Grandparents

Here is a picture for you all.  There are plenty more where this came from - with Vida's first week home, Jaime's birthday today and plenty of visitors, you'll be seeing lots more!

Sick

April is ill today and heart broken to miss school. I had to post the email I sent to her language arts teacher. It reminds me of dad and his crazy calls when we were sick. I hope you enjoy a good laugh.

Mrs. Willis,

It is with utter dismay we bring woeful tidings to you. April's demeanor this morning has shown a lack of energy and ability to function. An evil serpent virus has taken over her body. Though she is not grotesque, her visage is not exactly comely this morning. She was very woebegone with the news she would not be attending your class. Though she was distraught, she was not vituperative in her response. So April does not rue the day she missed school, please let us know of any work she needs to makeup. We hope we have been inoffensive with our use of current vocabulary.

Too much Junk

These pictures just don't do it justice. There was so much stuff and Joe was OUT OF TOWN. I do not recommend doing a garage sale solo. I was outside by 6 am setting up and barely had it ready by 8 am. Cleaned up about 1 pm. Little sunburned (only a little) and a sore back. Made a little cash, but didn't even make a dent in the stuff. Anyone need anything? Nothing is allowed back in my house, so donated it is. Just as soon as I can get a truck here to haul it all. Seriously hard work, but I met lots of fun people. It was a lot different than Harvard garage sales. Most of the clothes were still left and high chair and strollers didn't go?! Those that did buy clothing were thrilled they were sized. Sometimes my crazy organization pays off. No one even really looked at the furniture. Must be more of a knick knack place. I am going to put the larger baby items on Craigs list and see what happens. People also didn't really haggle prices, they just left. It was really weird. Either way, I don't have to take any of this with me when I move. Yeah for clean out!

Ethan wanted everyone to know he was reading. So here you go.

Oh so random thought

You know how my head is always empty and I have nothing running through my mind or constantly troubling me?...... Ha Ha Ha. Don't we all wish. So, it was in this empty headedness I came up with a random thought. I can't wait to hear the responses.

When we put aquatic animals in tanks, are they fulfilling the measure of their creation?

Yep, that was it. Laugh it up. Just a little blurp from this crazy head of mine. Have at it!

Enthusiasm

Joshua is a great example to me of how to enjoy every moment of life. After sacrament meeting today we all had to move out of his way, so he could get to his primary class as soon as possible. No matter what it is that we are doing he is always excited and ready to go (well, unless it is cleaning, but even then sometimes he surprises me). I just got this picture today and it showed exactly what I expected of Joshua at all times. Now if only I can be that enthusiastic about life and enjoy every second maybe I would be just as happy as he is. President Uchtdorf talked a little about this last night as well and if you haven't listened to his talk yet, well, then do because it was AMAZING! He reminded me not say things like, 'when ____ then I'll be happy or content or excited'. But I need to do it now and not wait! I need to enjoy every moment with my kids and with James, so hopefully I can do a better job of following Joshua's example this week!

Pear Butter

So did you know that pear butter takes like 12 hours to cook...who new...okay maybe you guys did. I will be starting tomorrows batch much much earlier so that I don't have to be processing delicious foods at ridiculous hours. (Take note of time sent...it's legit) I have bottled 65 quarts of pears...hope they last 14 pints of raspberry jam, raspberry peach freezer jam, and of course pear butter. Obviously, given my naivety of the time frame the pear butter is a first for me. I think it's good but maybe not amazing. (Sorry Marquie, I know you had your heart sent on amazing). I will try one more batch with a little spice boost action I think it's going to work out. I'm pretty sure I used too many pears last time. I did actually go to bed at like 12:30 then set the alarm for two. Only 17 more minutes and it's back to bed for me. Love you all and if you know of an amazing pear butter recipe call me ASAP. (Actually maybe if you could wait until after 7:30am my time that would be great cause you know I'll still be in bed.)

Time with the Workmans

After our wonderful and successful Women's Weekend, I got to spend a few more days with the Workman extended family. I got to see Aunt Judy and some of her family, Emy and even Rosie (my cousin) and her family.

Monday, Grandpa and Grandma and I took a trip to Smithfield via Brigham City and saw two of the homes of my youth. Grandpa took pictures of the homes, I took pictures of the park behind our home...

Everything seemed smaller than I remembered it.

On our way home, we drove by the Logan Temple and stopped at Mike and Kathy's for dinner....It was a fun day, and I'm glad I got to spend it with Grandpa and Grandma, cuz the rest of the week was spent with all the Workman family, and that was delightful also.Oh yes, and through the whole time, I got to meet and get to know.....Patrick.