Party? Bring it on!

Rob and I just finished pulling off our ward party, AGAIN, this year!  It was truly Spectacular, fun, spiritual, wonderful, busy, christmasy...you name it!  It was that!

This was our "Poster" in the Church Foyer...I LOVE IT SO MUCH! (Thanks Jared!)

Pictures are worth more than words here....

Lovely Toni

The YM...Gangnam style!

The Bishopric

The Achievement day girls ready to sing! 

I've been pulling together music from every which way to complete the program....and in my "spare time" (ya right...) sewed the hats and cape-lets for my sweet girls!  They sang and looked beautiful!

The Benson Family

Sisters?

Lil' Angel

Of course we had the primary kids do the nativity....

see the sheep(kid) in front with the white fleece? (cotton-balls)  The shepherds behind started picking off the cotton and it turned into a little cotton ball fight for a minute!  Ya...it was AWESOME!

the stage is set

"gingerbread" village

the houses

Sarah practicing

fresh greenery

Brock...rr..Grandma?

too cool

Brilliant Tori!

Sugar Plum Goddess!

My favorite thing....

SO MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

I LOVE OUR WARD!

 

see the sheep(kid) in front with the white fleece? (cotton-balls)  The shepherds behind started picking off the cotton and it turned into a little cotton ball fight for a minute!  Ya...it was AWESOME!

I will dream of sugar plums dancing forever.

Brock...rr..Grandma?

"gingerbread" village

the houses

fresh greenery

My favorite thing....

SO MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Party? Bring it on!

 Rob and I just finished pulling off our ward party, AGAIN, this year!  It was truly Spectacular, fun, spiritual, wonderful, busy, christmasy...you name it!  It was that!

I've been pulling together music from every which way to complete the program....and in my "spare time" (ya right...) sewed some costumes for my sweet girls!  They sang and looked beautiful! Of course we had the primary kids do the nativity, and my favorite?  Dancing sugar plums..AMAZING!This was our "Poster" in the Church Foyer...I LOVE IT SO MUCH! (Thanks Jared!)

Pictures are worth more than words here....I LOVE OUR WARD!

the stage is set

Darling December....

I'm sure you are all wondering what I have been up to....this may explain a lot:

and then there's this....

More to come....

 

Oh Happy July!!

Life is just a bowl of cherries....

good thing I like cherries.

Hermy-town

The DPR has been hankering for a trip to...well pretty much anywhere!  (All work and no play makes a mean pirate....)  So he's been organizing a family rendevous of sorts with our kids...and we headed off to Hermy-town for a little catching up and R&R.  I've said it before...There is something very magical about his home.  I said, "his Home"...not so much his "hometown".  (did I say that out loud?...oops...)  Bonnie had her flowers a bloomin' and every bird in the place was singin' like there was  no tomorrow.

Magical...right?

Rob took us all down to the river for a magical Pirate adventure...let's just say that like all pirate adventures, it's fun in the end, but you're never quite prepared for what's about to happen.  

(shoulda worn different shoes, Ben...)

I just Love all me scallywags!  RRRRRR!

 

A Patch of Grass to Call My Own!

I've been looking over my balcony for nearly 2 years now....wishing that that little piece of grass down there could be mine.  And all of a sudden....it IS!  We found out a couple of weeks ago that the downstairs neighbors are moving and we hopped, skipped, and jumped at the chance to grab it.  We spent an entire weekend running up and down the stairs  a hundred times, moving our stuff, and I must admit, it got to the point where anything that wasn't breakable went straight over the edge of the balcony to the patio below (including all our clothes and our bed!  Uhhh...now I've shown you the real me....)  I spent the rest of the week cleaning up with sore aching thighs.  Nothing like a good "move" to let you know how out of shape you are!  But it was sooooo worth it!   The first thing we did was plant a few things....

The most AMAZING Dahlia!

Rob immediately threw in some tomato plants.  He found some heirloom plants so we'll keep you posted on how they do.....

This beautiful Begonia!

 I have the craziest memory of a begonia plant that I have never forgotten.  My mom bought a huge fantastically beautiful one very much like this one....but bigger and with more flowers.  I was so enamored with it, I asked if I could take it for show and tell at school(I was in 2nd grade...).  When the teacher asked me about it, I said.."It's for you!" and promptly gave it to her! She was totally Thrilled!  My mother was NOT Thrilled.... Needless to say she was totally ticked at me when I came home without it!  HA!  I should never be trusted....

 PLANS -PEOPLE- I HAVE PLANS.... For my little patch of green! 

If you need me, I will be out sunning my toes and dreaming of small gardens...