SUPER SATURDAY

Since Conference Weekend will not allow us to display our crafts an extra week, I am posting it on my blog so the ladies from my ward can see what we are doing if they haven't got a chance to see our display table.

You can click on any of the pictures to make them larger.

Soft Bottles ~ $3
Inside is a velum paper that can say Family name, Grandma's etc.

Money to Christen Temple

Pumpkins ~ $4

$1 if you bring own fabic (22x22)

Money to Christine Beazer

I Spy Bags ~ $6

Money to Christine Beazer

Merry Christmas Tags ~ $5

Money to Karen Hunsaker

Christmas Planner ~ $5

Money to Karen Hunsaker

ABC Quiet Book

5x7 pictures ~ $25

3x4 pictures ~ $14

laminate/binding on books is an additional $5

Money to Kristine Wright

Temple Quiet Book ~ $7 ~ laminate/binding included

17 temples with dedication date & part of dedicatory prayer

Money to Kristine Wright

Exploding Box ~ $3

16 pictures in a little scrapbook box

Or FREE if you want to bring your own paper/embellishments

Money to Kristine Wright

Sedona

Well considering we are going to be having a fun little trip that I will be blogging on, I had better update on our last fun little trip. Over the Birthday Weekend for Chad we headed up to Sedona. On the 13th, Chad had his flag football game and Savannah had a primary activity. When they were over we packed the car up and headed to Sedona to see my dad and Theresa. Savannah was so excited to go see Grandma and Grandpa's little house. I think she thinks they actually live in the places they stay with their time share.

Hanging out at the playground

We stayed with them in their condo they had. We went driving around and saw the beautiful landscape that is up there. We attempted to do to one of the many vortex's but the parking was all full. Chad was okay with that though because whenever we go to those it actually makes Chad nauseous and he puked at the last one in Montana we went to. They are really cool though, so if you ever are by one you should check it out. But we went to a view point and saw a rock formation that they call the 'kettle pot'. It looks like the old time tall skinny tea pots they used to have. While we were up viewing the valley Savannah wanted to look through those telescope thingys. Well Theresa had been holding her up, then we posed for a picture which we had a nice gal take. So after she wanted to look again and both Chad and Theresa went to help her. So Theresa is trying to lift what she thinks is Savannah and thought ' Wow she is heavier that just a few minutes ago' but she was grabbing Chads leg from behind his knee since he had Savannah propped on his knee. We were all laughing so hard. Savannah then started to cry because I think she thought we were laughing at her.

We drove down along the river and stopped to see the crystal clear water. It was cool and refreshing. We think we may need to come back up there to do family pictures. It was beautiful. Going back to the condo we had to stop at the local Dairy Queen to get a treat. There were lots of tables outside with native jewelry. Savannah had to have some. So she is our little Pocahontas with her jewelry with dream catchers and feathers.

Me being all artsy fartsy at the river.

Back at the condo we went to the pool and also played a little mini golf. They had a little course there which was pretty fun. Grandpa had to keep getting Savannah all lined up right to putt. But in the end Grandpa beat us all. We quit at around hole 13 because Savannah and Charlotte were getting pretty toasty so we went to cool off in the pool.


We got into the pool and I put Charlotte in her little lady bug floaty. It is one of those new ones with the mesh seats and it has two rings around them so the kids can actually splash a bit in the water. Well there were 4 little grandmas sitting at a table next to where we put our stuff. Chad and I were in the water with the girls and by Charlotte. Then we took a few steps away from her. I thought all 4 of those ladies were going to have a heart attack. They were like, 'She can't hold on to that tube forever! How old is that baby?' My dad put them at ease a bit and told them she was sitting in a seat in the water. Honestly I can see the headlines how, "Parents watch to see how long their 9 month old child can hang on to floatation before the child goes under." Give us a little credit. We didn't drown the first one.



On our way back I saw something moving off by the bushes. It was this HUGE spider making his web. We sat there and watch him make the web. It was amazing. I have never watched a spider like that before. I could not believe how quickly he was able to make a web of that size. It gave me a new respect for spiders. Still don't want them in my house though.





Anywho, it was a fun weekend and it was good to spend time with family.

Fangs

As I have posted earlier my daughter has fangs. Charlotte broke her bottom teeth in mid July then about a week later broke 2 on the top. But NOT her two front teeth, she broke the ones next to it. So she has been Fangs since July. Savannahs did the same thing but within 2 weeks the front two broke. I have been trying to get a picture of her fangs because they are so cute and possibly to use on her later in life. But whenever I get out the camera she starts hamming it up and not doing what she just normally does. So I finally got while playing peek a boo with her so she kind of forgot the camera was there. They are too funny. She now even crinkles up her nose and curls her lip but like people do when they iminate a cat hissing or something. It cracks us up.

Happy Birthday Chad

So I have been such a slacker with posting lately. Chad's 33rd birthday was on the 12th. I think he had fun. I had the evening planned for a while and made it a surprise for him. He had a few enrollments that day but I had asked him before hand where he was going to be. I do this a lot so it was not so suspicicous. Anyway, I had some friends of ours meet me at the airport so they could drive the van home, and I rented him a fun car for the day. (the one he got was silver)

So I sent him a text message saying I was outside and needed to give him something for his birthday and it would only take a second. He went and looked outside looking for the van. The receptionist was like 'Who are you looking for?' He told her he was looking for his wife in a black van. She said, 'Is that her in the convertable Solstice?' Yup that was me. He came out and I gave him the keys. It was a kind of a girly car (but they were out of vettes and I couldn't afford the Lotus), but it sure had a lot of get up and go. When he went back inside the receptionist thought that I bought him the car. If you know Chad of course he let her believe that for a little while.

When he got home, we went to dinner at Johnny Rockets with Todd and Anna, and Justin and Preeti. We had a good time. We then went to a place to go big band swing dancing. From what I found online it was this 'hoppin' place and really pretty big. I think they did that so that they can get more blood there. It was a very small dance studio. We did a bit of dancing more like country swing than big band, got the wierd looks from the locals because we weren't 'doing it right'. Then headed off to Cheesecake factory for some birthday cheesecake. I think he had a lot of fun. He got to drive the car to his flag football game the next morning, so he fit in a little more with the crowd in Scottsdale that he plays with.

So Happy Birthday Honey!! Sorry it was so late posting about your fun day. And I am a loser and had my camera with us the entire night, but never took any pictures.

Labor Day Weekend

Well we had a bit of excitment last weekend. We have been having some great storms come through at night and really cool it down. Which we LOVE! But last Friday night I think the storm was right over our house. When we went to bed it seemed like we had a huge fan club outside flashing pictures with how much lighting we had. It was right on top of each other. We had 75mph winds (or at least that is what the weather guy said). I think I may believe him because the wind was blowing so hard it physically shook my house. We were laying in bed and our bed would start to shake. It was a little unnerving. But it seemed to calm down around 4 am or so. Apparently Savannah sleeps like a log because it didn't wake her up at all, but Charlotte on the other hand was up every hour and a half. So needless to say Chad and I definately wanted to sleep in. 7:00 am rolls around and someone is repetatively ringing our doorbell. For those that 'really' know us, I am not a morning person. My awful ways have rubbed off on my husband over the years as well. If I owned a shotgun, I think I would have answered the door with it in hand. I was a very onery bear. Well it is our next door neighbor who honestly gives me the hibbidy gibbidties. He wanted to let us know that his tree got blown over in the storm into our driveway. He didn't want us to not see it and try to run over it with our van.

yes I know you are all jealous of my neighbors 'beautiful' car and wish you too could have a boat like that parked next door to your house all the time. It does move though. Once a week to go to Wally World.

Um.... Hello, I think we would have seen it. It is kind of hard to miss. I can just see it now, Chad backing out of the driveway and saying, "I don't remember a tree being there. Oh well I think I can back over it." So we spent most of the day cutting it up and hauling it away. Then the dump closed and we still had 2 loads to bring. So we got ready to go to the DiamondBacks game to watch them get spanked by the Dodgers, since one of Chads nice clients gave us free tickets. Yes it was sad, but I so love that field!! I love that I am not melting when I watch a baseball game. There was one lady who jumped onto left field and tried to run across the field. She was immediately tackled by 3 guys hard. It was pretty funny. But honestly was it worth it. It is a $1000 fine, plus you get arrested?





Last week I also had an old friend come over for a play date. My good friend from Jr High Amanda Mason (North)! She moved down in June?? I believe and we got together to catch up and let the kids play. Her older two were in school so she just brought Hunter. It was good to see a familiar face and catch up on our families and friends. It is fun how we can still catch up even though it has been many, many years since we have seen or talked to each other. It is sad that we get going in life and loose those contacts and connections. I am glad that we were able to get together and hopefully we can get together more often.

Savannah took this picture. She did a pretty good job!

Warning Nudity!!!





Yes, but just a little Charlotte baby bum. If you can even call it one. She has no junk in her trunk that is for sure. Our little carpet crawler loves to be naked. The second you take her diaper off she wiggles away. Daddy is not too good at keeping her down to strap another one on her as quickly as Mom and she has such cute cheekies!!





And a few pics of Charlotte and Big Sis Savannah. She found the little car and was desperately trying to get on. When I put her on it she was so excited, and kicking her feet. Had to take a picture of the big grin. One of these days I need to get a good shot of her fangs. Yes, you heard me right my daughter has fangs. She has her two bottom teeth, and two on the top but they are not her two front teeth. She has the two teeth next to her two front teeth broke through. She has had them for about a month so I was thinking the two front ones would brake through but no sign of them. We think she should be a vampire for Halloween if they haven't broke through yet.

First Day of School

So today was Savannah's first day of Preschool. She is going to Miss Holly's Preschool. She was so excited to go. Ever since we got her into preschool and told she was going she has been asking non-stop when it starts. She would start to cry because she wanted to go to school. Last night I told her she had to go to bed early so we could get up for school in the morning. We got done with dinner, had FHE, scriptures then she went and got her jammies on, teeth brushed and was ready for bed. Chad and I told her goodnight and told her we would see her in the morning. It was 8:30pm. About a half hour later we hear footsteps upstairs. The toliet flushed and those footsteps did not go back to their room. Chad told her to come downstairs. She made it to the landing and I could tell she was about to cry. I went up and asked her what was wrong. She said she was sad because the sun was not coming up. Chad and I tried so hard not to laugh. She finally fell asleep and was up ready to go in the morning. We took some pictures and were off. When we got to school, all the kids were so excited. It was fun to see them all. It was not too hard for me to leave and say good-bye. (Am I a bad Mom for saying that?). When I came back to pick her up all the kids were wanting to show their moms their stuff right away. They had a treasure hunt and learned all the rules of preschool. It should be a fun school year. Savannah and Miss Holly

Waving Bye to Mom

Savannah and Semanee after school

Little bit of Summer Fun

We went up to Flagstaff the other weekend to get out of the heat. It was 98º at 10am when we left Phoenix. When we arrived in Flagstaff it was 78º. So much cooler and nicer. We really enjoyed the day just hanging out as a family. We went to the childrens museum up there but it didn't really seem too 'children' oriented. But we had a good time looking at Dinosaurs and such. We really enjoyed the smell of pine and the scent of the upcoming storm. It rained on us really hard while we had dinner. The temp dropped to 58º so we got to see if the heater, heated seats, defroster and all that jazz worked in the van. It was a nice day. But we had to come home again. It was a little scary driving home since it was it was downpouring and there was so much water on the freeway. But we arrived back in Phoenix around 7:30pm and it was still 101º. We enjoyed the cooler weather while it lasted.

Here are the girls in the tub. I know Savannah is getting a little big for tub pictures but since she and Charlie take tubs together I still needed to get those pics of her too.

If my life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the "next" button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool!

Opening Credits: Every Breath You Take - UB40
Waking Up: Feels Like Tonight - Daughtry
First Day At School: Fireflies - Faith Hill
Falling In Love: Forever's as Far as I'll Go - Alabama
Fight Song: Fun, Fun, Fun - Beach Boys
Breaking Up: Georgia Rain - Trisha Yearwood
Prom: Happy Working Song - Enchanted
Life's OK: Home - Daughtry
Mental Breakdown: How Bad Do You Want It - Tim McGraw
Driving: How Forever Feels - Kenny Chesney
Flashback: I Loved Her First - Heartland
Getting Back Together: If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins
Wedding: Jump, Jive & Wail - Brian Setzer Orchastra
Birth of Child: La Tortura - Shakira
Final Battle: Kill Myself - Tim McGraw
Death Scene: Man I Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain
Funeral Song: Mayberry - Rascal Flatts
Credits: On My Own - Les Miserables

Some actually fit, that is so funny. Others not so much. So there you go ... Anyone want to buy the soundtrack of my life????

Consider yourself tagged if you haven't done this one before and you'd like to.

Pioneer Day

So I am almost a month late on posting. Things have been a little crazy here and I have just been a little lazy with the posting. In honor of Pioneer Day I took the girls and a few friends from the ward and we went to the Pioneer Museum here in Arizona. Wow, it was 110!! We were melting. I had no idea it was so big. We could see if from the freeway but didn't know there were so many buildings up there. The kids had fun but were really hot. They got to see how a nail was made at the blacksmith. They had fun with the 'water fountains' that were more like sprinklers. I went to see if the water was cold and it shot like 30 feet. It really helped the kids to cool down. Once we were cooked we took them to McD's for an ice cream cone. They do some shoot outs and such when it is cooler so we will have to head back in the winter when we don't melt. But a good way to honor those mighty pioneers that settled here in AZ. I am glad that I was not one of them at the time. I think I would have killed over without any A/C!!!

Some of the pics I just got into the mood of the old west and loved the old stuff. Sorry if you think they are dorky but I think they are cool. :)

The kids on the steps of the 'band stand'.

This is the nail that the blacksmith made for the kids!

I just loved this sign! Luckily we did not come across any.

So there is a little bit about our Pioneer Day!