Groundhog Day

Per Wikipedia...Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada on February 2.
In weather lore, if a groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, or marmot emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If on the other hand, it is sunny and the groundhog sees its shadow, the groundhog will supposedly retreat into its burrow, and winter will continue for 6 more weeks.

Please Mr. Groundhog don't see your shadow, I don't know how much more of this cold weather I can take...

I'm ready to see my crocus blooming and know that spring in on its way!

Birthday Fun

On Shad's birthday we had a pizza party at our house with all the Roberts family. Shad is hard to buy for right after Christmas so everyone usually gives him cash. He loves it. On Friday he had some friends over and we went to Laser Tag. He had a blast and enjoyed hanging out with all of his friends all night. We had pizza when we got home then they all just hung out and played games and watched movies until 2 am. Check out the fun..

Happy 11th Birthday Shadow-man!

I can't believe how time has flown by and now my baby is 11 years old. What a great kid he is! I'm so lucky to be his mom and feel so blessed everyday. Shad has the greatest laugh in the whole world, he can always make me smile with his jokes or funny stories. He is smart and gets good grades in school. He loves the gospel and tries to be a good example to everyone around him. He is thoughtful to others feelings and caring to those in need. He's always willing to give something he has to someone less fortunate. I can not even express in words how much I love this boy of mine. He is truly my little piece of heaven on earth. I always used to sing the Carpenters "Close to you" song to him when he was little and as long as I live whenever I hear it I will think of my little blue eyed baby boy. I love you Shad! Happy Birthday!

Happy Holidays...A little late!

I can't believe I haven't posted any of our fun holiday pictures. I thought I had misplaced the cord to connect my camera to the computer but it was right were I left it. Imagine that!
Here is a quick view of what we did for the holidays. Hope all our family and friends enjoyed their holidays as much as we did.

4 Days and Nights...

Our Christmas village is finally up!
It only took me 4 days to finish it! I'm really happy with the end result so the many hours spent on it were well worth it. I realize I could have finished it in one day if I didn't have to fit other responsibilities into my decorating schedule such as work, grocery shopping, church. I'm so grateful to Uncle Lynn for creating the display stand for me. He is amazing when it comes to creating with wood all I had to do was tell him what I wanted and the measurement and he did the rest. Amazing!
We refer to Minni-Moe as "Kat Kong" as she is always walking around trying to find a place to lay on the fluffy white snow. Crazy Cat!


I'd love to show you a picture of our Christmas tree but it's too pathetic to acknowledge. Some day I'm going to have a big house with a big kitchen and a big living room so that I can make a christmas tree that looks like this.
This is my friend Stacy's tree and I love it! I love how she made garland out of red ornaments. She is so creative. I hope she doesn't mind that I stole the picture from her blog.

They're part of the family

Maybe I'm a dork for posting about our animals but I was looking through my camera and ran across these pictures and since this is family history in the making I thought there is no better way to always remember them then to post about them.
Chewbacca. Sweet, lovable, huge, good dog in training.
I walked into the kitchen one day and found Salem getting a drink out of the soapy water. I guess his water dish is no longer acceptable now that the dog drinks from it too.
Shad playing with Mini-Moe. Notice all the scratches on his hand. If it's not a scratch from her then it's a scratch from Chewy. Mini-Moe and Salem sleep with Shad every night while Chewy just sleeps were ever her wants. I never thought I could love another dog the way I loved Brigham but I guess it's just like children, you don't love any one of them more then the others, you just love them. We love our animals.

Making Time..

I often think about the fact that I haven't made any updates to our blog for a few weeks but I just haven't had the time to sit down and post one.
Let me tell you why...
First there was a wedding.That's Meghen and Clayton. Meghen is Lisa's oldest daughter and the first of all of our kids to tie the knot. They are an adorable couple and we wish them an eternity of happiness.
Us at the reception. What a cute family don't you think.

Then there was TWILIGHT!
I didn't get any pictures because they wouldn't let us take camera's into the theater. I have to say...I didn't love it! I guess I need to go see it again because everyone else liked it. Maybe I just wanted too much from it. We had great seats & VIP passes.

Let's not forget about PHANTOM!!!For our birthdays in October Brett and I bought tickets to Phantom of the Opera in Vegas. We were able to go with the Wardell's and met up with Dave and Amy in Vegas for dinner and the show. While in St. George we visited Brigham Youngs house. The tour guide was so nice and offered to take pictures of us. I love that he let Brett and Martin pose with the hats on.


We also visited the St. George Temple visitors center. If you haven't been there for a while you need to check it out. They have put together a really great display/film on families. I loved it and was totally bawling!

Then we went back to the hotel to get ready for the show.Hot Mama's ready for Vegas!
We had a fantastic dinner together and then enjoyed the show. I hope someday I can see it again. I loved it!
I should also mention that we lived through another 24 hours Black Friday. Started at 2:30 am on Friday morning and went until 3:00 am Saturday. Shopping, Breakfast, more shopping, then more shopping, Movie (4 Christmases, funny..not for kids), Brick Oven for dinner then back to my house to wrap and laugh and watch movies. Yes this is truly my most favorite time of the year! Crazy Ladies at Wal-Mart!
Now it's time to decorate the house for Christmas. That should take about a week and I'll be sure to post pictures when it's complete.