all started laughing. It was really great. She is really happy with her call and so are we.

We had everyone make a guess of where they thought she might be going and put a flag on the map. It was so funny, because we had some great guesses like Antartica and Iraq. I love kids. They are just the greatest.

Once again, we have so say Thank you to so many people who are so supportive. I think we have the greatest support system in all the world. People drove from quite the distance away in the snow storm, just to see her open the envelope. So thank you everyone, we appreciate all of you for being so supportive of her and us. We love you all!

THE CALL!!

Well, the call came today! We are so excited. We really want to open it ourselves, but she is waiting until Saturday so everyone can be here when she opens it. I know, I know, its all I can do to not just sneak it and open it myself ( I really wouldn't do it)

We are just waiting with baited breath! We will fill you in on the details later on!