I'm Alive!

Just thought I would share the excitement that I found my birth certificate that I have been looking for since 6 or 7 years ago. I actually think I found it when I was living with Erika 4 years ago, but then hid it from myself again and never knew where it was. Isn't that SO frustrating! (It was at the bottom of a scrapbooking/stamping box!) why?! I actually have 2 other birth certificates. One was the original that I found in an envelope I had saved from Lauren and I visiting Auntie Lynne back in 1989 or so. (with our airline tickets.) (I had Lauren's also). But when Brent and I took the cruise to Mexico last summer I needed one and was afraid they wouldn't take the original because it looked so old, so I ordered a new one. (which never got to me in time.)...So they did end up taking the original. So... now I have 3! But I am so happy that I found the one I have been looking for, for the past decade! Isn't that wonderful! (It was with my patriarcle blessing...and yes, THAT has been lost for just as long!) I have just been borrowing mom's copy of mine so that I can still read it from time to time. I know! - "I am a loser baby...so why don't you ki@* me!"

Green Dinner

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone! Brents family started a tradition a couple years ago to have a 'green dinner' on St. Patrick's Day. So, in honor of 'tradition' I steamed broccoli, asparagus, and made green snickerdoodles and headed over to green mashed potatoes, green bread, green fruit salad, green punch, and 'normal' colored chicken dinner. (With green sherbert ice cream). Kai gasped when he saw the green mashed potatoes. I thought the green bread was rather clever myself. And the rest of the stuff just looked normal. But it was a lot of fun. Joan had set the table with a green tablecloth and plates too. We regularaly have Sunday dinners with Brent's parents (almost) every Sunday and some times other 'special' occasions and its always a lot of fun. Today Joan accompanied me to the IKEA store to purchase my new bookshelves for my OWN office! It was exciting, and yes, I know I am a spoiled little girl. Now I get to sprawl my scrapbooking and sewing and all my other crafts all over the room and NEVER have to clean up again! Yeah for me! it will still be some time before my salon is completed. But I will keep you all posted! Hope no one got pinched today!

p.s. Did anyone remember to remind Adam of the holiday? And did he ever fix the clock in his car!?

Nightmares!

I am a warm sleeper! I HAVE to sleep warm! But sometimes if I am TOO warm I end up giving myself really bad nightmares. Here's the latest I'be been having about once a week (at least): I am single and begging some old boyfriend to marry me. Hello! Thats not 'supposed' to be a nightmare. But it is! Its my re-occuring nightmare. And I don't think I have any kids in the dreams, so I am not even a single mom... just "single". Hello! So weird! But can you see how relieved I am when I wake up and my honey bunny is there next to me! Sheesh! The weird thing is that I have TOTALLY forgotten in my subconscious that I am married. I think I must be scarred for life. PThhhhh! Who knows!

Kasey's YW Medallion Night

I was trying to get a photo of Kasey while she was getting her medallion but, unfortunately, all of G'ma Joan's pictures were blurry. (Cuz she had a good one of Brent crying his eyes out. Ok! Just kidding!) But this was the best one I could find. Unfortunately its the only one that turned out from all the pictures that night. Thats ok! Theres always more in the future!

Austin's Artwork

I bet you wanna know how I did this! It only took 3 hours to learn!, but Bre could learn much faster, so call her instead! Ok! I will give you a clue if you wanna know! Its called "Picassa3"!

"Kasey J"!

Kasey went to her school's Valentine Dance on Saturday with her boyfriend, Tyler. Isn't he a cutie! Sunday night she had her "Young Women's in Excellence" program where she recieved her Young Women's Medallion. It was a very special program. Her grandmothers gave the prayers. Brent, the Bishop, and Leslie Nelson, one of her Y.W. leaders gave talks. They all spoke of the wonderful person shes grown to be and gave much of the credit to her dear mother. It was a very touching evening. I am a little jealous I did not get to know her mom at all because of seeing the great kids she's raised. She must have been a truly incredible woman. There wasn't a dry eye in the room...even Brent had "something in his eye"! I will post more of those pictures later.

Where do we come from?!

So, only a few minutes before Keala was supposed to be rushed off to school in a costume resembling the culture(s) she's from, I frantically call Erika to ask her... where are we from? We have no idea! (Except somewhere in the European countries, like the Ukraine?) So, considering the fact that it doesn't matter since I do not have costumes of our ancestors in all sizes and ages for children and/or adults, I just skip it! I put one of my big white shirts on her, tie two ribbons around her waist and put a fake white flower in her hair and send her off with a note explaining we are from "Austria" and the flower in her hair represents the nation's "eidelweiss" flower. Ha! I am still laughing about it. Who cares! Shes 3 years old and all she remembers is that it was a "dress-up" day and thats good enough for her. So, the question remains... anyone know where the heck we're from?