Happy Birthday Luke!

My Luke's birthday is today! He is 12 years old!!! Time seems to have FLOWN by these past 12 years. He is an awsome kid!!
A few memories....hhhmmm....
Well..there was the time, when he was 2, that he locked himself in the car (with the keys) when we were visiting Grandma Brown. We had to call the cops to get him out.
Or...the time he had all the nursury kids all scared of him..they all hid in the corner from him.
Lots of good times!

Primary Party!

We got so wet! A firetruck, water kickball and a dunking booth!! What more could a primary want!









At the primary activity! Luke and Ben tried to knock him in but Brandi ended up sneeking up from behind!

Thank you everyone that helped out! All of the moms that stayed and helped was so appreciated!! Especially everyone who held my little Marky Mark. It meant a lot to me. :-)

Whew! Where to begin...

While Luke was at Scout camp, those of us who were stuck behind had some fun of our own. We saw the movie "UP" for starters. How come NOBODY told me it was SAD! :--( We also did a lot of cleaning and such..James was a GREAT help!
We also found a very cool book at the library that was about paper airplanes. I am NOT a good paper airplane maker, but James was determine enough to make them that he READ the directions and figured it out. YEAH JAMES! Here is some of his prize planes. We had a lot of fun.

And Marky Mark turned 6 months old! He is rolling and gooing. He loves pears, peaches and squash. He is such a sweet baby. I love him so much!

Scout Camp!

This last week I had the pleasure/stress of sending Luke and Cory off to a week of scout camp. Cory came home on thurs but luke was there the entire time. They had a great time! Luke earned 4 merit badges, most of which go towards his Eagle. It was a stretch for both Luke and Myself to have him go away for a while. I'm sure it was good for him, I just really love my kids around and it was hard to not have my Luke to joke around with. :--) So I'm glad he made some great memories!

PINK SUGAR ANNOUNCEMENT

I have been convinced to make a batch of Pink Sugar Lotion. That lotion that I SWORE I wouldn't make until Christmas Time. Well...today I received the bottles and so tonight I plan on making some. I will have about 24 bottles made.....half of these are already spoken for. SO...if you would like a bottle, get a hold of me either here or give me a call! The lotion will not have the PDS lable on it, just a simple Pink Sugar lable. They will be available for pickup BEFORE Wednesday. They are still $7 a bottle.

Its a first come first serve!

WILLY WONKA!!

For the last month, Luke has been working so hard for this crazy play. Every day we would take him to practice. Then all evening he and James would sing sing sing these songs that I now have MEMORIZED!

A few highlights!

Mr.Bucket and Mrs. Bucket :-)








Notice the play by play by Ben..he loves to inform everyone who his favorite person on stage is.









Obama-man can......errr....the Candyman can!! This song gets stuck in my head!




Luke was in three songs. This one was my favorite. He would sing it all around the house. "Think positive!"


THE END!! All of the kids did such a great job! One month of insanity for a great boost to their self confidence! Way to go!! Next year the group is going to do "Honk!" We have already started listening to the music for it.

Catch up

Lately life has seemed to be crazy busy! I have wanted to blog it all, but I just haven't had the time--I chose sleep! So here are a few catch up moments from the last few weeks.

For starters, I came across a thought today while preparing for my Sharing time next week. I was reading Sofia's blog and this is what she said: The bible dictionary says, "Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings." Wow. Talk about something that I need to study more.

So a few ramblings...its LONG so don't give up on me!

One morning I came out of my room and wouldn't you know it. Ben got a hold of a ball of yarn. Well. Yeah. It was everywhere in the house. I had to cut my way through the mess just to get him to stop! Oh what a laugh he has when he is running from his mom and he knows he can get away from her! After much trepidation, he sorta helped me clean it up. Ugh..what a nightmare!

Fathers Day- the boys made a poster for their dad. It was like a candy gram...well sorta..ok not really. We purchased a dozen or so treats and looked up cordinating scriptures to go with each one.--ie..."bit 'o honey" went with a scripture with the words "land of milk and honey" in it. The rule was, he couldn't eat the candy that he didn't find the cordinating scripture. They had a lot of fun making it and Cory was a great sport in solving it. It was a great laugh!! They also did the ABC's of why they love dad. Some of them were..... Q-QUEASY after you eat all of your candy; Y- YEILDING to whatever mom says; F-FUN; O-outside fun. It was GREAT! The boys were searching the dictionary to find words that would fit and words that Cory would have to look up. ( Everyone ask LUKE what ZANEY means!!..lol..) We also spoke in Sacrament Meeting. It was nice to talk about my wonderful dad. LOVE YOU DAD!--I'll email you the talk..lol..



Picking Figs--we went to a friends hous that she graciously let us pick figs ans plums to our hearts content. The trees were HUGE and of course the boys felt that the best figs were at the TOP of the trees
and making fig bars!! MMMMmmmmm yummmmy! If you ever have a sweet tooth combined with a feeling to BASH something..fig bars are for you! Simply peel two or three figs. Place them in a sandwich bag--the kind that folds shut. Neatly fold over the flap of the bag. Then SMASH the figs and shape them into bars about the size of a candy bar. Then place them in the freezer. The kids LOVE them. A very easy yummy treat for the summer. :-)




Opening Night!--Cosette and Luke have had a blast doing Willy Wonka together! In the next few days I will post more pictures of this SUPER SHOW!

Mark turned 5 months! He is a rolling fool!

Father's Day was also Cory and my wedding anniversary. We were married June 21, 1996 in the Manti Temple. Like...FOREVER ago! :-p I love you sweety! Each year get better than the last. Thank you for helping me grow and learn. You're the BEST!

Yeah I'm still yapping..
Gov. Mark Sanford you disgust me. I'm reminded of when you called for Pres. Clinton to resign because of " "moral legitimacy." (thanks for that one Beck, btw I love the haircut!)I'm sure he is one of the few people happy to see Michael Jackson pass away because it has stolen the limelight away from his sorry little cheating passport! People say, well, it has nothing to do with his policies and issues! WHAT?! Are you kidding?! His politico self wasn't voted into office but his ENTIRE self was voted into office. Its like trying to take God out of the public school system...sure did good things didn't it! Besides that..if you are going to be a conservative, then you must realize that conservatives are mostly Judeao-Christian. Those are the people that will vote for you and support you, so if you don't represent THEM, then you WILL NOT get their votes next time round.Ok I was going to continue my rant by starting in on Michael Jackson. I'll say it quickly. I am so SAD that he has been chosen to represent the greatness that has come out of my generation. He did accomplish great things in the music industry. Media, please let the man rest. Let his family and children grieve. How sad is it to be followed around your entire life and when you are dead, there is live coverage of the body being taken away for an autopsy. I'll just say, (since no one is reading now anyway..lol..) I loved his music, I danced to it more than I can count. His was the first boy picture I had on my wall..lol..BUT he did not define my generation on greatness. I believe that great things will come out of my generation and my childrens generation. Greater than being a Pop God anyway.

Ok just one more...today I found out that one of my Young Women is getting married in August!! Congratulations Amanda!! What is FREAKING me out is that I was her leader when she was a BEHIVE! Its one of those "I feel old" moments.
K I'll stop now..lol..
Have a great day! :-)