new wards....new responsibilites

so, a few weeks ago 1/2 our stake got together in our new stake center and it was announced our ward boundaries were being redone....which resulted in us not only having a new ward to meet with but we would be meeting them in a new building....(wish I had a pic to put here, but alas, i don't)....and boy is the chapel tiny....but nice.....anyhow, we definitely don't mind the new ward and a lot of people from our old ward are still with us so that is nice...meeting new faces in new places can be scary but also nice.....we were surprised that with all the callings that needed to be filled we hadn't yet got one.....until Tuesday night when I got the 'dreaded call' from our new bishop....unfortunately John works evenings so we couldn't meet with him on Wednesday night like he wanted, we had to wait till Sunday after church

AFTER CHURCH? I thought I was going to die from anticipation waiting that long.....well, now it is your turn....you shall wait till next Sunday after church to find out just what he wanted to talk to us about....hope you enjoy suspense...oh and it is good

human or animal?

I know it is always best to help your child learn by asking them easy questions about things, like is the stove hot or cold? is the clouds up or down? is the car a person or an object? is the dog a person or an object? and this is probably why little D might get that question wrong....
cause obvoiusly our dogs are still in denial that they are canine and not human....
and yes, red is giving me the stink eye because I asked him for my pillow....MY PILLOW!!!!!

Never fear.....

Red is here!!! He can fetch. He can chase. He can even lick your face. He can dig. He can scurry. He is not at all too furry (mainly cause he is so good at shedding). Yes, the amazing Red can do it.

Most think his most amazing Talent is being able to give me up to a 30 minute warning before I have a seizure.

I must though point out that in addition to that he makes an awesome watch dog....

so awesome....

he won't let me near enough dear miss Tulip to get a decent picture.

and yes, he is giving me the stink eye.

Big Old Blue=BOB

when I think of BOB I get all warm and fuzzy inside and not just cause I am a hormonal female with nothing better to do than cry, but because Bob is more than just a truck to me, Bob is a member of my family.

sounds kind of silly doesn't it, but the cold hard truth is, Bob has probably been around since before I got married. I can't remember when my dad got bob exactly but I remember switching out car seats in the credit unions parking lot when Dominic was just a baby so my dad could take him for the evening while I went to class. I remember all the times bob helped us haul things. I remember Bob towing all our possessions to the DI just days before we moved to Texas--yes, Bob and I definitely go back a ways, which is why I am so sad to be selling him to the highest bidder, but alas, every good love must come to an end at some point--or so I have been told.

he haven't even had that Texas licence plate for a year now, I don't think he liked it much, to be truthfully honest, I think he longed to return to Utah. I use to tease that the true reason my daddy gave us this wonderful truck was so we could hook a good size U-haul to it when we finally called it good and moved back to Utah, Bob just never ran the same once we officially made him a Texan.

the camper's back window is only missing because one day while we were running some scap metal to the scrap yard I closed it on a door and it shattered into a billion little pieces--we got maybe a $1 for that door--yep, definitely worth it. Luckily I am married to the handiest man in the universe--he put plexi glass in the frame but never re-attached it, we do though have it and can re-attach it upon sale.

0ddly enough I have never driven Bob--I backed him out of our carport once or twice I think but never further than that--so when I first saw this pic I had to ask 'what is that of' only to realize it is the cammand center of the truck on the driver's side--look at all those buttons, Midge definitely didn't have anything like that in her--she had the hand crank windows.

Bob was really handy to have around, not only did he have 6 seatbelts, but his back seat was big enough to fit 3 full size alpha omega type car seats in it--I think that was when I truly fell in love with him. he also have 2 shoulder belts in the back which came in handy for the booster seats. the middle seat in the front folds down to be cup holders and a 'storage compartment' but also folds back up to be a lap belt in the middle--yes, he cam in handy to haul all the youngins

this truck has definitely seen some living--don't know where he got his start but he spent many a years with my dad as a company vehicle when he worked for the credit union in SLC and was taken care of there, we took care of him too, we just parked him for a bit too long when his registration went out, we tried to apologize by getting him some new tires and a lot of other things to pamper him but he never really forgave us.

I know this is old school, but since midge only had radio we so thought this tape player made us high class society...oh and boy does his A/C work!!!!!

big wheels for hauling his big heart--and he is a 4X4 so he can haul a lot more than just a big heart

BOB WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Goodbye my marvelous Midge

first off--we bought Midge for $9,000 back around the

end of May 2006, right before we moved to Texas. We bought her with less than 30,000 miles on her still under the original warranty and even though she had no 'extra's' I had always wanted a YELLOW Saturn VUE so I thought she rocked!!!! Granted, she wasn't given her name Midge till a few years later when BOB (and of course our dog Red) came into the picture--I have never been a fan of 'that 70's show' but my husband use to watch it and there just seemed so many similarities that we figured, why not.

2003 YELLOW Saturn VUE--why oh why did you have to have such a lousy transmission, had it not been for those Stinking VTI transmission we would have kept you for many more years, but alas, after we had the 5th one put in you we knew we had to part ways.

you were so stylish and thanks to your 4 cylinder engine instead of a V6 you got awesome gas mileage

I took the pic of the back seat because years ago Dominic left a sippy cup full of milk on it's side, we didn't notice and because of the heat the milk leaked out of the 'non-leak' sippy cup and was soaked into our back seat, middle of summer and we couldn't go anywhere without the windows down for weeks because of the retched smell of sour milk--I tried everything, we carpet cleaned, we covered the seat in baking soda till it looked like Utah in December--nothing worked to get rid of the smell and we we never made that mistake again--you can still see the stain even after all these years

the seat covers came with the car--I don't know if we were ever able to figure out how to take them off and wash them--I don't think we have ever seen the seats beneath them...

all these pictures were taken at the car dealership after we traded her in, so sorry about the quality, I forgot to take them before hand.

I could go on and on about how that engine guard protected us when John 'ran us into a cement wall' but since he denies it ever happened I guess I won't mention it.....

here is the side step that survived!!!! (read on and you will see why that is important)

see, no 'extras'--not even a CD player, yes it was rough, but somehow we made it (note, both the vehicles we traded in were chuck full of extras, we of course only owned them a couple of years)

I took this pic to point out the missing side step--yep, I took it off when I hit a curb--a rather high curb, while taking our babysitter home one day, the next time I took her home I was rear ended, she never let me drive her home after that. Another funny story about the missing side step is that I took it to the shop before it was removed to ask them how much buying a single side step would cost (turns out they only sell them in pairs--who knew) but shortly after pointing to the tech the damage I did I then asked about the luggage rack ontop, the tech was short and so he stepped up on the broken side step to see the top of our car, when it shifted under his weight he was so scared he jumped off it we all almost died of laughter (probably a 'had to be there moment' but trust me, it was hilarious--the other techs gave him such a hard time about stepping up on the obviously broken sidestep)

yes, I know I shouldn't be taking pics of my liscense plate, but since we already gave her to the dealership I felt like it didn't really matter at that point. notice the broken reflector? I did that backing up into a pole at my insurance agents office--when I hit the pull instantly I realized my son wasn't in his car seat and freaked out thinking I hit him---yeah, he was safely at the babysitters, I on the other hand was lucky no one saw me do it. needless to say this bumper was hit by a a lot of things--but look, the only think that actually broke was the reflector--boy how I love Saturns

well, now not only have I officially said goodbye to the vehicle who helped us move not just once but 3 times (outlasted 4 houses) but also showed everyone why I had no problems giving up driving (I only listed a few 'incidences' that occured in Midge--and that was before the movement disorder)--so goodbye midge, you will be missed!!!!

Adam and Eves 2nd batch of babies @ 10 days old

it is always a special treat when we get to meet the baby bunnies--this was special special cause we discovered 7 healthy babies all 10 days old with their eyes open!!!! Can we say SUCCESS!!!!!

I love finally being able to play with them for a few minutes each, we definitely made sure to take the Camera out so we could get plenty of pictures to share with you....

one of the 2 Jellybeans
this one definitely takes after the parents
look at them all running to cover up....we took the house out so we could better look at them all....
they didn't like that very much--but luckily there was plenty of hay to cuddle in

here is one of the 'twins'--or so I call them

Gardening time

I have been waiting all year for it to warm up and now that the boys have spring break off together we decided instead of leaving town for a trip we would have a staycation which would give us a chance to get needed stuff done around the house as well as let us explore the amazing town we live in.

today we were able to finish building our raised garden, the dirt was delivered Friday. $100 for 8 yrds (which included the cost of delivery) was not bad at all, and I was certain that I we would have to get more but after mixing it with the bunny poop compost (which we have plenty of) we were able to fill 2 of the 3 beds (we were lacking wood for the 3rd) and still have so much left (dirt and compost) (we later filled all 3 and still had lots of dirt left over)

I am so excited to get the plants and plant them. We also got bird feeders and humming bird feeders to encourage the hummingbirds who will hopefully help pollinate the plants so we get more than 3 tomatoes this year.

on that note--we are so exhausted we are definitely calling it a night early, watching 'The Wild' with my boys with an ice pack on my back (hauling dirt and moving our greenhouse was a bit harder on me than I would have thought).

on that note--we are so exhausted we are definitely calling it a night early, watching 'The Wild' with my boys with an ice pack on my back (hauling dirt and moving our greenhouse was a bit harder on me than I would have thought).

wants to thank Patrick, John, and Dominic for making me one happy momma--you guys ROCK!!!!

will post pics once everything is ready